Space Cowboys | Splendor Duel | Board Game | Ages 10+ | 2 Players | 30 Minutes Playing Time, ASMSCSPL2P01EN & Lookout Games | Patchwork | Board Game | Ages 8+ | 2 Players | 15-30 Minute Playing Time

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The three main differences, however, are what drive everything in gameplay and what make this design compelling. There are new twists and tricks for you to discover in the Splendor world, will you be the one who discovers them first… or will you let your foe beat you to it? Please re-visit this Cookie Notice regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. Third, instead of mirroring Splendor's 15-point threshold for bringing about the end of the game, Splendor Duel gives you three victory conditions — 10 points in a single color, 20 points total, or 10 crowns — and as soon as you meet one of them, you win.

I used this last power multiple times against Candice in our game, and it's a great two-fer power serving as both attack and resource-building toward your next card.However, Splendor Duel cleverly forces even the most card-rich players to interact with the board through the use of a brand-new jewel type. You MUST take one gold token from the board and a Jewel card from any of the 3 lines or draw blind from any of the decks (“reserve”) – don’t forget to keep your reserve card secret, and replace any space with a new card from the deck!

The main gameplay of Splendor Duel remains much the same as the original’s, with players competing by acquiring victory points from various cards found in the game.

Jewels are selected randomly from a felt bag, before being placed along the spiral until the board is completely full. I thought that the refilling and emptying the bag of tokens would be much more time-consuming than it was.

The art is also a huge improvement over the original game, which had too many pictures of empty caves. You MUST take up to 3 tokens in a line from the board (excluding gold – if there’s a gold, it interrupts the line so you can only take the token(s) up to the gold one).

Splendor Duel offers a new 2-player experience, rules, and tactics from the original Splendor, which is sure to excite experienced and new players alike. When someone doesn't like the choices on the board — which can happen quickly since both empty spaces and gold break up adjacency — you can decide to refill the board before choosing tokens for your turn.

privilege scrolls go next to the board, 4 Royals go face up under the board, and then choose first player in the way you do. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control them.The onlything I and my playing partners could think of is that 7 Wonders Duelis a bit meatier and might feel worthier of a full game night, while this comes across as a filler. Gems are now taken three (or less) at a time from a central grid, with gold tokens acting as “barriers” since they cannot be taken this way.