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Your cart is empty.Codemes duet keeps the basic elements of codemes give one word clues to try to get someone to identify your agents among those on the table but now you're working together as a team to find all of your agents. Why you don't already know who your agents are is a question that CONGRESSIONAL investigators will get on your back about later to set up play, lay out 25 word cards in a 5x5 grid. Place a key card in the holder so that each player sees one side of the card. Each player sees a 5x5 grid on the card, with nine of the Squares colored Green representing your agents and one square colored black representing an assassin. the assassin is in different places on each side of the card, and three of the nine Squares on each side are also Green on the other side collectively, you need to reveal all fifteen agents — without revealing either assassin or too many innocent bystanders — before time runs out in order to win the game. Either player can decide to give a one word clue to the other player, along with a number. Whoever receives the clue places a finger on a card to identify that Agent. If correct, they can attempt to identify another one. If they reveal as many as the number stated by the clue giver, then they can take one fil guess, if desired. If they identify a bystander, then their guessing time ends. If they identify an assassin, you both lose.
EG
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2025
It is great to have a 2-person game that lets players work together to win. It is fun, easy to understand, and doesn’t take too long to play.
MommyNY
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2025
This is a great game that I play with my son. It's perfect for two people.
Linda shen
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2025
It is very fun to play this game with friends and families and not very hard to learn how to play
Brick Black
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2025
Besides adding the duo play style, this set also works as a great expansion to the original game.
Practical Farmer
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2024
Overall, Codenames: Duet is an enjoyable and challenging game that offers great value for two players. It strengthens communication, provides hours of entertainment, and has good replay value. Despite a slight learning curve and occasional frustration, it’s a game we keep coming back to. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun and engaging two-player word deduction game.
KiUlv
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2024
We have long loved the original Code Names. It’s one of the few games the whole family likes to play. But we always needed to wait until kids were home from college and everyone had time. With Code Names Duet, we can play with just two. The game play is a little different and is more collaborative, which is fun. It’s also challenging to get it in the number of turns allotted. It is a little confusing that one person’s assassin or bystander can be a code name for another person, but we got the hang of it. Strongly recommend!
Logan
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2024
The instructions were clear. I love being on the same team and having a common goal. Very thought provoking game. Love that it will be different every time we play it. Would highly recommend as a fun date activity.
Lia
Reviewed in Germany on December 12, 2024
ein tolles Spiel, bei dem man Phantasie und Hirnzellen anstrengen muss. Außerdem unendlich variable.
カスタマー
Reviewed in Japan on November 27, 2024
ものすごく盛り上がります。友人に英語スピーカー日本語スピーカー両方いるので英語を買って日本語訳を手書きしました。最高に楽しいので是非みんなにやってほしい
Bennernog
Reviewed in the Netherlands on August 19, 2023
Game is easy to set up and fun to play.Product is as advertised and delivery was swift.
Surm
Reviewed in Sweden on July 26, 2023
One of my favourite casual board games. Great design. Cards could be bigger or have bigger fonts but it is a great game.
Dayana
Reviewed in Mexico on December 6, 2023
Es un excelente juego es divertido y las partidas son rápidas, llego en excelentes condiciones
Ryan S
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2022
Easy to learn for most people who have a base familiarity with board or word games but, as with most genuinely good games, while the rules are simple there is no shortage of depth and strategy. Creativity, planning ahead, keeping track of information and the ability to take strategic risks at the right time are all asked of the player.The combinations of words and boards are nearly endless and for 25 dollars or less the bang for your buck and replayability are top tier. You could play thousands of games and they’d each be different.My one caution would be the level of difficulty, as it’s the kind of game that either clicks with someone or it doesn’t. My wife and I are highly experienced gamers and nerdy intellectual types and as such we win the overwhelming majority of the time, as in 90% or more, with very little difficulty. However, we believe our coworkers and their spouses, our parents, our friends, etc would have a much harder time and a much lower win rate, as it’s the kind of game where a single strategic mistake ends the day. If you hit an “assassin” tile you just lose and there’s no opportunity for redemption, so avoiding giving clues that could by any stretch of the imagination lead to your partner guessing one of the forbidden words is absolutely mission critical. Basically, I think this game is probably feast or famine with its difficulty and most average people will lose a lot, and you have to be okay with that if you’re going to purchase this. To the game’s credit, however, it does have a few built-in ways, specifically addressed in its rule book, to make it easier if you need to. Still, given that a certain level of vocabulary is necessary and then within that creativity and abstract thinking is required, this game is almost certainly NOT suitable for younger children.Games are fast and setup/cleanup don’t take long either, and the game itself is small and easy to store. In my mind the pros vastly outweigh the cons for us and we’re very satisfied with our purchase. Like I mentioned earlier, for just 25 dollars or less if you’re even vaguely interested in this kind of game it’s hard to go too far wrong here.
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