Codenames Duet

Time to play: 20 mins | Complexity: Simple | Style: Co-operative

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What is it? It’s the

amazing Codenames⁠

, but perfected as a 2-player co-op version.

What feeling does it give us? Tension and smugness as we get the clues in tune with each other and work together to beat the evil assassins.

Glenn: “I am unashamedly a huge fan of Codenames and lobbied hard to make it our

best game of all time for everyone⁠

. This is exactly that game tweaked to work perfectly with 2 players, and it’s just as amazing.”

Jasmine: “So often when games are turned into 2-player games, they lose ‘something’ and are never quite as good as the multi-player versions. This is not the case with Codenames Duet, which keeps all the fun and dynamics of the original and is perfectly, cleverly balanced as a 2-player co-op. Of all the games on the list, this is probably the quickest to set up and learn, so is perfect if you have a spare 20 minutes and want to do something fun instead of just both fiddling on your phones. It’s also a good way to test and practice your communication skills – just try to keep your cool when your partner nonchalantly skips over the right answer and chooses something completely random instead

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