Nice to hear this game system get some love! We love Duet, particularly because you can play it anywhere even when one player is not able to hold cards/reach over the table. We recently had a baby and it’s the one game we could keep playing even while my partner is nursing baby!
@BoardGameCo4 ай бұрын
Yes! It's a really Great game
@arashgrgsson38414 ай бұрын
tabke fable ... what a nice name, what a great picture 🙃 we never gonna forget about magic of old times old games, right?!
@olivierjodoin22834 ай бұрын
Codenames Pictures: 6.5/10 Codenames: 7.5/10 Codenames Duet: 9.5/10 Codenames Duet almost eliminates all downtime during the game. We've also really enjoyed it as a double date 2 on each side whispering and writing notes behind a screen. I wish I was playing it more often, it's a staple in my top 10 games.
@JJ_TheGreat4 ай бұрын
What I like about Duet is that it scares you, by having what you know for your opponent to be the assassin, but you have to guess it for yourself, as it is a valid word for you!
@ezbgames4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video Alex! Even as a heavy player, I find myself enjoying EVERY SINGLE TIME playing it. Can you play it for 4 hours? Nope. Has the strategical depth of chess? Nope. Does it pretend to be those things? Again nope. But for a filler game of just fun with other people (even your non-board gamer friends) it is simply excellent. Great review!
@jrobinson50534 ай бұрын
If I wasn't stupidly always looking for new games, i would play codenames a lot more. I wish board games would take a year off, so we can all get settled with the really great games, or I turn the internet off for a year. One of those.
@Commander64444 ай бұрын
As someone who has played both the OG and Duet, I will give the edge to Duet. When you play the base game, you will inevitably get stuck with cluegivers who take a very long time- sometimes minutes. Yeah, there is an optional timer, but it kinda takes away from the spirit of the game. (And obviously, banning slower cluegivers is a jerk move that will make everyone hate you- with good reason.) Thankfully, Duet fixes this for me. Even if I have a partner who takes a long time to think of clues, I can still use that downtime to think of the clue I will give in the future. There might be a similar amount of downtime as the base game, but Duet's downtime still manages to keep every participant engaged with the game. Not so with base Codenames. To be clear, I still think the base Codenames is an essential purchase for _any_ board game collection. It's cheap, easy to teach and learn, and can be played by young and old alike. It's perfect for replacing Monopoly at Thanksgiving.
@BoardGameCo4 ай бұрын
Agreed on all counts 🙂
@JJ_TheGreat4 ай бұрын
Yes! Codenames was one of the first games I played when I had first come to Game Nights! 😀
@JJ_TheGreat4 ай бұрын
10:20 And I ❤ hearing everybody at the table trying to analyze your clue and every word on the board - and come up with funny associations! 😊
@JJ_TheGreat4 ай бұрын
17:42 You are forgetting the "Deep Undercover" Codenames, with vulgar words and concepts, Alex! 😉
@BoardGameCo4 ай бұрын
Lol I actually own it...just for the extra words :)
@user-nd1mz4hp6w4 ай бұрын
The downside of this as a party game is the limited interaction. What i mean is the clue giver must be fairly emotionless to maintain intergrity of the game. Which means a bunch of silence... having friends over and staying silent for long periods doesnt always shake-out well. Great game, but a lot of quiet staring while thinking: either to think of clues or guessing the clues. I agree with others, Duet is the best by far.
@joostborst4 ай бұрын
Any other recommendations for 5-6 player games?
@NickBeenackers4 ай бұрын
Has anyone ever tried codenames pictures but with Dixit cards instead?
@BoardGameCo4 ай бұрын
Not me but that could be fun :)
@jbringas95824 ай бұрын
XXL versions FTW!
@JJ_TheGreat4 ай бұрын
4:31 I thought Berlin was the capital of Germany! 😉