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HEAD TO HEAD
Four fantastic head-to-head games – those games that invoke such competitiveness between just two players, and give you the biggest feelings of accomplishment when you win
Written by Mae Funnell
UNMATCHED
Unmatched answers questions you didn’t know you needed asking, such as who would win in a fight between Bigfoot or a T-Rex? It’s a headto-head two-player skirmish game that you can play with up to four players but arguably, the newer cooperative Unmatched: Tales to Amaze is better at that count. Pick your characters of any combination from the sets they offer, put your minis on the playerboard, shuffle your player decks and you’re ready to begin.
The game itself is simple – play cards from your hand in clever ways to combo your turns and take advantage of your character’s asymmetrical ability. Every deck is made up of a combination of the same cards, and yet manages to thematically reflect each of the different characters using superb art and slight changes in card text. For example, play as the raptors and deal more damage on attacks for the more raptor minis you have surrounding your victim, or play as the Invisible Man and move freely between fog tokens you’ve added to the board.