CODENAMES DUET
Play in harmony with this catchy co-op spin on the word game
Czech Games Edition | £16.99 | Co-op | 2+ players | 15 minutes
Age: 11+ | czechgames.com/en/codenames-duet
■ Both players have a number of spies for their partner to find.
Codenames Duet is quickly becoming my favourite way to play Vlaada Chvátil’s outstanding one-word clue-giving hit – and, despite the name, it’s fun by no means limited to two people.
Although a co-operative variant was technically included in the back of the original Codenames’ manual, Duet takes the basic concepts presented there one step further, fleshing out the competition against a cardboard adversary with dedicated turn-timer tokens, balancing the involvement of both human players and introducing a charming campaign mode in the form of a map of missions with varying dificulties and challenges.