Games on the radar

The list of games on our watchlist 📋 is ever growing, so I feel like I need to share some of the hype for these upcoming titles. 🙃 Most often we play at 2p, and while most games work perfectly at this player count, games designed specifically for 2 players always feel magical - some added balance and oomph to make them work even better.
So this time let’s highlight some 2p games! ✌

⚔️ Duel over Middle-Earth

Maybe the biggest hype in the last months. While not much is known, what is known is intriguing: this is a duel game made by Bruno Cathala and Antoine Bauza, who also made 7 Wonders Duel (among others), which is still regarded as one of the best 2p games ever. Oh, and Vincent Dutrait is making the artwork 🖌️, which is clearly noticeable on the cover! 🤩

🎵 Sirens

I just briefly saw this game mentioned somewhere, but I immediately added it to the list. You will play as 2 rival sirens 🧜, trying to attract oblivious sailors to your side of the cliff. To do that you draft cards that you have to arrange into songs that are scored according to 4 criterion. Whoever baits 2 sailors first wins!

🏛️ Caesar & Cleopatra

This will be a remake of a game from 1997. That one currently sits at 6.4 at BGG, which doesn’t sound that good, but remakes such as this usually balance things around adds more interesting mechanics. 😉 The concept sounds fun: you send out agents to influence Roman officials to sway them in your favor, either playing numbered cards face-up or face-down. So bluffing and outsmarting your rival is the primary goal! 😈

👺 Lairs

Another delightful idea for a game: 💡 you and your rival will use walls, traps, treasures, and monsters to each create a dungeon, after which you will have to explore the creation of the other. I don’t have additional details, but this is more than enough to spark my interest! 😊