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52 Duels

Game ID: GID0453303
Game Info
Year
2026
Players
1-2
Age
10+
Playtime
25 min
Complexity
1.8/5
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Description

A print and play dueling game where fantasy heroes battle using only a standard poker deck

Description

A print and play dueling game where fantasy heroes battle using only a standard poker deck

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Video uj31QmJ3zdE BoardGameGeek News at 3:23
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  • Superb artwork and graphic design really can bring you into a game and support its success.
  • Great art is often the reason I love a game.
  • There's nothing more fun than a great cooperative game.
  • It's one of our favorite types of games.
  • Who doesn't love a good party?
  • Who doesn't want more of their favorite game?
  • Solo games have really taken off in popularity.
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  • but I would say that we have played more heavy games this year than in recent years.
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Video biTN5UdofJc The Dice Tower Analysis at 4:11 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • print and play
  • no need to laminate it or no need to print out multiple copies or anything
  • you just have characters ready to go
  • Bring a deck of cards and duel with each other
  • very solid solo mode as well
  • pretty cool
  • very cool variation of using playing cards to use your character
  • every character is asymmetric
Cons
none
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Comparison games
  • 52 Realms
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Quotes (from this video)
  • Uh also Chang'an. Uh this is from Arcane Wonders. It's an engine building game. There's some interesting ideas, but it's hard to pass around this player aid sheet to remember what everything does, and it looks old, which keeps you from loving it more than I I would normally. 6 out of 10.
  • And Rattlesnake. What a fantastic game. It's two-player back and forth, nice filler style. Really enjoyed it. 8.5.
  • And then Druids of Adora, this is a really cool game from Stefan Feld that has a few issues with it which keeps me from loving it. A six out of 10 I gave it. Uh the Again, no player aids at all in this one. And the it's a lot of the iconography is hard to see. And some of the game is too focused on getting supplies to play the rest of the game. But the rest of the game was pretty fun. So there's kind of a mix in there of all that.
  • I've come to realize this is not English. I'm going to guess Icelandic.
  • There's two categories of board gaming, Ameritrash and Euro crap.
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Video Edy_ktsWEJQ Rules Teach at 0:03 sentiment: positive
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Pros
  • Very well-developed game.
  • Only requires printing papers, no pen or other components needed.
  • Solo mode is very well thought out.
  • Very portable.
Cons
  • Luck of the draw can be a significant factor.
  • Game can end by exhaustion if decks and discard piles are empty.
  • As a preview, some elements are subject to change.
Thematic elements
  • Dueling
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card Drafting — Discarding and drawing cards to maintain a hand of five.
  • Combat — Players deal damage to each other, and damage is tracked as wounds on the deck.
  • Deck Building — Players have their own 52 card decks and draw cards into their hand.
  • Hand Management — Players draw cards and decide which to play or discard each turn.
  • Leveling up — Players can level up by playing specific cards (face cards, numbered cards) to designated areas.
  • Resource Management — Managing cards in hand and in play to activate abilities and level up.
  • Set Collection — Using cards of the same suit or value to activate abilities or for leveling up.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • I think this is a very welldeveloped game, I have to say.
  • And all you need to do is print out these papers. Don't need a pen. You don't need nothing else. Just just your two decks of cards and you you can get to playing.
  • So yeah, it's a bit of a a very much like, you know, luck of the draw type of game, but that's kind of what you get when you play a card game, especially with decks of cards like this.
  • I'm really enjoying it solo. Very, very portable. So, if you're into that, this is probably the one for you to check out.
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