Duālis
2026Bajir Cannon
4 players
15 - 25 min
From BoardGameGeek
The balance of power keeps shifting and only one team can prevail. Dulis is a tactical trick-taking game played between two teams of two. While easy to learn, nuanced decisions and surprising strategy are revealed with each new play. Over thirteen tricks, each partnership must work together to win the same number of tricks as the coins they have collected. While playing a card, you may collect and use a coin to change your card's color and, possibly, make your partner's card stronger. But be careful! Taking coins too quickly will limit your partnership's flexibility in the important later tricks. The game's mechanics explore the interconnected relationships between opposites: two teams of two, two suits each with two trump colors, and how the shifting balance between each affects the others. Can you and your partner work together to unsettle your opponents and create harmony in an unsteady world? (Includes a variant for 3 or 4 players playing individually.) 22 13 222 First release: Tokyo Game Market, November 2025. -description from the publisher
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Which Duālis video should I watch?
Duālis has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from May 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Dualis | A Trick Taking Game for 4 Players | Bajir Cannon | Tonbi Games" by Fun With Boxes, which runs 18 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Daytime Minutes & Dualis ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table" by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table.
If you like it, try Trickarus, also by Bajir Cannon, or Aurum, Yokai Septet and Rowdy Partners, which share several of its mechanics.
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About Duālis
From BoardGameGeek:
The balance of power keeps shifting and only one team can prevail. Dulis is a tactical trick-taking game played between two teams of two. While easy to learn, nuanced decisions and surprising strategy are revealed with each new play. Over thirteen tricks, each partnership must work together to win the same number of tricks as the coins they have collected. While playing a card, you may collect and use a coin to change your card's color and, possibly, make your partner's card stronger. But be careful! Taking coins too quickly will limit your partnership's flexibility in the important later tricks. The game's mechanics explore the interconnected relationships between opposites: two teams of two, two suits each with two trump colors, and how the shifting balance between each affects the others. Can you and your partner work together to unsettle your opponents and create harmony in an unsteady world? (Includes a variant for 3 or 4 players playing individually.) 22 13 222 First release: Tokyo Game Market, November 2025. -description from the publisher
Designer
Bajir Cannon
Artists
Wakana Mizuno, Tomoaki Mizuno
Publisher
Tonbi Games
Categories
Mechanics
Auction / BiddingTeam-Based GameTrick-taking & Climbing