Watch “Everdell Duo Review: I Have a Lot of Problems With This Game (Still 9/10),” a board game review for Everdell Duo from TheRulebook on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by TheRulebook on YouTube:
I have a lot of problems with Everdell Duo, but it's arguably my favorite game in the entire two-player space. In this review I dig into how both of those things are true.
Coming in as someone who'd never played any Everdell, I wanted to know two things: does the hype hold up, and is Duo a good FIRST Everdell? I cover the brutal first-read learning curve, the gorgeous (but tiny) art, the clever sun-and-moon road system, the surprisingly mean two-player duel, the campaign and solo modes, and whether that "30 minutes" on the box is actually real.
Everdell Duo Card Index: https://tycoongames.com/pages/duo-index
How to Play Everdell Duo - Complete Rules in One Video
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00:00 Introduction
01:05 Game Overview
01:41 Learning Everdell From Scratch
03:27 The Good, and The Catch
03:38 The Components
04:55 The Art
05:31 The Sun & Moon Tokens
06:33 The Duel
07:34 The Puzzle
08:12 Thirty Minutes?
08:41 The Cards
09:14 The Campaign
10:20 The Verdict
11:19 Outro
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Everdell Duo is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 28 reviews, 23 how-to-play guides, 8 recorded sessions, 10 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
1 - 2 players
30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Everdell Duo, from BoardGameGeek:
In Everdell Duo, you either compete against your single opponent or play co-operatively with another player to earn the most points. You accomplish this by placing workers to gather resources, then use those resources to play cards face up in front of you, creating your own woodland city.
Cards may be played from your hand or from the face-up area on the board called the meadow. However, only cards touching the sun or moon token may be played from the meadow, and players move these tokens each time they perform a turn. Therefore, planning for and timing which cards you play is critical.
Each game you try to achieve various events, the requirements of which differ from game to game, making certain cards and combinations more important to pursue.
The game lasts for four seasons, then players add their scores to determine the winner. If you're playing co-operatively, check the requirements for the chapter you are playing to see whether you have won.
-description from the publisher