Lost Cities is one of the best 2 player card games ever made! Perfect game if you and a friend ever need to kill time for a few hours or just have some fun. Once you get used to it you don't even need the board, which means you can carry just the cards around to play.

This is a great two player game. The tension you discribe is true to the game. One of my all time favorites.

Love Tom's passion in this one.

this deserves an "why I love..." video, doesn't it?

I just found this on clearance for $5 at Target, seems like I made a great choice picking it up!

nice animation of the box art at the end! (wreck raiders too, went back to see if there were more)

Loving your hat on this one, excellent choice.

I’m always looking for good two player games. Looks like I’ll be adding this to the list. Thanks, Tom!

The new graphics are good, but I liked the old ones even better (especially the wager cards).

5:50 I can definitely feel his emotion when he says "her" - channeling some frustration there Tom? LOL

My mom's favorite game. She cant get enough of it.

Just played it for the first time, this game is intense. Every move you do gives information away, so many tricks and deceptions are possible. There are so many ways to play a hand that it does take away a lot of the luck of the game, there is a lot of poker in this. This game is really good.

I wonder... does the expedition cards make a panorama like they did in the previous version?

I didn't realize they reprinted this!

images on cards still create a bigger picture if lined up?

Is that Vincent Dutrait artwork?

The rule of the handshakes: if you play it, your opponent will make sure you do not reach the 20. If you have enough of a color, your opponent will make sure you do not get handshakes.

Lost Cities or Lost Cities Rivals? Would like to know which you would recommend more between the two?

This game is awesome, are there other games which have the same tension? Love when you have to choose the lesser of two evils.

How would I tell which version I'm buying without opening the box?

Definitely putting this on my list.

Question: Lost Cities or Arboretum for 2p card game???

Salut JP, quand tu dis que tu te débarrasses des tes jeux, ça veut dire quoi exactement ? Je me pose cette question pour certains de mes jeux…

Just looked this up and realized there’s a board game as well! Any major differences? Most BGG posts I’m reading seem to think you may as well get the board game to expand player count

Great game. If you don't have the game at hand, just use a regular poker deck. J,Q,K work as handshake cards, A as 1. All set. You're welcome. :)

Dang I just picked up an old copy of this. Colors seem easier to see than original.

I bought this game thanks to Tom’s review. I like the game but the cards are extremely thin and flimsy - I don’t see this one surviving very long. I was disappointed that he didn’t mention the card quality. I intend to take this game camping but I don’t know how long it’ll last. At least it was pretty cheap...

Why is it called Lost Cities?

Why aren’t the symbols on the board? That makes the symbols worthless

I liked the old artwork a lot better.

Seems like I'm a Reiner Knizia fanboy and I wasn't even trying to be 🤭

As great as Lost Cities is Battleline is even better and more intense.😬

Danke

Darn it bought the original a month ago...didn't see this version :(

I bought lost cities but ended up with a whole board game such a bummer!

Wow, surprised that Tom says he normally plays 2 or 3 colors. I find myself almost always going at least 3, and 4 isn’t uncommon either. I know he’s played this game a lot so maybe I’ve always been overaggressive with this game

So weird to see you review this again.

Is this game much luck based?

LOST CITIES or BATTLE LINE???

Hi

I absolutely hate this game. I felt like I was being punished every time I played a card. Blind drawing, too luck based, and convoluted point scoring are 3 strikes against this game for me. My son and I played this game, and my son smashed me every round. Not because he had skill, but because every draw off the deck was in his favor. This game has made steer clear of almost every game that Reiner Knizia has designed. If I still had my copy, I'd burn it. And if it was ever given to me as a gift, I'd burn it. Just to make sure that one less Lost Cities is in circulation. Tom you're a great guy, but this game blows. But this is just my opinion of course. And opinions are like armpits. We all have them, and they all stink.

I just never got it. I played the game when it first came out and didn't like it. Wierd, I know....... It felt like you played whatever you had in our hand.

why even put a theme on a game like this