Splendor Duel QUICK Review

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We review Splendor Duel, the 2 player successor to the popular Splendor! However, Splendor Duel is no longer just a gateway game, rather it’s a more serious euro with more interaction and crunchiness with the central board. And people love it, with a higher ranking on BGG! You race to get the most crowns in jewelry, or victory points, as you build up your sets in front of you. There are no nobles to contract for, rather royals with 3 win conditions! Is this a worthy successor to one of the first euros we ever played (and commentated for at WSBG)?
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Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (0:40)
Pros - (1:49)
Cons - (6:26)
Recommender Score - (6:28)
Doomlings - (8:05)
Ashton's Personal Score - (8:58)
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@maksym5560 4 ай бұрын

Some actions need clarification: 1) When using Privilege you can choose any gem EXCEPT gold 2) You CANNOT steal gold from another opponent. You CAN steal pearls tho, and this is the primary target for you 3) You can use both optional actions 'Use the Privilege' and 'Replenish the board' but in this excact order, so you cannot replenish the board and use the privilege token to get a gem from newly added ones

@Shelfside 4 ай бұрын

thanks for this! We definitely played by all these rules, but I think some of the wording in the review may mislead people. I'll pin your comment -Ashton

@Shelfside 4 ай бұрын

Oh also I just realized, 5:59 should be the 6 VP card. That way people aren't too confused by the same card going on screen again -Ashton

@michaelobille5447 3 ай бұрын

@@ShelfsideI think they're also referring to 5:00 when you stole a gold 😂

@Shelfside 3 ай бұрын

@@michaelobille5447 aaah, right. Yeah I can assure you that never happened in game :D -Ashton

@michaelobille5447 3 ай бұрын

@@Shelfside hahaha. Great review nonetheless. I've never played Splendor, but I want to try out Splendor Duel after watching this video.

@Rmac524 4 ай бұрын

10 minute video length is always nice. good format with concise information

@warrenraaff 3 ай бұрын

10 minute reviews for smaller games makes me happy. It's about time you gave us all some FOMO for something affordable 😆

@Shelfside 3 ай бұрын

oh goodness me! Yeah the game is good though :) -Ashton

@jeffersonwu952 4 ай бұрын

This game is actually a great family game, especially at a parent vs a kid. I have probably more than 20 two-player games, but my 10 year old daughter actually rank this as the #1 two-player game in my house. The rest are either too dry, too long, too complex, or lack replayability. PS: #2 two-player game in my house is "Connect-Five" using Go board and Go pieces.

@francopdx 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the review. My girlfriend got Splendor a few months ago and has been curious about Splendor Duel, so I'll share this review with her too. And I enjoyed the short format.

@Shelfside 4 ай бұрын

Cheers! Yeah this isn't for everyone with the more crunchiness, so hope this vid can help you guys decide -Ashton

@DontNickMe 4 ай бұрын

I've been telling everyone that 2 player games will be the new (and well deserved) hotness in board games for the next year or two. I love 2p games and most of my fav games are currently 2p designed or best at 2p. Regular Splendor and 7 wonders I find so boring, slow and too much group solitaire. The duel versions of these are amazing though. Much more fast paced and more strategic decisions.

@naturesfinest2408 4 ай бұрын

Ive been waiting for it to take off, surprised it hasnt. One of the reasons for playing abstracts. Solo board gaming took off why wouldnt 2 player?

@imnottellingyoumyname3050 4 ай бұрын

What are your favourite 2 player board games brother. Share the knowledge

@naturesfinest2408 4 ай бұрын

@@imnottellingyoumyname3050 after evenfall, a new board gaming youtuber, Release a top 10(?) 2 player board games. She says she primarily plays with two players so she is worth a look. for me, i dont have many. Some are not strickly 2 player. Sherlock holmes consulting detective. Teilight struggle. And various abstracts, chess, tak and the like. I recently saw sail and would like to try it out. Its a 2 player, trick taking, cooperative, movement based game. You play different cards from your hand to try and get the ship from one side of the board to the other.

@Shelfside 4 ай бұрын

2P is a big market too! I think lots of couples are getting into it. I'll have to think of a way to talk about 7 wonders duel somewhere -Ashton

@naturesfinest2408 4 ай бұрын

@@imnottellingyoumyname3050 after evenfall is a new board gaming channel who has a list of 2 player games. She just made. Personally, twilight struggle and abstracts tend to be my go to. A new game i saw called sail has come out. Twick taking cooperative game. I want to try it out

@doomlings 4 ай бұрын

Think we've got to check out Splendor Duel now too!!!

@WonOneWun 3 ай бұрын

I got splendor duel this last Xmas and my GF really enjoys playing it.

@olivierjodoin2283 3 ай бұрын

After playing Splendor Duel for the first time yesterday, Splendor Marvel is still my favorite of the 3 Splendor games. I find it more interactive at 2p with more blocking than Splendor Duel. The cards are harder to buy so you can better predict what your opponent wants to do.

@Shelfside 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I didn't realize they actually changed the mechanics for the retheme. -Ashton

@olivierjodoin2283 3 ай бұрын

@@Shelfsideyes and it improves the game imo. You have to get a card of each color and at least a level 3 card to win. Race to 16 points instead of 15. It's harder to win by just focusing on 2 colors and hoping the market draw luck will be of those colors. But mostly there is now a majority battle for the Avengers symbol on some cards and when you get the most symbols, you take the 3VP bonus tile (longuest road Catan style). That adds a nice extra decision point.

@Shelfside 3 ай бұрын

@@olivierjodoin2283 nice, thanks for sharing! I'm sure I'll get a chance to play it at a con or something -Ashton

@Zunidrap 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Splendor Marvel. You could argue that if it's more predictable then it's less replayable? I don't know, I'm just trying to decide which one to get between Vanilla or Marvel Splendor.

@olivierjodoin2283 2 ай бұрын

@@Zunidrap the predictable comment was when comparing Splendor or Marvel Splendor vs Splendor Duel (have only played Duel once). You can better read the opponent, so like in Azul, you can take decisions on what to do based on predicting what the other wants, particularly at 2 players. That's a positive for me, it's not less replayable, it makes more interesting player interaction and blocking. Regarding a decision for Splendor vs Marvel Splendor, they are extremely similar, but for the nice little twists I explained above I prefer Marvel Splendor. Note that the Splendor expansion doesn't exist for Marvel and I don't know what it does.

@patrykzukowski7471 2 ай бұрын

If you like lightweight decision making games you really gotta check out Imperial Settlers if you haven't already.

@SiC83 4 ай бұрын

now I have this internal urge to buy splendor:duel, are you happy?

@ashtonwu7760 4 ай бұрын

BUY BUY BUY. I mean seriously it is good, but if you have splendor already maybe think about how the 2p is like

@BobbyJuno 4 ай бұрын

Splendor Duel is my wife's favorite game. Between that and our daughters obsession with Pikachu, we ordered the Pokemon Edition of Splendor on Ebay. Thats great too and our whole family can enjoy it together. When I got into the hobby I snubbed Splendor. We heard Century was "The Splendor Killer" and played the crap outta that instead. I'm glad they came out with a Duel version otherwise I might have dismissed Splendor altogether.

@Shelfside 4 ай бұрын

nice, yeah normal Splendor was one of our first euros ever! Picked up at a whim at BN and got a ton of value out of it -Ashton

@supersaiyankanye7550 3 ай бұрын

You guys should do a quick review of Dune Imperium Uprising

@Shelfside 3 ай бұрын

Oh that's a good idea! Noted for sure, especially with the new movie -Ashton

@WarIsNoMoreCold 3 ай бұрын

Any Age of Empires SFX is a plus for me!

@Shelfside 3 ай бұрын

haha, i try to splash it into vids as much as I can. Super fun! -Ashton

@bossman4799 4 ай бұрын

My girlfriend and her mom love splendor and I’ve only played it 4 times, every time with them. I have won every game somehow and haven’t played in months just to keep my perfect record. It’s ok though because i’m something like 3-9 against my girlfriend in ticket to ride and she won’t let me forget that (one time I lost by about 80-100 points).

@Shelfside 4 ай бұрын

haha, thanks for sharing! Game really does hold up -Ashton

@arepasexo 3 ай бұрын

Incredibleeeeeee

@Shelfside 3 ай бұрын

it is a great game! -Ashton

@damnthatmashlookstasty Ай бұрын

CRUNCHY

@jameskirk4692 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this video/review! Such an amazing quality through out, sound, video, editing and the content(what you say, how you say it, what and how you show)! I basically couldn't praise you enough and could go on. I saw ome or two videos of your before and noticed good quality and even though I subsrcibed, I kinda forgot how useful and very enjoable your vids are to me. I hope I never forget in the future 😊. You have convinced me that this game is probably for me and to buy it in the future. I love original Splendor and played it a lot (on android app against AI). But I think I need something more crunchy and strategic. Thanks for mentioning at the end your favorite two player game. You got me curious and will be checking it out on your channel (hope you made a great video like this already about it). I wonder have you played Point City and what you think of it. (I must check your channel I guess). I saw it played on youtube and feel like I could enjoy it and at the sane time it would be much easier and better fit for my family, particularly young 7yo niece of mine who enjoys board games with me and her mom. Thank you again, and keep up superb work you do here! 🫡

@Shelfside 4 ай бұрын

cheers! Yeah I have made a video on Ashes reborn, although it was a bit of a while ago, so quality isn't quite at this level yet :) Glad Splendor duel could be of use to you! I think it would be great against AI. I'll have to make a note on point city! -Ashton