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Pros & Cons
Pros
Codenames duet takes the beloved original game to new heights with its cooperative gameplay. It plays very similarly to og codenames but with more of a cooperative element (you're working together to guess the right cards within a certain number of tu... Read More
There's no down time and it's cooperative! It makes you think about choosing your clue carefully.
It's challenging and fun at the same time. The campaign map is rather bare-bones, but it adds a lot to the game's replay value.
Cons
If you are (or have the mentality of a 10 year old this game is probably wonderful. But for friends hanging out looking for a board game it's horrible. Not a competitive game.
Pass on this. There’s no fun or laughter. And it is ridiculous. This game is pointless.
Highlights
Quality
The game is easy to set up and the rules are not complicated, so plays can start quickly.
Games are fast and setup/cleanup don’t take long either, and the game itself is small and easy to store.
I have tried to play the normal code names with 2 players, but it didn’t work very well.
The ease of set-up is going to make this a go-to for a long time to come.
Price
I pay full price for all of my amazon purchases and i rarely write 5 star reviews.
Like i mentioned earlier, for just 25 dollars or less if you’re even vaguely interested in this kind of game it’s hard to go to... Read More
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two, easy, good, cooperative and designed. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 1332.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 6,530 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 15 2025.
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The game play is a little different and is more collaborative which is fun
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It’s also challenging to get it in the number of turns allotted
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Whether it’s just the two of us playing or if we’re playing the game with others the goal of the teams is to identify agents the good guys and assassins the bad guys so the good guys can prevail
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I pay full price for all of my amazon purchases and i rarely write 5 star reviews
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The way it’s set up you’ll never play the same game twice
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Despite a slight learning curve and occasional frustration it’s a game we keep coming back to
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You could play thousands of games and they’d each be different
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My one caution would be the level of difficulty as it’s the kind of game that either clicks with someone or it doesn’t
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