7 Wonders Duel Base Game

An excellent two player strategy game, feels completely fresh after dozens of matches. You take turns choosing cards to take (or sell) to add buildings to your civilization, each with its own cost, requirements and benefits. You also have access to Wonders, which you choose from a pool of options at the beginning. They require a lot of resources and the sacrifice of a normal card in exchange for powerful effects. Over three rounds, you're aiming for one of three victory conditions, while trying to stop your opponent from doing the same: military conquest, scientific advancement, or simply having the highest score based on a range of factors of the first two weren't achieved. Once you get the flow of the game and are familiar with the card's functions, gameplay is fast and the three rounds pass in no time. The cards are beautifully illustrated and manage to communicate all the information needed in simple symbols, though there are also reference guides in the box if you need clarification. I've never played the original 7 Wonders to compare, but this is a seriously well-designed and elegant strategy game. From the first card draw, you always have to balance what you want with reducing opportunities available to your opponent. There's this constant to-and-fro tension which makes the “Duel” name very apt. No system in the game is complicated, and yet the strategy that emerges from it is: surely the mark of great design.

Absolutely adore this game! My husband and I love the full 7 Wonders Game but couldn’t play it just me and him and this game is perfection! THEE BEST TWO PLAYER GAME IVE SEEN YET! It’s different every time you play, strategy, luck, reliably fun, and a lot of the time you don’t know the winner until you add up the points! Definitely a more complicated game to learn but once you do, easily one of my top games! 100000% worth the money!

7 Wonders Duel was a must buy for us. Absolutely love and always enjoy when we had enough people to play the original 7 Wonders game, and as we have yet to try the 2 player variant and Duel is always so highly recommended we wanted the chance to play one of our favorite games as 2p. Simply stated it works very well, Duel is a great game and is highly competitive, and you’ll find familiar iconography and cards/theme from the original game and just need to learn some of the new rules. Duel has many paths to victory and will make each game quite different depending on the shuffle and distribution of the cards and wonders. The new win scenarios with military power or leading with science are interesting and fun to aim for. I personally feel though that once both players understand how both conditions are achieved you can easily upset wins with either of them by just denying those cards to the other player. This will somewhat force you to take cards that you don’t want or need yourself and either take them as money value or use them for wonders. In this way we don’t often see wins based on military or science unless it is a very lucky reveal of the hidden cards in the stack. I’m not really a fan of either of those types of win and we’re almost at the point now that we would prefer always to play to the end and have wins be score based. There is another neat twist with Duel and that is how you set up each age and their cards. You will set up a pyramid or Mahjong type of tile system with altered rows of displayed and hidden cards. The next row of cards won’t be available until the previous row has had any cards on top of hidden cards removed and played, at which time the next row is opened and flipped to display. I really enjoy that part of the game and think it works very well to have some hidden elements at play. I’m not one to count and memorize the cards and be thinking of which ones are hidden in any of the piles so this remains fun for us. What I don’t like though are the tiny cards, shuffling them, and actually arranging that Mahjong style setup for each of the 3 ages, while I still love the mechanic and what it adds to the game the components themselves and the setup detracts a bit and adds time to the game which I don’t care for. Duel is a great pick for 2 player gamers and I don’t imagine we’ll stop playing it or get rid of it anytime soon. It really scratches our itch to play 7 Wonders when it’s just the two of us. There are just a few things that don’t live up to the hype I had expected, although we are still looking forward to adding some of the expansions to our base game and try those out as well. I’m sure we’ll enjoy those as well and we would both still recommend 7 Wonders Duel overall.

Love the game! Easy to learn, plays within about 30 mins, easy to set up/clean up. Really enjoying it

I rarely write reviews, but this board game really deserves it. If you are looking for a medium weight 2-player game, do not hesitate to buy it. The game is well-designed and offers multiple ways to win (science, military, points), making it very replayable. And there are two extensions (as of 2025) that you can buy to enrich the base game. The game is fast to set up, although for a medium-weight game it does have a bit of a learning curve. My husband, being a gamer, got all of the rules right away, but for me it took a game or two to understand all the complexities. There are just a lot of different types of cards and special tokens that take a while to learn, but then in my eyes this makes the game more replayable. The game is called “7 wonders” but building the wonders gives you only some of the points. You also get points for various cards and tokens, and if you win via military or scientific victory, points do not count at all. I personally like the fact that there are options to try to win without accumulating and counting points. My husband, on the other hand, is used to complex games where you count points at the end. So this game offers something for us both. What I also like is that there is a good deal of interaction between players (stealing cards and coins, balancing a military score). Next to Splendor Duel, 7 Wonders Duel is our favorite to play when we have an hour or so in the evening. The two games are actually fairly different, but if you like one of them you may like the other!

We love this two player game! The variety in strategy keeps the game fresh each time and makes it more fun. I personally enjoy games that keep me mentally engaged, and this game delivers there. It’s easy to learn, but takes a few rounds to fully remember all the rules.

7 Wonders Duel is an outstanding board game that is perfect for two players. The game is easy to learn, but provides endless hours of strategic play. The game mechanics are well thought out and each turn offers new challenges and opportunities for players to build their civilizations. The game components are of high quality, with well-designed cards and a sturdy game board. The rules are clear and concise, making it easy for new players to jump in and start playing. The game play is fast-paced and exciting, with players making decisions about which wonders to build, which resources to gather, and which military actions to take. One of the best aspects of 7 Wonders Duel is that each game is different. The wonder cards and the order they are played change with each game, offering a unique experience each time you play. The game also scales well, with different difficulty levels available depending on the skill level of the players. Overall, 7 Wonders Duel is an excellent board game that provides a challenging and enjoyable experience for two players. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or new to the hobby, I highly recommend this game. It's a great addition to any game collection and is sure to provide hours of fun.

Depuis le temps qu'on me conseillait ce jeu et qu'il manquait à ma déjà imposante ludothèque, voilà c'est fait et je confirme les commentaires précédents. C'est un jeu à la fois simple dans sa mécanique, très beau visuellement et très riche en possibilités. Adaptation du jeu Seven Wonders à deux joueurs, cette version se joue en collectant des ressources pour augmenter ses forces tout en contrôlant autant que faire se peut le développement du joueur adverse. C'est sur cet équilibre que la victoire se fera. Et ce n'est pas simple puisqu'il faut contrôler le tour de pioche plusieurs coups à l'avance. Le jeu se passe dans l'antiquité et le design est vraiment très beau avec du matériel de bonne qualité et la possibilité de jouer des extensions. A chaque tour, on doit ramasser une carte grâce à soit de la monnaie soit des ressources qu'on collecte via les cartes au cours du jeu, tout est dans l'art de bien gérer à la fois ressources et finances. On peut faire un certain nombre d'actions avec ses cartes et, c'est retors, mais on peut aussi plomber l'autre ce qu'il faut d'ailleurs faire impérativement. A Seven Wonders Duel, il faut garder un œil sur tout car votre adversaire peut gagner financièrement, militairement, par la conquête de points de victoire ou encore par son avance scientifique. L'atout de ce jeu réside dans sa simplicité d'une part et sa grande richesse de possibilités d'autre part. Il sera parfait pour jouer à deux voire en équipes de deux, dès l'âge de 8/10 ans selon les enfants car les façons les plus retorses de jouer leur seront un peu compliquées à saisir. Il y a une petite part de chance au tirage mais une grosse part de calcul et de réflexion. Du reste, on peut tester ce jeu sur Board Game arena donc ça permet de se faire une idée. Très addictif pour des parties de 15/20 minutes.

Adaptation pour deux réussie, des heures de plaisir en perspective.

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Fun and versatile game for 2 player, by now I think we played 7 wonders duel for the past 4 months >30 times and still going