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Duel of Meloch isn’t just a new stand-alone game in the wonderful world of 1920+ Europa. It’s an absolute treasure trove of goodies to expand and augment existing games of Scythe and Expeditions.
Having just spent the equivalent price with 3rd party suppliers to get a few promo cards and extra combat dials to round out my Scythe collection, I was staggered to find how much extra quality items you get in this package, all built to top Stonemaier quality and totally compatible with the existing games.
For Scythe :
- 4 Mechs and 1 Character – Evren & Acar
- 1 Faction Mat – Constantinople – Leverage
- 1 Player Mat – Adventurous
- 6 new encounter cards – Nos #75 – #80
- 3 new factory cards – Nos #19 -#21
- 60 totally new design – combat cards
- + 31 all wooden tokens for an extra Grey player
- Grey power dial
For Expeditions :
- New character and companion - Nikte & Nohoch
- New mech miniature and Mech Mat – Voyager
- 30 new Discovery cards – Nos #96 - #125
- + 35 wooden tokens to enable an extra Brown player
Plus an Alliance Token, Home base Tile and a green power dial which aren’t even used in Duel of Meloch but just there for compatibility!
All of this plus the Automata system integrated throughout the Europa 1920+ world.
The new combat card system is worth a special mention as it replaces the old functional but boring combat cards. With fixed values and limited quantities astute card counters (guilty!) could work out what an opponent might have. These 60 new cards, as well as having brilliant Jakub Rozalski artwork, each provide variable power points depending on other factors to add to their base values from 0 – 7. The 0 relies entirely on the value on your power dial – it doubles it and the 5, 6, and 7 cards bring certain penalties.
All this is in addition to the actual game itself, which if it lives up to its promise of being able to be played in 45 minutes, dual or solo, and with any combo of Scythe and Expeditions opponents, gives owners of the existing games chance to experiment with endless combinations.
Watch this space for “Panto” Pete Bartlam’s review of Duel of Meloch and feature on all things Scythe – “About the Scythe of it”.
