Codenames: Duet
行动代号：二重奏
Sit across from each other, each seeing one side of the key card, and trade one-word clues to find all 15 agents in nine turns.
- 2–4 players
- about 20 min
- Learn it in a minute
- Co-op
- Word & clue
- Two-player
- Mystery & spies
The goal
Together, find all 15 green words from both sides of the key card before time runs out. Hit an assassin and you both lose.
How it plays
- 1Lay out 25 word cards in a 5 by 5 grid, put 9 timer tokens in the time bank, and stand the key card between you. Sit facing each other so each of you sees only your side.
- 2Your side shows 9 green words for your partner to find, 3 black assassins, and the rest bystanders. Take turns giving a clue: one word and one number, like “weather: 2”.
- 3Your partner touches a word, and your side decides: green gets an agent card and another guess, a bystander gets a timer token and ends the turn. Black means you both lose.
- 4After a correct guess the guesser may stop by taking a token from the bank. Every turn uses up one token.
How you win
You win when the last agent card goes down. If the tokens run out first, play sudden death: no more clues, just guess, and any wrong guess, even a bystander, loses.
First time?
- Most clues need to cover two or more words, or nine turns won’t be enough.
- Old clues still count. You can guess words from any earlier clue.
- Check your three assassins before every clue.