For fans of, or those just curious about, Unmatched by Restoration games — the restoration of Epic Duels — we set up a page as a portal to all of our Unmatched content! We are also starting to break down the decks, to understand the structure of the special cards and basic cards that make …
Unmatched by Rob Daviau and Restoration Games was one of the most talked about games at Gen Con 2019, and you might say I have a special interest in the game. You know I’ll cover it here. I’ve already been asked, “Ok, so is it better than Epic Duels?” and more than once. Unmatched is …
Was conversing with my buddy Jackson Pope on Twitter recently about what game design is all about. This topic is what I think about these days. When you make a game, it’s all about the fun heart of the game, about finding it and elevating it and building a game around it. Everything else is …
After announcing the end of organized Epic Duels tournaments, and many of the game’s most creative deck designers moving on, it might have appeared like interest in the game was coming to an end, but in fact it was just warming up for the second act. Sign up up to stay updated! Roll Call So by the …
As I’m preparing to launch my first original game, I got to thinking about just how long I’ve been involved with Epic Duels and how, at this point, I’m mostly working with a new group of people that may not know all the history there is to this game. Epic Duels is probably why you’re …
Read through the rules at boardgamegeek and while Unmatched is very similar to Epic Duels, there are some interesting differences. Sign up up for our newsletter! Object: Defeat the opposing major, called the hero, or both opposing majors in a 2v2 game. (nothing new there) Game Board The battlefield is made up of circular spaces …
By now, you’ve surely heard that Rob Daviau and Restoration Games are publishing Unmatched a new, multi-series, tactical dueling game based on the original Epic Duels, per Rob and per Restoration Games. I’ll post all the official Tweets here: It kicked off with this tweet: Unmatched is a new take on the design of Star …
The 1670 crew had another great GenCon in 2018, with 7 of us winning tournaments, running tournaments, demoing games, meeting some of the best known game designers, and generally having a ton of fun in the best 4 days of gaming. If you consider yourself a serious gamer and haven’t been to GenCon, let me …
As I mentioned in a recent blog, though we still love and create for Star Wars Epic Duels, Geektopia is evolving into a creator of original games. I’ve shared my process for making epic decks, now I’m going to share my process for making epic games. Unlike my decks for Star Wars Epic Duels, I …
Continuing the guidelines on building a good Epic Duels deck. So you know why you’re doing a deck, and you know, typically in a combination of 4-6 cards, it’s path to victory. Now what? 3. Bread-and-butter offense: I used to call this the “signature card” but bread-and-butter is a better descriptor, and I’m intentionally adding …