Begin with a standard 52 card deck, remove jokers.
Deal one card face-down in each lane for each player (six cards total). These are your Base cards.
Deal five cards to each player’s hand.
Remove ten cards from the draw pile and set them aside, these will not be used this game.
Played face-down (inactive). May be attacked and killed but cannot attack.
Activates card power. Can now attack (for one action).
Deal one damage to any opposing card in lane.
Create a pair. See below.
Any combination of actions is allowed.
For example: Play > Flip > Attack, or Attack > Attack > Attack.
You must use all your actions.
On the very first turn of the game, the first player has just two actions. You may look at your own played cards at any time for free.
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Attack & Damage
Pairs
At the start of your turn, draw one card from the shared draw pile.
Once the draw pile is empty, no more cards may be drawn by any means.
When the draw pile is empty, Base cards become normal cards (but they cannot be looked at before being flipped)!
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As of the mid-2020s, the transgender community finds itself at a paradoxical apex. On one hand, visibility and legal recognition are higher than ever. On the other, a ferocious political backlash has made trans people the primary target of conservative culture wars—from bans on gender-affirming healthcare for minors to laws restricting bathroom access and drag performances. In daily life, LGBTQ culture provides a vital
To understand the transgender community's place in LGBTQ culture, one must distinguish between sex, gender, and sexuality—concepts often conflated by outsiders.
The transgender community intersects with LGBTQ culture in complex ways. A trans woman (assigned male at birth, identifies as female) could be a lesbian, straight, or bisexual. Her identity as "trans" describes her history, while her sexuality describes her attraction. The transgender community intersects with LGBTQ culture in
Non-binary and genderqueer identities—those who exist outside the traditional man/woman binary—have exploded into mainstream awareness, largely thanks to trans activists. This expansion of vocabulary (neopronouns like ze/zir, or they/them) is one of the most significant gifts the transgender community has given to LGBTQ culture: the permission to move beyond boxes entirely.
Remove sixteen cards from the deck during setup.
Do not remove any cards from the deck during setup.
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Duel 52 was created by Judd Madden and Nina Riddell on our honeymoon in 2017. It has been through countless iterations and balance changes since then. We are sharing it with the world as a free game you can play anywhere with a standard deck of cards. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Talk strategy, ask questions, find people to play online, join a tournament or just say hi!
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Thanks to all our playtesters: Daniel Jolly, Thomas Jolly, Chris Newey, Daniel Frawley, Raffaella Liquori, Tim Collie, Georgia Suidgeest, Vivian Riddell, Maree Moloney, Rohan Porteous, Sarah Bartley, Tobias Madden, Vicki Madden, Luke Phelan, Bevan Sly.
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Two Player
Standard Deck
25 Minute Games
