Unmatched: Slings and Arrows

2024 Layer by Layer

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Game Details

Box 11.6 × 9 × 2.7 in (29.5 × 22.9 × 6.8 cm) · French edition (2024). Editions vary, check your copy before printing an insert.

In battle, there are no equals. Unmatched is a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game for two or four players. Each hero is represented by a unique deck designed to evoke their style and legend. Tactical movement and no-luck combat resolution create a unique play experience that rewards expertise, but just when you've mastered one set, new heroes arrive to provide all new match-ups. Combat is resolved quickly by comparing attack and defense cards. However, each card's unique effects and a simple but deep timing system lead to interesting decisions each time. The game also features an updated version of the line-of-sight system from Tannhäuser for ranged attacks and area effects. All the world's a stage in Unmatched: Slings and Arrows, while the Globe Theater is a battlefield. William Shakespeare steps up to the fight along with three of his wondrous characters: The Wayward Sisters, Hamlet, and Titania. Shakespeare's deck, designed by Jonathan Guberman, was one of the winning decks in a 2020 design competition, and it rewards players for completing lines in iambic pentameter. The Wayward Sisters, a runner-up in that competition from Jason Hager, is a multi-hero deck that challenges you to bring the witches' potion machinations to life with cunning co-ordination.

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Noah Cohen , Rob Daviau , Jonathan Guberman +3 more , designer

Zoë van Dijk , Nastya Lehn , artist

Restoration Games , publisher

#1511

BGG Rank ↗

8.4

Rating

2.4

Weight

2–4