Codenames: Duet 2025 edition
BA0299
Description
A cooperative spin on the classic game! Now with a revised word list, beautiful art, a brand-new insert that keeps your game neatly organized, and a streamlined rulebook that makes it easier to teach and learn the game.
In Codenames Duet, you're no longer competing — you're teaming up with a fellow operative (or operatives in a group game) for an exciting cooperative experience. The mission? Work together to find all your secret agents hidden among a grid of mysterious codenames. The twist? You each see part of the key — and neither of you has the full picture. Codenames: Duet is perfect to enjoy with only two players, but you can also play it with more friends, if you'd like a less competitive experience than in the basic Codenames.
Here’s how the game works: Lay out 25 word cards in a 5×5 grid. Between you is a shared key card — each half of the team sees one side. On your side, nine words mark your agents, three mark deadly assassins, and the rest are innocent bystanders.
You’ll take turns giving one-word clues paired with a number, pointing the operative(s) across from you to specific words on the grid. Guess right? Keep going. Guess a bystander? Your turn ends. Guess an assassin? Mission failed — game over. But as long as your guesses are correct, you can keep going, even revisiting past clues.
The game is played over a series of 9 turns, but can be increased to 11 turns for operatives who may need a little more time as they improve their skills.
Your goal: Find all 15 agents — without triggering an assassin — before you run out of time!
The game includes 400 new words that can be combined with those from standard Codenames.
Come to our events!
Come to our events!
See our events schedule & Buy event tickets
Board Game Events
Gaming Accessories
See the newest products on our website
Here are all the newest products in our store and our website! See more new items in our new category!
Support the store - join our Patreon!
Wait.. What?
We have launched a Patreon to give ongoing benefits to our regulars (cheaper tickets, early announcements, etc.), manage preorders, and help support the store amid ever-increasing costs and overheads that come with running a bricks-and-mortar shop with over a dozen events each week.
Why?
Because Patreon is the most suitable way we have found so far to offer systemic benefits to our long-term and regular customers who are invested in eclectic games' continued success, it lets us recognise support, reward customer loyalty, and manage some items and processes that have become a significant headache in terms of staff time and effort. We've been running eclectic games and our communities for over 20 years, and this will further help secure our future.
What is Patreon?
Patreon is a subscription-based membership platform used by creators, artists, organisations, and small businesses like eclectic games to create extra content or unique access. Subscribers are called Patrons, and memberships recur monthly. Patreon was founded in 2013, has over 8 million users, and has a robust platform, which is why we chose it.
What does this mean for me? Do I have to subscribe?
No!
For the vast majority of people, the experience of coming to our store or events will not change. We will still be open seven days a week and still run our events. Patreon offers a more premium experience for people who are already firmly invested in supporting the store and want guaranteed preorders and early access to news and events that may sell out quickly.
If you're a Pokemon, Lorcana, or One Piece Player or Collector, this gives you guaranteed access to products at launch for RRP.
For non-subscribers, we will be operating a Lottery to Buy. More details in the 'How will you allocate products?' section below!
What do I get?
Depending on the tier:
- Keep the Staff in Snacks!
- Warm and fuzzy feelings by helping a local store stay afloat!
- £1 off most event tickets! Exclusions apply to Sealed, Draft, and Pack Rush events. See the T&Cs below for more information.
- Early announcements and information.
- Patreon-exclusive Discord channel
Delivery
Delivery
What can I order?
Most items on our website can be ordered to your home. Please note that all of our event tickets are e-tickets only!
Can I just pick it up from your shop?
Yes! Please make sure you select the "I would like to collect my order in store" option during the checkout. You can see our opening hours and shop location on our contact page! If you are purchasing an event ticket as well, you will need to complete that as a separate order, as event tickets can't be selected for 'pickup'.
How much does it cost?
It is £7.50 for parcels up to 10kg.
Collecting your order from our shop is free!
When will my order arrive?
The majority of our parcels are shipped with a two-day tracked service by Royal Mail (Tracked 48). They are usually picked up the day after you've placed the order.
Please note: We no longer deliver to Northern Ireland.
Why have your prices gone up?
Most couriers have raised their prices at the beginning of the year which made our deliveries more expensive.
I'm not in the UK, can I order from you anyway?
Sorry, for now we are not offering deliveries outside the UK as the delivery charges are astronomical. If there's something you can't find elsewhere, we may be able to do a custom quote for you. Please get in touch.Returns
If you are not completely satisfied with your order, we guarantee to exchange any goods or refund the cost of the item, provided you contact us within 14 days of receiving your order.
Before returning unsatisfactory goods please contact us for a returns number.
PLEASE NOTE: Eclectic Games is not responsible for costs incurred in supplying or returning correctly supplied and undamaged goods, and we reserve the right to charge a handling fee of up to 25% of the value of the goods. We recommend that returned items are sent by Recorded Delivery (or an alternative trackable delivery option), as we cannot be held responsible for goods lost in transit. In the case of wrongly supplied or damaged goods we will refund your postage costs.
Eclectic Games reserves the right to alter or amend the specifications and/or prices of the products offered for sale, or withdraw them completely without prior notice.
Our Guarantee is in addition to your statutory rights.
Related items
Codenames 2025 edition
Codenames Critical Role Adventures
Codenames: Cute Critters Expansion
Codenames: Fairy Tales Expansion
Codenames: Pictures 2025 edition