"Yokohama's debut in 2016 marked it as a rare Japanese-themed board game by a Japanese Designer (Hisashi Hayashi) to qualify as a top 200 game on Board Game Geek. Its primary mechanism of contract fulfillment wasn't entirely novel, but it brilliantly merged it with mancala-style worker-placement, variable board setup, multiple ways to score, and just the right level of player interaction in a medium-weight Eurogame."
"Yokohama's popularity led to a 2-player "Duel" edition published in 2018, a Roll & Write edition published in 2021, a second edition Yokohama with improved artwork published in 2024, and now a second-edition re-print of the 2-player only Yokohama Duel published in 2025. As someone who already loves and owns Yokohama (2024 edition) and believes it plays wonderfully at 2 players, I had my doubts that the duel version deserved a place on my shelves,"
"Yokohama duel is played over 4 rounds, with players guaranteed 4 turns per round. The mancala of original Yokohama has been eliminated in place of "workers" that come in preset values of 1, 2, 3, or 4. On a turn, players must place their lowest available worker in one of 10 available areas to activate its function at a matching power value. Areas are lifted from the original Yokohama and provide the following abilities:"
Yokohama Duel adapts Yokohama into a two-player game by replacing the original mancala mechanism with preset worker tokens valued 1–4. The game runs four rounds, with each player receiving four guaranteed turns per round. Players must always play their lowest available worker into one of ten action areas to activate abilities at matching power. Players can boost activations using single-use extra-power cards and gain additional benefits when activating at high power, including depositing shops or trading houses. Action areas enable resource acquisition and trade, technology for engine building or scoring, contract acquisition, church contributions for points and rewards, and flipping imported crates for points.
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