{"id":20538,"date":"2026-07-01T10:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/duel-of-meloch-the-strategic-showdown-between-scythe-and-expeditions-arrives-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:23:54","slug":"duel-of-meloch-the-strategic-showdown-between-scythe-and-expeditions-arrives-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/duel-of-meloch-the-strategic-showdown-between-scythe-and-expeditions-arrives-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Duel of Meloch: The Strategic Showdown Between Scythe and Expeditions Arrives in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"539\">The worlds of <em data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"116\">Scythe<\/em> and <em data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"134\">Expeditions<\/em> collide in <strong data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"164\">Duel of Meloch<\/strong>, a brand-new standalone game designed exclusively for two players. Created by Jamey Stegmaier, this 45-minute strategic duel delivers an intense head-to-head experience on a brand-new map, where every decision matters in a race to claim victory. Each player uses the rules and unique mechanics of one of the two games, creating an asymmetric battle full of tactical choices.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"924\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Scheduled for release in 2026, <em data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"588\">Duel of Meloch<\/em> can be played without owning <em data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"626\">Scythe<\/em> or <em data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"643\">Expeditions<\/em>, while remaining fully compatible with content from both games. Featuring new cards, exclusive components, and plenty of replayability, this latest title from Stonemaier Games is shaping up to be a must-have for fans of strategic two-player games and the acclaimed 1920+ universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The worlds of Scythe and Expeditions collide in Duel of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20539,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20538\/revisions\/20539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}