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En Garde

#169BGG ↗

1993 · 2-2 players · 30min · weight 1.39 · 1,763 ratings

v2 v3

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ID
169
Name
En Garde
Year
1993
Rank
2124
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
30
Min playtime
20
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.3876
Num weights
129
Bayes avg
5.92275
Average
6.49956
Users rated
1763
Num owned
2279
Wanting
141
Wishing
441
Num comments
671
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:18:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Hand ManagementTug of War
Categories (2)
Card GameSports
Description (1204 chars)

Experience the thrill of fencing— board game style! In this two-player game, tactics, skill, and a little bit of luck will determine the best fencer. Teach yourselves the concepts with the basic game, test yourselves with the standard game, and challenge yourselves with the advanced game. Cards fly back and forth as the fencers attack, and parry-riposte. Who will be bold enough to attack first? Is it possible to win with that initial attack or has your opponent beguiled you into an attack while waiting to mount a parry-riposte? En Garde is a very dynamic game— strategically rich yet easy to learn and play. Three levels of rules are included in the game. En Garde is played with 25 cards (5 each of 1-5). Each turn you play one or more cards to advance or retreat your fencer, or perform a direct or indirect attack. Following an attack, the opponent may have a chance to parry the attack or retreat. In each round the winner is the player who successfully lands an attack (or who has the upper hand in a round that uses up all the cards without a successful attack) and the first to five points wins the game. Re-Imagined as: Flash Duel Re-implemented as: Duell

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).