Duel of Meloch Board Game

About this product

Two worlds. One battlefield. Four stars to victory.

A standalone Stonemaier Games strategy experience bringing Scythe and Expeditions together in one focused duel.

Choose your side, disrupt your rival and race across a compact battlefield to claim four stars before your opponent.

Product Description

Duel of Meloch brings the worlds and gameplay systems of Scythe and Expeditions together for a tense head-to-head clash in the 1920+ universe.

One player takes the Scythe side, using its rules and components, including a new faction and player mat. The other takes the Expeditions side, with its own rules and components, including a new mech, character and companion.

The battle unfolds across a tight double-sided map with just 10 locations and 2 lakes, creating more direct interaction and making every movement and decision matter. Instead of traditional end-game scoring, both sides race to become the first to place 4 stars on the Triumph Track.

Meloch also has a way of interfering with the struggle. As stars are placed, Meloch cards can give the opposing player new benefits, adding another layer of tension to the race.

Duel of Meloch is a standalone game, so you do not need to own Scythe or Expeditions to play. If you already own either game, however, compatible factions, player mats, mechs, characters, companions and other content can open up even more combinations.

Dedicated Automa components and rules are also included for solo play.

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Rules & How to Play

View the Duel of Meloch Rulebook (PDF)

View the Duel of Meloch Solo Automa Rulebook (PDF)

Why You’ll Love It

• Two worlds collide: Brings Scythe and Expeditions together in one competitive strategy game.
• A tighter battlefield: Play across a double-sided map with only 10 locations and 2 lakes, where positioning matters.
• Race to four stars: Skip traditional end-game scoring and fight to be the first player to complete four Triumph Track categories.
• Highly asymmetric play: Each side uses a different gameplay system, creating very different approaches to the same duel.
• More direct interaction: Combat, movement and disruption keep both players closely involved in each other’s plans.
• Standalone experience: Everything needed to play Duel of Meloch is included.
• Expands further if you own the originals: Compatible Scythe and Expeditions content can be brought into Duel of Meloch.
• Solo support included: Dedicated Automa components and rules let you take on an artificial opponent.

Quick Details

• Brand: Stonemaier Games
• Designer: Jamey Stegmaier
• Art & worldbuilding: Jakub Rozalski
• Game type: Competitive strategy board game
• Players: 1–2
• Playing time: 45 minutes
• Recommended age: 14+
• Solo play: Yes, with dedicated Automa rules and components
• Main format: Scythe vs Expeditions
• Board: Double-sided rubber playmat with 10 locations and 2 lakes
• Victory condition: First player to place 4 stars on the Triumph Track
• Language: English
• Base game required: No

Good to Know

• Duel of Meloch is standalone: Scythe and Expeditions are not required to play.
• The standard two-player format places the Scythe system against the Expeditions system.
• Existing compatible Scythe and Expeditions content can be used to create additional combinations.
• Variants also allow Scythe vs Scythe and Expeditions vs Expeditions when the relevant additional components are available.
• The new Duel of Meloch board is designed specifically for the duel format.
• Solo play uses the separate Scythe vs Expeditions Automa rules.
• The two included Scythe and Expeditions rule-summary guides focus on the rules relevant to Duel of Meloch.

What’s in the Box

Scythe Player Components

• 1 rule summary guide
• 20 resource tokens: 5 each of food, metal, wood and oil
• 3 Factory cards
• 60 combat cards with a new design
• 6 encounter cards
• 5 miniatures: 4 mechs and 1 character
• 31 wooden tokens: 6 stars, 1 action token, 1 popularity token, 1 power token, 4 structures, 4 recruits, 8 workers and 6 technology cubes
• 1 faction mat
• 1 player mat
• 1 Power Dial
• 1 alliance token
• 1 home base tile

Expeditions Player Components

• 1 rule summary guide
• 1 Power Dial
• 12 corruption tokens
• 15 workers: 3 each of purple, green, red, yellow and blue
• 30 discovery cards :10 each of items, meteorites and quests
• 3 starting cards : 1 mech, 1 character and 1 companion
• 1 mech miniature
• 1 base snap
• 8 wooden tokens: 4 stars, 1 hero worker, 1 power token, 1 guile token and 1 action token
• 1 mech mat

Global Components

• 1 double-sided rubber playmat
• 20 cardboard coins
• 9 map tokens
• 1 double-sided Triumph Track
• 10 Meloch cards
• 1 Tournament of Meloch sheet
• 1 Appendix

Automa Components

• 1 progress track tile
• 1 Triumph Track overlay tile
• 20 Automa cards
• 6 phase cards
• 4 double-sided player aid cards

Note: the alliance token and home base tile are included but are not used in Duel of Meloch itself.