Introducing Two-Hander
Our third game is a quick card game for two. You and a rival write one play together, each secretly rooting for different characters, with a pair of scissors for any Scene that helps the other side.
Stagehand Games has a third game, and it’s a small one. It’s called Two-Hander, after the theatre word for a play with only two parts, and it’s a card game for exactly two players.
You and your rival have been hired to write one play, together. At the start, each of you is dealt two of the six characters in secret: the Heiress, the Detective, the Ghost, the Clown, the Captain and the Maid. You take turns adding Scenes to the same script, and when the curtain falls, your characters’ arcs are your score.
The trouble is that you’re both writing the same story. Every Scene you add is a clue about whose side you’re on. And if your rival writes a Scene that flatters their favourites, you can spend one of your two Cut cards, throw it out, and write your own in its place.
It’s quick to learn and plays in about twenty minutes. It’s in playtesting now, and the box is in development. There’s no digital edition: this one is made for a table.
There’s more on the Two-Hander page, including a short rehearsal where you can try a Cut yourself.