Review
Lawyer Up
Lawyer Up is an interesting two-player companion that improves once the first game is out of the way. In Case 00, repeat plays give the card pool and witness order enough context to make the contest properly tense.
- Published
- 2021
- Designer
- Samuel Bailey, Mike Gnade
- Publisher
- Rock Manor Games, Boom Boom Games, Fox in the Box
- Players
- 1–2
- Playing time
- 75 min
Lawyer Up is a good little two-player companion: not necessarily a game that wins you over at first sight, but one that keeps asking to come back to the table. The first play is an introduction; after that, you start watching your opponent rather than merely your own cards.
Each case comes with its own card pool, and at first that leaves plenty uncertain. You do not yet know the shape of the pool, what the other player might be holding, or which cards will matter once the case develops.
The first play is an introduction; after that, you start watching your opponent rather than merely your own cards.
TheCuttlefish
On repeat plays, the order in which witnesses are selected starts to carry real weight. That is where the contest lives: finding a good choice is not enough; you need to take it before the person opposite does. Suddenly, the case has teeth.
It is not exceptional, but with Case 00 I would currently choose it over Radlands for a two-player game. Whether the other Cases lift it further or let it down remains open, but this one is already much stronger on repeat plays than it first appears.
It is not exceptional, but with Case 00 I would currently choose it over Radlands for a two-player game.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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