Stonemaier has found a way to get Scythe and Expeditions onto the same table at once. Duel of Meloch, revealed by designer Jamey Stegmaier, is a two-player standalone that sets one player's Scythe faction against another's Expeditions crew in a 45-minute head-to-head. It reaches the Stonemaier webstore on 15 July 2026.
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Find events near youIf you only know one of those games, here is the quick version. Scythe is Stonemaier's hit strategy game of mechs and farming across an alternate 1920s Eastern Europe, all engine-building and tense board control. Expeditions is its follow-up, sending walking war machines into a cursed Siberian wilderness. Duel of Meloch lets the two collide: one side plays by Scythe's rules with a brand-new faction and player mat, the other commands a new Expeditions mech, character and companion.
The box is generous for a duel. You get 60 new combat cards, two map layouts with their own locations and lakes, a double-sided Triumph Track to chart the scrap, map tokens and a natural rubber playmat. The clever part is the cross-compatibility, which Stonemaier is billing as the most it has ever built into a product. Every existing Scythe faction and player mat works with it, as do all your Expeditions mechs, characters and companions, right down to the Invaders from Afar factions and the Gears of Corruption content. If you own the shelves, Meloch plugs into them.
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See how it worksBeyond the webstore launch, the game also turns up at Gen Con, with a wider retail release in August. If a 45-minute grudge match between two beloved games sounds like your evening, round up a willing opponent and sort out a game night.
Sources: Stonemaier Games | Duel of Meloch
