# Board game recommendations for two players **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 20, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-game-recommendations-for-two-players/647796 "2013-01-20T11:59:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-game-recommendations-for-two-players/647796/41 "2013-01-26T23:16:02Z")
We’re hooked on mancala and haven’t even ordered Pandemic yet. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-game-recommendations-for-two-players/647796/42 "2013-02-18T07:22:14Z")
This thread inspired my wife and I to get some board games. It’s just her and I so we picked up Dominion, some card games, and I’ve ordered Munchkin, Gloom, and Ingenious. In time I’m going to get Twilight Struggle and Innovation. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-game-recommendations-for-two-players/647796/43 "2013-02-18T08:05:33Z")
For two players, I’ll suggest Stratego which is not quite as skill-based as chess. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-game-recommendations-for-two-players/647796/44 "2013-02-18T22:35:31Z")
I got given Khet a few Christmasses ago. A board game in which you move mirrored pieces with the intent to zap the enemy with your laser fire, it has the potential to be quite a strategic struggle although I wouldn’t claim to have grasped any but the most obvious. You haven’t lived until you accidentally laser your own Pharaoh. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-game-recommendations-for-two-players/647796/45 "2013-02-24T00:00:25Z")
The wife and I had our first game night with friends and we played Munchkin. Man, that’s a fun game. I want to play it again but we need a third player. The first game took a few hours, as no one knew what they were doing. I just finished watching the Table Top episode to get more of the rules down. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-game-recommendations-for-two-players/647796/46 "2013-02-24T02:14:27Z")
Cribbage is the game my wife and I play the most often. [Memoir '44](http://www.gamefest.com/display.asp?item=1769) might also be a good choice: it’s a tactical WW2 game that takes about 10 minutes to set up and about 30-45 minutes to play. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-game-recommendations-for-two-players/647796/47 "2013-02-24T20:19:29Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > The wife and I had our first game night with friends and we played Munchkin. Man, that’s a fun game. I want to play it again but we need a third player. > > The first game took a few hours, as no one knew what they were doing. I just finished watching the Table Top episode to get more of the rules down. Hah! Yes. Works better with a few more than two though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-game-recommendations-for-two-players/647796.md?page=2)