Looking for a good board game that can be played with only 2 people . Don’t have any specific type that I prefer I am willing to check out whatever people suggest.
For 2 people, I find cooperative games generally work better.
I suggest: Codenames Duet (not regular Codenames, which needs more than 2 people). I actually like Duet better than the regular version. Its not “really” A board game, in that there is no board, but it is played on a table.
Cribbage is the best!
Chess. Also very easy to sharpen your skills by playing online. Either against a computer or real people.
Here’s a recent thread with lots of great suggestions.
Ticket To Ride works well with 2 people Also Small World.
Recent videos (they do not list Targi because it is > 5 years old)
http://www.dicetower.com/game-video/top-10-casual-games-2-players
http://www.dicetower.com/game-video/top-10-strategic-2-player-games
I often disagree with the DT folks, but the games are worth investigating at least
Brian
Chess is pure skill, so if the players are not well-matched it may not be fun.
It can be played by any age.
Pandemic is a co-operative game (for 2-4 players.) I’ve played it happily with bright 8 year olds and also university graduates.
Backgammon, chess, go, Othello, Stratego, checkers.
A few that are better played with three or more, but still good for two: Scrabble, Perquackey, Boggle (the last two are not technically board games).
I have played Monopoly and Risk with only two players. They’re not exactly bad that way, but I don’t think they work particularly well with fewer than three.
Not a board game, but gin rummy is my second-favorite two-player game, after backgammon.
Settlers of Cataan works quite well for two people. I used to play it frequently with a friend of mine.
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Moved from CS to the Game Room.
Dominion. It probably works best as a two-player game, even though it’s regularly played with 3 or 4 (or possibly more, but then it really starts to suffer). Unfortunately, it’s rather expensive to get all the expansions, which is where the best parts of the game for 2-player are.