# Board type game for 2 players? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 2, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043 "2018-02-02T16:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/1 "2018-02-02T16:36:01Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/2 "2018-02-02T16:49:58Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/3 "2018-02-02T16:51:02Z")
Cribbage is the best! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/4 "2018-02-02T16:56:14Z")
Chess. Also very easy to sharpen your skills by playing online. Either against a computer or real people. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/5 "2018-02-02T16:58:57Z")
[Here’s a recent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=846482) with lots of great suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/6 "2018-02-02T17:23:54Z")
Ticket To Ride works well with 2 people Also Small World. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/7 "2018-02-02T18:15:49Z")
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-casual-games-2-players) [http://www.dicetower.com/game-video/top-10-strategic-2-player-games](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 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/8 "2018-02-02T18:22:21Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/9 "2018-02-02T18:22:41Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/10 "2018-02-02T20:16:42Z")
Settlers of Cataan works quite well for two people. I used to play it frequently with a friend of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/11 "2018-02-02T20:33:32Z")
[Moderating] Moved from CS to the Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-type-game-for-2-players/808043/12 "2018-02-05T02:19:42Z")
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.