# Suggestions for fun two player games?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 8, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-fun-two-player-games/806160 "2018-01-08T20:55:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-fun-two-player-games/806160/46 "2018-05-26T23:29:08Z")

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Bumping this thread because my wife and I just picked up a Steam download that we’re enjoying, even as much as it is stressing us out! It’s a cooperative game, and I my search shows that at least one other Doper has played and enjoyed it, so I’ll just paste **krondys** ’s description here.

> [@So I played a bunch of new board games visiting friends last week. What of these have you played?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-played-a-bunch-of-new-board-games-visiting-friends-last-week-what-of-these-have-you-played/758684/66):
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> In addition, I also just recently picked up Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes on Steam. I include that because it is a fantastic party game- place a laptop at one end of the table, where the bomb defuser sits, and give all other players a printed copy of the bomb defusal manual (located at [bombmanual.com](http://www.bombmanual.com)) and have them sit at the other end of the table. The bomb defuser has to describe what he sees, and the disposal ‘experts’ guide him to defusing the bomb by looking through the manual… hopefully. For extra fun, you can separate the groups even more (different rooms and shouting, speaking through a cell phone on speaker, on skype, etc.) Just a great time, and now part of our board game night rotation.

While I can definitely see how it works as a party game, it also goes really well with two people. My wife and I just sat next to each other on our separate computers, so long as one person doesn’t look at the other’s screen. If you’re a romantic couple, the game will definitely help you work on your communication skills. 🙂

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