Top 10 (11) Two Player Board Games | Board Games Best at 2 Players

Love a Zoboomafoo reference

Met Jamie at gencon, I was working across from her at the monster fight club booth. Big fan of the channel!

Do you know how the word expert breaks do? An ex is a has-been, and a spurt is a drip under pressure.

Want a challenge? Want to play something very unusual?
Can you say Mottainai?
(moat-TIE-NIGH)
Learning to play is part of the fun. It's a streamlined version of the Innovation / Glory To Rome style.

Pathetic titles. Simple boring games

I love dice throne I play as the fire girl

The very best of 2-player board games are games you haven't even tried to play. Wargames are almost always two player games, and there have been thousands of them published since their early days, 60 years ago. "Board games" encompasses a lot more than just euro-style games.

You guys are my new favorite people!

Love Role Player

You dont know where Burgundy was? Angry Flemish noises

I love your guys' dynamic haha, very fun to watch! And thanks for the list, I'm excited to try The Initiative and Silver Bullet. Cheers and take care :)

Star Realms is my number 1!

Huh

My kids and I LOVE Dice Thrown. We are about to start DTA. Can’t wait.

you guys crack me up :D thank you, added a few to my want list

Have you ever tried Puzzle Strike? It's a PVP deck builder with a cool rebound mechanic - the closer you get to losing the game, the more you can draw per turn. The pieces are fun too, instead of cards you have a bad of tokens like poker chips.

SW: rebellion is good at 2, but i kind of like the 4 player (not dividing the roles but so someone else can giggle at our plotting)

The Others from Cmon was a great two player game (it also works well at higher counts as the Sin player can pit the others against each other)

The Networks plays well at 2 - lots of hate drafting ;)

azul no captives, only releases

Burgundy is a region in France.

Castles of Burgundy is my favorite too!

Great lists

Need to give villainous another try. First time years ago , it didn’t go well for either my wife or I. Also try targi if you get a chance. Love love love that game.

Never heard of Silver Bullet but with such high praise I'll pick it up! Did you guys try these other versions (Silver, Silver Coin, Silver Dagger) with 2 players?

Firefly the board game.

Have you tried Hanamikoji?

Great video, enjoyed it. However, Targi is easily my favourite 2-player game when mixed with the expansion. A true 10/10 game for me.

My ears immediately piqued when you mentioned the Board Room. I used to work there. Miss the cafe so much! Cool to see some content from Halifax :)

So excited about some of these BUT can you recommend a more party themed game for 2 players? My sister il and i like to play games and drink daiquiris so i need a less thinking game if that makes sense. Thanks for the video!!

You should seek out the original Lord of the RIngs Confrontation Deluxe Edition. It is basically the larger version of the game. My gut is that it isn't easy to find nowadays, though. The small version does the job, but the larger version is nicer... and all of the info is right on the cards/character standees... I prefer that aspect, alone.

Call to adventure looks like it would be similar to roll player

Silver is great, but you have to mix up the characters from all the iterations. I think that bullet and coin mix up well.

I've played Azul with 2 players and with more than 2 players. I like it both ways, but it definitely changes when you have more than 2 players. The main difference is that it becomes more tactical and less strategic, just because you can't anticipate what all your opponents will do.

If you like playing Empire then Star Wars Rebellion, the game play definitely biases for the Empire.

Thanks for sharing this list! I'm on the lookout these days for great 2 player games for my wife and I, you gave us a great start! Speaking of great starts, looks like Jeff needed some caffeine before starting this video, or maybe just one good slap to the face from Jamie would have done it, lol! He was much better closer to the end :D

Really needed this list going into winter so my wife and I can play more! Thanks guys!

Strife: Legacy of the Eternals, and recently I just got Radlands, which is awesome!

just found your channel and have subbed already.......my wife and I love 2 player games and I have seen Mandala at top of many sites' lists.......have you tried?

If Zach doesn’t appreciate you painting his Santorini minis then dump him.

Rebellion with the expansion is wicked if you have 2 Star Wars fan. Any of the Villainous play great with 2 as well.

You two are so cute.
First time watching you. 👍🏻😊

Eyyy +1 for Res Arcana, The Fox in the Forest, & Hive! Have you seen Kwanchai Moriya's "illuminated" version of Hive btw? 🙃 Hope it gets officially picked up for publication soon… 🤤

Amazing lists, I agreed with both of you so many times ^^

Lol Jamie is choc full of memes this episode

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