Sunday, February 27, 2022

Duels and Duets

Although some games are only played with two people, such as chess, backgammon and checkers, most games including board games are created with three or more players in mind. A few currently popular games have introduced separate two player versions. These include 7 Wonders, Catan, Codenames, and Imhotep. Card based two player games like Fugitive, Star Realms and Saboteur: The Duel are popular, and other small format games like Hive Pocket are also popular.

A few review videos (here , here and here) provide lists of their favourite two player games: Chai: Tea for 2, The Fox in the Forest, Fungi, Lost Cities, Onitama, Schotten Totten, Sobek: 2 Players, Splendor Duel, Jaipur, and Watergate. The recent game, The Shores of Tripoli, is also popular.

Most war games are two player. Check out my review of War Games here.

They also recommend some multi-player games that are considered to be very good for two players: Arboretum, Azul, Carcassonne, Castles of Burgundy, Dice Throne, Disney Villainous, Everdell, Fort, Gloomhaven & Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, The Initiative, Innovation, Pan Am: The Game, Lord of the Rings: Confrontation, Patchwork, Res Arcana, Roll Player, Santorini, Seasons, Silver Bullet, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective series, Tiny Epic Galaxies, and Twilight Struggle.

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