Tabletop for Two: Board Games Couples Can Play Together. By Hilary Goldstein. Board game nights are great. You get friends together, you play a few games and you have a blast. Then everyone leaves and they don’t come back for a while.
What do you do between then? How do you fill that gaming time when it’s just you and your special someone?
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Fortunately, there are a lot of games that are great to play with just two people. In fact, there are so many games that are enjoyable with two that we couldn’t possibly list all of the best. Instead, we’ve broken them down into three categories: Quick, cooperative, and competitive. There are, of course, plenty of games that only play two players. Those aren’t on the list.
After all, you kind of know they are going to play just fine with two players by design. This list is of games that suggest four, five, or even eight players, but still play well with just a pair. Criteria: Doesn’t require a bunch of “special” rules to adjust the game for two players. Still fun after more than 1. Won’t have you going to bed angry at one another.
Quick Games. These are games that are easy to set up and can be played with two people in less than 3. Guillotine. As an executioner, your job isn’t just to cleanly lop off the heads of French nobles, but to get the crowd excited. Yes, this is a (surprisingly) light- hearted competition between beheaders to see who can best wow the crowd. Each round, a line of the guilty stand before you. By playing cards, you’ll manipulate this line, ensuring the most valuable heads roll at your feet and the peasants end up the only ones available for your opponent’s blade. Heads will roll! Love Letter. The princess needs a suitor and it might as well be you.
The only trouble is you have a competitor. You’ll need to work to get your letters of adoration to the princess’s doorstep and win her affection before the person across the table steals her heart. This fast- paced card game has you trying to figure out what card is in your opponent’s hand, while trying to conceal what’s in yours. Designed and great for four players, this game of simple deduction remains excellent when it’s just two at the table.
Splendor. Diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and more will be yours in this genius set- collection game. Your goal is to earn the most victory points by claiming various gems. Gather enough of the right variety and you’ll attract hoity- toity nobles such as Henry VIII (also worth victory points). With just one action each turn, things move quickly. This is a fun and light game, but the real reason to play Splendor is so you can gander at some of the best card art around.
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It truly matches the rich opulence of the gems you’re meant to collect. And it really does play just as well with two players as it does with four. Co- op Games. Cooperative games have become increasingly popular in the past few years.
These games are challenging and only those who work together can hope to come out victorious. Elder Sign. An Elder God is threatening to breach into our world and devour everything. You and your teammate will travel to various locales, roll custom dice to complete quests, earn items and spells, and cast Elder Signs to lock away the Ancient One before it can awaken. It’s pretty much the plot of True Detective, but with less metaphysical exposition.
There’s less strategy to this one than most great co- op games, but sometimes it’s more fun to place the fate of humankind in a few dice rolls. Legendary Encounters (Marvel / Aliens)Upper Deck has delivered two outstanding cooperative experiences aimed for a very particular set of fans. In Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game, you and your bestie are recruiting super heroes to battle a supervillain and prevent their nefarious plot from coming to fruition.
You might face Doctor Octopus, Magneto or even Galactus (who eats the game board!). For an even more intense experience, try Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game, which recreates the plots of the original four Alien movies. Can you and the crew of the Nostromo find and defeat the “perfect organism” before it kills you all? Probably not, but it’s fun to give it a shot nonetheless.
Pandemic. The go- to co- op game for many, Pandemic is a tense and challenging struggle to cure deadly diseases that are quickly spreading across the world. Taking a unique role with its own special ability, you’ll have to coordinate your efforts with your partner to both manage the spread of these viruses while also hunting for cures. Three expansions are available for Pandemic (In the Lab, On the Brink, and State of Emergency) and all of them are great additions that add either depth or difficulty to an already stellar game. Bonus: Pandemic is slightly easier with fewer players!
Competitive Games that Won’t End Your Relationship. Playing as a team is nice and all, but sometimes you want to test yourself against your significant other. Here are a trio of competitive games that are fun for two players, but aren’t contentious enough to have either of your going to bed angry. Small World. There’s only room in this world for one mythic race and it sure as heck is going to be yours. Small World is a game of land control, where you attempt to take hold of more land either from the primitives still occupying it or from your opponent.
You’ll be playing as a unique fantastical race with a randomly assigned special attribute. You might choose to be Berserk Sorcerers or Fortified Halflings, or any number of potential combinations. The real strategy is in deciding when to “sunset” your current race and draft a new one to continue your conquest of the land. Small World comes with a board specifically designed for two players, making it a perfect option for fantasy fans. Smash Up. Pirates and ninjas teaming up to battle robots and dinosaurs? This the genius of Smash- Up, a fast- paced and fun card battle game. You’re competing to “smash” more bases than your opponent, using a 4.
The joy is in seeing how the powers of one faction can work in tandem with the abilities of a very different faction. Pirates and wizards might be natural enemies, but in Smash- Up, they can come together to form a mighty tandem. For an added twist of the bizarre, pick up the new Pretty Pretty Smash Up expansion, which adds Faeries, Kitty Cats, and Princesses. Nothing is quite as satisfying as having your Kitty Cats/Zombies team come out on top. Stone Age. Can you create a better prehistoric society than the love sitting across from you? Stone Age is a worker placement game where each round you must decide how best to improve your burgeoning society. Will you create more cavemen (code for nookie!), gather food, forage for other resources, or maybe improve your clan’s primitive toolset?
The choices you make impact how your society grows (and can earn you victory points). Spaces on the board are limited, even in a two- player game, so how you decide to place your workers can impact the options available to your opponent.
But it’s all fun and games. If you’re just getting started in the tabletop hobby, be sure to check out IGN’s picks for the Five Best Board Games for Beginners, as most games on the list are great with two players. What are some of your favorite two- player strategy games? Let us (and others looking for more great games) know in the comments. Hilary Goldstein plays lots of board games.
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