Top 10 2 Player Board Games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
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Today we are here with our favorite 2 player games! These games are only played at 1 or 2 players and there are sooo many great ones out there! What are some of your favorites?
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7wonders duel not being here seems like a crime
Ha
I agree! Lol my husband and I love that game!
Love Duel.
Beer and bread sounds like an absolute blast and the fact it’s so high for you guys already makes me hype for it!
Great list! Fields of Arle is one of my favourites.
Very nice video guys! I was always a massive fan of the German game "The settlers" and especially their version "The settlers: Duel" actually we also got some inspirations from this one for our new game :)
Whenever I play war of the ring I take a picture of the board every 3 rounds or so. It's awesome to then see how the armies moved, how much the ringbearers moved and where a lot of units were MUSTARD. It's awesome to look back at it when you finish the game
That’s awesome! Love it.
I’m a huge fan of two player dueling card games. Android Netrunner being my favorite game of all time, but now things like Summoner Wars and Radlands. The new game Worldbreakers is so good too, can’t suggest that highly enough.
Great list. Have only played a few of these but looove Targi. Jaipur is also a favourite. I’ve also just bought Botanik which I’m excited to get to the table.
I too, am mostly a solo or two player gamer. I appreciate the list. I do have Patchwork [Americana], Targi, and Beer and Bread, and would like to have Caper Europe. Fun tip for Patchwork: buy color coordinated buttons in two sizes, [you can get them pretty cheap] to make game play more thematic. Thanks guys!👍👍
We’ve seen people so that and it’s so awesome. We definitely need to get some
Crokinole, Codenames Duet, and Hanamikoji would be on my list
Crokinole is the greatest game ever made
Your mention of KLASK has made a fan for life!
Happy to see there's still much love for Targi. I'd add Hanamikoji and a huge new favorite of mine : Isofarian Guard
Just had an fantastic WotR game with the wife yesterday with me as the shadow. Epic battle for Minas Tirith on round two between Aragorn and Mordor, she played the card that makes me hit myself on 1's in the combat roll and then proceeded to roll 4 hits from Aragorn's blade storm while I rolled 3 1's killing my own men from the chaos that ensued. This put me in a bad position from the start with Gondor activated and winning the early game war.
I took the northern Elven kingdoms and eventually Pelagir and Dol Amroth with my eastern-lings while continuing to batter Minas Tirith with Mordor forces holding Aragorn in place with his armies of men. Rohan slept through the game while Orthanc only supported Angmar and Mount Gundabad. I ended up coming back at the end with a key Shelob's Lair hunt draw stopping her from moving onto Mount Doom and succumbing to corruption on her next move attempt. Just a amazing game and deserving of all the praise it gets.
Thank you for the battle report! this was awesome to read!
Great list. My favourite right now is Beer and Bread. My list would have also included Star Realms, Odin's Ravens, Splendour Duel. I had forgotten that there is an expansion to Targi - will definitely check that out so thanks for mentioning it! My wife and I actually started into the hobby with 3 Kosmos 2 player only games,: Caesar and Cleopatra, Sakkara, and Das Riff, and we still play a lot of games at 2. I have not played your top 2 games. We are usually not interested in games where you play a side, you don't want to represent, like in War of the Rings (we did not like Star Wars Rebellion for the reason). But will certainly try Fields of Arles.
Watergate, Mandala, Paris: La cité de la lumiere, Aqualin, Spirits of the Wild and Naga Raja are some of my favourite 2 player games..
Loved the video, the only games I would add are star realms and Mindbug. Mindbug is surpisingly a very very fun game!
Thank you for these suggestions!
Any time :)
That's exactly what the Halloween Boop is called!
YES!!
Great list! I love most on your list, but my fave is Star Wars Rebellion
Great list! I have to put Watergate, Star Wars Rebellion, and 7 Wonders Duel on my two-player list!
I've been so tempted to get Klask but I don't have the space. Then again that's never stopped me before.
It's so ridiculously fun!
BattleCON and Mage Wars are my favorites. Puzzle Strike, Exceed, and Epic are also really good.
My list is …
Splendor Duel (soooo gooood)!!!
Patchwork
7 Wonders Duel
Jaipur
Caper Europe
Codenames Duet
Paris, City of Lights
Jekyll vs. Hyde
… and new in my collection: Claim, Watergate, Canopy, Targi
Great list!
Watergate is an excellent game!
Just played Beer and Bread a few days ago and really liked it!
I have no idea about baseball. I have never played it and I have never even watched one game. But god I so want to try the baseball 2045 you mentioned! It felt soo cool!
To be honest I have not had a non racing game in my collection at all, and you have sold me on this!
Whenever someone talks about Baseball Highlights, it reminds me of an old NES game called Base Wars, which had a similar theme. Your robot players would fight to settle force plays. Fun times.
Cool!
Yes! Memories of Base Wars is one of the reasons I love Baseball Highlights so much.
Morels, jaipur, cascadia, and splendor duel are my husband and mines favorite. I just bought beer and bread, and im excited to try it.
We want to try Morels!
Thanks for the list. Some good games on there and glad to see Targi on there. For me: 10. Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation, 9. Omen: Reign of War, 8. Radlands, 7. Arkham Horror: The Card Game, 6. Neuroshima Hex! 3.0, 5. Undaunted, 4. Summoner Wars, 3. Fields of Arle, 2. 7 Wonders Duel, 1. Android: Netrunner. Keep up the good content.
Thanks for adding your list! Great games there for sure!
We love Jaipur, 1960: The Making of the President, and recently stumbled upon the old 3M bookshelf card game Mr. President. Star Wars Rebellion is fun, but is really hard to get to the table as it is a bit much (rules and time wise, now that we're parents)
Baseball Highlights: 2045 was my therapy after going to Dodger Stadium to watch the Giants beat the Dodgers, 15-0.
I got Klask last week and loooove it😀
Great start into the list😅
mythic mischief is my #1 game of all time. such a great 2 player game
Excellent!
Morels and Fox in the Forest are great. I really suggest Morels if you haven’t played it.
We gotta try it!
This is what I'm always looking for but can never find. Every 2 player games list ends up being multi player games that play at 2 players but are not strictly 2 player games. Please do more of these and lists of solo only games as well
You got it!
This was a pleasant video to watch 🫶❤️
I personally enjoy solo/2 player games so much.
I have Targi and have not play it🫣
I just got Watergate and Caper Europe this year and I really live them.
Other games in my list are:
Radlands
Star Wars Deckbuilding
DC confrontations Deckbuilding
Air Land and Sea
Undaunted
Looking forward to trying Claim and Beer&Bread
I think it would be more fun is each of you had a top 10.
Yeah we definitely do that at times but for this list there was just way too much crossover so it made more sense to do the one list
Mandala and Caesar! Seize Rome in 20 Minutes are both superb!
Boop….this is Sombra’s favorite game (She is a character from OW2).
Claim sounds like a really cool version of the card game German Whist, which my wife and I love. Might be something worth looking into!
You were going for a good 'B' aliteration for Bread and Beer and you lost it at "you have to be good at both" when "you better be good at both" was waiting for you
Not sure if it’s on your previous lists but I really dig Onitama
I really like how you guys agree on the games on the list and their order!
BTW, aside form Klask, do any of the 2 player games work well as a digital PC Game?
Fields of Arle
War of the Ring
Bear And Bread
Patchwork *************
Targi
Caper Europe
Claim
baseball highlights 2045 *************
boop
Klask
Also interesting how only 2 games have withstood time.. while others have dropped off from your previous best-of!
baseball highlights 2045 *************
7 Wonders Duel
Hanamikoji
Patchwork *************
Pagoda
Fox in the Forest
The Raptor
Targi
Naga Raja
Hero Realms
Watergate is my favorite.
Totally agree with your thoughts on theme of boop. The cat theme had me right away. I do love abstract games. Thank you for your review.
Some other two-player only games that I'd include:
Starship Catan, Star Wars Deck Building Game, Panzergruppe Guderian, Star Realms (or Hero Realms)*, Commands & Colors Napoleonics
* Yes, I know you can play the two "Realms" games with more players. But they're two-player games.
Akrotiri! One if the best!
Thanks guys, curious about Beer & Bread
def peep out our playthrough on it
Cascadia made my top 2 player game
I would add those to the top 3: Star Wars Rebellion, Lord of the Ring Confrontation and Fury of Dracula
ahah, I made this comment before watching the viideo to its end :)
Caper is a great game, I got myself the deluxe version for my b-day 😎
Happy birthday!
You guys should try the Paolo Mori games Blitzkrieg! And Caesar! Something something in 20 minutes. They’re both awesome tactical quick 2p games. I think there’s a third one coming soon too!
We have played Blitzkreig and did a quick demo of Caesar! Love them both! We're actually streaming Ceasar and the new Dogfight on twitch in the next month! Excited to play both!
love fields of arle, when is the on mars video dropping 👀
Not sure when, at some point though! We have a play through of Inventions coming out on Monday
Highly suggest trying Gosu X out. It's a deck builder with different factions and abilities.
Also, you should try Yokai Sketch which is a pseudo set collection tug of war game
Cool we will look them up!
Have you guys tried Star Wars Rebellion?
It's another epic 2P game that we love!!
We haven’t but we JUST borrowed it from a friend so we should be trying it soon!!
My current favourite two player is Lofoten!
Ahhhhh we’ve seen that in stores recently. Maybe we need to snag it
Watergate is soooooo good!!
We have a couple of 2 player games that I will play with my husband while kids are in bed. Watergate is excellent, I wasn't even into the theme but love how it plays so much.
Writing a couple of these down for possible buys in the future
Do y'all have Wingspan Asia? That's the two player version, we have it but haven't played it yet
I am about to start watching this video, BUT, if Summoners Wars is not here, oh boy, I'm going to throw a major tantrum ! ... but I will still like the video because you guys are awesome and I'm pretty sure all your picks are going to be top notch : )
Hehehe well we hate to disappoint but…. (It’s only because he haven’t been able to try it I swear!)
man! such an awesome video! I loved your picks! some of them I haven't tried so on they went to the wish list... and about Summoners Wars, YOU HAVE GOT TO TRY IT :D ! it has so many different factions, all of them feel way different from one another, yet thay are all balanced, the 2nd edition that is, I cannot vouch for the 1st one, but yes, it is an excellent head to head deck-building/ skirmish hybrid, LOVE IT!
What about Unmatched? ⚔️
We thought about putting it but since it’s technically a game that can be played at higher player counts we left it off (but let’s be real it’s a 2 player game)
@@TheBrothersMurph it's definitely best at 2 :)
I just got baseball 2045. My spouse and I are going to play it tonight.
Awesome!!
Need a Patchwork Big box!
Nice I own #s 7, 6, and 5.
Wow. You missed an amazing (18 card) game. Air Land & Sea. (aka. Critters at War, same game, new art).
That game is great! Just not in our Top 10
If you like 2 player Euro style games, then you HAVE to check out “Pagan: Fate of Roanoke”. Many compare it to Netrunner but it has worker placement elements on top. With great theme & art work on top. If you have played it already I would be really keen to get your views on it!
Ooooh cool we’ll check it out!
love Beer & Bread
Lol the classic 2 player box size! Assume it’s a 2 player game 😂
Right!?
Since you like Uwe games, did you try Oranienburger Kanal yet? I recently bought it but didn't get a chance to play it yet.
Haven’t tried it yet but really want to pick it up. I’m sure we’ll dig it
I would add The fox in the forest, I think it's a great trick taking game.
It’s a great one. Just missed the list but we dig it!
War of the Ring is SO good. Curious how the painted minis have held up and if you have any tips ...I've heard that the plastic being so soft causes issues (minis get sticky).
They do stick like crazy and it's very frustrating if I'm being honest lol
@@TheBrothersMurph I can imagine. I've heard a few ideas (like pre varnish before primer) but it doesn't seem to be a guarantee.
I really wish I could find Claim but it seems out of stock in the USA 🇺🇸😵💫
Oh no!
For pure 2 player I also like a little known game, Ninja Taisen. Have you played it?
Haven’t heard of that one yet!
Only issue we have with star wars rebellion is getting the time to play it😅
Yeah :(
No 7 Wonders Duel? List discarded... (jk, thanks for the recs)
Ha yeah we know. Nick just isn’t the biggest fan but I still like it :)
Watching 🎉
No 7 wonders duel?! :O
Unfortunately not, Mike has cooled on it a bit, and Nick doesn't really like it
Claim Pocket, which comes in a really small tin box, is the best 2p travel game ever.
I love Claim, and like to think of the theme as an (american) election, where you don't win by getting the most votes, but with the majority of right kind of voters 😉.
Is there a video where you guys talk about why you hate Twilight Struggle so much? I love that game. And I thought it had a good rep.
The game has a fantastic rep and absolutely deserves it we just don’t enjoy confrontational war games. So it’s definitely an us problem
have yall ever played Token Terrors Battlegrounds?
We haven’t
Star wars rebellion big fans crying
We NEED to play it
@@TheBrothersMurph Do a playthrough of it for a vid! Loved watching your WotR game a few years back.
I understand that this is a two-player only board games list, but I just recently bought war of the Ring, I haven't tabled it yet, but the box says 2-4 players 🤔 .. . is that game on this video because nobody plays it at more than two?
You could play on teams but Its generally thought of as a 2 player game :)
@@TheBrothersMurph oooh, thank you for the clarification ! :)
I thought you guys were kidding about not having Twilight Struggle on the list. An incredible 2-player.
Targi is my favorite. It has a lot of depth in a little box, and we enjoy that player interaction that's so lacking in games these days. Even if it can be a little mean at times, that adds to the tension, and we're nearly always satisfied by what we were able to accomplish. I disagree about the expansion, though, but that's coming from someone who generally dislikes expansions. It complicates an already perfect game.
War of the Ring is incredible, but so hard to get to the table. I hope my partner and I can play it this autumn, where it belongs. :)
And a shout-out to Star Realms, even just the base game, which is quite fun for such a tiny box, with a ton of replayability.
😲 No 7 Wonders Duel?
Narp
Yooo
Botanik
Two words for you: WAR CHEST
Just played that one for the first time it’s really solid!
Did I not see unmatched? Or are u not considering that 2p?
It was on our other list as it's technically 2-4 and people do play it that way. We personally consider it a 2 player only game
Avoid games by eagle gryphon. They have terrible customer service. I bought highlights and a few expansions but the cards were different sizes so you can tell if expansion cards are on top besides being really hard to shuffle. When I explained the situation I was told tough luck. Lovely.
Ah sorry to hear you’ve had bad luck with them everyone we’ve dealt with is awesome
No worries. I'm sure most people won't have any issues, but customer service is important to me and I was turned down by 2 separate representatives so I myself am done with them. Glad your interactions have been positive.
Maybe you could solve the problem with sleeves which don't have a clear background.
Then they have the same size.
I know its not optimal but could help for this issue
@@asura899 thanks! Yeah I considered that but with the expansions there's a ton of cards. I just don't feel like doing another $20 on it just to make it playable.
Uwe is pronounced OO-vuh (not OO-vay)
Yeah we know
Pedant alert: ‘Arles’ is German and pronounced ‘ar-la’. 😊
Cool!
Promo sm
mindless whacking
Genuinely can’t remember if we said that or what’s goin on but right on
@@TheBrothersMurph haha you were talking about Klask. I'm a child.