- BGG rank
- BGG #5,833
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Silver Dagger
2–4 players30–60 min2020
Complexity 1.9/5
Best board games for 2 players
Find standalone games recommended for 2 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.
19,321 games
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,834
- BGG rating
- 8.6
Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #4 – Pacific Theater of Operations
2 players180 min2019
Complexity 4.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,835
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Table Battles
2 players20 min2017
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,836
- BGG rating
- 8.0
Valor & Villainy: Lludwik's Labyrinth
1–6 players90–150 min2023
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,837
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Le Passe-Trappe
2 players10 min2003
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,838
- BGG rating
- 6.9
MOB: Big Apple
2 players30–45 min2022
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,839
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Enemy Coast Ahead: Operation Chastise – The Dambuster Raid
1–3 players2014
Complexity 3.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,841
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Broken and Beautiful: A Game About Kintsugi
2–4 players15 min2023
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,842
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Lock 'n Load Tactical: Day of Heroes
2 players60–120 min2008
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,843
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Fortress Europa
2 players240 min1978
Complexity 3.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,844
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Explorers of the Woodlands
1–4 players45–60 min2023
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,845
- BGG rating
- 8.5
Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars
1–2 players60–120 min2025
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,847
- BGG rating
- 6.7
10 Days in the Americas
2–4 players20–30 min2010
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,848
- BGG rating
- 7.2
boop the Halls!
2 players20–30 min2024
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,849
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Runebound
2–6 players120 min2004
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,850
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Harvest Island
2–4 players30–40 min2017
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,851
- BGG rating
- 7.4
BOG
2 players15–25 min2024
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,856
- BGG rating
- 7.0
K3
2–4 players20 min2021
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,859
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Unlock!: Short Adventures – Secret Recipes of Yore
1–6 players30 min2022
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,862
- BGG rating
- 7.2
What's My Word?
2 players45–60 min1972
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,863
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Cartaventura: Vinland
1–6 players45 min2021
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,865
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Stop Thief
2–4 players30 min1979
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,870
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Era of Kingdoms
1–4 players30–45 min2019
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,872
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Gardens
2–4 players45 min2014
Complexity 1.8/5
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