- BGG rank
- BGG #8,533
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Tank Chess
2 players10–50 min2016
Complexity 2.4/5
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.
19,324 games
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,534
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Ark & Noah
2–4 players45 min2012
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,537
- BGG rating
- 8.1
Die Firmenfeier: Das letzte Fest des Oliver Borgmann
1–6 players240–300 min2021
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,538
- BGG rating
- 6.8
BrilliAnts
1–6 players30–80 min2017
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,539
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Eastern Front Tank Leader
2 players90 min1986
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,540
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Dragon Keepers
1–6 players10–40 min2019
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,541
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Raising Chicago
2–4 players75–120 min2025
Complexity 3.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,542
- BGG rating
- 8.0
Carl v. Linné
1–4 players60–120 min2026
Complexity 3.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,545
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Illumination
1–2 players45–60 min2021
Complexity 3.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,546
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Victory at Midway: Turning Point of the Pacific War, June 1942
1–2 players180 min1992
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,547
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Bee Alert
2–5 players15 min2012
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,548
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Uluru: Neuer Tumult am Ayers Rock
1–5 players20 min2013
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,549
- BGG rating
- 7.4
CastleScape
2–4 players60–90 min2023
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,550
- BGG rating
- 8.2
Triumph of Chaos v.2 (Deluxe Edition)
2 players180–600 min2019
Complexity 4.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,552
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Napoleon Returns 1815
2–3 players90–120 min2020
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,554
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Afrika: The North African Campaign, 1940-1942
1–2 players120–720 min1993
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,556
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Gettysburg: Badges of Courage
2 players180 min2004
Complexity 3.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,557
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Tacocat Spelled Backwards
2 players15–20 min2021
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,559
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Tom Tube
2 players30 min2003
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,560
- BGG rating
- 7.4
1826: Railroading in France and Belgium from 1826
2–6 players210 min2000
Complexity 3.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,561
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Zombiaki II: Attack on Moscow
2 players30 min2010
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,562
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Burning Suns
2–5 players80–200 min2013
Complexity 3.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,564
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Ecogon
1–6 players15–120 min2015
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,565
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Amygdala
2–4 players60–90 min2023
Complexity 2.8/5
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