- BGG rank
- BGG #10,115
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Maniacal
2–5 players60–120 min2019
Complexity 2.6/5
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 #10,116
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Warhammer Underworlds: Gnarlwood
2–4 players2022
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,117
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Bethel Woods
2–4 players40 min2016
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,118
- BGG rating
- 8.7
Assault: Sicily '43 – Gela Beachhead
2–4 players60–180 min2025
Complexity 3.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,119
- BGG rating
- 8.3
Atlantic Wall: D-Day to Falaise
2–6 players120–14400 min2014
Complexity 4.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,121
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Discover: Lands Unknown
1–4 players60–120 min2018
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,122
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Pond
2–4 players30–60 min2025
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,123
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Bao
2 players40 min
Complexity 3.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,126
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Z War One: Damnation
1–5 players40–120 min2016
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,127
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Monastery
2–4 players60 min2008
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,128
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Das Vermächtnis des Maharaja
2–4 players30 min2017
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,129
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Air Postal
1–4 players45–120 min2023
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,130
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Golden Cup
1–6 players60 min2024
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,133
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Le Passe-Trappe Grande
2 players5 min2008
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,136
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Dweebies
2–6 players20 min2010
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,137
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Stellar Drift: Pull & Write
1–5 players30–45 min2024
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,141
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Sky Galleons of Mars
2–6 players120 min1988
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,142
- BGG rating
- 7.6
War in the Desert
1–2 players60–720 min1997
Complexity 4.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,144
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Materia Prima: The Alchemists Guild
2–4 players60–90 min2020
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,145
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Mountaineers
1–4 players30–120 min2019
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,147
- BGG rating
- 6.7
No Return
2–4 players30 min2019
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,148
- BGG rating
- 7.3
The Battle of Wakefield: Yorkshire, England 30 December 1460
2 players60–120 min2017
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,149
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Adventure Games: The Volcanic Island
1–4 players75–200 min2019
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #10,150
- BGG rating
- 6.8
80 Days
2–4 players45–75 min2022
Complexity 2.1/5
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