- BGG rank
- BGG #12,170
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Unlock!: Short Adventures – The Ascent
1–6 players45 min2026
Complexity 2.0/5
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.
19,327 games
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,173
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Starmada: The Admiralty Edition
2–12 players180 min2009
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,174
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Mistkäfer
2–4 players20 min2017
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,175
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Hawken: Real-Time Card Game
2 players20–30 min2014
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,176
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Maori Wars: The New Zealand Land Wars, 1845-1872
2 players120 min2018
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,177
- BGG rating
- 8.1
Unconditional Surrender! Western Campaigns
2 players30–240 min2025
Complexity 4.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,178
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Caesar's Gallic War
2 players180 min2009
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,180
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Fast & Furious: Full Throttle
2–4 players30 min2015
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,181
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Envelopes of Cash
1–4 players60–150 min2023
Complexity 3.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,183
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Kunst Stücke
2–5 players60 min1995
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,184
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Just Desserts
2–5 players25 min2015
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,185
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Midway
2 players90–240 min1991
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,186
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Karak Goblin
2–4 players30–90 min2021
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,187
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Tomorrow
2 players20–30 min2023
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,188
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Lost Cities: Auf Schatzsuche
2–4 players20 min2019
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,190
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Fury at Midway
1–2 players90–120 min2020
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,191
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Aloha Pioha
1–4 players15–30 min2016
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,192
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Hell's Gate
1–2 players90 min2013
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,193
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Afrika Korps: The Desert War – Platoon Level Combat in World War II: A Panzer Grenadier Game
2 players2002
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,195
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Chronicles of Light: Darkness Falls – Disney Edition
1–4 players45–60 min2024
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,196
- BGG rating
- 6.0
The Guns of August
2–6 players360–1080 min1981
Complexity 3.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,198
- BGG rating
- 7.6
Paella Park
2–5 players60 min2023
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,199
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Funkoverse Strategy Game: Universal Monsters 100
2–4 players20–60 min2022
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,200
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Deckscape: Tokyo Blackout
1–6 players60 min2023
Complexity 1.0/5
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