- BGG rank
- BGG #14,954
- BGG rating
- 6.8
A Frozen Hell: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, Russo-Finnish War, 1939
2 players240 min2000
Complexity 3.7/5
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.
19,343 games
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,955
- BGG rating
- 6.4
APBA Pro Football
1–2 players120 min1958
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,956
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Horizon Wars: Science-Fiction Combined-Arms Wargaming
2 players30–120 min2016
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,959
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Monolith: The Strategy Game
1–4 players30 min2013
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,961
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Yohei
2–4 players60–90 min2020
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,965
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Dicke Kartoffeln
2–6 players120 min1989
Complexity 3.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,968
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Unsolved Case Files: Jamie Banks
1–4 players120–360 min2019
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,969
- BGG rating
- 7.6
Atlantic Sentinels: North Atlantic Convoy Escort, 1942-43
1–2 players10–480 min2024
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,970
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Watchmen of Destiny
2–4 players25–45 min2016
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,971
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Patton's First Victory: Tunisia
1–2 players120 min2011
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,973
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Kuldhara
1–4 players30–120 min2025
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,974
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Warhammer 40,000: First Strike
2 players60–120 min2017
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,976
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Four Battles of the Ancient World
1–2 players60 min1992
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,977
- BGG rating
- 6.0
SeaSim
2 players30 min2004
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,978
- BGG rating
- 7.1
A las Barricadas!
2 players120 min2006
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,980
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Glik
2–4 players30 min2006
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,981
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Central America
2 players360–1200 min1987
Complexity 4.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,985
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Clue Escape: The World's Fair Board Game
1–6 players90–120 min2024
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,988
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Kartini: From Darkness to Light
1–6 players60–150 min2025
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,989
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Days of Decision II: Global Political Conflict – 1936-1939
2–7 players300 min1994
Complexity 3.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,990
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Carcosa
1–4 players45–60 min2017
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,992
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Pile-Up Rush
2–4 players20 min2017
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,993
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Across the Potomac
2 players120 min1994
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #14,994
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Dig Down Dwarf (Second Edition)
2–6 players15–30 min2017
Complexity 1.8/5
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