- BGG rank
- BGG #16,102
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Sticks & Stones
1–2 players45 min1978
Complexity 1.8/5
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.
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,105
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Dino Dynasty
1–6 players30–60 min2025
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,107
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Palacio de Viana
2–5 players75 min2010
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,109
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Cold War Battles: Budapest '56 & Angola '87
2 players180 min2006
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,110
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Star Trek Red Alert!
2–8 players90 min2000
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,112
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Campaigns of Montrose: A Year of Living Dangerously, 1644-1645
2 players2019
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,114
- BGG rating
- 6.6
The Last Days of the Grande Armee: The Four Days of Waterloo
2 players180 min1998
Complexity 3.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,115
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Random Encounters
1–4 players20–120 min2015
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,117
- BGG rating
- 8.0
Navíos de Línea: Trafalgar 1805
2–60 players120–240 min2016
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,118
- BGG rating
- 8.1
Rebel Tide: The American Civil War
1–2 players180–240 min2026
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,123
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Hedgehog Haberdash
2–4 players10 min2020
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,124
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Legion: Tactical Warfare in the Roman Age, 100BC-700AD
2 players180 min1975
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,125
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Clue: Sabotage on the High Seas
1–6 players90 min2022
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,130
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan Gold
1–2 players30 min2006
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,132
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Expedite
2–4 players30 min2012
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,133
- BGG rating
- 8.7
Primal Hex
2–4 players30–60 min2026
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,134
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Golfie
1–8 players15–30 min2024
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,135
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Battleground Fantasy Warfare: Men of Hawkshold
2 players60 min2005
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,136
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Quagmire
2–4 players20–45 min2026
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,138
- BGG rating
- 8.4
Eagles in the Sky
2 players15–240 min2023
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,139
- BGG rating
- 6.2
One-Page Bulge
2 players60–120 min1980
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,140
- BGG rating
- 7.6
DERBI
2–4 players10–15 min2024
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,141
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Colonial 1700-1800
1–5 players45–90 min2025
Complexity 3.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,142
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Northgreen
1–4 players60–120 min2026
Complexity 3.3/5
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