- BGG rank
- BGG #19,557
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Shashki
2 players30 min1680
Complexity 1.7/5
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.
19,345 games
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,559
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Gangster
2–4 players25 min2006
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,561
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Last Resort
1–4 players40–60 min2023
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,562
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Affenraffen
2–6 players20 min2002
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,564
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Spring on a String
2–4 players10–20 min2019
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,565
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Black Ops: Tactical Espionage Wargaming
2–6 players2015
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,569
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Meatgrinder: Battle for Xuân Lộc 1975
2 players280 min2011
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,572
- BGG rating
- 7.1
The Cossacks Are Coming!: The Tannenberg Campaign August and September, 1914 – 2nd Edition
1–3 players300 min2004
Complexity 4.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,575
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Scotland Yard: Tokyo
2–6 players45 min2014
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,576
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Amphipolis: 424–422 av. J.-C.
2 players120 min2014
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,577
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Oh No, There Goes Tokyo!
2–4 players120 min2002
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,578
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Taco Kitten Pizza
2–6 players5 min2023
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,581
- BGG rating
- 8.1
Paw Wars
2–6 players10–20 min2023
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,583
- BGG rating
- 8.2
Battlespace: Ultra Modern Solo Skirmish Game
1–3 players2020
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,585
- BGG rating
- 6.2
War of the States: Gettysburg, 1863
2 players120–480 min2002
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,586
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Book Club
1–10 players5 min2025
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,588
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Guadalcanal
2 players360 min1966
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,589
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Gonnect
2 players2000
Complexity 3.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,590
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Pulp Detective
1–2 players20–30 min2018
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,593
- BGG rating
- 6.0
King Me!
2 players45 min2019
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,594
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Top Banana
2–4 players30 min1999
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,595
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Ukrainian Crisis & The Little War
2 players90–120 min2017
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,596
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Battle for China
2–3 players360 min1999
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,597
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Mohawk
2 players240 min1983
Complexity 2.0/5
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