- BGG rank
- BGG #19,674
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Phalanx: Tactical Warfare 500-100 BC
2 players120 min1971
Complexity 2.3/5
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 #19,677
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Champs de Bataille III: D'Alexandre à Hannibal
2 players60 min2000
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,678
- BGG rating
- 6.5
HIRÞ: The Viking Game of Royal Conflict
2 players10–60 min2003
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,680
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Assault on Sevastopol: Von Manstein in the Crimea, 1942
2 players45 min2008
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,681
- BGG rating
- 6.9
The Travels of Isabella Lucy Bird
1–6 players30–60 min2026
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,682
- BGG rating
- 6.2
My Kind of Town
2 players15 min2010
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,686
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Trismegistus: Roll & Write
1–4 players2026
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,687
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Genius Gems
1–2 players2021
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,688
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Une Patate à Vélo: Le Jeu
2–4 players20 min2020
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,689
- BGG rating
- 7.0
ants
2 players10 min2025
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,692
- BGG rating
- 6.7
War of the Worlds
1–2 players60 min2014
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,693
- BGG rating
- 5.8
The Willow Game
2–6 players120 min1988
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,694
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Gadgeteers
2–4 players20–30 min2017
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,695
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Korsoun 1944
2 players2007
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,696
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Layer Puzzle
1–4 players10–30 min2024
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,697
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Alpha Playing Cards
1–6 players30 min1997
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,698
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Mediterranean Empires: The Struggle for the Middle Sea, 1281-1350 AD
2 players120–300 min2021
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,701
- BGG rating
- 6.4
A Greek Tragedy: The Italian Invasion of Greece 1940-1941
2 players360 min2001
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,703
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Star System
2 players30 min2007
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,704
- BGG rating
- 7.1
The Ticket Booth
2–5 players20–30 min2026
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,705
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Battleship: Star Wars Advanced Mission
1–2 players20 min2002
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,706
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Piñata Party
2–4 players15–30 min2015
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,707
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Rallye-Trucks
2–4 players10–15 min2016
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,708
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Panzer Grenadier (Modern): 1967 – Sword of Israel: The Six Day War
2 players30 min2013
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