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The 9 best 2-player board games for adults
Games designed for exactly two people, from a 15-minute co-op plane landing to a three-hour Cold War duel, with box facts and a complexity score for each.
Best games for two
7 Wonders Duel
Sky Team
Patchwork
Jaipur
Hive
Codenames: Duet
The Fox in the Forest
Lost Cities
Twilight Struggle
Who's at the table?
Two players
Games designed for exactly two, competitive and cooperative.
Couples & date night
Short games that fit around the evening, not over it.
Families & kids
Picks by age, where the youngest player can keep up.
Party games
Big-group games for six or more, with rules you can teach in two minutes.
Co-op games
Everyone wins or loses together. No sore losers.
Gifts for non-gamers
Short rules and big table talk. Nothing that needs a video tutorial.
Pick your world
Board games
Picks by player count, age and occasion, plus rules for the games people actually buy.
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