Adam, thanks a ton for this list. Partner and I have gotten pretty bored of the few games we own, but this list is an honest godsend. Really appreciated man.
This video is simply incredible! The writing, music, sound effects, script and jokes, pacing are all overwhelmingly effective! This is my first video from this channel, but I will be sure to watch many more. Wonderful work! Also, that ugly bug ball reference was great.
Excellent list! Many of my favorites on it. My favorite 2 player game-and actually my favorite game-is Battle Line. It's similar to Lost Cities (same designer), but it has incredible strategy, and despite its abstract gameplay, actually gives you the feeling of mustering troops to the frontline of a battle.
First boardgame video explanation that made me laugh out loud. I usually want to rush through all the rules as they are pretty boring (until you start to play the game and appreciate the intricacies) .... this is the first time I'm entertained! Great job. please keep it coming!
I’ve been a follower of other Board Game channels for a long time, and it’s really great to hear some new voices and opinions in the hobby. Thanks for branching out to this, Plumpy et al. 😁
I have several of the Unmatched sets, and it's just a great game. The ability to mix and match from different sets is a great feature for increased variety.
That was so creative & scintillatingly enjoyable....so often looking on RUclips for needed info you feel you have to sit interminably through boring intros & unnecessary padding but you made me want to buy 10 games in 12 minutes. Well done! You’re very talented! Combining comedy with clear information
We bought Hive and Lost Cities on your recommendation, and they are some of the best games I’ve ever played!! You’ve earned a subscriber of us!! Thank you.
Seriously, this is such a delight. For years I've been waiting to hear some good ol' Adam videos again, that aren't about wrestling. Somehow this channel completely went under my radar. Saved my fucking week!
was literally talking about needing 2 player board games yesterday and then I see this! Perfect timing, will deffo be purchasing 1 or 2 of these when we decide which ones!
Just found this channel and loving it. My go to 2 Player game is Dice Throne. Easy to learn and easy to teach. Just got my copy of Dice Throne Adventures/Dice Throne Season 1 ReRolled and it's so much fun, and some of the best artwork in Board gaming today.
Other 2P games I would recommend: The Fox in the Forest (arguably my favorite game), Schotten Totten, Matcha (not a good game, but a game I'm still fond of), Hanamikoji, Royal Visit, Hive, Mandala, Quarto, Jekyll vs. Hyde Play well at 2: Piepmatz, Village Green, Azul
Love your list! I’ve tried this game called Lagim - a collectible card game based on the Philippines’s folklore and mythology. The art work of this game set is also impressive.
Didn't make the list, and technically not an only 2-player game, but Mansions of Madness is a great 2-player co-op experience. I think a video on ' top 10 not technically 2-player games, but has a great 2-player experience' could be something.
I love the game Parks. It’s meant for up to 6 players but it is very fun with just two people. Gorgeous artwork depicting the National Parks of the United States, very simple, and very relaxing
I just recently played Star Wars: Rebellion for the first time. It has rules so 4 people can play but it is just basically splitting up duties of who does what. I think that is going to be a great two player game. Can't wait to play it again. It is definitely a much larger game and longer game but it is really good.
I'll be looking into some of these, thanks for the recommendations! My favorite two player game is Cribbage. It's a board game, but technically it can be played with just a deck of cards
Imagine being me. A lifelong wrestling mark who also is just now getting into tabletop games. You used to watch WhatCulture, and therefore watched the Blamps, here, fairly regularly. And as the years went on, stuff happened, you’re still aware of ol’ Plumpy kicking around on Parts Funknown… And then you randomly search this video… And he’s here, too. Like… What’re the actual odds??? Lol.
What an amazing choice of games. I‘ve played a lot of two player games (including all shown in this video), and my recommendations would be almost exactly the same. Kudos! You got a new follower.
Level 99 have published a few really good games in this category: Resistor_ - a game about two duelling AIs trying to disable the other one so they can nuke them. It has a really cool set of double-sided cards Sellswords - a surprisingly thinky game where the players try to control rows and columns in a 5x5 grid they are building, and each tile they lay has special powers that can really mix things up BattleCon - a head to head fighting game that uses perfect information. Every fighter works differently despite the all essentially having the same core set of moves. It achieves this by having each fighter style a move differently, so one could do heavy punches, another one does rapid ones. Noir - a game about trying to find a killer before they kill too many people.
Looking for Battlecon on this list. One of my favorite games. Just elegant as hell -- scratches the same "Ameritrash -- but with a brain" itch that Gloomhaven does
Absolutely top list, brilliant games all. However, not having Memoir 44 on the list is a crime! I know it’s bigger and more complicated than the others but it’s sooooooo good!
War Chest is one of my favorite l "Like chess but not chess" games. Like chess but asymmetric and always a different game because there are 16 different units but never more then 8 are used in a game. If you haven't played it I highly recommend it.
Please try exceed fighting system it's probably my favorite game period and undoubtedly my favorite 2 player game. the teach is a pain and it needs multiple plays to get it down but it is the perfect *chefs kiss* encapsulation of the feeling of playing a 2D fighting game.
This is kind of an unfair entry since it's almost impossible to get now, but Caper (or It's Mine) is a great 2-player game. I think Keymaster Games is doing a Kickstarter to reboot the game into Caper: Europe, so people who missed out will have a shot at an updated version of the game. Seriously, it's great.
Great list. I think “raptor” would have deserved a spot as well. It’s a brilliant, tense and lovely themed game that has some of the most fun decision making of any game. Maybe it’s too close to “unmatched”…
What an excellent list! If you're a fan of Lost Cities/Jaipur, really recommend Biblios (2-4, but excellent at 2). Fits right in the same bracket of light, easy, small footprint and completely addictive. :)
Great Top 10. I would like to strongly recommend you BattleCON for 2 players: a tactical fighting game, easy to learn and hard to master, 30 minute games, with tons of content in each set and a lot of replayability. I really don't understand why it is not that famous. Adios calavera could also be a good addition: a really easy race game wih no randomness. Beyond that, thanks NRB for the video and for introducing more people to this fantastic world of boardgames
Shout out to, for my money, the best two player deckbuilder game I've played, Baseball Highlights: 2045. Baseball in the future gets much better, being only 6 innings and involves Robots and Cyborgs.
Nice video! However could you please help as I currently cannot decide between patchwork, 7 wonders duel and santorini (will go for the more complex/heavy on strategy)
It is not a game for people new to the hobby and it can be a long game but I love Twilight Struggle. One of you plays the US and the other one plays the USSR and you play out the entire cold war trying to have more global influence than your opponents, getting ahead on the space race and making sure you don't trigger nuclear war. I'm not particularly interested in the Cold War and I still love this game.
thats really interesting. I possess all of those games and really like every one but unmatched ^^ I always feel it's just moving to draw cards, fighting, moving to draw cards, fighting with no real dephts. I probably don't get it... ^^
Adam, thanks a ton for this list. Partner and I have gotten pretty bored of the few games we own, but this list is an honest godsend. Really appreciated man.
This video is simply incredible! The writing, music, sound effects, script and jokes, pacing are all overwhelmingly effective! This is my first video from this channel, but I will be sure to watch many more. Wonderful work!
Also, that ugly bug ball reference was great.
It’s official: you are my favourite board game reviewer on RUclips.
If you like this channel, highly recommend Shut Up & Sit Down. They have a very similar comedy style and provide some really cool reviews!
Excellent list! Many of my favorites on it. My favorite 2 player game-and actually my favorite game-is Battle Line. It's similar to Lost Cities (same designer), but it has incredible strategy, and despite its abstract gameplay, actually gives you the feeling of mustering troops to the frontline of a battle.
First boardgame video explanation that made me laugh out loud. I usually want to rush through all the rules as they are pretty boring (until you start to play the game and appreciate the intricacies) .... this is the first time I'm entertained! Great job. please keep it coming!
I’ve been a follower of other Board Game channels for a long time, and it’s really great to hear some new voices and opinions in the hobby. Thanks for branching out to this, Plumpy et al. 😁
I have several of the Unmatched sets, and it's just a great game. The ability to mix and match from different sets is a great feature for increased variety.
Humorous, informative, entertaining and concise. What a well produced summary of the 'best of' two player games. You made that look easy...
That was so creative & scintillatingly enjoyable....so often looking on RUclips for needed info you feel you have to sit interminably through boring intros & unnecessary padding but you made me want to buy 10 games in 12 minutes. Well done! You’re very talented! Combining comedy with clear information
We bought Hive and Lost Cities on your recommendation, and they are some of the best games I’ve ever played!! You’ve earned a subscriber of us!! Thank you.
Seriously, this is such a delight. For years I've been waiting to hear some good ol' Adam videos again, that aren't about wrestling. Somehow this channel completely went under my radar.
Saved my fucking week!
was literally talking about needing 2 player board games yesterday and then I see this! Perfect timing, will deffo be purchasing 1 or 2 of these when we decide which ones!
@Seaworth or maybe it’s because I follow Adam on Twitter and he promoted this video? 🥴 take your tin foil hat
@Seaworth ?? How is it awkward commenting on a RUclips video about a RUclips video? Get a hobby
Just found this channel and loving it. My go to 2 Player game is Dice Throne. Easy to learn and easy to teach. Just got my copy of Dice Throne Adventures/Dice Throne Season 1 ReRolled and it's so much fun, and some of the best artwork in Board gaming today.
Oh yeah! Unmatched is so fun! I've played it and some point would like to pick up a copy for myself and my circle of friends!
I bought Patchwork for my parents on a whim. They are far from big board game people but they enjoyed it a lot.
Other 2P games I would recommend: The Fox in the Forest (arguably my favorite game), Schotten Totten, Matcha (not a good game, but a game I'm still fond of), Hanamikoji, Royal Visit, Hive, Mandala, Quarto, Jekyll vs. Hyde
Play well at 2: Piepmatz, Village Green, Azul
Love your list! I’ve tried this game called Lagim - a collectible card game based on the Philippines’s folklore and mythology. The art work of this game set is also impressive.
Didn't make the list, and technically not an only 2-player game, but Mansions of Madness is a great 2-player co-op experience. I think a video on ' top 10 not technically 2-player games, but has a great 2-player experience' could be something.
I love the game Parks. It’s meant for up to 6 players but it is very fun with just two people. Gorgeous artwork depicting the National Parks of the United States, very simple, and very relaxing
My eyes have been opened to new games I am excited to try... Thank you!
I just recently played Star Wars: Rebellion for the first time. It has rules so 4 people can play but it is just basically splitting up duties of who does what. I think that is going to be a great two player game. Can't wait to play it again. It is definitely a much larger game and longer game but it is really good.
I'd throw in Targi as well. A little more complicated strategy wise, but really interesting worker placement mechanics
I'll be looking into some of these, thanks for the recommendations! My favorite two player game is Cribbage. It's a board game, but technically it can be played with just a deck of cards
One of the best 2 player lists I've come across
I recently discovered this channel and now my boyfriend is falling in love with you.
I'm going to have to play Steampunk rally to win him back.
Imagine being me. A lifelong wrestling mark who also is just now getting into tabletop games. You used to watch WhatCulture, and therefore watched the Blamps, here, fairly regularly. And as the years went on, stuff happened, you’re still aware of ol’ Plumpy kicking around on Parts Funknown… And then you randomly search this video… And he’s here, too. Like… What’re the actual odds??? Lol.
Best 2player game is Dice Masters. Bit like unmatched and a CCG had a dice baby! Awesome
8:49 those Greek town pics brought out my inner Sonic fan, thumbs up if you know why.
What an amazing choice of games. I‘ve played a lot of two player games (including all shown in this video), and my recommendations would be almost exactly the same. Kudos! You got a new follower.
Fan of wrestling and boardgaming!! You just went up in my estimation by a power of 3 16
great video. It's hard to find reviewers that match one's taste, you did that for me
Really excited about Fugitive. Thanks for the recommendation!
Hi. We just bought Unmatched. It is stupidly, ridiculously good. You were absolutely right.
Level 99 have published a few really good games in this category:
Resistor_ - a game about two duelling AIs trying to disable the other one so they can nuke them. It has a really cool set of double-sided cards
Sellswords - a surprisingly thinky game where the players try to control rows and columns in a 5x5 grid they are building, and each tile they lay has special powers that can really mix things up
BattleCon - a head to head fighting game that uses perfect information. Every fighter works differently despite the all essentially having the same core set of moves. It achieves this by having each fighter style a move differently, so one could do heavy punches, another one does rapid ones.
Noir - a game about trying to find a killer before they kill too many people.
+ pixel tactics.
Looking for Battlecon on this list. One of my favorite games. Just elegant as hell -- scratches the same "Ameritrash -- but with a brain" itch that Gloomhaven does
11:22 Wow didn't expect to see a HeroScape figure in a RUclips video from 2020! Brings me back...
Absolutely top list, brilliant games all. However, not having Memoir 44 on the list is a crime! I know it’s bigger and more complicated than the others but it’s sooooooo good!
I absolutely love Star Realms. Also has a decent online version whicch has a puzzle/challenge mode that is fun if you are alone.
Watergate and Fog of Love are two of my go-to 2 player games.
One excellent two player game is inhuman condition, a good roleplaying and hidden role game.
Fugitive looks right up my street... But I can't find it in stock anywhere! Damn you and your excellently enticing videos!
War Chest is one of my favorite l
"Like chess but not chess" games. Like chess but asymmetric and always a different game because there are 16 different units but never more then 8 are used in a game. If you haven't played it I highly recommend it.
7 Wonders duel is such a good game. I very much agree that it is somehow better than the original.
Great list. Seeing you use the corgi picture on a game I really like made my day. Thanks and keep up the great work here.
Two can play at that game!
🤣🤣🤣 Hilarious and efficiently informative. Quickly convinced me to add a few more games to my want list.
awesome list!
Fab and funny - thanks for this list. I would add Undaunted (either Normandy or North Africa) as brilliant 2 player games
Frasier is Cheers' final form.
Ok but sorry is still one the best best board games ever. Fight me.
Please try exceed fighting system it's probably my favorite game period and undoubtedly my favorite 2 player game. the teach is a pain and it needs multiple plays to get it down but it is the perfect *chefs kiss* encapsulation of the feeling of playing a 2D fighting game.
Definetely Watergate and Twiligh Struggle are my favs. Need to try Unmatched, haven't heard of it before...!
This is kind of an unfair entry since it's almost impossible to get now, but Caper (or It's Mine) is a great 2-player game. I think Keymaster Games is doing a Kickstarter to reboot the game into Caper: Europe, so people who missed out will have a shot at an updated version of the game. Seriously, it's great.
Patchwork has passed many an evening since buying it. Surprisingly deep strategy once you play a lot
Fugitive looks like fun.
Yu-Gi-Oh is also pretty nice
Is yugioh a board game?
Woo!!
I summon blue eyes white dragon
@matt fahringer I wasn’t asking you Matt.
Get back in your closet!
Great list. I think “raptor” would have deserved a spot as well. It’s a brilliant, tense and lovely themed game that has some of the most fun decision making of any game. Maybe it’s too close to “unmatched”…
You should try the BattleCon games, they're the board game equivalent of 2D fighting games and they're amazing.
What an excellent list! If you're a fan of Lost Cities/Jaipur, really recommend Biblios (2-4, but excellent at 2). Fits right in the same bracket of light, easy, small footprint and completely addictive. :)
Oh shit - well look who it is on this channel! Blast from the past
Schotten totten and fox in the forest are also really good, quick 2 player card games
Great video, very well edited and funny and I want them ALL!
I bought Fugitive, eager to receive it and test it with my grilfriend. Looks fun
Great Top 10.
I would like to strongly recommend you BattleCON for 2 players: a tactical fighting game, easy to learn and hard to master, 30 minute games, with tons of content in each set and a lot of replayability. I really don't understand why it is not that famous.
Adios calavera could also be a good addition: a really easy race game wih no randomness.
Beyond that, thanks NRB for the video and for introducing more people to this fantastic world of boardgames
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Super fantasy brawl by mythic games is definitely my 2 player game to go to at the moment.
Shout out to, for my money, the best two player deckbuilder game I've played, Baseball Highlights: 2045.
Baseball in the future gets much better, being only 6 innings and involves Robots and Cyborgs.
Great list, fantastic mix - cracking video 👍
Rivals for catan and its expansion got us through the first round of lockdown
just bought patchwork bc of your guys channel :)
Man! Great content! I just discover your channel and loved it!
Incredible video
Thanks
Great video…I have all of these
Thanks for great video 👍🏽
Santorini looks cool.
Radlands is a newer one that definitely would make it on this list if it was made today. It's the lane-based card game I was looking for
Naga Raja is amazing!!!!
What a great list!
Would you guys ever do.. let's say "Let's Plays" of games? Would like to see Adam lose, thank you.
Jaipur 💯💯💯
Amazing stuff Adam
We share the same two favorites, so tense In fact my tastes are so similar to yours guys. Me and my friends, we game to have fun :D
How about Botanik? Kinda like Lost Cities, but more abstract and put in a steampunk + floral theme
Great list
Where is the movie fragment at 9.47 from? Thanks in advance!
Try Fields of Arle and Twilight Struggle 😅
My wife and I personally have been enjoying Wingspan and Schotten Totten as our go to games to play when just us.
Oshi is a great modern game in the style of chess.
Adam, I like the new videos. Any chance on seeing new wrestling videos??? That would be great! Good to see you back on the horse.
I brought Star Realms to my friend's Bris but it got "cut short"
Nice video! However could you please help as I currently cannot decide between patchwork, 7 wonders duel and santorini (will go for the more complex/heavy on strategy)
love this page
It is not a game for people new to the hobby and it can be a long game but I love Twilight Struggle. One of you plays the US and the other one plays the USSR and you play out the entire cold war trying to have more global influence than your opponents, getting ahead on the space race and making sure you don't trigger nuclear war. I'm not particularly interested in the Cold War and I still love this game.
How about Tides of Time /Tides Of Madness, very good and fast 2 player games,
also on my list: Raptor, Quarto and Ninja Versus Ninja
Good list and a funny guy
thats really interesting. I possess all of those games and really like every one but unmatched ^^ I always feel it's just moving to draw cards, fighting, moving to draw cards, fighting with no real dephts. I probably don't get it... ^^
I wanna play these now
Unmatched is my number 3, with Radlands being number 2 and Summoner Wars being number 1.
Hello, what scott joplin piece is played around the end ?
Monty python mentioned in a boardgames review? Subscribed
Arkham horror lcg. 1-4 players but damm ... I love it.