Top 10 (11) Two Player Board Games | Board Games Best at 2 Players
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
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Jump:
00:00 - Intro
02:18 - Jamie's #11
03:33 - Jeff's #11
04:55 - Jamie's #10
06:08 - Jeff's #10
07:26 - Jamie's #9
08:38 - Jeff's #9
09:44 - Jamie's #8
10:37 - Jeff's #8
11:59 - Jamie's #7
14:01 - Jeff's #7
15:04 - Jamie's #6
16:32 - Jeff's #6
17:52 - Jamie's #5
19:21 - Jeff's #5
20:05 - Jamie's #4
21:32 - Jeff's #4
22:52 - Jamie's #3
24:01 - Jeff's #3
24:32 - Jamie's #2
25:52 - Jeff's #2
27:03 - Jamie's #1
28:28 - Jeff's #1
29:59 - Wrap Up
32:33 - A Little Bit Extra
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Rules for game purchasing: 1. If Jamie likes it, put it on the list for the wife's Christmas. 2. If Jeff likes it, ask for a copy for my birthday. 3. If BOTH Jamie and Jeff like it: BUY IT NOW. :)
Seems like a fair purchasing process!
Really needed this list going into winter so my wife and I can play more! Thanks guys!
You’re welcome!! Thanks for watching :)
I love your guys' dynamic haha, very fun to watch! And thanks for the list, I'm excited to try The Initiative and Silver Bullet. Cheers and take care :)
Thanks for watching! Initiative and Silver Bullet are amazing games!
Great list. Love castles of burgundy awesome game. Unmatched would be a 2 player game to grab for me. I bought every set but Buffy
you guys crack me up :D thank you, added a few to my want list
Haha glad you enjoyed Max!
Got into board games less than a year ago, been watching a lot of videos on RUclips, and just stumbled onto your channel the other day. Enjoyed your stuff so far, and love that you are in Halifax. From there myself but currently living in Ontario (would head back tomorrow if I could convince my wife). Anyway great content! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!! So happy you found us. Always awesome to find other Haligonians!!
Jeff wears his straw hat indoors, but sitting on the deck in the sun squinting looking like he needs a straw hat. 😀
I’m just keeping you on your toes Richard!
Good list. Some of these are ones I definitely need to get.
Some of my favourite games at two players: 7 Wonders Duel, Fox in the Forest, Codenames Duet, Watergate, Exit, The Rival Networks, Carcassonne.
We are excited to get our copy of Duet played, and I really want to give Watergate a try. I might see if it’s in our FLGS’ library to play the next time we go!
Great video!! :) Always really enjoy a good list! For me a couple favorite 2 player games that I own are five tribes, honeybuzz and dinosaur island (not exclusively 2 players but amazing) and 7 wonders duel
We are waiting on honeybuzz, we really have no idea when we will actually get it.
Five tribes I need to play more but it could definitely be in the mix for a future list like this. I also love Dinosaur island, I actually prefer to play the reg version at 2 player rather than play Duel. Great games my man!
@@FostertheMeeple Honeybuzz is amazing and so cute, it will be worth the wait! I didn't expect dinosaur island to work so well at 2
Fort is awesome! Can't wait for the Cats & Dogs expansion. Fort=Fun
No way Jamie doesn’t get that expansion. 0% chance
Great list!! Really excited to see Roll Player finally on a list, and definitely even better with the expansions! One of my favorite games, feel like it hasn't been on someone's list in a very long time lol
So much betrayal going on Jeff with Silver, Randy from we game together going solo rofl
Jk variation is good!!
Thanks for the video!
We are super excited to try the Roll Player expansion! But yea, such a great game that we have a lot of fun with!
Roll Player Expansion is great
Castles of Burgundy at #1 for Jeff warms my heart! (Dylann) 7 Wonders Duel and Santorini are also fantastic. One day when we can hopefully cross paths at a convention, we'll have to throw down an AYCB vs Foster the Meeple 2v2 game of Santorini because I honestly don't think I've ever played the 2v2 mode.
Great video all around though!
We would LOVE that! Jamie would likely need to carry us if we are to have a chance, but really hope to meet up with you two eventually!! I’m certain we can make that happen. In the spirit of competition!
Thanks for sharing this list! I'm on the lookout these days for great 2 player games for my wife and I, you gave us a great start! Speaking of great starts, looks like Jeff needed some caffeine before starting this video, or maybe just one good slap to the face from Jamie would have done it, lol! He was much better closer to the end :D
Haha sometimes I need a bit of time to get into the groove ;)
Great list, and entertaining as always! For mean 2-player card games don’t forget Arboretum! That’s a nasty little knife fight disguised as a beautiful zen pattern-builder! Reminds me of Lost Cities in the tough decisions.
Also Monopoly Deal card game is surprisingly mean, and cheap (could cheat a little on no-buy month), and works great with non-gamers. 15 minutes and great at 2-players.
For other abstract games I like Kahuna (what if backgammon was area control game) and Taluva (building a beautiful model like Santorini). I also love the tile-builder Akrotiri with its spacial puzzle and goal cards. No idea if you’d like it, but I do.
We have yet to play Arboretum but it’s high on our want to play list that’s for sure!
lol at 24:14 when he yawns, she actually said "sauck ..and swallow it" lol X'D
My kids and I LOVE Dice Thrown. We are about to start DTA. Can’t wait.
Ahh yes!! We haven’t played DTA yet but heard good things!
I've seen multiple Two-player lists lately and nobody mentions Hanamikoji anymore? It's so good!
Fair assessment, we get a lot of Hanamikoji comments, and it’s one we just haven’t played yet! But it certainly is one that gets brought up to us a lot, hoping to try it soon!
A similar game i like more is Air, Land and Sea. Same principle, but a bit of card counting and bluffing and folding from poler
Great video! Have Innovation and Azul on my wish list. Some of my favourite two player only games are Undaunted: Normandy, Stellar and Fugitive. Games I enjoy at two are The King is Dead and Caper. Looking forward to getting Caper: Europe to replace Caper.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your lists. Honestly I haven’t played any of this but maybe someday down the road!
Amazing lists, I agreed with both of you so many times ^^
Thank you!! Great minds we have!
I would have added It's a wonderful Life, The Quacks of Quedlinburg, and Legendary. My wife and I love your show!
Aww thank you!! That means a ton to us. We also love quacks but my luck is terrible in that game for some reason!
Love Dice Throne!! Amazing asymmetrical Dice and cards extremely balanced. The Best Art and components.
It’s so good. We love it a ton. Really hoping to get Dice Throne Adventures sometime in the future.
Great lists. My wife and I would have a lot of those on ours. We have not played Silver Bullet or Dice Throne but feels like it is an imperative now. We would have Parks on our list. We also like Calico and Jaipur a lot.
We definitely like parks a lot! We have calico but haven’t played it yet, and have not played Jaipur either. Glad we have similar tastes!
My ears immediately piqued when you mentioned the Board Room. I used to work there. Miss the cafe so much! Cool to see some content from Halifax :)
Oh cool!! Love seeing some local people watching!! Are you still in Halifax?
@@FostertheMeeple No, we moved away about 5 years ago. We've gone to a few game cafés since, and none are quite as good!
@@francistessier-burns4463 ahh ok cool! Good to know we have one of the best here!
Met Jamie at gencon, I was working across from her at the monster fight club booth. Big fan of the channel!
Thanks so much!!
Castles of burgundy is one of my favorite games! But I actually prefer to play it with 4 players because you get more variety of tiles! Great selection anyway
That’s fair!! I think it is perfect at 2 personally but it’s highly dependant on play group!
Great video, enjoyed it. However, Targi is easily my favourite 2-player game when mixed with the expansion. A true 10/10 game for me.
We haven’t played Targi! So unfortunately can’t speak to it or recommend it in good conscience
Dice Throne is amazing. I just picked up a bunch of Unmatched this past week, so looking forward to getting into that more. Blue Moon (Legends) is great. For a small box 2 player I really like Mandala. For heavier games Covert might be my favorite (though I’m probably biased).
Haven’t played any of these yet! Unmatched we’ve considered but just haven’t pulled the trigger on. I’ve heard really good things about Mandala as well! Thanks for sharing!
@@FostertheMeeple omg those should be the next games you purchase
I looked this up and at over $200 i wont be playing this. Looks fun tho
Great lists
Yes, great picks for two player games! You have a few I haven't tried yet, but based on the rest, I really want to. I get the feeling that you haven't played Hanamikoji yet. Not sure how easy it is to get a hold of now, but it may be my favorite 2 player game. You have to play it with the same person a few times to really get the beauty of it's mechanisms, and how it forces you to get inside the other players mind. I love it! Another really good recommendation would be Archaeology:New Expeditions..... also possibly harder to get. If you like push you luck and set collecting, it's a really solid filler style game.
Hanamikoji always gets mentioned so we for sure need to try and play it!
Great video guys, 11:13 literally my everyday problem, I can't find things haha
Also good choices about 2 players games, I love Tapestry, Mind MGMT, Asian Railroads and Terraforming Mars as 2 players games.
Thanks for watching and commenting Carlos!! I’ve been playing a lot of Tapestry lately - it’s such a good one. Super random, but very fun
My favorite 2 player game is Kingsburg 2nd Edition, with using several of the expansion modules
Haven’t heard of this! I’ll for sure look into it. Thanks for sharing!
Want a challenge? Want to play something very unusual?
Can you say Mottainai?
(moat-TIE-NIGH)
Learning to play is part of the fun. It's a streamlined version of the Innovation / Glory To Rome style.
Do you know how the word expert breaks do? An ex is a has-been, and a spurt is a drip under pressure.
My three favorite games are also my favorite 2 player games. Star Wars Rebellion, Unmatched, and Dice Throne
Those are great games! We haven’t had a chance to play unmatched yet, Dice throne we love obviously and I HOPE we can play our copy of Rebellion soon. It scares me to learn haha
Love a Zoboomafoo reference
Clearly, so do we hahah
Burgundy is a region in France.
Our favourites are
- Splendor Duel
- Jaipur
- Targi
- Sagani
- Lost Cities Duel
- 7 Wonders Duel
- Jekyll vs Hyde
- Wingspan Asia
- Patchwork
- Forest shuffle
- Quacks Quedlinburg
- Riftforce
BG from germany
I will recommend our favorite two player game and my wife's favorite overall;
Grand Austria Hotel
Definitely one we have on our radar!
Eyyy +1 for Res Arcana, The Fox in the Forest, & Hive! Have you seen Kwanchai Moriya's "illuminated" version of Hive btw? 🙃 Hope it gets officially picked up for publication soon… 🤤
I have not seen it!! Will look into it for sure
Gotta go with dicemasters. It’s just such fun to build a team of misfits and watch them battle it out.
Jazz over at Lobby of Hobbies loves dicemasters! Haven’t played it yet but he’s mentioned it to us many a time.
Have you ever tried Puzzle Strike? It's a PVP deck builder with a cool rebound mechanic - the closer you get to losing the game, the more you can draw per turn. The pieces are fun too, instead of cards you have a bad of tokens like poker chips.
We haven’t yet but we’ve heard really good things
Strife: Legacy of the Eternals, and recently I just got Radlands, which is awesome!
Gah I have my eyes on Radlands!! How is it??
@@FostertheMeeple Really fun! I've only played two games so far, but I'm itching to play more!
Rebellion with the expansion is wicked if you have 2 Star Wars fan. Any of the Villainous play great with 2 as well.
Yea we LOVE villainous!
Castles of Burgundy is my favorite too!
It’s so good!!
I love dice throne I play as the fire girl
Pyromancer is awesome!
I agree that Coop games are amazing at two. Some of them I don't mind at more players but there is none that I trink is better at more players.
I think my favourite is 7 Wonders Duel. But if I have enough time and brain capacity I like War of the Rings as well.
So excited about some of these BUT can you recommend a more party themed game for 2 players? My sister il and i like to play games and drink daiquiris so i need a less thinking game if that makes sense. Thanks for the video!!
Hmm. That’s a tough one! Some games to look in to:
Codenames Duet
Super Mega Lucky Box
That’s pretty clever
Ice Cool
@@FostertheMeeple i tried codenames but i dont think i played it correctly? Ill look into the other ones. Thanks so.much!!
Burgundy is in France.
3:51, why he moved away so quickly, that is interesting. Tea for 2 (the two player version) is way better. Jaipur? Patchwork?, Watergate?, Targi?, Fugitive?, Grand Austria Hotel?, Undaunted Normandy / North Africa?, Lost Cities?, Land Air and Sea?, Blitzkrieg! WW2 in 20 minutes?
“No Guilt, No Shame, No Mercy” -Foster the Meeple :)
It’s going on a shirt
@@FostertheMeeple legitimately let us all know will be purchasing that merch lol with some dice and a meeple on it
Super fantasy brawl is my wife and my favorite two player game to pull out. Fort is one we pull out all the time. Im trying not to late back rainbow 6 siege but i spent a long time reading those rules and getting that game down and i feel like that would be the top of my list. We also play townsfolk tussle online all the time and i cant wait till that comes that will be in my top 10.
Good to know. I just bought Fort, missed the boat initially. Seeing as my main gaming group is my wife and I, then I am glad the game works well at 2!
I haven’t played Super Fantasy Brawl! One I didn’t mention here (as I haven’t played it) is Blood Bowl. Definitely one I hope to pick up down the line!
My wife and I love going head to head on SmallWorld.
Smallworld is a great game, we definitely love that one too!
You dont know where Burgundy was? *Angry Flemish noises*
If it gets my better half to the table, it ranks high on my list. So with that said, I would add Patchwork, Quacks of Quedlinburg and Lost Cities. BTW Burgundy is in France. Love you both! Keep talking about gamethingy stuff.
Haven’t played lost cities but have heard really great things. Jamie is more of a quacks fan than I am, mainly because I seemingly have terrible luck in that game!
Thanks so much for sharing!
To get
Burgundy in England... My poor french heart stopped at that. Thank you. :)
7 wonders duel is probably my favorite 2 player only game. For 2 player game regardless of possible player count is a bit tougher for me to decide! Maybe The Others???
Really love 7WD!!
The Fox and The Forest, Splendor Duel, and Onitama are high on my list.
5 games if I could Only Own 5:
Dune Imperium
Heat
Tyrants of the Underdark
Red Dragon Inn
Werewords
If you like playing Empire then Star Wars Rebellion, the game play definitely biases for the Empire.
SW: rebellion is good at 2, but i kind of like the 4 player (not dividing the roles but so someone else can giggle at our plotting)
The Others from Cmon was a great two player game (it also works well at higher counts as the Sin player can pit the others against each other)
The Networks plays well at 2 - lots of hate drafting ;)
Never heard of Silver Bullet but with such high praise I'll pick it up! Did you guys try these other versions (Silver, Silver Coin, Silver Dagger) with 2 players?
Yes!! We have a video comparing them all as well as creating a deck from cards of each set!
@@FostertheMeeple Great thanks, guess I'll buy more stuff!
I've played Azul with 2 players and with more than 2 players. I like it both ways, but it definitely changes when you have more than 2 players. The main difference is that it becomes more tactical and less strategic, just because you can't anticipate what all your opponents will do.
Definitely some good points here!! Thanks
Since you guys seem to like take-that, have you played Kahuna? That's my favorite take-that game. Also, def gotta check out Silver, after all your gushing about it!
Have not played Kahuna! Have heard of it before but not played! Thanks for the suggestion!
@@FostertheMeeple It's on BGA and Yucata, and there's an app! Totally recommend you try it.
just found your channel and have subbed already.......my wife and I love 2 player games and I have seen Mandala at top of many sites' lists.......have you tried?
Thanks so much for subbing! We appreciate it a lot.
Haven’t had a chance to play Mandala, but like you - have heard really good things about it.
@@FostertheMeeple just ordered it from store here in Toronto......will let you know how it plays.......
santorini with 4 players, each person has one meeple, but there is still two teams. Each person also has one god-power. I enjoy it. Between you and your team mate you have two powers, so you can do some fun things. It can be very mean. I think you would like it :D.
I think you are likely correct!
Omg a Zoboomafoo reference at 16:45?!
I am sorry for 3 comments haha
Zoboomafoo FTW
Love Role Player
Played Willy wonka golden ticket game from target 2 player and it was really fun. Just wanna recomend it. The wifey picked it so you know it’s good she always picks fun games
Oh wait no buy august🤣😂🤣
Silver is great, but you have to mix up the characters from all the iterations. I think that bullet and coin mix up well.
We have a video doing just that! ;)
Which version of Villianous would you guys recommend as first time player.
I would say the original (green box). Reason: It comes with more characters and will be a good intro into the series (if you like it and choose to buy the other versions for more characters). It also has some more components that the others don’t (a cauldron of sorts to hold the power tokens for example)
Need to give villainous another try. First time years ago , it didn’t go well for either my wife or I. Also try targi if you get a chance. Love love love that game.
We just got Targi!! Hope to play it soon :)
@@FostertheMeeple Targi is sooooo boring :(
#TeamJeff have you tried the 7 wonders duel app in order to play it more? I love the game but almost never win. I have not tried the app myself.
Also Jamie...glad to hear Fort is good at 2. I can't wait for it to come in so I can play with my main gaming partner (my wife). Missed it the 1st go round.
Haven’t tried the app either! Not sure I LOVE playing games digitally. I just can’t seem to focus or something. I suck on BGA. Fort is a really great game - keep us posted on your thoughts when you finally get it!
@@FostertheMeeple I agree on playing games digitally. I basically stopped doing BGA over a year ago for that reason. Will let you know about Fort.
@@FostertheMeeple so we finally got Fort in last week. We played it 6 times over the weekend (I lost all of them) and my wife after our 1st and even 3rd and 4th play wanted to immediately play again...which I don't recall ever happening. So it is definitely a hit in our house. Great game! We are playing again tonight! #TeamJeff
Great video guys thanks. You guys are making me get 4 (four) games, shame on you :) I will report back when we get them played.
Edit: Just watched the QnA video. Sorry Jeff, didn't mean to stress you LOL... I make decisions like a grown person (AKA thinking) so no need to feel bad for influencing my decision. Love you guys, keep up the great work.
Thank you!! What games?!
@@FostertheMeeple castles of burgundy, silver bullet, dice throne and Villainous. DT and Villainous first. What version of Villainous do you recommend?
@@dultanur likely the first in the series (green box). Reason: it has the most amount of characters and comes with some extra components the other games don’t have. (Mainly a plastic cauldron to hold the power tokens in). Alternatively, pick whatever one has the villains in it you like the most, as the game plays the same in each iteration.
@@FostertheMeeple update: got silver bullet and Villainous (marvel, we like the ip better). Silver bullet is an instant hit, we both love it! Just played with the couple next door last night, they enjoyed it as well! We only played Villainous twice so far, just getting the hang of the game but looks great so far. Thanks for the recommendations, keep up the great content!
You guys are my new favorite people!
Wooooohooo!!
You should seek out the original Lord of the RIngs Confrontation Deluxe Edition. It is basically the larger version of the game. My gut is that it isn't easy to find nowadays, though. The small version does the job, but the larger version is nicer... and all of the info is right on the cards/character standees... I prefer that aspect, alone.
I would be surprised if I could find a copy where I am at, but I’ll keep an eye out for sure!! Thank you!
@@FostertheMeeple I hunted down a copy second-hand years back... and it wasn't easy then, so yeah, it might be tricky, but if you are diligent, I am sure you will get one. :-)
Star Realms is my number 1!
Great game!
chess really should be on this list along with checkers
They could be on your list! But not on ours, since this is a list of our opinions and they aren’t games we play!
My 2-player list would probably include: Cribbage, Starship Catan, Frostgrave, Magic, DBM, and a bunch of board wargames.
I thought about including Cribbage, but I enjoy it just as much in partners as I do 1 v 1 so excluded it, but crib will always have a special place in my heart!
@@FostertheMeeple The decision matrix with 6-card hands is so much more interesting that I prefer 2-player. I'll play cribbage 3- or 4-handed, but for 4-handed card games, I prefer Bridge, Hearts, Pinochle (double-deck) or poker.
You two are so cute.
First time watching you. 👍🏻😊
YAYY!! Thank you!! Welcome to our little community :)
Call to adventure looks like it would be similar to roll player
Yea somewhat!! Less dice of course and more character build - but definitely similar in theme
If Zach doesn’t appreciate you painting his Santorini minis then dump him.
Hhahaha this got a good laugh from me. He paints himself so he likely wants to paint them!!
"Where is Burgundy?"
"Probably England, mabye Germany!"
I see you're not into wine 😅
I really enjoyed this Top 11. I've just discovered your channel and I'm looking forward to explore your other videos.
Thanks for joining us!!! Yea, not drinkers here so forgive us our Wine trespasses haha
Have you tried Hanamikoji?
We haven’t yet!! Hopefully soon
@@FostertheMeeple it’s getting an update so it should be available in the spring… 😎
azul no captives, only releases
Lol Jamie is choc full of memes this episode
She’s choc full of memes always
Cribbage ... You forgot cribbage.
Oh nooooo. You’re right. We did.
Firefly the board game.
Haven’t played it!!
@@FostertheMeeple awesome game, based on the Joss Whedon tv show.... does have alot to it and the game play time is very long.
I can read - I just can't see! Hahahaha
Jamie’s goal in every video is to make you laugh Jim!
Huh
The very best of 2-player board games are games you haven't even tried to play. Wargames are almost always two player games, and there have been thousands of them published since their early days, 60 years ago. "Board games" encompasses a lot more than just euro-style games.
I mean. I love war games so, this comment is pretty silly. Really excited to watch your video when it comes out Darrell!!
Pathetic titles. Simple boring games
Oh hey thanks so much Tomasz! Super happy you enjoyed the video! People like you keep us pushing to do more. Appreciate you!