Games for 2?

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My parents were notorious for playing a string of 2 player games for the entire duration of their marriage.
They still do, 30 plus years later. They would get hooked on different games at different periods of time.
They did both board and video games that were all two-player.

I remember them playing Scrabble and Backgammon as well as video games like Mario Kart, Dr. Mario, Othello and Tennis.

Personally, I don’t think playing two-player video games are that bad. My husband and I have had a lot of fun getting into games like Wii Sports.
 
Othello, Pente, Mastermind, Connect Four…I had forgotten about those! YES!
 
Gin and cribbage are great 2player card games. Liars dice is also fun. The original game “Lost Cities” from Rio Grande Games was always fun. Not a game, necessarily but Mad Libs is good too.
 
Gin Rummy is one of my favorites.

My wife and I almost always go to a coffee shop for a game of chess on a date night. (when we get them)

Risk is a good game as well.

Monopoly with only two players but with one stipulation. You cannot have a romantic interest with the opponent. Marriages have failed because of a ruthless game of monopoly. I refuse to play this game against someone I share a bed with because I have to sleep sometime…

There is a whole other category of games for two that are not appropriate for this thread, but can be fun in a marriage.

No matter the game, we usually play for who changes diapers for the rest of the week.
 
Monopoly, Memory, Ludo…
I’m not good at card games, but I can play Uno or Mao.
Also puzzles.
 
Have you ever heard of the card game. Canasta ?

It’s a great card game for two people, Google it,
 
Cathedral: the wooden pieces are beautiful, 10 minute strategy game
Carcassonne: build a world and compete in claiming territory. Quality game, not too long

My nephew and I tried Word on the Street a while ago, and it was fun for 2 players.

My husband and I occasionally play Lord of the Rings [Reiner Knizia] with the Friend/Foe expansion, but it’s a game that requires a lot of commitment (time/concentration/nail-biting). It’s a cooperative game; players win or lose together. We’ve only won 3 or 4 times, so you have to go into it knowing the odds are against you… you’re just little hobbits vs. Sauron, after all. It’s also a game that’s better if you’ve actually read the books and not just seen the movies, because there will be unfamiliar characters.
 
Cribbage is definitely a great one. As are carcasson (sp?), netrunner, caverna, europa universalis 4.

Carcason and Caverna are board games, caverna is a little expensive and can seem intimidating because of all the pieces, but is such a blast to play, carcason is less intmidating but still a lot of fun.

Netrunner is two player collecters card game. It has a really interesting game dynamic because there are different rules for each of the two characters. one person plays as the “evil corporation” and the other person plays as a hacker trying to steal the big corporations secrets. So the corporation and the “runner” (hacker that “runs” on the corporation to steal their secrets and plans etc) have different actions available to them, slightly different rules of play, as well as different card options. It really adds a neat twist to the way these card games typically play out and is a lot of fun. Also, unlike a lot of these cad games netrunners booster packs all have set cards in them. So, if you want a certain card to complete your deck you don’t have to buy booster pack after booster pack hoping to get the card you want, you just look up which booster pack it is in and buy that specific pack, so, there isn’t the same kind of incentive to just keep spending money on cards as there often is with these kinds of games.

And finally, Europa Universalis 4, this is a computer game where you choose a nation and a period in history to start from and try to grow and expand your nation. It is a great game, and a lot of fun. You can play single player or multiplayer, however, in order to play multiplayer you will need a computer for each person and each person will need to purchase the game, which can up the cost. It really is a blast though with a lot of complexity to it from international relations, trade, economy, wars, alliances, exploration and colonization, religions, technological advancement and much more carefully accounted for so that you can pretty much always go more in depth while playing it. Each nation has its own special events that trigger during certain time periods to reflect the way history developed and each nation has its own specific strengths and weaknesses. Just a fantastic game all around. 🙂
 
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