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<blockquote data-quote="Nytmare" data-source="post: 6773841" data-attributes="member: 55178"><p>Having found myself in your situation once or thrice myself, I'll offer my suggestions for possible two player games, along with the possible pitfalls of each.</p><p></p><p>Hive - A 2 player, tile laying, strategy game; somewhat akin to chess. The fact that it's competitive, and has no chance element might be a downfall if you're significantly better at it than she is. <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2655/hive" target="_blank">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2655/hive</a></p><p></p><p>Splendor - A (surprisingly satisfying) engine building game where you're collecting gems to gather ways to get more gems so that you can get even more gems. Wheee! I haven't found anyone yet who has played it and doesn't like it. The decision points are pretty straight forward, even if you don't grok the far reaching strategies. That might end up being too frustrating though. <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148228/splendor" target="_blank">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148228/splendor</a></p><p></p><p>Machi Koro - Another engine builder. You're slowly building a town, and rolling a set of dice each turn to see what ways your town generates money. The game is pretty straight forward, though I think you need at least the first expansion thrown in to make it so there's more than one viable strategy. <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143884/machi-koro" target="_blank">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143884/machi-koro</a></p><p></p><p>King of Tokyo - You're a bunch of gargantuan, mega monsters laying waste to Tokyo and each other. It's a silly, Yahtzee-esque slugfest. As long as the theme doesn't make her roll her eyes too much, this should be a safe one. Avoid King of NY; though it's probably a better game, it's also more complicated and has way more decision points. <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo" target="_blank">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo</a></p><p></p><p>D-Day Dice - Another Yahtzee clone. This is a cooperative "storming the beaches of Normandy" game. As long as the theme doesn't bother or bore her, it's pretty solid. It has the added bonus of playing out pretty well a solitaire game. <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/101785/d-day-dice" target="_blank">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/101785/d-day-dice</a></p><p></p><p>Tsuro and Metro - Two different games that are similar enough that I felt safe describing them together. They're both tile laying "building a path" games. Tsuro is a abstract, Asian-themed, building-a-path-to-enlightenment game. Metro is the same exact thing, except that it's a rail line between two Parisian subway stops. <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16992/tsuro" target="_blank">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16992/tsuro</a> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/559/metro" target="_blank">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/559/metro</a></p><p></p><p>Forbidden Island and Forbidden Desert - More than one person up-thread have mentioned Pandemic and The Cure as good co-op possibilities, and even though I think they're great games, I'd say that their level of complexity is probably going to be way too high. Thankfully the creator has also made two different kid-friendly versions in the same vein that are both really good. In Forbidden Island, you're a team of intrepid explorers trying to gather a bunch of MacGuffins before the forbidden island sinks. In Forbidden Desert, you're a team of intrepid adventurers trying to gather a bunch of MacGuffins before the forbidden desert gets buried in sand. All that being said, they're different enough that I enjoy playing both (as well as all versions where you're a bunch of CDC employees trying to gather a bunch of plague cures before the planet is buried in corpses.) <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65244/forbidden-island" target="_blank">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65244/forbidden-island</a> <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/136063/forbidden-desert" target="_blank">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/136063/forbidden-desert</a></p><p></p><p>What type of games do you think might be the best fit for your wife, Olgar? I'm asking about both theme, and mechanics wise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nytmare, post: 6773841, member: 55178"] Having found myself in your situation once or thrice myself, I'll offer my suggestions for possible two player games, along with the possible pitfalls of each. Hive - A 2 player, tile laying, strategy game; somewhat akin to chess. The fact that it's competitive, and has no chance element might be a downfall if you're significantly better at it than she is. [url]https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2655/hive[/url] Splendor - A (surprisingly satisfying) engine building game where you're collecting gems to gather ways to get more gems so that you can get even more gems. Wheee! I haven't found anyone yet who has played it and doesn't like it. The decision points are pretty straight forward, even if you don't grok the far reaching strategies. That might end up being too frustrating though. [url]https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148228/splendor[/url] Machi Koro - Another engine builder. You're slowly building a town, and rolling a set of dice each turn to see what ways your town generates money. The game is pretty straight forward, though I think you need at least the first expansion thrown in to make it so there's more than one viable strategy. [url]https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143884/machi-koro[/url] King of Tokyo - You're a bunch of gargantuan, mega monsters laying waste to Tokyo and each other. It's a silly, Yahtzee-esque slugfest. As long as the theme doesn't make her roll her eyes too much, this should be a safe one. Avoid King of NY; though it's probably a better game, it's also more complicated and has way more decision points. [url]https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70323/king-tokyo[/url] D-Day Dice - Another Yahtzee clone. This is a cooperative "storming the beaches of Normandy" game. As long as the theme doesn't bother or bore her, it's pretty solid. It has the added bonus of playing out pretty well a solitaire game. [url]https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/101785/d-day-dice[/url] Tsuro and Metro - Two different games that are similar enough that I felt safe describing them together. They're both tile laying "building a path" games. Tsuro is a abstract, Asian-themed, building-a-path-to-enlightenment game. Metro is the same exact thing, except that it's a rail line between two Parisian subway stops. [url]https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16992/tsuro[/url] [url]https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/559/metro[/url] Forbidden Island and Forbidden Desert - More than one person up-thread have mentioned Pandemic and The Cure as good co-op possibilities, and even though I think they're great games, I'd say that their level of complexity is probably going to be way too high. Thankfully the creator has also made two different kid-friendly versions in the same vein that are both really good. In Forbidden Island, you're a team of intrepid explorers trying to gather a bunch of MacGuffins before the forbidden island sinks. In Forbidden Desert, you're a team of intrepid adventurers trying to gather a bunch of MacGuffins before the forbidden desert gets buried in sand. All that being said, they're different enough that I enjoy playing both (as well as all versions where you're a bunch of CDC employees trying to gather a bunch of plague cures before the planet is buried in corpses.) [url]https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65244/forbidden-island[/url] [url]https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/136063/forbidden-desert[/url] What type of games do you think might be the best fit for your wife, Olgar? I'm asking about both theme, and mechanics wise. [/QUOTE]
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