Two Person Board Games?

[Samothdm]

Fantasy Flight Games' Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation is a fun game - a friend recommended it and my wife and I have played it a few times.

There's a fun game called "Set" that's playable with any number of players. It's cool because you can play it solo, too.

I believe that there is also a 2-player card-based version of Settlers of Catan, although I've never played that.

For a good list, check out the 2-Player Games List on Funagain.com.

 

[reapersaurus]

Dungeon Dice is a little known, but fun board game. Basically you're prisoners who have to tunnel out with spoons and stuff, and you roll dice to see how well you do. Sounds dumb but it's a lot of fun.

*looks left and right*

umm, that's a kid's game.

I had it way back when, liked it, and won an auction for it out of nostalgia's sake.
It's not exactly a game adults would be playing....

 

[reapersaurus]

I'm looking for a game that can be played by only two players. My girlfriend and I need something to actively do together around the house. I don't know many board games aside from the classics like Risk, Monopoly, chess, etc. And most of those games are much more suited to a group of people (except chess).

Any recommendations?

Again, any request for recommendations would be greatly enhanced by mentioning what are some other games you like, so people would know what your tastes run...

 

[Threedub]

Battlecry (American Civil War) and Memoir '44 (World War II). Both my wife and I love them. She is neither role-player, video gamer, or war gamer. The scenerios can be played in an evening. War Game Lite.

 

[Mistwell]

For reference, for multi-player games I like the german-produced recent games, such as Puerto Rico, Settlers of Catan, Amun-Re, Ra, Power Grid, etc...

So, here are my favorite 2-player games:

Carcassonne: the Castle
The Settlers of Catan Card Game
Starship Catan 2-player

Blink is also a lot of fun, but it's very short.

I've seen and been interested by, but have not played, the following:

Lost Cities
Caesar & Cleopatra

I've never seen, but would really like to try:

DruidenWalzer

 

[Arnwyn]

I don't know what you'll like, but I'm a sick, sick fan of Stratego.

Two-player goodness, that.

 

[Eeralai]

Filthy Rich

The game Filthy Rich by Richard Garfield is a game for up to 5 players that actually plays really well with two players. My husband and I used to play it frequently. The pre-made Magic decks also make for a fun evening if you both like the fantasy genre. And for couples night, there is Once Upon a Time which is a great story telling game. My best friend and I have played it as a two player game and it was pretty fun still.

 

[Guilt Puppy]

You sank my battleship

Red wizard shot the meat!

 

[Samothdm]

For reference, for multi-player games I like the german-produced recent games, such as Puerto Rico, Settlers of Catan, Amun-Re, Ra, Power Grid, etc...

So, here are my favorite 2-player games:

Carcassonne: the Castle
The Settlers of Catan Card Game
Starship Catan 2-player

Blink is also a lot of fun, but it's very short.

I've seen and been interested by, but have not played, the following:

Lost Cities
Caesar & Cleopatra

I've never seen, but would really like to try:

DruidenWalzer

Not to derail this, but I was just thinking the other day that about a year ago or so I think you were looking for a new job here in L.A. Where did you end up?

 

[Klaus]

Go to www.fierydragon.com and look for the Counter Strike series of mini-games. They're designed for 2 players. Out so far:

Arriba España - A wargame that follows the Spanish Civil War
Autumn Mist - Relive the Battle of the Bulge, the last desperate battle in WWII between Allies and Nazi
Battle for China - China vs. Japan in WWII.
Out soon:
Freikorps - A hypothethical attack on Soviet Union by German soldiers in WWI.
Atomic City (2-4 players) - All the excitement of comic-book-inspired slugfests, from the mind of comic book creator Jay Stephens!

Each comes in a handy tin box and includes everything needed to play!