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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 3186855" data-attributes="member: 13703">Thanks for the suggestions guys.  I think some of the games suggested might be a little bit too complicated for my wife though.  Snakes and ladders and Trouble are pretty far on the simple side of the scale!  Something like a CCG would just be too complex for her to enjoy.  She likes things that are quick and simple to set up and without a whole host of rules to remember.  (I'll never be able to get her to play D&D!   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )  Unfortunately she doesn't like Chess, Draughts (Checkers) or Backgammon so that rules out a lot of quick set-up games.I had a look at some of the Cheapass games but almost none of them are 2 player.  Kill Doctor Lucky is a fun game but I really don't think that it would work with just 2 players.I had thought about something like Jenga since it is simple but fun to play and you do have to put a bit of thought into it.  Unfortunately with our disparate tastes it makes finding a common game rather difficult.  I'll check out Cribbage and I might give Carcassonne a go too.  I have seen it at my FLGS before and I have heard good things about it from people on these boards before.Olaf the Stout</blockquote>