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10 Responses to "QotD: Two-Person Games"

1. | Reply Emily Hambidge
   Posted 11 Dec 2005 at 1:27pm #
   

   Scrabble, Jenga, Monopoly, Yahtzee, Battleship (made for only 2 people!), Outburst, Life, Sorry, Taboo and Scategories! Those are all good ones.

2. | Reply Jared Barden
   Posted 11 Dec 2005 at 1:43pm #
   

   If you guys are movie buffs, give SceneIt a try.

3. | Reply Geoff
   Posted 11 Dec 2005 at 2:42pm #
   

   There's a bunch of "euro" games for two people as well. As I've yet to try them I don't know any by name. Most are a bit more expensive than US games so I'm afraid to purchase on name or simple description alone. But the wife and I are in a similar situation, wanting 2 player games besides World of Warcraft (which we play way too much).

4. | Reply jeff
   Posted 11 Dec 2005 at 3:11pm #
   

   rummukub is fun... and i like UNO. there are, of course, many great card games as well. 🙂

5. | Reply David
   Posted 11 Dec 2005 at 3:44pm #
   

   Classics -- Go, Chess, Checkers, Othello, Backgammon, Twister.
   New Games -- Boggle, Robo Rally, Acquire, Diplomacy, Settlers of Catan.

   My recommendation would be to check out the major game maker's sites. Hasbro is the near monopoly game manufacturer/developer. Check out it's subsidiaries (Wizards of the Coast, Avalon Hill, Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers, etc) webpages and look through their catologs of games.

   Here's a site for board games. You can tell it to run a search for just two players. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/searchform.php3

6. | Reply Eric Wisti
   Posted 12 Dec 2005 at 1:33pm #
   

   We like Lost Cities. It is a two player card game, where you try to complete one or more of five expeditions.

7. | Reply David M
   Posted 12 Dec 2005 at 7:11pm #
   

   sorry about the fact that this game isn't truly 2player, but if you could get a lot of people together (5+), it's A TON OF FUN:

   apples to apples

   -d

8. | Reply paul
   Posted 12 Dec 2005 at 11:54pm #
   

   Set is a good card game.

   Works well after a glass of beer turns down your left brain. 🙂

9. | Reply Mike
   Posted 13 Dec 2005 at 12:38am #
   

   Monopoly is great, but I find Uno is a lot more fun...with Uno, it tends to get more personal, haha.

   Emily posted some nice choices.

10. | Reply Dave Breaker
    Posted 14 Dec 2005 at 12:00am #
    

    Settlers of Catan is superb. One of the most elegant games I have seen in a long time. It is about 6 years since it was released. Simple to learn and has expansion packs that make it more complex and challenging. Games take about 60-120 minutes. The board changes each time you play it so every game is different.

    If you have the cash go for the 3D collectors edition:

    http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/comments/in_depth_game_preview_catan_3d_collectors_edition/

    Carcassonne is also a pretty good 2 player game.

    Both games can be played 2-6 player.