I’m always on the lookout for a good game to play with my wife who prefers casual board games. We’ve played and enjoyed ticket to ride NY, patchwork, little birdie, and scabble
Any other recommendations?
Patchwork is easily my favorite 2P game, and Codenames Duet if we’re feel cooperative.
We also like to play Hive, or “Bidding War” if we’re traveling.
Most co-op games also play well in 2P. Pandemic, Eldritch Horror, Flash Point
Seconding Hive, there are some impressive big brain moves to be discovered that make both players reel
This is one I have but my wife noped out. Too strategy focused for her liking
Oh well
My wife and I are new to board games, but Dominion, Carcassonne, and Jaipur are all pretty good. Monopoly Deal is fun too, but we found it was better with non-default rules
Oh yeah carcassonne is great too.
I’ve heard of Jaipur but never played it. I’ll look into that one, hopefully it isn’t too complicated
Check out Azul.
Casual board game playing wife may love the “look” of it (beautiful tiles) and there’s a strategy game hiding underneath the hood. It’s really simple to learn + explain and it’s also fairly portable (just don’t start losing the tiles).
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If you like dice game i would try dice throne , easy to learn and short game around 20 min. It got some similarity with yatzhee but rather then make points you need to reduce life of your opponent. There’s plenty of dlc boxes but each one is a complete game and can also work together if you’d like to buy them and add new character to the game.
Oooh interesting. We don’t have any dice games! I’ll give it a try
Can second Dice Throne as well.
Fun combat with differing levels of complexity based on the character you pick. AFAIK, There’s original characters and then Marvel ones too. Not sure if there’s other brands.
Also, if you have multiple boxes, can play with upto 4 players so that’s always a plus if someone is visiting. And the production value of the game is just stellar.
My wife and I are absolutely loving Wingspan right now. Some of the others we really enjoy are:
Competitive: Wingspan Tiny Epic Galaxies Tiny Epic Pirates Firefly Dominion Love Letter (any variation)
Co-op: Stars of Akarios Hellboy Tales from Red Dragon Inn
My favourite is Twilight Struggle. It is pretty long and heavy though :D Terraforming Mars, Agricola, and Caverna are also very good for 2 players.
A couple of lighter 2 player games I enjoy are Hive, Jaipur, and Santorini.
Based on your list, would suggest Calico or Azul: Summer Pavilion. I prefer the Summer Pavilion edition over the original edition of Azul.
You may also like Codenames: Duet, but it is not a talkative game.
If you don’t mind abstract I would suggest YINSH or any of the other project GIPF games.
Local specialty board game shops should have those. If not, the best place in Canada to find board games is https://www.boardgamebliss.com/. They just run out of stock, a lot.
This might be a touch out there for a recommendation but for two players I’ve enjoyed Watergate quite a bit. It’s pretty affordable and it has this endearing quality where over time you form a meta between the two of your over multiple games.
