Of all our picks, this is the one that feels the most like a modern multiplayer board game but pared down to work perfectly with two players. You play the game over the course of three rounds.

Checkers: Casual Style is a classic 2-player board game perfect for casual play. Players aim to capture their opponent's pieces or block their moves. With simple rules but endless tactical ...

Canasta for Two is a 2-player version of Canasta with endless fun. Create melds of 7 cards of the same rank, and earn points as you aim to "go out" by exhausting your cards. It's a game of ...

The best board games for two players need to function so that playing them as a duo takes away nothing from the experience. Normally when we think of tabletop games, we think of a whole group of ...

whether it's your first time building a rail empire or an old favorite NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND AVERAGE PLAYTIME: This family and adult board game can be played with 2 to 5 players. The average ...

Back in May I remarked how board game ... sprawling miniatures games. Dune: War for Arrakis is no different, offering a two-hour epic battle for control of Arrakis. One player takes on the role ...

This Unmatched: Battle of Legends review is looking at the first board game in what's become a series of expansions, and that holds a high place in our list of the best two-player board games.