two can play at that game.

1:30 FOR EXACTLY 2 PLAYERS 1:38 Patchwork 2:06 Undaunted: Normandy 3:22 Targi 4:15 Twilight Struggle 5:47 2 PLAYERS OR SOLO 5:56 One Deck Dungeon 6:56 Arkham Horror: The Card Game 7:59 Fields of Arle 9:34 2 PLAYERS OR MORE 9:58 Escape the Dark Castle 10:32 Codenames: Duet 12:12 Magic Maze 14:06 Potion Explosion 14:57 Azul 15:58 That's Pretty Clever! 16:54 Sagrada 17:35 Ascension 18:41 Mystic Vale 19:37 Legendary 22:01 Zombicide: Black Plague 23:47 Exit: The Game 24:41 Seasons 26:07 Aeon's End 27:31 Five Tribes 28:48 Grand Austria Hotel 29:33 Underwater Cities 31:00 Star Wars: Rebellion You're welcome!

The biggest problem with this is needing a second player.

Hold on a second, this wasn't a recommended video posted 4 years ago?

"two can play at that game... two can also play at that game. two can play at this game as well..."

Thanks man. I'm quarantined with only one other person who enjoys board games do this is great!

Here's a couple of my picks that no one asked for: Castles of Burgundy: really dry theme and artwork, but amazing game that's really addictive. Buy tiles to put in your kingdom and they let you do various actions. mostly help to lay more tiles. Everdell: Cute forest critters building a society. Basically just worker placement, card playing and resource management but drips with theme. It even has a giant cardboard tree.

MEEPLES, I thought he kept saying meatballs and was SO interested.

"If you die, then you're dead, and you don't want that."

This is perfect! My wife and I are best friends so I always struggle to try to find games for just us whenever our roommate isn't around to make multiplayer games playable! Thank you so much for this man!

"It does a lot with a small package" -ProZD, 2020

A few recommendations for two-players that no one asked for (which honestly you'll probably see on a lot of recommended lists): 1) Star Realms - fast deckbuilding game with space/starship theme. Easy to teach, easy to learn, and teaches the basics of deck-building. 2) 7 Wonders Duel - "Civilization" building game where you accumulate victory points based on science, military, etc. I've introduced this game to some people who have gotten hopelessly addicted to it. 3) Air, Land- & Sea - Extremely fast military-themed game where you are trying to win at least two out of three "theaters of war". EXTREMELY easy to teach and learn, but also lends itself to some mind games and meta-strategy. Aka simple game with room for complex strategy. 4) Onitama - chess-like game where you're either trying to capture the opposing side's master or get your master to the other side of the board. Movement based on cards set at the beginning of the game and constantly cycle throughout the game. Very thinky but fun.

Hey! For anyone who likes digital board games, I work for Handelabra Games and we made digital versions of One Deck Dungeon, Aeons End, Sentinels of the Multiverse, and Spirit Island! Figured I’d mention because some folks can’t find physical versions near them during these times. We work directly with the game creators to make sure the adaptations are as faithful as we can make them.

I love 7 Wonders: Duel. Anyone who has played 7 Wonders can attest to it’s great gameplay, and this is the version made specifically for 2 players. Your goal is to get as many points as possible by doing a variety of tasks that add up at the end of a game, like furthering your army, building a 7 wonder, better scientific research, most money, etc. It’s hard to see who’s winning as you play but you’re trying to get more than the other still. Then there’s also always the possibility of someone winning by trumping the other: fully defeating with their army or fully defeating by increasing scientific research. It’s way more fun than it sounds to play, I promise

I was actually needed this without realizing it. My partner and I are moving in together soon and we both enjoy board games alot. I look forward to using your recommendations thanks!!!

There's no one to play with me, so I'll just play against my cat.

Anyone else really love when he called the Pacific Rim concept "docking"?

People who disliked are just upset because they don’t have a friend to play with

The title of this video sounds like those 700 in one bootleg games.

"Does a lot with a small package" is my life's motto

you're the one who has made me want to play more of a variety of board games so thank u for that :)

Missing, for me: - Schotten Totten, great little fun 2-player-only game - Ethnos. Very versatile game up to 6 players. Works surprisingly well with two players and every game plays out differently. Also surprisingly un-complex for the amount of stuff it has. - Pandemic Legacy. Maybe the most engaging board game out there. A campaign game with one game representing one month in a year. Played season one with my wife and we had a blast. Somewhat complex but mainly heavy on the thinking, as every move can have major consequences for both the game and the whole campaign.

Here are some of mine: Exactly 2: Onitama (Sensei's Path is a must, Way of the Wind less so but still great) - You have five pieces, a sensei and four students. Either get your sensei to the opponent's sensei's starting spot or capture the other sensei. Each player has two cards, and one is in the middle. You play your card, move any of your pieces to a valid spot on that card, then trade that card for the one in the middle. There's also a free app on Google Play. Air, Land, and Sea - WWII theme. There is an 18 card deck, six each of Air, Land, and Sea vehicles/soldiers. Each player gets six cards, then one player gets a player order card. On your turn you can play a card to a matching combat theater, play a card face down in any theater, or retreat, giving your opponent a portion of the points of the round. The trick is to mitigate your losses and learn how to use the card abilities to manipulate the side your cards are on. This is how you get battleships and tanks in the air. Star Realms: As weird as it sounds, the base game is very technically only a 2 player game, and the way you expand it is by getting a second copy. Very basic, but effective, deck builder where you're directly attacking your opponent's "authority." Has some great expansions. Crystal Clans: A great area control/squad management game that has a unique "initiative" turn system. You basically wager turn length to summon bigger cards and do bigger attacks. Great with 2 Pipeline: Rebuild a government's horribly inefficient oil pipelines and make as much money as possible in the process. Exceptionally heavy, but very pretty. Spirit Island: Anti-Catan. Invaders are colonizing your island and you need to scare them off by rousing the natives into fighting and using your powers before the island is totally blighted and colonized. Oceans: A spinoff of Evolution. Make fish and evolve them into better fish. Has a lot of MtG influence. Near and Far: A gorgeous storybook game with an atlas of missions. Plays kind of like a racing game, and a bit of a point salad with a campaign. Excellent art and compelling writing, and even has an arcade mode so if you just want to pick up and play a game. Thunderstone Quest: Diablo but a deck builder. On your turn you either go to town and upgrade your deck and heal or go to the dungeon to fight monsters. Kind of an oddity in that the retail edition is missing a LOT of content compared to the kickstarter, but worth tracking down the complete set. Thanks for wading through this massive comment. Hopefully you found something you'd wanna play.

That Pacific Rim thing: Oh, I'm all in. ...Docking: Wait, hol' up.

You forgot to add Spirit Island! Also played a game called Ghost Stories with my brother in law this past Christmas. Took us like 6 tries just to beat the introductory level of the game.

“His was the Pawnee to my Eagleton.” I’m gonna save that insult for a special occasion

May you please do a "25 Great Board Games for one player"? God, I'm so lonely.

Me 5 minutes ago: Man I should look up some good 2 player games ProZD: I got you

Exactly 2 player games (complexity level 1-5) 1. Patchwork (1.65/5) 2. Undaunted: Normandy (2.25/5) 3. Targi (2.34/5) 4. Twilight Struggle (3.58/5) 1 or 2 player games 5. One Deck Dungeon (2.03/5) 6. Arkham horror: The Card Game (3.4/5) 7. Fields of Arle (3.89/5) 2+ player games 8. Escape the Dark Castle (1.25/5) 9. Codenames: Duet (1.33/5) 10. Magic Maze (1.73/5) 11. Potion Explosion (1.75/5) 12. Azul (1.77/5) 13. That’s Pretty Clever! (1.9/5) 14. Sagrada (1.92/5) 15. Ascension (2.15/5) 16. Mystic Vale (2.25/5) 17. Legendary (2.44/5) 18. Zombicide: Black Plague (2.52/5) 19. Exit: The Game (2.52/5) 20. Seasons (2.77/5) 21. Aeon’s End (2.78/5) 22. Five Tribes (2.85/5) 23. Grand Austria Hotel (3.24/5) 24. Underwater Cities (3.58/5) 25. Star Wars Rebellion (3.71/5)

Two can play at that game: Ultimate Edition

23:00 "We don't wanna die, 'cause if you die, you're gonna be dead... you don't want that". Words to live by. Jokes aside, really fun list, I knew a couple of names, but got a lot of new ones to look a bit more into before buying. Cool!

I'm just starting the video, but there are a few games I would pick: Exactly 2: Codenames: Duet BattleCon Summoner Wars Tak Pixel Tactics Solo or 2: Sentinels of the Multiverse 2+: Specter Ops Pandemic (any version, but Legacy is incredible) Scythe Root

who tf clicks a 33 minute video within 2 minutes of it coming out then dislikes it for no reason

Wingspan is a great game that is brilliant with 2 but handles more, it's all about birds and strategizing to get the most points, and it has beautiful board and card artwork and really cute components too :)

"dos" is one of the strangest board game sequels.

step one: find the game step two: find the second player

The card game Disney: Villainous I find plays best with two players. It's designed for more... up to 6, but 1v1 feels the best and most tactical gameplay it offers. It's great for casual play too :)

Me and my gf have been enjoying Spirit Island. There is so much game in just the base game with real unique mechanics. Great video!

The Forbidden Island and Forbidden Desert games are also great for two players or more. Catan is surprisingly playable with two as well.

I'd add these: 2-player only - Jaipur Set collection, where you're trying to gather sets of goods to get tokens. Additionally, you're trying to balance sets of 3, 4, or 5 which result in more points with getting set tokens which reduce in value as they get eaten up. 2-player only - Mandala Abstract set game, where you place one of 5 colors into a shared area (and draw more cards) or into a personal area on two battlefields (Mandalas). Colors can only appear once, and then the Mandala is destroyed after being completed taking from the shared space based on each players private area. The first card of each color taken is placed in a score area, which dictates color value (for instance, yellow may become worth 1 to one player and 5 to the other). Other cards go into a cup area hidden from your opponent. Plays quickly, but it's about blocking colors and timing. Great game for two. 2 or more - Concordia Thematically lacking, but mechanically elegant. As houses of Rome, you must expand and build production houses throughout areas of Rome. Actions are performed by various personalities, and over time you'll expand to include more personalities. You'll then score from those same personality cards for performing certain actions (For instance, one might be getting more and more colonists to expand and focusing on Mars personality cards for endgame, which give you points for each colonist per card). The game feels light but tense the whole way through.

That moment when you realize that someone has made a boardgame about your small region in Germany nobody knows about. (I live around 40km from Arle)

One of my favorite 2-player onlys is The Fox In The Forest. I love trick-taking games and it throws some fun twists into the mix.

I am an enthusiast for the popular 2-player game Blood Bowl. It's a game of American football, except it's anarchy, meaning that there are no "downs" and the goal is just to grab the ball and get it to the end zone. The twist is that it's fantasy, and you can play as elves, orcs, goblins, and a bunch of really flavorful races. You can run a team in a league and level up your players as they gain experience from matches. You can also suffer permanent injuries and deaths to your players. It's very violent and epic. No game of Blood Bowl is the same, and this is a game that I highly recommend getting into. It's not that beefy to learn the basic rules, actually, but it gets slightly beefier as you get into league play and coaching a long-term league. It's easy to understand once you get the hang of it, though - great game!

Ok wait a second. I subscribed to this channel because I wanted to see what all of the pop tarts were like, and I JUST noticed that you also voiced a character in FEH!! I LOVE FEH...AND POP TARTS!! WORLDS COLIIIIIIIIIIDE!!

Fields of Arle is actually set in Arle, Germany; a small village next to where i grew up I saw the game in a german toy store recently & it made me happy seeing it getting some international recognition feels really cool

"Ramen Fury." Is a very quick paced agressive game that u can get for like 10$. And plays from 2-5 players. The idea is that u want to make bowls of ramen by using ingredients from a central stock of cards. These cards give u points but u can sabotage your opponents during gameplay. It can quickly become a very intense game.

My sister and I play Forbidden Island together. Sometimes we'll each play as two characters at once. It is kind of hard, though, so we ended up starting out with "house rules" where we start out drawing only one flood card at a time. We recently graduated to non-house rules, though, now that we're familiar with the game.

This video is so helpful and it's organized so perfectly!! When I get to see friends we're normally 1 on 1 and it's so great to have things to do without going out!!

"This board game ain't big for the both of us... oh wait it is!"

The best 2 player game is staring at eachother while some air goes wild around you

Thank you so much for this! My wife and I find it difficult to find good two player game descriptions that are actually helpful like this.

Thank you for this! My mom and I try to hang out one to twice a week playing board games and even getting her into video games, got her to learn how to play pokemon card with her, but low on finding 2 or more player games for us to play. Will look into some of these games with her.

When you wanted to comment "Two can play at that game" but someone already commented it.

Hanabi is a good choice for just two people. It's like cooperative solitaire but with a bit of an information network problem. You can't see your hand, but you can see your partner's, and you use proper clue tokens to tell somebody what cards they have. Just get 20 points to win. It's even free to play with others on Board Game Arena if that's what you need.

I honestly loved watching this video. I think it was incredibly well made and I love how thoughtful you are.

3.58 had me laughing at the kingdom heartsness of some of these complexity numbers

One of my favourite 2 player games (that can be played with more but i prefer only 2 players) is Star Realms. Small, cheap deck building game about spaceship battles, and I love the card market and the fact that you build your deck as you go. You can play in 20 mins and it’s so fun to see all different strategies people use

I was today years old when I found out your name is a wordplay on “prosody”

One of my and my gf's favorite games right now is Crimson Company. It's a "pure" two player game (although you can play it with more people if you have several copies) where the goal is to capture two out of three castles using mercenaries that you bid on. If an opponent matches your bid, you get the money back, plus what the opponent matched a cash advantage can quickly reverse. The other interesting gameplay element is that all cards have effects that can trigger and must happen, even if they're bad for you. (E.g. kill any card in this lane that is weaker than this card can very well result in you having to kill your own card)

I recommend: Castles of Mad King Ludwig It's a fun "building game" where you compete for resources with an opponent and race to the victory condition. You can play with up to 5 players, but 2 is just fine. I had so much fun with the pieces, I just sat and played with the pieces outside of a game just to build the ultimate castle. There's even a 1-player mode!

My wife and I’s favorite game to play together is currently Paladins of the West kingdom! Spectacularly well made, and a little heavier. Spirit island is one I love that’s great with 2, and we also enjoy Raiders of the North Sea at 2 and 3. Our preferred deck builders are Hero Realms and Shards of Infinity as opposed to Ascension. Kingdomino plays amazingly at 2, 3, or 4, and is a great one to play over FaceTime with others if they have a copy- we sent copies to about 4 couples when lockdown started and we played over a dozen games in lockdown! Lastly, Hanabi is a great game at 2, solid couple mind reading game :)

Star Realms is one of the best 2 player Deckbuilding games I've played. I could never really get too much into Ascension or games like it because play felt so divorced from the other player. In Star Realms, you actually have to defeat the other player rather than just 'earn more points' than them.

Thank you for this! Can't wait to try some of these. I have played Mystic Vale, Sagrada, and Patchwork and they are all amazing. Would love to see you do a video of your favorite co-op games.

ProZD: "The game isn't that complicated". The game: 4:35

I know it's not the same but a fun easy fast card game is "Dungeon Mayhem". 2-6 players, I got it for guests who are intimidated by games.

With so many deck builders I'm SHOCKED that Star Realms wasn't on the list of exactly 2 player games. I understand the difficulty of such a small list though! For anybody checking the comments though, Star Realms is a wonderful, tiny little deck builder for two players with a lot of depth and nuance of gameplay, as well as countless viable strategies. I've played with friends and both won and lost with all factions, early rush strategies, late big econ strategies, defensive, offensive, everything under the sun! Highly recommend!

Wow I just hosted a lil virtual game night with friends but I'm only quarantined with one other person. Guess google heard and you ended up on my recommended page. Thanks for the video man!

Another good board game that works with up to 4 players but is great with two is a game called Kingdomino. So basically each player is the king of a kingdom and is trying to get land matching land tiles to get points. The land tiles are divided like dominos, for example one card might be half grassland and half forest or half mine and half swamp. Certain land tiles have crowns on them which are what allows you to score for certain land, and the more of the same type of land you get next to each other with more crowns, the more points you get. Another cool mechanic is that turn order is not set in stone, four land tiles are played out and you take turns selecting tiles to place in your board, if you select a less powerful tile, you get to go earlier next round and if you select a higher scoring tile, you’ll have to go later next turn. It’s a fun game and it isn’t that difficult to learn, and I would recommend it.

Great video! I quite enjoy "The Settlers of Catan: The Card Game" for exactly two players.

Everyone else: *talking about their favorite games and sharing their opinions* Me: Why does he keep saying meatball?

This video will be very useful for me, I hope. Thank you for showcasing these amazing selections!

Thank you so much for the recommendations I bought potion explosion, zombicide black plague and Arkham Horror. They are all so much fun! We love the marble setup of potion explosion a lot, its so fast paced once you get the hang of it and looks so nice

I may have listened to this video, but I didn’t hear a single word

*insert comment about KZfaq's numbers being inconsistent* haha so funny

The music's refrain makes it super obvious it's on a loop and after fifteen minutes it gets suuuuuuper agitating. But thanks for sharing all your thoughts, I was thinking about getting some of these and there were a couple I'd never heard about. Thanks for your efforts.

Thanks so much I’ve been struggling with 2 player games; sometimes it’s hard to get a group together so this is great for me and one other buddy

I'm really looking forward to a review of Undauntes: Normandy!

Board games for 2 players? This is exactly what I needed.

Saved to my playlist. Thanks for including a solo list too.

I've been looking for this kind of thing for ages!! Would love more board game reviews in the future, esp ones that need fewer players!!

This is two can play at that game to the next level

*”Two can play at that game”*

You're the best channel I discovered in the past months, really like you're work!

Thanks man. I've been looking for more games to play with my wife, as we've getting into games more and more. After long days at work, something to unwind is great! We own a few of these, but since we're new this has been fantastic. Thanks again. Love and respect your recommendations.

I just realised how amazing dungeon master prozd would be because of his voice acting skills. Literally Matthew Mercer level DM

Nice, me and myself can play together.

these videos are amazing, thank you for sharing your board game-y passion

You did a really nice job talking about hobby games in a way that make them truly accessible to "baby gamers" and newbies. Nicely done!

stop commenting this vid been out for 1 min i know yall havent watched it yet

Definitely missing Spirit Island there, but otherwise a really cool list

Thanks for the video! Some really great picks! A few more 2 player only games that my wife and I like to play outside of the ones you mentioned: The Fox and the Forest - Light trick taking game where the odd cards have various 'powers' and you only want to win so many tricks before it starts effecting your score negatively. Odin's Ravens - A pretty light racing game where you use Loki's trick cards to give you a leg-up or to use against your opponent. Fugitive - A portable hidden movement game where one player is the agent and the other the fugitive. Lost Cities - Laying down cards to go on expeditions, but you want to make sure you have enough. Scoring is a little mathy, but there's a good app out there. As for solo to 4 players, I'd add the new Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion for a dungeon crawler with a neat card initiative system. While I could list many more, this stands out to me because it's a new and lighter version of Gloomhaven that sets up very quickly and contains 25 scenarios. You're basically setting up a RPG video game on your table with the first 5 scenarios even being the tutorial, of sorts.

Hi ProZD, just wanted to say that I enjoy you and your channel. I randomly found your helium voice impression video a while back and have been watching through some other videos ever since. You are so funny, and I really enjoy watching.

Step one: get a friend

But everyone knows the TRUE best 2-player game ever. Chess.

Highly recommend Carcassonne: The Castle as a two player (only) game! It's fairly light but pretty fun and does require some strategy. The gameplay is basically that you're using randomly drawn tiles to build a city within the walls to get points. I've found you can make it into a 3-4 player game too if you have some spare pieces (I use Risk armies but any meeple does it).

My s/o and I were just talking about trying to find new board games for two yesterday! This is so helpful! Thanks (:

Last time i was this early i still had a girlfriend

I legitimately thought this was gonna be a joke with nothing but "Monopoly: something edition" Glad it wasn't. Dungeons and Dragons should be in here.

*brandishing knife* "Oh yeah? Well, two can play at that game."

ProZD I love your enthusiasm and you brighten my day thank you man