“Bellum: Of Mutants and Men” is a strategic, 2-player card-battler that pits the Sapien Army against the Gobalos Scourge. It is easy to pick up and play for beginners and includes thousands of variations for pros to really sink their teeth into. It is currently being crowdfunded over on Kickstarter
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Abalone is a fantastic strategy game. Considering potential moves does often require reading several moves in advance, and differences in skill become very clear when watching a game.
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University Games really haven’t thought about how to make Stupid Deaths interesting for two players, there is simply no replay value for two players.
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A fast-paced game for all ages with some fun variants to make the already good 2-player game even more competitive.
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Exploding Kittens is a really fun game to play, and the cards are made to a really high quality and the illustrations from The Oatmeal are brilliant, in fact, if you don’t take time to look at the pictures and read the text on the cards you’re doing yourself a disservice.
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Bananagrams is a quick and portable version of a Scrabble-like game, that can be played anywhere. It works really well with two players as the instructions are adjusted accordingly.
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The 2 and 3 player variants of “Codenames: Pictures” feel like an afterthought to try to appeal to a larger audience and, sadly, it spoils an otherwise fun game.
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Pandemic works well as a two player game, the two player aspect has clearly been well thought out rather than a rushed afterthought.
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