2-Player Games

In-depth reviews of all the board games I've played at 2 players, from head-to-head dueling card games to abstract strategy games to everything else. Includes all games that are possible with just 2 players.

Tag Team Review

Rating: (5.0)

Build your deck and see where fate takes you! Tag Team is my favorite 2-player dueling card game of all time.

Railroad Tiles Review

Rating: (2.7)

Railroad Tiles is a tile-laying puzzle game that doesn't do enough to rise above the many other games in this genre.

A Carnivore Did It! Review

Rating: (3.5)

Who's lying? Who's telling the truth? Who's the real culprit hiding in the dubious claims? Untangle the logic in A Carnivore Did It!

Hot Streak Review

Rating: (4.7)

Hot Streak is the most fun and silliest race betting game I've ever played. It's so wacky, unpredictable, and charmingly entertaining.

Quiddler Review

Rating: (1.6)

Quiddler is a card-based word building game that squanders its Scrabble-like premise by being too random and overstaying its welcome.

Ra Review

Rating: (4.9)

It's so fun, it feels like a party game (even though it isn't). Ra has earned its status as an all-time great among board games.

That's Not a Hat Review

Rating: (3.7)

A memory-driven party game that you can win even if you have terrible memory? For that alone, That's Not a Hat deserves some praise.

Agent Avenue Review

Rating: (4.6)

Agent Avenue is an outstanding two-player cat-and-mouse card game that plays fast while dripping with tension, deception, and excitement.

Spots Review

Rating: (2.7)

Spots is an adorable little push-your-luck dice game that's sure to appeal. Unfortunately, it's less than the sum of its parts.

Diced Veggies Review

Rating: (3.4)

Diced Veggies is a casual dice drafting game about collecting veggies and cooking them into tasty dishes. Great to play with kids.

Vegas Strip Review

Rating: (2.1)

Vegas Strip mixes casinos, bluffing, cheating, and mind games together... in a way that somehow strips all the fun out of Vegas.

Captain Flip Review

Rating: (4.1)

Captain Flip is a quick and simple tile placement game where you have to push your luck if you want to come out ahead.

Alibis Review

Rating: (4.4)

Alibis is a party-style word association game that succeeds as a small but welcome evolution on So Clover and Codenames.

Mindbug Review

Rating: (4.3)

Mindbug is an excellent two-player dueling card that's fast and simple, with one special twist that elevates it to true greatness.

Sea Salt & Paper Review

Rating: (2.0)

Sea Salt and Paper is a quaint little card game that feels a lot like those messy homemade card games you might've come up with as a kid.

Sky Team Review

Rating: (4.3)

Sky Team is a cooperative two-player dice placement game with limited communication. One of the hottest games of the last few years!

Point Salad Review

Rating: (2.4)

Point Salad is a simple card drafting game about collecting veggies for salads.

Floristry Review

Rating: (4.3)

Floristry is an app-assisted two-player auction game where you bid for flower tiles to build a better floral display than your opponent.

Archeos Society Review

Rating: (3.6)

Archeos Society is a brilliant set collection card game that's brought down a few pegs by its overly clunky production.

Castle Combo Review

Rating: (4.6)

Castle Combo is a simple card game about drafting the best nine-card tableau to score the most points. It's fast, fun, and replayable.

Let's Go! To Japan Review

Rating: (2.1)

Let's Go! To Japan uses card drafting and tableau building to simulate what it'd be like to plan a week-long trip to Japan's Tokyo and Kyoto.

Wildstyle Review

Rating: (4.1)

Wildstyle is a uniquely fun real-time game where you try to control territory on a central board by quickly collecting sets of cards.

Bomb Busters Review

Rating: (4.8)

Bomb Busters is a cooperative game of logical deduction and limited communication. It might just be the best of its kind.

Foundations of Metropolis Review

Rating: (4.4)

Foundations of Metropolis is a city-building strategy game where players try to block and exploit each other on a shared central board.

Divvy Dice Review

Rating: (3.2)

Divvy Dice is a roll-and-write game where you chuck dice and benefit whenever anyone else chooses to reroll.

MicroMacro: Crime City Review

Rating: (4.5)

MicroMacro: Crime City combines hidden object search with narrative and deduction into a fresh, unique, and charming package.

Link City Review

Rating: (1.6)

Link City is a cooperative party-style word association game where you're trying to place location tiles via mind melding.

Caper: Europe Review

Rating: (4.0)

Caper: Europe is a two-player card game about pulling off heists with card drafting, set collection, and tableau building.

Heat: Pedal to the Metal Review

Rating: (3.9)

Heat: Pedal to the Metal is a racing board game where smart card play and efficient maneuvering will get you across the finish line first.