Board games for 2 people

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Any suggestions for board games that two people staying indoors can play?

Thanks!

Hive, Tatsu and Duke are our current favs. There's also Khet and the Scandinavian edition of Ticket to Ride.

If you don't mind the theme then pandemic is far and away the best board game I've ever played.

Alternatively forbidden island.

Both are cooperative games so no arguments

Scrabble is making a comeback during our confinement.
Backgammon and chess are also good.

Othello is my favourite.

Connect 4
Battleships

7 wonders Duel

Scrabble
Monopoly
Sequence
Labyrinth
Chess
Battleships

It's a marble game but nine men's morriss is real good fun.

Bananagrams

Not a board game but Mancala is really good

I enjoy Upwords. On a deeper word game level my mum plays a mean Scrabble and out-words me. If you are a bit geopolitical like me have a Twilight Struggle. There's a silly chicken game I play with my daughter that is from France and called Piou Piou.

Thanks to someone on MN I found a fab quiz site jetpunk.com. You could both do the same quiz on your tablets then compare scores.

@TooDamnSarky I’ve just looked at buying Pandemic thanks to your recommendation and there seems to be quite a few different versions/titles.

Would you mind telling me which one you’d recommend please?

@bellinique I would suggest going with the original (just called Pandemic, blueish box with four people on the box, a female doctor standing at the front in the image).

Code Names is good for two people who know each other well.

@bellinique
Avoid pandemic legacy until you have played the basic version a lot. The legacy version is much harder and a story version where you gradually destroy the board. It's totally amazing but not for novice players.

I've not tried the expansion,
I'd just go for the basic version. Enjoy!

Quandary. I playing it when I was a child but havent seen it around for years.

Carcassonne is a favourite of me and my DH. Simple rules, but a lot of strategy when you get into it. And the version we have came with an expansion pack that adds a couple more elements for when you've mastered the basics.

Also agree that forbidden island is great.

Oh yes @AreWeNearlyHairnet and Carcassonne!

Jaipur is one of our favourites. Also like Fungi, 7 Wonders, Azul and Legendary Forests. DH is a board game geek, I'm less enthusiastic!

Thank you very much @TooDamnSarky and @JasperRising!

Our favourite is Pandemic. Seems a bit to topical to play atm though.

We like ticket to ride (we have the Europe one) and mapominoes (we have Europe, Africa and Asia!). Mapominoes is strictly a board game, but we really like it. You can either play with just 1 set or multiple sets.

Another vote for Carcassonne here.

Another vote for Carcassonne (and it has lots of expansions if you really want). Mapominoes is also a nice quick bit of fun.