Best 6 Board Games for 2 players in 2020

What to play when you’re self isolating at home with your partner and you’re bored? Play board games!

Przemek Chojecki
4 min readMar 30, 2020

With recent events and self isolation being wide spread through Western countries many people (the author included) have suddenly more times on their hand. What to do when you have enough of video games, Netflix, deep long talks over a cup of tea but still want to spend time with your partner? Play board games. In recent months I’ve been testing multiple board games and what fun I had! This is a highly subjective list of top 5 board games for 2 players. The list if a living list and it’ll change over time. Suggestions welcome!

Best Board Games for 2 players in 2020. 7 Wonders, Carcassonne, Brass, Arkham Horror, Fox in the Forest, MTG.

7 Wonders: Duel

7 Wonders: Duel is a great adaption of 7 Wonders for 2 players. You build a city and try to make it better than your opponent’s by. Each turn you draw a card and use it to build a new building or get more coins (to make more buildings). Learning the rules takes about 30 minutes and then what fun you have! This is an ideal game for two players if you like competing. If not, well, look below.

Carcassonne

In Carcassonne you place tiles with terrain, roads and buildings. You score when you complete a road, a city or a cloister. You can play the game with…

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Przemek Chojecki
Przemek Chojecki

Written by Przemek Chojecki

AI & crypto, PhD in mathematics, Forbes 30 under 30, former Oxford fellow.