Games for 2 players

Games57
Best at 28
House rules480

Two-handed play, from a quick cribbage board to a backgammon match that outlasts the evening. Nothing here is waiting for a fourth.

Where to start

Picked for 2 specifically. These are built around that number, not merely able to survive it.

Backgammon2–2 playersBoard and cardsBuilt for exactly 2 — nobody sits out.Gin Rummy2–2 playersCardsBuilt for exactly 2 — nobody sits out.Scrabble2–4 playersTilesDesigned around 2 players.

All 57 games for 2 players

5002–8 playersCards Boggle2–8 playersOther kit Carcassonne2–5 playersTiles Cornhole2–4 playersOther kit Crazy Eights2–7 playersCards Darts 5011–8 playersDarts Free-form Points1–20 playersOther kit Klondike Solitaire1–4 playersCards Pickleball2–4 playersOther kit Rummy2–6 playersCards Scrabble2–4 playersTiles Spades2–6 playersCards Table Tennis2–4 playersOther kit Tennis2–4 playersOther kit Uno2–10 playersCards Yahtzee1–10 playersDice Backgammon2–2 playersBoard and cards Belote2–4 playersCards Blackjack2–8 playersCards Block Dominoes2–4 playersTiles Bocce2–8 playersOther kit Briscola2–6 playersCards Canasta2–6 playersCards Catan Victory Points2–6 playersBoard and cards Cribbage2–4 playersCards Cricket2–8 playersDarts Dutch Blitz2–8 playersCards Euchre2–6 playersCards Five Crowns1–7 playersCards Gin Rummy2–2 playersCards Golf2–8 playersCards Hand and Foot2–6 playersCards Indian Rummy2–6 playersCards Liar's Dice2–8 playersDice Mau Mau2–8 playersCards Mexican Train2–8 playersTiles Pétanque2–12 playersOther kit Phase 102–6 playersCards Pinochle2–4 playersCards Pub Quiz2–100 playersOther kit Rommé2–6 playersCards Rummikub2–6 playersTiles Scopa2–6 playersCards Shut the Box1–6 playersTiles Skull King2–8 playersCards Ten-Pin Bowling1–8 playersOther kit Tiotusen2–8 playersDice Win/Loss Tally2–20 playersOther kit Yatzy1–8 playersDice Escoba del 152–4 playersCards Meyer2–10 playersDice Mille Bornes2–6 playersCards Pişti2–4 playersCards Pitch2–7 playersCards Pool Rummy2–6 playersCards Schwimmen2–9 playersCards Skip-Bo2–6 playersCards

Nearby player counts

2 of them are built for exactly 2 players and nothing else: Backgammon, Gin Rummy.

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