Some Good 2 player non-wargaming games???

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Some Good 2 player non-wargaming games???

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Hey all
Looking for some good 2 player games that arn't table top wargaming...could be card games or anything really,just looking for something fun to play?

P.s Beside Chess,checkers,UNO ect

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Over the years, I've filtered down to a smallish number of 2-player games that I enjoy:

Magic: the Gathering
Even playing "big box" style, this is great fun. Buy a ton of commons for pennies each, and just have at!

Pirates CSG
a "dead" game, but lots of replayability - still fairly available.

BattleLore
Command & Colors Pseudo-Historical Fantasy is great. A little pricey, but tremendous.
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My all time favorites:

Lunch Money

http://www.thewarstore.com/product4647.html

Go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)

Spite and Malice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_and_Malice
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I like the various Looney Labs games..
www.looneylabs.com

Their game Treehouse is good for 2 players

Small World is for 2-5 players by Days of Wonder (very scaleable)

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Find a card game called Dog Eat Hot Dog. It's goofy but pretty fun. Another great game is called Castle Keep. Hope those help...
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How about Dungeon Twister?
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Check out http://www.cheapass.com/ They have tons of games from 2-10 players that are really cheap.
They merely contain the basic instructions and playing field (if needed) everything else is designed for the players to raid other board games of Dice, Pawns, and counters.
Some are insanely fun, while others are somewhat lacking.

One of my favorites (though not really a 2 player game) is Unexploded Cow
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Call me old fashioned, but I like a good game of Cribbage (card & pegging game). Other good 2 player games - Hera & Zeus (a card game), Stacks (a dice game), Knights (a dice game).
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Thanks guys, i will look into MTG its only been about 14 or so years since i last played it and looking at the website seems to have sparked something again
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There's Stratego and Battleship.
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I was always kinda partial to dragon war over lunch money.

What was that card game with the card "the cheese stands alone" It's been a while but I remember it being kinda fun...
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Doesnt appear to be any boardgamers in here. Best advice would be to check www.boardgamegeek.com. They have a tab there of the best two player games. I would say it depends on who you are planning on playing with. My wife enjoys Carcassone and Carcassone castle. I have a buddy who loves to play games like battlelore and hammer of the scots. Stratego is also a great little target, walmart game. Pandemic is a great game that I believe is 1-5 players. Feel free to PM me any board game questions I think my collection of them is up to 80 by now and I have played bunches of others.

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I used to play lots of board games, however none of mine were ever 2 player games. I do have a few like Carcassonne (and several expansions) but most of them are simply not that fun without a 3rd person.
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Check out http://www.boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/ ... yer_series
They 're all decent games, but Lost Cities is easily the best 2 player game of the bunch.
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