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Jason Adams
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Thanks to everyone who commented on my post last week with your top five filler games - this has really helped with my selections.

This week I would like to ask you all what your top 5 2 player games are. I have a few potential 2 player games which are on my probable list, but your suggestions of your personal top 5 would be most appreciated.
 
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Christian Marcussen
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Of the releasedgames I have tried I would say

1. War of the Ring
2. Memoir 44

 
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Matt
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1 Memoir 44
2 Battle Line
3 LoTR - The Confrontation
4 Blue Moon
5 Lost Cities

Not that you needed me to tell you that; you should have been able to guess


 
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1. Memoir '44
2. Battle Line
3. Yinsh
4. LOTR - The Confrontation
5. Lost Cities

I suspect BattleLore will be my main favourite when it's released.
 
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S Westenra
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Recently I'm playing a lot of games with just two players, even though the games themselves aren't 2-player games.

So these past few weeks my top 5 two-player games would have to be

1) Ticket to Ride:Europe
2) Magic:The Gathering
3) LOTR:Confrontation
4) Lost Cities
5) Settlers of Catan

and 6th would be Heroscape with the kids (ages 8 and 9)

I hope that helps...
Simon
 
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Giles Pritchard
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In no particular order, these are games my wife and I, or my friends and I enjoy regualrly as two player games:

Battle Line
Lost Cities
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
Castle
Thurn and Taxis
Reef Encounter
Starfarers of Catan (with a variant here on BGG)
Elfenland (with a variant here on BGG)
Elasund
Torres
Fairy Tale
Citadels

Some of these are better than others, but these are all games I highly enjoy whether two player or otherwise.

Good luck!

Cheers!

Giles.
 
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Mitch Willis
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1. Commands & Colors: Ancients
2. Roma
3. Battle Line
4. Aton
5. Coppertwaddle

 
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YINSH
La Città
Settlers Cardgame
Puerto Rico
PÜNCT
(Ticket to Ride
Phoenix)
 
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Sue Hemberger

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Crokinole
Roma
Kupferkessel
YINSH

Battle Line/Phoenix/Carrousel/Gene Pool are vying for the last slot.
 
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marc laumonier
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my choice :
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objectif catan
lost cities
battle line
Mr Jack

and as soon as possible : battlelore :-)
 
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Currently, subject to change, and not necessarily in strict order:

1. EastFront
2. Wiz-War
3. Command and Colors: Ancients
4. Mag-Blast
5. Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper
 
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Brad Fuller
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I won't be much help as most of my answers you have already seen.

5. Babel
4. Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
3. YINSH
2. PUNCT
1. Jambo
 
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Thies Kolln
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My collection isn't that big, but FWIW here's my top 5:

1. LOTR - Confrontation
2. Catan Card Game
3. San Juan
4. Lost Cities
5. Odin's Ravens
 
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1. Odin's Ravens
2. Yinsh
3. Lost Cities
4. MR: Jack the Ripper
5. Caesar & Cleopatra
 
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Russ Williams
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lately I'd say:
Go
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Quarto
Backgammon
Carcassonne
 
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Pieter-Jan Delaruelle
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1. Carcassonne -The City
2. Memoir '44
3. Blue Moon
4. Caylus
5. Puerto Rico
 
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mrbass
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Hive
Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation
Quoridor
Twilight Struggle
YINSH
 
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Mike K
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(In alphabetical order.)

Carcassonne
Caylus
Die Saulon der Erde (sp?)
Goa
'Settlers' card game
 
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Thomas Van Assche
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1) Caylus
2) Kahuna
3) Lost Cities
4) Blokus Duo
5) Fjords
 
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Dave Eisen
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Silicon Valley
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Goa
Antiquity
Caylus
Tigris & Euphrates
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage

Oddly enough only the last one is exclusively a two player game.

 
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Ryan Olson
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2 player only games:
Memoir 44
Battle Line
Streetsoccer
Carcassonne - The City
Blue Moon


Just games that play 2 players:
Memoir 44
Runebound 2nd Edition
Battle Line
Hey! That's My Fish
Through the Desert
 
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Matthew Fischer
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For me, I'd say:

1. Phoenix
2. Times Square
3. Cribbage
4. Carcassonne (w/o all the expansions)
5. LOTR: The Confrontation
 
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David Turner
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My top 5 games played with 2-players:
1. Reef Encounter
2. Caylus (but burned out after my made me play a billion times)
3. Cribbage
4. Volcano
5. Lost Cities
 
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I also don't have a huge collection, but from what I've played:

1. LOTR: The confrontation
2. Bonaparte at Marengo
3. Battleline
4. ASL/ASLSK (would be #1 if I could only get more people to play it!)
5. War of the Ring (despite its flaws)
 
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Blood Bowl: Living Rulebook (when played in a league)
A House Divided
Twilight Struggle
YINSH
Lord of the Rings: the Confrontation Deluxe Edition
 
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