Our board games for couples reviews would hardly be complete if we overlooked the Kosmos series of 2 player games. This time around, we explore Lost Cities, an “oldie but goodie” from renowned designer Reiner Knizia. There’s a board game now, but we’ve only ever played the card game.
Our series of board games for couples reviews continues with Quantum, a dice-based abstract strategy game. Despite being a 2-4 player game, and recommended for 4 players, it is often cited as a decent 2 player game.
Next up in our series of board games for couples reviews is the Golden Geek award winning card game Innovation. Despite being a 2-4 player game, the consensus is that this game works best with 2 players.
We play the 2nd edition of Innovation, but other than upgraded art and a few keyword changes, this review should apply equally well to the original edition.
Time for something different in our board games for couples reviews. Ninja: Legend of the Scorpion Clan is a hidden movement game for 2-4 players that by most accounts works best with 2. My wife is a rogue at heart, so we were excited to give this one a shot.
This time we look at the standalone Carcassonne variant Hunters and Gatherers as a board games for couples. Although a 2-5 player game, Hunters and Gatherers plays well with just 2.
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Our first board games for couples review is the two player murder mystery game Mr. Jack.
We love board games. Sadly, it’s hard to find solid two player games. Many games include two player “special rules”, but they rarely work well; the real gems are usually designed expressly for two players. Even then, a good two player game might be a terrible couples game, at least in our experience.
We found some other couple reviews on the web, but not many. So to celebrate TableTop Day, we’re going to start posting our experiences board gaming as a couple.
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