I’m looking for games which are for exactly 2 or 3 players. My wife, daughter and I played Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries yesterday, and it was so cool that the game was truly balanced around that exact number of players. Some combination of 2 or 3 tends to be who sits down at our table, and games that are best for 4 or 5 tend to not really work wonderfully with 2 or 3. Any suggestions? :)

  •  Average_WhiteDude   ( @Average_WhiteDude@beehaw.org ) 
    2•1 year ago

    My wife and I love playing The Search for Planet X, it’s a logic + deduction game that feels a bit like clue but without the dice rolling randomness. Playing with 2 feels really good, but playing with 4 the game drags quite a bit. My guess is 3 would be ok.

    Another game I’ve found to be good for any group size is The Quacks of Quedlinburg, a push-your-luck game where the main body of the game is played in parallel, so there’s not a lot of waiting for people to take their turns.

    Some standard deck card games we like with 2 is German Whist (deck building + trick taking) and Scopa (card capture with some interesting scoring rules).