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? :)
While it is not specifically a 2-3 player game (up to 4), I think it plays by far the best at lower player counts: Aeon’s End. A cooperative deck builder game. You all play mages fighting against a boss. Between the different bosses, different mages, and different market cards you can use in each game, it has really high replayability. It also has difficulty mechanics if you want an extra challenge. And what’s also special about it is that is has a variable turn order (it uses a turn order deck, so you never really know who’s next), and you don’t shuffle your deck, which allows for really tactical deckbuilding if you’re into that.