Best 2-player novel-based board games
The top-rated novel-based board games that play well with 2 players, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 185 games. Arkham Horror The Card Game leads the list (medium complexity).
Top novel-based board games for 2 players
- Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)
- Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island (2012)
- War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)
- Eldritch Horror (2013)
- Arkham Horror (2005)
- The Lord of the Rings The Card Game (2011)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982)
- The Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle-Earth (2019)
- Dune Imperium (2020)
- War of the Ring (2004)
- The Pillars of the Earth (2006)
- Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle (2016)
- Fury of Dracula (Third\/Fourth Edition) (2015)
- Arkham Horror (Third Edition) (2018)
- Reign of Cthulhu (2016)
- Dune (2019)
- Discworld Ankh-Morpork (2011)
- Disney Villainous (2018)
- Frank Herbert's Dune (1979)
- Nemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)
- Fury of Dracula (Second Edition) (2005)
- The Lord of the Rings (2000)
- Lord of the Rings The Confrontation (Deluxe Edition) (2005)
- Unmatched Battle of Legends (2019)
- Conan (2016)
- Lord of the Rings The Confrontation (2002)
- Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Board Game (2011)
- World Without End (2009)
- Middle-Earth Quest (2009)
- Unmatched Cobble & Fog (2020)
- The Battle of Five Armies (2014)
- Treasure Island (2018)
- Call to Adventure (2019)
- Unmatched Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot (2019)
- Tales & Games The Hare & the Tortoise (2011)
- A Study in Emerald (2013)
- Battles of Westeros (2010)
- Lord of the Rings Friends & Foes (2001)
- The Reckoners (2018)
- Watson & Holmes From the Diaries of 221B (2015)
- Unlock! Timeless Adventures (2019)
- The Little Prince Make Me a Planet (2013)
- Mythos Tales (2016)
- Red Rising (2021)
- Abomination The Heir of Frankenstein (2019)
- Call of Cthulhu The Card Game (2008)
- Flaschenteufel (1995)
Quick novel-based board games for 2 players (30 minutes or less)
- Lord of the Rings The Confrontation (Deluxe Edition) (2005)
- Lord of the Rings The Confrontation (2002)
- Unmatched Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot (2019)
- Tales & Games The Hare & the Tortoise (2011)
- The Little Prince Make Me a Planet (2013)
- Call of Cthulhu The Card Game (2008)
- Flaschenteufel (1995)
- Holmes Sherlock & Mycroft (2015)
- Gingerbread House (2018)
- Beyond Baker Street (2016)
- The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017)
- Unmatched Little Red Riding Hood vs. Beowulf (2020)