Best 2-player wargames
The top-rated wargames that play well with 2 players, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 825 games. Twilight Struggle leads the list (medium-heavy complexity).
Top wargames for 2 players
- Twilight Struggle (2005)
- Star Wars Rebellion (2016)
- Root (2018)
- Star Wars Imperial Assault (2014)
- Memoir '44 (2004)
- Kemet (2012)
- Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020)
- War of the Ring (2004)
- Forbidden Stars (2015)
- Commands and Colors Ancients (2006)
- Runewars (2010)
- Combat Commander Europe (2006)
- Paths of Glory (1999)
- Sekigahara The Unification of Japan (2011)
- Undaunted Normandy (2019)
- BattleLore (2006)
- BattleLore Second Edition (2013)
- War Chest (2018)
- Mythic Battles Pantheon (2017)
- Space Hulk (Third Edition) (2009)
- Star Wars Armada (2015)
- Diplomacy (1959)
- Hannibal Rome vs. Carthage (1996)
- A Few Acres of Snow (2011)
- Nexus Ops (2005)
- ASL Advanced Squad Leader Rules (1985)
- Here I Stand Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555 (2006)
- Labyrinth The War on Terror (2010)
- Maria (2009)
- Commands & Colors Napoleonics (2010)
- 1775 Rebellion (2013)
- Cry Havoc (2016)
- Fire in the Lake (2014)
- Hammer of the Scots (2002)
- The Republic of Rome (1990)
- Space Empires 4X (2011)
- Pax Porfiriana (2012)
- Triumph & Tragedy European Balance of Power 1936-1945 (2015)
- The Battle of Five Armies (2014)
- Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1 (2004)
- D-Day at Omaha Beach (2009)
- Squad Leader (1977)
- Axis and Allies (1981)
- Cuba Libre (2013)
- Beyond Valor ASL Module 1 (1985)
- Up Front (1983)
- 13 Days The Cuban Missile Crisis (2016)
- Empire of the Sun The Pacific War 1941-1945 (2005)
Quick wargames for 2 players (30 minutes or less)
- War Chest (2018)
- Air (2018)
- Wings of War Famous Aces (2004)
- Necromunda Underhive (1995)
- B-17 Queen of the Skies (1981)
- 2 de Mayo (2008)
- Wings of War Watch Your Back! (2005)
- Wings of War Burning Drachens (2005)
- Wings of Glory WW1 Rules and Accessories Pack (2012)
- The Battle for Hill 218 (2007)
- Ace of Aces Handy Rotary Series (1980)
- Hoplomachus Origins (2015)