If you’re self-isolating alone, there are lots of online gaming options that you can play with your friends. But if you’re isolating as a couple, or with a roommate or friends, there are loads of board games that can be played by just two people.
Many board games are available to buy at grocery stores like Walmart and Target, and some can be ordered online and delivered, so you could add one or two to your next shopping trip.
Best Two-Player Board Games
ScrabbleThe Game of LifeCarcassonneGuess Who?BattleshipConnect 4JengaTrivial PursuitExploding Kittens
Scrabble
Scrabble is a classic word game in which players have to make words using their seven tiles, while scoring extra points for landing on triple and double squares. Scrabble is available to purchase from Target for $16.19.
The Game of Life
In The Game of Life, players make their way across the board that simulates a life, asking players to choose paths like attending college or starting a career, having kids or attending night school. You can buy The Game of Life from Walmart for $14.05.
Carcassonne
Carcassonne is a strategy board game in which players draw and place tiles to build their empire or block their opponent from doing so, earning points by completing areas of the board. Walmart is selling Carcassonne for $31.85.
Guess Who?
In Guess Who? players have to ask yes or no questions like “are they wearing glasses?” and “does she have blonde hair?” in a game of elimination as they try to guess who their opponent’s mystery character is. You can get Guess Who? at Walmart for $9.97.
Battleship
Battleship is a two-player game that challenges players to destroy their opponent’s battleships by guessing where on the grid they have placed them. Walmart is selling Battleship for $11.97.
Connect 4
Connect 4 may be a kids’ game but couples and best friends can enjoy trying to score four counters in a row or blocking their opponent just the same. Connect 4 is $7.88 at Walmart.
Jenga
Jenga is the classic block-building game in which players have to remove blocks from the tower just to stack them on top while trying not to tip the structure over. Jenga is $10.27 at Walmart.
Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit sees players move around the board, answering questions correctly (hopefully), while trying to earn wedges, or as they are sometimes called, slices of cake, or cheese, or pie. Trivial Pursuit is $21.95 at Walmart.
Exploding Kittens
In Exploding Kittens, players take turns drawing cards, until a player draws an Exploding Kitten card, which means they have “exploded” and are out of the game unless they have a diffuse card. Target is selling Exploding Kittens, as well as an adults-only version of Exploding Kittens.
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