I got a board game from a Buy Nothing group at the Slate office and tucked it away on my shelf for when I had enough company ...

tabletop gamers seem to have maxed out their shelves with games they may never find a group to play. To work with this, designers have begun incorporating solo play into their rules sets ...

So while we’ve written about board games before — including the best two-player board games ... Dutch Blitz can also be played solo.

While many board games require groups of people to play, there are a lot of worthy ones that don’t. So, to find the best two-player games for couples or roommates to play together, we asked ten ...

Of all our picks, this is the one that feels the most like a modern multiplayer board game but pared down to work perfectly with two players. You play the game over the course of three rounds.