Gin, Backgammon, Go.

Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit

I like two-handed Pinochle, plus Cribbage, but you need a Cribbage board - easy enough to find.

I agree that Scrabble is a good board game for two people. I used to have a German version of Scrabble (with umlaut vowels), but I seldom had anyone to play it with.

We have several sets of dominoes, including Mexican dominoes, but we haven't played Mexican dominoes yet.

I used to play Casino, which I think is a good two-person card game. You might want to buy a book on card game rules. I had one when I was in high school and learned a lot of card games that way.

Monopoly Deal is probably my favorite card game. Gin Rummy, Spades and Phase 10. Board games: Sorry, regular Monopoly if you want a really long game, Clue, I was going to say Catan but I just looked and it says from 3-4 players.

Scrabble has always been one of my favorite games, and works well for two players. And Yahtzee is fun, too.

There is always the old stand by, checkers, and Chess if you're patient. I'm not.

Rusty

I always used to enjoy playing Othello.

A friend from college and I have been playing cards online every so often. We use the website : https://www.trickstercards.com/game/ and play spades or euchre with the two of us teamed up against two computer opponents. I just looked and one of the games their site supports is pinochle.

One of my children is really into game design. He enjoys the reviews this guy, Shut up & Sit down, gives. Plus there is a game selctor function, I am linking to:

https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/test/game-picker/

And here are a bunch of interesting card games he reviews:

https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/tag/card-games-that-dont-suck/

And here is his take (video) on making chess more fun:

https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/the-best-ways-to-make-chess-fun/

We trade off playing Gin Rummy and Rummikub. We found getting plastic cards and a card shuffler made playing a little more enjoyable.

How about 5 Crowns? It's a great card game and can be played with 2 or more players. Really fun and not difficult.

strip poker

Spite and Malice- is a good two-person card game.

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Haven't played that in quite a while! I can see how it would be good for a husband and wife, however.

tsuro ... board game, games go quick, 2-4 people wth tiles ...

also: cribbage, several types of canasta with four rounds with different melds 90-120-150-180 to get into your second deck. can keep a running score... forever [which increases the competitiveness], plus many other newer card games, some are a hoot.

strip checkers and strip chess.

Scrabble, rummy, gin rummy, cribbage, uno or crazy 8's, and my favorite old game game is Sharp Shooters.

Gin rummy!

My dad and I loved cribbage, and also honeymoon bridge (bridge for two) as well as knock rummy, a.k.a. gin rummy. One of my daughters and I used have a lot of fun playing double solitaire.

Another Scrabble fan here.

As a completely gratuitous plug, a friend and former co-worker from many years ago has just started his own game design company and is close to releasing his first game. I haven't yet played or even seen the game in real life, but it bright and colorful and looks like it could be fun. https://alienpetshop.com/

Scrabble and Cribbage are my favourites.

Racko or Yahtzee! Both are fun.

@Lars I have lost all my Casino card playing buds! Very seldom do you meet someone who knows how to play it.

Cribbage, 45's, Rummy or Gin Rummy. I love card games, board games are just OK.

We like to play a card game called Golf when we are at the lake cabin on a rainy day. It can be played with 2-4 players.

Golf rules

I just started learning to play Mah Jong. We played with 4 today, but the instructor said you can play with two. Kinda like card games, with suits, jokers etc. but with tiles.

I always liked Mille bornes Card Game

Kathyg, it is very easy to learn to play Casino. Here's a helpful video:

I've always thought it was a very fun two-person game, although I like two-handed Pinochle better. I've had more trouble finding people who play Pinochle than who play Casino. I also sometimes have trouble finding my Cribbage board.

Sequence! Good mix of luck and brains. I've introduced it to half a dozen friends and relatives who end up buying their own game. Bigger groups can play in teams.

Cribbage. We played with our dad when we were kids. He used to tell us that cribbage is a navy game, and he played it when he was in the navy in WWI.

We still own some board games (vintage now) from when we first got married. We still bring them out to play, Aggravation, Careers, Checkered Game of Life, Payday, Chinese Checkers, Waterworks. Most games can be played by two although some are more fun with others, like dominoes and Mexican Train.

Sheilajoyce, My husband tells me the same about cribbage being a Navy game :-)

Sheilajoyce and Zalco, my dad learned to play cribbage when he was in the hospital. His roommate taught him. The roommate must have been a Navy man. :-)

Yes my dad played in the navy also, WW1. Our whole family learned to play.

Canasta, Battleship

Thank you all for all the suggestions. I’m going to dig our cribbage board out (probably smells like mothballs LOL). We’ll play some of the other games you folks kindly suggested, too. Wish me luck, I’m trying to find different things for my husband and I to do together.

As their name suggests, gambling aims to make as much money as possible and offer only opportunities that I think only experts see. And play at https://leon.casino / slots / all / top. Maybe they would win something. I'm not lucky enough to win, and I'm not so good at games. Even if I play from home, it would have no charm when I'm physically in the casino atmosphere does everything, especially you can meet rich people, as they're usually so people come not those who have nothing to eat. How do you think I'm right or not?

cribbage is always fun ... there are several canastas as well. We have SO MANY board games we could play for weeks as a family and never repeat ...

Bragu, if you actually do play often, can I become a member of your family?

Haven’t played in years but backgammon used to be a favourite. And I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned chess (as far as I can see).

My friend and I play a Domino's game called Chcikenfoot and another game we play is Banagram similar to Scrabble.

Somehow missed this the first time around. I see a rec for Spite and Malice up there and will second that it's really, really fun, but I've never played it with just 2 people. We played it with 2 decks and 4 or more players.

Scrabble is such a classic and best with just 2 players, IMO. If you like word games, Boggle is fun too.

500 rummy, Uno, War, Trouble, Mancala, Chinese Checkers, there's a 2 person solitaire just can't recall name and the how to's right now.

edited to add: yes kathyg, Yahtzee. Also connect 4.