The game has a beautiful push-and-pull to it. These range from the Monarch, a powerful card which forces your opponent to play their highest card in response, to the cunning fox, allowing you to swap the central trump card with any card in your hand. What’s more, each odd-numbered card has a unique ability, shaking up the basic-trick taking formula in subtle but interesting ways. However, if either player wins more than 10 tricks they are declared “too greedy” and instead get zero points, while their humble opponent wins the maximum 6 points! The first player to win 7 tricks wins the round, earning bonus points for each trick won. Whoever plays the highest card wins the trick and thus leads the next one. The Fox in the Forestįox in the Forest is a head-to-head trick-taking game for 2 players, featuring beautifully autumnal art and a whimsical fairy-tale theme.Įach round contains 13 tricks, in which both players play a card.

You’ll find all of these games and many more that we wanted to add to the list in our Two Player Games Collection at Presents of Mind. So, when next you and a partner, a family-member or a friend, are looking for some entertainment, grab a 2-player board/card game and see how immersive, competitive and interactive Two-Player games can be. We’ve spent many hours playing so many of these games and have chosen 5 games for you to try that take full advantage of the 2-person dynamic. If you are interested though you can check them out in our Traditional Games Collection.įortunately, there is a whole world of exciting and unique 2-player board and card games to choose from.

In fact, the very first board games were two-player games e.g., Go, Chess and Backgammon, but that’s a whole other story and we’ll leave them off the table (pardon the pun) for now. There are plenty of multi-player board/card games that “can” be played by just 2 people, and yes some are most enjoyable to play, but Two-Player Board and Card games are extra special and designed all around the game play between just two players.

Two-Player board games and card games are a special type of game that are purpose built just for two.

Best two player table top card games