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What are some of the best two player board games for date night?

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One of the first questions I answered here on the Tabletop Bellhop blog was “What are some good two player games?” This is, by far, the most popular post I’ve written. It’s also one that I still get a lot of comments on. Many of those comments are asking me for more specific two player game recommendations. People want to know what are the best board games for couples, or the best games to play on date night.

Playing games is something my wife and I do together often. When we do have a night out without the kids it often involves a nice meal, some craft beer, and some gaming. Over the years we’ve found quite a few games that work great for when it’s just the two of us. [ READ MORE ]

What’s New for Two – The best newer two player board games. Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 110

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 What’s New for Two - The best newer two-player board games. Tying into that we’ve got a review of one of the hottest new two-player games out there right now Watergate from Capstone games. In our week in review, we continue our Jaws of the Lion campaign, discuss some 7 wonders, Clans of Caledonia, Terra Mystica and Rallyman GT online, and I convinced Deanna to try For the Queen, A pass the stick style indie RPG.

Episode 110 of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, recorded October 7th, 2020. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to individual segments from this show on YouTube. [ READ MORE ]

18 of the Best Two Player Board Games you can buy right now, the Two Player New Hotness.

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Some board games can seem intimidating, with a thick rulebook, lots of components, or too many things to learn all at once. Sometimes though a boardgame will surprise you by looking complicated when in reality it isn't. 

Two player board games continue to be extremely popular. The question I get asked the most is some variation on "what are the best two-player board games?" Today's version of that question comes from a couple brand new to gaming. So today I'm going to look at some of the hottest newly published two-player tabletop games. 
Willie Waldman writes:
My girlfriend and I are getting into gaming. I would like to know some of the games you think are the most fun for 2 players. Any category. Any size. Any type. We play at home. We are new to this so any help would be appreciated. Thank you! [ READ MORE ]

Breakout Con Wrap Up – Episode 35 Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast

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 This is the 35th episode of the Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, an edited version of our live show recorded on March 27th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio, you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 35 - Breakout Con 2019 Wrap Up. Sean, Moe and Deanna all share their thoughts on this great gaming convention held at the end of March Break in Toronto Ontario. [ READ MORE ]

Lost In Translation – What to do when you’ve got a bad rulebook – Episode 29 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

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 This is the 29th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on February 13th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesdays at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 29 - Lost in Translation - What to do when you get a bad rulebook. In addition we talk Arkwright, DC Deck Building, Gloomhaven 2 player, War Chest, the Onitama App. and more. [ READ MORE ]

Blue Plate Special – Episode 25 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

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 This is the 25th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on January 16th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 25 - Blue Plate Special. First up a two for one special on your food at the game table questions. We discuss the #LessShameMoreGame Challenge. Also, we talk Gizmos, Terraforming Mars Prelude, Dinosaur Island, Hogwarts Battle. The Duke and more. [ READ MORE ]

Gaming in the New Year – Episode 24 – Tabletop Bellhop Podcast

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 This is the 24th episode of Tabletop Bellhop Live, an edited version of our live show recorded on January 9th, 2019. Join us as we stream live every week on Wednesday’s at 9:30 Eastern on Twitch. If you like some video with your audio you can also watch/listen to an unedited version of the show over on YouTube.

Ep 24 - Gaming in the New Year. We are now live streaming Gloomhaven. We take a look at the classic TSR Marvel Super Heroes RPG and then we recap the games we played during Gaming in the New Year. [ READ MORE ]

Gaming in the New Year 2018 – Recap

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Every year I host a Gaming in the New Year party at my place on New Year's Eve. This year was no exception.

I have a group of my friends over and we play games through the night and early into the morning. We take a short break for pizza but basically it's about 12 hours of non-stop gaming.
I closed out 2018 and welcomed 2019 with 8 different games and 14 total plays. [ READ MORE ]

Cypher, Warhammer, Keyforge and Digital Deck Building – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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This past week I got in a surprising amount of gaming with everything going on for the holidays.

I got Cypher and Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game off my pile of shame with my Monday night group. Then my wife and I had a night out away from the kids and we got in some games of Star Realms and Ascension. We also got to try out the hot new Richard Garfield card game: Keyforge. [ READ MORE ]