Looking to buy board games tomorrow -- what should I buy for two people? Scattegories, Pictionary, Cranium?

Question

I am looking to buy board games tomorrow for a potential for a girlfriend and I. We are both very competitive, love beating each other, love everything from sports to movies to history to drawing to talking to concentrating and everything in-between.

I know I want to get Cranium, Scattegories, and Pictionary....what else should I get?

Answer 1

Monopoly!

Answer 2

Apples to apples the adult version, life, sorry,

Answer 3

gooooood old fashion twister.

Answer 4

Not Cranium.  It's a great game, but you really need at least 4 people to play it.  I remember Life being a lot of fun.  Classics like Sorry and Parcheesi shouldn't be ignored either.

Check out boardgamerevolutionaries at

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/boar...

Answer 5

Darwin's Game Closet is the largest single source for vintage games this side of ebay.  We have started a listing of games designed for two players only.  This may help you make some decisions too.

Answer 6

Many of the games you have listed are for groups of people and wouldn't be as good for just two people. Games that my girlfriend and I like to play are:  

Mastermind

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2392

Stratego

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1917

Ticket to Ride: Switzerland (Requires full version of Ticket to Ride)

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/30746

Upwords

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1515

There are many more, but this will give you a start

Answer 7

The games you mentioned are all great for parties, but they wouldn't work very well for 2 players because you need a partner on your team to guess the answers to the clues you are giving.

Here's a list of great 2 player strategy games:

Lost Cities

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/50

Ingenious

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/9674

Blue Moon City

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/21882

Yinsh

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/7854

Can't Stop

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/41

Carcassonne

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/41

Kahuna

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/394

Ticket To Ride

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/9209

You'll have to go to a specialty game store to find these, but they are definitely worth the extra effort to track them down. These games are all great introductions to the world of modern board games, and you will find them challenging, but easy to learn. Have fun!

Answer 8

Trivial Pursuit

Answer 9

2 Player Pictionary?!

I recommend Hive.

Answer 10

Cranium isn't fun with only 2 people because you need teams.  Cribbage, Blockus, Chinese Checkers, Chess.