Hi and welcome to this video. Today I'm going to
share my five favorite two player board games. You're probably going to spend even more time
inside, so it can never hurt to know some of these. Duncan and I got into board games,
I think it was last year. My parents never really were into them, so I didn't really
grow up playing a lot of board games, but since Duncan moved in or moved over to Malta,
we have been playing a lot. So I would say I know my fair share about board
games these days. And um yeah, I'd love to share some with you. Two of these
games are actual two player games, the other three are two up to a certain number of player games.
The one I'm going to start with is Lost Cities. Lost Cities is a card game. I found out about it
last year a friend of ours had it and he showed it to me and I got quite hooked on it. The first two
or three times you really have to get used to it, but then you'll start making up strategies. So the
game is that there's different colours. I think there's five different colours and all colours
are different expeditions. The cards go from one to ten and you have to make sure that in every
expedition you start, you get at least 20 points, because that's how much it costs to
start the expedition in the first place. So it's really about looking what you have
in your hand, what there's on the table, also what your competitor has on the table. So
it's really strategic, but it's also, you know, obviously there's a bit of luck involved as well.
But it's a really quick game and it's a really fun game so that's my first recommendation. The second
recommendation, I have is also for two players. It's Patchwork, it's a game in which you pay
by buttons and you go along on either this or this whatever you find a prettier board, from
outside to inside. And you have your own board in which you try to puzzle pieces together, like it's
patchwork and you just try and fill your board as much as possible, that's the end goal. It's like a
little bit of a puzzle, as well as the game you're playing, it's also thinking about how much do I
have to spend and what can I buy, because every piece has a different price. It's a really fun
and easy game, you won't forget the rules easily, so even if you haven't played it for a while
it's always a nice one to come back to. Now, the other three games are two up
to a certain amount of player games. So the first one I'll show you is this one,
we have the Dutch version it's Regenwormen, but I think in English it's called Pickomino. This
ranges from two up to seven players. Obviously, you can see we often bring it with us, because
the box is completely damaged. I think this is a really good game as well if you're not really
into board games. We found that this really is an easy one that gets a lot of people hooked. The
idea is that you roll the dice and you can only pick one number per roll. So if you want to go for
fives or if you want to go for fours, you can only take them once and it's more or less about getting
the highest score, so that you can get the highest domino tiles. But it does mean that, let's say, if
you just took two fives and then you roll four or fives you cannot take them anymore. It's a bit of
a gamble sometimes and I think that's what a lot of people like about it as well. But definitely
a recommendation for two players, but also, once you're allowed to meet with a lot more people, you
can play it up to seven people. The fourth game I'm going to show you is the game Carcassonne,
which is basically, it is a board game, but you make the board yourself. So every single turn
you take a tile and you place it onto the table and you sort of puzzle it together so every road
needs to connect with a road and every field needs to connect with a field, city with city, and
so on. You can get points for each of these, so for a road or for a city. You just try and
claim as much as you can and then the board forms throughout the game. My brother introduced me to
this one and we sort of go on and off, like we have phases where we play a lot and then we play a
little less and then we come back to it. It's kind of a fun game and it stays a fun game. I think,
it's a little bit more for if you're into board games but it's definitely recommended. And the
final game is one that we got last year in Dublin and it's called Ticket to Ride. It's a two to five
player game and I think it's fun to play either with two or with more people. We have the original
version, it's the United States, but there's also a European version, which has a couple of extra
things, which is really fun. The idea of the game is to build a route of trains between two places.
So let's say you get Los Angeles to New York, you have to make sure that you get train routes
connecting those two places. If you make it you get extra points, if you don't make it points are
deducted and you also get points for every route, every small connection between two places. It's
quite strategic, it's also anticipating what the other person is going to do, because sometimes
when someone builds close to where you want to build, you really have to make sure to be on time
before they claim something that you really want. Yeah, it's a really fun game. The only thing is
that Duncan has been winning it a lot recently and I'm a little bit upset about that. And those
are all five. I hope you enjoyed this video, make sure to actually like it if you do. Let
me know if you've played one of these or also if you have another recommendation, please
let me know and I hope to see you soon! Bye!
