Board Games - Prior Lake,MN

I like Othello. It is fun and a strategy game. A single game only takes about 20 minutes, not an hour commitment of time. Also, mancala is a VERY quick easy to learn game. A game takes about 5 minutes.

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Hi K.,
We like backgammon. It is a strategic game that is easy to learn but is challenging as your skill level grows. There is also cribbage in which you only need a deck of cards.

Hope this helps,
Suzy & her men

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Sounds silly, but we like Jenga. My mother-in-law got us started on it. Also, Rummikube and canasta (cards).

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Backgammon, checkers and chess come to mind for 2 people. There are also a lot of card games. I like sequence, which can be played with 2, but I prefer playing with 3 people. Maybe dominos or triominos.

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Blockus
Blockus Trigon
Blockus 3-D
Banana-grams (there is also an apple and pear version for this word game)
Scrabble Apple
Squint (very fun)
Mexican Train/Chicken Foot dominoes games
Pictionary (card game) not the same as board game/similar to Squint
Pictureka (card game that two or more can play)
Pictureka Flipper Game (card game that two or more can play)
Mastermind (boardgame)
Scattergories
Trouble
Sorry
Life
Clue
Risk
Stratego
Chess
Twister
Hyper-Dash
Hyper-Jump
There is a variety of plug-in t.v. games if you're into that:
Wheel of Fortune
Star Wars
Price is Right

There are online games that can accommodate 2 as well:

You don't know Jack (quiz show, very fun, smart alec host)
Blockus on-line to name a couple...

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I love Rummikub and Phase 10 (actually a card game).

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I always liked stratego, and it's a 2 player game.

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You have to try Quirkle! So much fun!

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Backgammon!!!
Mancala can be fun for a short time.
Checkers or Chess
Dominoes
Canasta (can play with two or four)
Othello

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Bananagrams (our new favorite), Boggle, Connect 4, Scrabble.

Sometimes we just take the Trivial Pursuit cards and call them out to each other to see who can guess the correct answers first..

Jigsaw Puzzles!

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My husband got me a game called San Juan and we love playing it together. It is a card strategy game (not actually a "board" game) but it's really fun. There is a more complex version called Puerto Rico, but I've never played that one (hear it's great though).

I also like some old games from my childhood and still play them sometimes with my mom: Careers, Bargain Hunter, Life, and Sequence.

Backgammon, as others mentioned, is also very fun. Oh, Rummikub is great too!!

I have a few fun games through Discovery Toys that are designed for kids but are REALLY fun for adults too. Check out my link here: http://www.discoverytoyslink.com/karenchao The best games for adults are Word Flip, Wiz Kidz and Pick It. You can see them all in the "school age" section.

K.
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We LOVE Parchessi, and Uno....We have a blast most Saturday night, turn up the 'Old People' music too loud, play games, sometimes even drink tequila, or some other naughty beverage, just me and the Man, cheap quality entertainment that is NOT kid friendly, tehehe.

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Backgammon and dominoes come to mind. My husband and I are hooked on Super Scrabble and Yahtzee and rarely stray from those, but card games are fun too. I've always enjoyed Boggle, and haven't played it in years -but it's fun and easily played with two people.

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Checkers, chess, and my favorite--Nine Men's Morris.

Sequence is a facorite of ours...yes you can play as a family but it calls for 2 or more players...also uno and on line you can find several card games to play with a deck of cards.....one of our favorites to play is hand and foot with deck of cards

I love Skip-bo and Battleship :-)

Rummy K and Sequence.

We really like Uno and Sequence, but we also really love the "Scene It" DVD/board games...like the "Scene It 80's" version!

I am very partial to strategy type games. Here are some favorites:

Set: The Family Game of Visual Perception
Ingenious
Blockus (the travel version is for 2 people or play the full size using 2 colors each)
Abalone
Othello
Backgammon
Mastermind
Rummikube

my husband and i play backgammon, and a lot of different card games. we love cards.

I like the board game called "sequence". I also like Dominos. Have fun trying new games!
A.

I love phase 10 - a card game - and mancala - an African stone board game.

Othello
Mastermind
Blokus
Gobblet

Lost Cities, Ticket to Ride (any of the versions), deflexion, X Bugs. you can find more at www.boardgamegeek.com too.

Yes! These are more strategy-games. My husband and I love them.

Lost Cities
http://www.amazon.com/Rio-Grande-Games-124RGG-Cities/dp/B...

Carcasonne
http://www.amazon.com/Rio-Grande-Games-###-###-####-Carca...

Take It Easy
http://www.amazon.com/Robinson-Gamestore-Take-it-Easy/dp/...

We like parcheezi, mancala, boggle and Battleship. Chess or checkers?

how about- Sequence, Backgammom, Mastermind, Connect 4, Battleship

There are so many great ones out there. I'm partial to Trivial Pursuit and Catch Phrase but you can check out this rating site and it might give you some ideas: http://www.boardgameratings.com/
Good luck and have fun!

I second the Carcasonne recommendation! Great, fun game. I have a hard time playing strategy games with my husband because he would win 90% of the time. (That's OK, because I win 90% of the time when we play the card game speed--he's smart, but not fast!) But, Carcasonne is great because I was often able to win too. Have fun!

Boggle, Scattergories, and Mastermind are my favorites!

Chess and checkers are always fun.

Many great suggestions. Quirkle and Ingenious are games we've recently tried and enjoyed; good for adults or kids 5+ too.

scattegories, life, acquire, an enchanted evening (for that romantic night), kings corners (card game) dominoes, battleship, family feud, wheel of fortune.... a great computer game is you dont know jack!

there are so many games! sure, some are more fun with more people, but they work just fine with 2 and you can make your own rules to make it more fun if you want.

Sequence - we love it.