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My favourite game to play with my husband is Balloon Cup by Kosmos.
It's so much fun, check out my review of it on my blog:
http://www.stuffedashes.wordpress.com
What are your favourites?
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Ryan Witt
United States
Phoenix
USA
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Race for the Galaxy is what my wife and I play the most. I highly recommend it and it plays just as good with 3, or 4. I have not picked up any of the expansions yet but plan to very soon.
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Oh good! We have that game but haven't played yet. I'll have to tell my husband, thank you!
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Trent Hamm
United States
Huxley
Iowa
See this text? It's a gratuitous waste of GeekGold.
The game itself isn't important. Spending time intellectually jousting with likeminded folks is the real reason to game.
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My wife and I play a lot of Lost Cities ... it's been the big thing here for a while. I've never tried Race for the Galaxy and may ask for it for Christmas.
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Tony
United States
Honolulu
Hawaii
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So far, my wife loves playing the following games with me....
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Ryan Witt
United States
Phoenix
USA
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Lost Cities is another great game we enjoy but latly RftG get most of our attention. I also have been thinking about picking up MR. Jack to try.
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Allison dlr
United States
Belmont
California
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Wow, hello and welcome to all the new users!
My boyfriend and I enjoy:
Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers
Carcassonne: The Castle (designed specially for 2)
Jambo - The best of the Kosmos two player line, I think.
Mr. Jack
Roma
Battle Line
And several abstracts:
Ingenious
Blokus 3D
Gobblet
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Joe Norris
United States
Dublin
Ohio
Flight of the seabirds, scattered like lost words, wheel to the storm and fly. Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by it's own design. Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.
To seek the sacred river Alph, to walk the caves of ice, to break my fast on honey dew and drink the milk of paradise... I had heard the whispered tales of immortality, the deepest mystery from an ancient book I took a clue.
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The wife and I currently enjoying the following (though sometimes with the kids):
Wasabi!
Genji
Court of the Medici
Fairy Tale
Bus
Agricola
We also enjoy the co-op games as we can work together (again sometimes with the kids);
Pandemic
Ghost Stories
Arkham Horror
Space Alert
edit: We are also enjoying Tales of the Arabian Nights.
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Chris
Netherlands
's-Hertogenbosch
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Our favorites are:
Ticket to Ride: Europe With two of us, we play without stations, though.
Carcassonne Plays best with two. I really want to get this to the table more often...
Hey, That's My Fish! Like carcassonne, it's best with two and I don't play it as much as I'd like...
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Dennis Leung
United States
Scotch Plains
New Jersey
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Welcome! My girlfriend and I play lots of games together, so we're always looking for good two player games.
Since you like Balloon Cup, you'll probably like some of the other games in the Kosmos two player line. Lost Cities and Battle Line (which technically isn't Kosmos, but feels like it belongs) would probably feel more close to Balloon Cup. Jambo adds a few more things and is a fun game.
Otherwise, we like a lot of games for just the two of us:
Carcassonne
Ticket to Ride: Europe
Thurn and Taxis
Alhambra
Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper
Catan Card Game
San Juan
Race for the Galaxy
Agricola
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Dennis Leung
United States
Scotch Plains
New Jersey
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By the way, since it looks like your passionate enough about games that you like writing game reviews, you should try submitting some here and earn some geekgold.
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If its a couple I play with my mother and its usually Carcassonne with Inns and Cathedrals cards, but not the big meeple.
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Mike
United States
Rhode Island
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The girlfriend prefers the shorter Euros, while I tend to enjoy more Ameritrashy stuff.
Her favorites
Kingsburg
Citadels
Castle
Mr. Jack
The Red Dragon Inn
My favorites
Cosmic Encounter
Galaxy Trucker
Fury of Dracula
Arkham Horror
Together we are able to cover quite a bit of ground. I also love alot of the the games she enjoys. She is a great gamer and will play anything as long as it doesn't last longer than 2-3 hours.
~ Bones
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Isaiah Mackler
United States
Spokane
Washington
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Battle Line, Lost Cities and Race for the Galaxy! All great two player games my wife and I enjoy!
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Pasta Batman
United States
Tustin
California
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My wife & I still play the usual recommendations (Lost Cities, Jambo, Travel Blokus, etc), but are currently playing a lot of Traders of Carthage and The Hanging Gardens. Both play fast and have very beautiful components. Although both will take up to four players, they are best with two. Traders of Carthage has more depth, and supports more frequent play. The Hanging Gardens is just plain beautiful, and is less confrontational. It's unique in that it is relaxing and engaging at the same time.
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Henrik Lantz
Sweden
Uppsala
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Hi and welcome to the geek!
If you enjoy Balloon Cup you should try Odin's Ravens. There are some clear similarities to Balloon Cup, but still a different game. Also released by Kosmos in their two player series.
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David Low
United States
California
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Re: Race for the Galaxy
A quick word of warning, RftG is a great game, but is complicated when you first start. My gf and I found that it took us about 5-6 games to "get" the game. Now that we have played it a bunch with the 2 expansions, a game takes about 10-15 minutes 2 player. I would not play RftG with a significant other that wasn't into gaming. We found that when we play this with our friends only about have enjoy it.
-dave
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Travis Worthington
United States
California
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My game Triumvirate, which goes on sale tomorrow, has been well rated and reviewed for play as a couples game. Its a two player so that should come as no surpise.
The designer of Balloon Cup (Stephen Glenn) wrote up a detailed rating (not a review) for the game, and gave it a 7.5 if that means anything.
Worth checking out the ratings and reviews to see if it might work for you.
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Ryan S.
United States
Indiana
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I really enjoy Mr. Jack, and my wife's favorite game is Dominion.
These two games get by far the most playtime for the two of us.
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trenttsd wrote: My wife and I play a lot of Lost Cities ... it's been the big thing here for a while. I've never tried Race for the Galaxy and may ask for it for Christmas.
We also have Lost Cities. I agree, that one is also fun. I'm not as addicted as Ballon Cup though.
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Seth Brown
United States
North Adams
Massachusetts
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We play a lot of Glory to Rome and Race for the Galaxy, mainly because they're short.
We also quite like Agricola, Vegas Showdown, and Vikings, the latter of which really works nicely two-player.
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dlow95110 wrote: Re: Race for the Galaxy
A quick word of warning, RftG is a great game, but is complicated when you first start. My gf and I found that it took us about 5-6 games to "get" the game. Now that we have played it a bunch with the 2 expansions, a game takes about 10-15 minutes 2 player. I would not play RftG with a significant other that wasn't into gaming. We found that when we play this with our friends only about have enjoy it.
-dave
I'm not surprised Dave, that's likely why we haven't played it yet. My husband has read the rules a few times and says it's complicated. We should give it a go though.
http://www.stuffedashes.wordpress.com
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