flis wrote:
Youngest boy, 15, is going through some fairly heavy shit at the moment but in the last couple of weeks the drugs have taken better effect, and he's a bit more open to doing stuff.
His support worker, who comes twice a week, brought him Carcassonne to try and he absolutely loved it. Since then, I've bought Pandemic and King of Tokyo. We played King of Tokyo about 7 times in row today, and he loves Pandemic - he's almost playing it with himself by the time he's finished "advising" me what to do with my actions!
So what other strategy games would you recommend? They should be able to work well with two players, as the other people in the house are less into that type of game. I think King of Tokyo is probably on the edge of not working as well with two.
I was thinking of getting him into Warhammer but I'm not sure I can afford to fund that hobby full-time!
Agricola plays better with more players but scales pretty well for 2. Me and my wife love it.
Twilight Struggle for me is the best 2 player game. It's got a great theme, it's quite deep, and although it looks very complex, its rules are elegant and easy to learn. Only problem is that games last too long (box says 3h, but that's nonsense).