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Best 2-player modern warfare board games
The best 2-player modern warfare board games are Twilight Struggle, This War of Mine The Board Game and Labyrinth The War on Terror — the top-rated of 79 2-player modern warfare board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Twilight Struggle (2005) at 8.3/10 on BoardGameGeek.
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Twilight Struggle (2005)
2 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.3
Complexity
This War of Mine The Board Game (2017)
1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Labyrinth The War on Terror (2010)
1–2 players · 180 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Fire in the Lake (2014)
1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 8.1
Complexity
Cuba Libre (2013)
1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
13 Days The Cuban Missile Crisis (2016)
2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
1989 Dawn of Freedom (2012)
2 players · 150 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
A Distant Plain (2013)
1–4 players · 180–300 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Andean Abyss (2012)
1–4 players · 360 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
GKR Heavy Hitters (2018)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Cold War CIA vs KGB (2007)
2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
Warfighter The Tactical Special Forces Card Game (2014)
1–6 players · 30–180 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Colonial Twilight The French-Algerian War (2017)
1–2 players · 90–300 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Days of Ire Budapest 1956 (2016)
1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Gandhi The Decolonization of British India (2019)
1–4 players · 90–240 min · ★ 8.2
Complexity
Angola (1988)
2–4 players · 480 min · ★ 8.1
Complexity
Nuclear War (1965)
2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 6.2
Complexity
Vietnam 1965-1975 (1984)
2 players · 360–6000 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
World at War Eisenbach Gap Deluxe Edition (2007)
2 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
The Third World War Battle for Germany (1984)
2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Downtown Air War Over Hanoi (2004)
2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
The Manhattan Project 2 Minutes to Midnight (2018)
2–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
World At War 85 Storming the Gap (2019)
1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.8
Complexity
Spheres of Influence Struggle for Global Supremacy (2016)
2–8 players · 90 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
The Korean War June 1950-May 1951 (1986)
1–2 players · 180–960 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Dien Bien Phu The Final Gamble (2014)
2 players · 360–1440 min · ★ 8.6
Complexity
Korea The Forgotten War (2003)
2 players · 360 min · ★ 8.1
Complexity
2nd Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the North Atlantic (1986)
1–2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Jagged Alliance The Board Game (2019)
1–4 players · 45–360 min · ★ 8.4
Complexity
Next War Korea (2012)
2 players · 120–480 min · ★ 8.2
Complexity
World at War Blood and Bridges (2008)
2 players · 90 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Nuclear Escalation (1983)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
Hearts and Minds Vietnam 1965-1975 (2010)
2 players · 180 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Lock 'n Load Tactical Day of Heroes (2008)
2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Next War India-Pakistan (2015)
2 players · 240–480 min · ★ 8.3
Complexity
Nuclear Proliferation (1992)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.5
Complexity
Sixth Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the Mediterranean (1985)
2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.0
Complexity
7th Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the Far East (1987)
2 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
SEAL Team Flix (2018)
1–4 players · 45–120 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
NATO The Next War in Europe (1983)
2 players · 240 min · ★ 6.7
Complexity
Hornet Leader (1991)
1–2 players · 15–300 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
The Arab-Israeli Wars Tank Battles in the Mideast (1977)
2 players · 240 min · ★ 6.4
Complexity
5th Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the Indian Ocean (1989)
2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
3rd Fleet Modern Naval Combat in the North Pacific (1990)
2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Yom Kippur The Battle for the Sinai (1995)
2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.0
Complexity
Arctic Front Battle for Norway (1985)
2 players · 240 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Southern Front Race for the Turkish Straits (1984)
2 players · 360 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Attack Sub (1991)
2 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
Quick modern warfare board games for 2 players (30 minutes or less)
Nuclear Escalation (1983)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
Nuclear Proliferation (1992)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.5
Complexity
Attack Sub (1991)
2 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
Power the Game (1981)
2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.0
Complexity
Mission Command Sea (2003)
2 players · 30 min · ★ 5.9
Complexity
Twilight Squabble (2016)
2 players · 10–15 min · ★ 5.6
Complexity
Frequently asked
- What is the best 2-player modern warfare board game?
- Twilight Struggle (2005) is the highest-rated 2-player modern warfare board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.3/10 from 41,690 ratings. This War of Mine The Board Game and Labyrinth The War on Terror round out the top three.
- How many 2-player modern warfare board games are there?
- MeeplePick lists 79 2-player modern warfare board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.
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