Home›Modern Conquest and War Games›Player Count›Two-PlayerBrowse ByTwo-PlayerPlayer count sorts games by how many people are actually needed on each side. Wikipedia describes association football as "played between two teams of 11 players," a fixed number written directly into the Laws of the Game. This dimension groups games that require the same number of players.FactsTwo-PlayerFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1824 1Defining CharacteristicWell-attestedThe game could simulate the fog of war, where the umpire would place on the map blocks only for the troops which were in visual range of both sides. 1Two-PlayerFilter Results182 entriesSportAllBoard game (2)Board game, territorial conquest and strategy (1)Board wargame (6)Fantasy board wargame (1)microgame (1)Napoleonic wargame (1)Science fiction board wargame (1)Strategy board wargame (1)Two-player board wargame of urban man-to-man combat (1)wargame (1)Wargame ruleset (1)Derived FromAllNapoleon at War (1)PanzerBlitz (1)Squad Leader (1)The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia 1812 (1)Warhammer (game) (1)Warhammer 40,000 (1)Origin RegionAllFrance (1)Netherlands (1)Origin YearAll1909 (1)1946 (1)1954 (1)1957 (1)1963 (1)1964 (1)1967 (1)1969 (3)1970 (4)1971 (4)1972 (4)1973 (7)1974 (12)1975 (18)1976 (14)1977 (13)1978 (14)1979 (8)1980 (6)1981 (5)1982 (5)1983 (8)1984 (3)1985 (2)1987 (4)1988 (6)1989 (4)1991 (2)1992 (1)1993 (2)1994 (2)1995 (4)1996 (1)1998 (2)1999 (1)2001 (1)2002 (1)2003 (1)2004 (3)2005 (2)2006 (1)2007 (1)2009 (1)2010 (3)2012 (1)2015 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 1821776 (boardgame)Two-Player1918 (wargame)Two-PlayerAdeptus TitanicusTwo-PlayerAeronautica ImperialisTwo-PlayerAgincourt (game)Two-PlayerAir Assault on CreteTwo-PlayerAlexander the Great (board game)Two-PlayerArms Race (game)Two-PlayerAsteroid Zero-FourTwo-PlayerAtlanta (board game)Two-PlayerAvalanche: The Salerno LandingsTwo-PlayerAxis & Allies MiniaturesTwo-PlayerAxis & Allies: Pacific 1940Two-PlayerBAOR (game)Two-PlayerBastogne and the Battle of the ArdennesTwo-PlayerBataille de la Marne 1914Two-PlayerBattle for GermanyTwo-PlayerBattle for Hue (wargame)Two-PlayerBattle Over BritainTwo-PlayerBattlefleet GothicTwo-PlayerBattles of WesterosTwo-PlayerBattlesuit (game)Two-PlayerBlack Hole (board game)Two-PlayerBobby Lee (game)Two-PlayerBreakout & Pursuit: The Battle for France, 1944Two-PlayerBroadsides and Boarding PartiesTwo-PlayerBug Hunter (game)Two-PlayerBug-Eyed MonstersTwo-PlayerBulge (game)Two-PlayerBurma (wargame)Two-PlayerClan WarTwo-PlayerClassic BattleTechTwo-PlayerCombined Arms (game)Two-PlayerCommands & Colors: AncientsTwo-PlayerConfrontation (Rackham)Two-PlayerDawn of the Dead (game)Two-PlayerDescent on CreteTwo-PlayerDesert Falcons (board game)Two-PlayerDestruction of Army Group CenterTwo-PlayerDirect Conflict in Dimension SixTwo-PlayerDixie (board wargame)Two-PlayerDouble Star (board game)Two-PlayerDrang Nach Osten!Two-PlayerEagles (wargame)Two-PlayerEuroFrontTwo-PlayerFast Attack BoatsTwo-PlayerFire in the EastTwo-PlayerFour Battles in North AfricaTwo-PlayerFredericksburg: The Union RepulsedTwo-PlayerFriedland 1807Two-PlayerGame of the GeneralsTwo-PlayerGlory (wargame)Two-PlayerGreat War at Sea: U.S. Navy Plan OrangeTwo-PlayerGuadalcanal (1992 game)Two-PlayerGuerilla (wargame)Two-PlayerGulf Strike (board game)Two-PlayerHammer of the Scots (board game)Two-PlayerHelltank DestroyerTwo-PlayerHitler's Last GambleTwo-PlayerHorus Heresy (2010 board game)Two-PlayerI Will Fight No More... 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(game)Two-PlayerStrategoTwo-PlayerSubmarine (wargame)Two-PlayerTactics (game)Two-PlayerTannenberg (wargame)Two-PlayerTeam Yankee (board game)Two-PlayerThe 20th MaineTwo-PlayerThe American Civil War: 1861-1865Two-PlayerThe Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia 1812Two-PlayerThe Battle of Nations (wargame)Two-PlayerThe Battles of Waterloo (game)Two-PlayerThe Creature That Ate SheboyganTwo-PlayerThe DragonlordsTwo-PlayerThe Fall of South Vietnam (game)Two-PlayerThe Fast CarriersTwo-PlayerThe Golden Horde (board game)Two-PlayerThe Great RedoubtTwo-PlayerThe Great War in the EastTwo-PlayerThe March on India, 1944Two-PlayerThe Next War (board game)Two-PlayerThe Omega WarTwo-PlayerThe Peloponnesian War (wargame)Two-PlayerThe Siege of Leningrad (game)Two-PlayerThe Thin Red Line (wargame)Two-PlayerThe War at SeaTwo-PlayerThe Wilderness (wargame)Two-PlayerThirty Years War (wargame)Two-PlayerTobruk (board game)Two-PlayerTokyo Express: The Guadalcanal Naval Campaign - 1942Two-PlayerTomorrow the World (board game)Two-PlayerTrial of StrengthTwo-PlayerTroy (game)Two-PlayerTunisia (board game)Two-PlayerTurning Point: StalingradTwo-PlayerUp Front (game)Two-PlayerVeracruz: U.S. Invasion of Mexico 1847Two-PlayerViking (game)Two-PlayerWacht am Rhein (game)Two-PlayerWar Between the States 1861-1865Two-PlayerWar of the Ring (board game)Two-PlayerWarhammer (game)Two-PlayerWarhammer 40,000Two-PlayerWarhammer Age of SigmarTwo-PlayerWarmachineTwo-PlayerWarsaw Rising (game)Two-PlayerWe the People (boardgame)Two-PlayerWhite Bear and Red MoonTwo-PlayerWhite Death (board game)Two-PlayerWooden Ships and Iron MenTwo-PlayerWorld War I: 1914-1918Two-PlayerFAQsWhy isn't Risk classified alongside Chess in this atlas?Risk is a modern designed game with no historical chess-family lineage, so it sits apart from Chess and its relatives.Modern Conquest and War Games covers 20th-century commercial games of territorial conquest or negotiation among players, such as Diplomacy, Risk and Stratego, that were designed without a traditional chess-family lineage. Chess and its historical relatives are grouped instead under Chess-Family War Games because they descend from or parallel the ancient game of Chaturanga.Sources1. Wikipedia: Kriegsspieltier 2WikipediaKriegsspiel, Reisswitz Jr. perfects Kriegsspiel (1824) sectionIn early 1824, the prince invited Reisswitz Jr. to present his wargame to the king.Kriegsspiel, Reisswitz Jr. perfects Kriegsspiel (1824) section, fog of war sentenceThe game could simulate the fog of war, where the umpire would place on the map blocks only for the troops which were in visual range of both sides.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.