Two-player game
{{Short description|Multiplayer game that is played by just two players}}
A two-player game is a multiplayer game that is played by precisely two players. This is distinct from a solitaire game, which is played by only one player.{{cite web|title=A Biography of Video Games|url=http://www.2pg.com/a-biography-of-video-games/|publisher=2pg|access-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927025022/http://www.2pg.com/a-biography-of-video-games/|archive-date=27 September 2013}}
Examples
The following are some examples of two-player games. This list is not intended to be exhaustive.
- Board games:
- Chess
- Checkers
- Go
- Some wargames, such as Hammer of the Scots
- Card games:
- Cribbage
- Whist
- Rummy
- 66
- Pinochle
- Magic: The Gathering, a collectible card game in which players duel
- Sports:
- Cue sports, a family of games that use cue sticks and billiard balls
- Many athletic games, such as tennis (singles)
- Video games:
- Pong{{cite web| url = http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9074| title = Pong| publisher = Killer List of Videogames| accessdate = 28 January 2019}}
- A Way Out{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/10/a-way-out-splitscreen-prison-game-hazelight/|title='A Way Out' is a splitscreen-only prison break game|website=Engadget|date=10 June 2017 |access-date=2019-01-28}}