Board games for two players

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I used to love playing Chinese Checkers with my grandad when I was little. Happy memories.

I remember that. Lovely game but one I haven't seen in years.

I would recommend backgammon. My husband and I were once on an overnight ferry. We had taken our board to occupy ourselves. We were suddenly mobbed by a "gang" of Spanish children who appeared to be on a school trip. They were probably about ten years old. They were fascinated and a couple of hours later they all seemed to have mastered the basics, despite the language barrier. Their teachers came over to buy us a drink as a thank you.

Oh yes Greyduster I’d forgotten Build a Beetle, that brings back happy memories. I’ve just found a backgammon board hidden at the back of a cupboard so am going to try and teach myself how to play over the weekend. If 10 year olds can learn it there’s some hope for me. I don’t know if it’s down to my dyspraxia but I find some games very hard to master.

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Connect, Draughts and Dominoes were always the favourite with my family. The little ones started off with snakes and ladders and the boys liked Battleships until grandad taught them gin rummy 😳