Gangrene

I play board games at lunch with my pal DangerKitty, and at home with Mrs. G. Here are a few games that kick ass for 2:

Pandemic (I haven't ever seen anyone not like this game after playing it), Catan the Card Game (deeper than Settlers, but not so much as Cities and Knights), Risk Express (but you have to import it from the UK), Carcassonne: the Castle (surprisingly different from Carc, and Mrs. G killed me at it.), Citadels (probably better with more people, but Mrs. G loved it, so it must be mentioned), Starship Catan (lots of stuff to do, and themey boom beemy), Quoridor (the instructions are comprised of about 4 pictures and 5 sentences, but loads of strategy), Blokus (just try it), Zertz (intense), Mr. Jack (clever), Dungeon Twister (any rpg/video game nerd would like this, I don't know why no one seems to know about it), and Monopoly Express (dumb but addictive). I have reviews for a lot of these here: http://www.bunkerguts.com/blog/?cat=16 .

I did something similar for a one-handed friend. I should have put two and two together and just made a Starpower pedal while I was at it. http://www.bunkerguts.com/blog/?page_id=24

I have lots of pics showing how to do it to, if you want to try it yourself.

You can play board games on a plane, you just need to find the right ones. Besides Travel Settlers http://www.bunkerguts.com/blog/?p=59, there are a bunch of express versions of the crappy old games that everyone loves to hate. Believe it or not Monopoly Express is very fun http://www.bunkerguts.com/blog/?p=127, and there is a Risk Express, but you'll have to go the UK to get it... or have a bunch of guys from BoardGameGeek.com import for you.

I'm going to attempt a travel version of Pandemic, which is an _amazing_ game, and you can get almost anyone to play it. http://www.bunkerguts.com/blog/?p=135

C'mon, I played Settlers and Quoridor on a plane, and it was awesome. Definitely one of my favorite gaming moments.

Pictures here: http://www.bunkerguts.com/blog/?p=59