🎲 Five years ago, we shared our favorite 2-player board games. Since then, hundreds of incredible games have been released, and our tastes have evolved along with the hobby.
So... do those original recommendations still hold up?
If you're looking for the best board games for two players in 2026, this is a great place to start.
👇 Which 2-player board game do you think deserves a spot on this list?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:35 Shorter Than 30 min
3:04 Legacy
5:41 Euro
8:22 Roll & Write
11:38 LCG
13:53 Wild Card
16:20 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
We played a wide variety of board games throughout July 2026—from exciting new releases and hidden gems to long-awaited titles and returning favorites. Now it's time to rank every game we played this month, from the ones that didn't quite land to the games we can't wait to play again.
Some completely exceeded our expectations. Others... not so much.
👇 Which board game was the highlight of your July?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Avalon
3:51 Star Wars Legion
7:05 Regicide Legacy
9:15 Shōgun
10:29 The Battle Of Five Armies
13:12 Maple Valley
14:44 Cloudspire
18:10 GAME OF THE MONTH
20:00 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🔥 What are the most played board games of 2026... so far?
In this video, we're looking at the best board games that have hit our table more than any others this year. They're the ones we keep coming back to because they're fun, engaging, and always leave us wanting another play.
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0:00 Intro
0:20 Gamers
3:08 Two players
5:20 Family
8:46 Filler/Party
10:55 Solo
14:52 Euro
17:24 Campaign/Story
20:11 Overall
21:48 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
👑 Some board games are worth waiting for… but was this one?
In this Queen's Dilemma review, we take a deep dive into the long-awaited spiritual successor to The King's Dilemma. With branching stories, political intrigue, difficult decisions, and lasting consequences, it promises another unforgettable campaign experience.
After years of anticipation, is The Queen's Dilemma a worthy follow-up, or does it struggle to reach the same heights?
👇 Have you played The Queen's Dilemma, or is it still on your wishlist?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:24 Overview
2:54 3 Best things
7:54 Not For You?
14:10 Final rating
14:35 Alternative
15:50 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🔥 What’s HOT in the board game world right now?
In this video, we’re counting down the Top 10 hottest and most popular board games for June 2026, based on the BoardGameGeek Hotness list. These are the games everyone is talking about, playing, backing, preordering, or adding straight to their wishlists.
👇 Which of these games are you most excited to play?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:14 SHUG
1:58 Cubaneo
4:06 Lightning train
6:06 Wondrous Creatures
7:59 Entropy
9:55 Rattlesnake
12:00 8 Dragons
13:35 Drillers
15:31 Harmonies: Crescendo
17:16 Altera
18:57 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🔥 Not all essential board games fit into a single list.
After putting together our original Top 10 Essential Board Games Everyone Should Own, we realized there were still plenty of incredible games left unmentioned.
So here are 10 MORE essential board games that we believe every board gamer should know, play, and seriously consider adding to their collection.
👇 Which board game would YOU add to the list?
In this video:
0:00 INTRO
0:22 EURO
1:29 LIGHT
2:51 MEDIUM
4:04 CO-OP
5:01 LEGACY/STORY
6:09 WAR GAME
7:39 DECKBUILDING
8:51 TWO PLAYERS
10:02 PARTY
11:18 SOCIAL
12:41 OUTRO
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🔥 If someone asked you to build the perfect board game collection, where would you start?
In this video, we’re counting down 10 essential board games that every board gamer should own. These are the games that have stood the test of time, introduced countless people to the hobby, and continue to earn their place on shelves around the world.
👇 Which board game would make YOUR essential collection?
In this video:
0:00 INTRO
0:47 EURO
2:20 LIGHT
4:07 MEDIUM
5:33 HEAVY
7:07 LEGACY/STORY
8:53 SOCIAL
10:56 PARTY
12:02 TWO PLAYERS
13:11 DECKBUILDING
14:49 SOLO
16:33 OUTRO
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🌌 Lands of Evershade Review — The Next Big Adventure Game?
In this video, we take a closer look at Lands of Evershade, the ambitious narrative-driven adventure game from Awaken Realms that blends RPG elements, character creation, exploration, and tactical combat into one massive experience. The game is designed for 1–5 players and focuses heavily on story choices, progression, and open-world style adventures.
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:26 Overview
2:13 3 Best things
7:47 Not For You?
11:55 Final rating
12:32 Alternative
12:58 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🔥 We ranked the best board games we’ve been playing recently!
In this video, we go through a stack of board games that hit the table lately and rank them based on our real gameplay experiences. Some surprised us, some completely exceeded expectations, and a few instantly became games we can’t stop thinking about.
From strategic heavy hitters to lighter surprises, these are the board games that stood out the most and earned their place in the ranking.
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:26 Lands of Evershade
2:04 Altera
3:50 Cozy Sticker Ville
5:57 Rebirth
6:57 스플렌더: Pokémon (Splendor: Pokémon)
8:51 The Last Kingdom Board Game
9:55 The Queen's Dilemma
11:32 A Wild Venture
13:56 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🌍 Power, influence, and diplomacy?
In this video, we dive into World Order Board Game Review, a large-scale strategy board game where every decision can completely shift the balance of power. Expanding influence, managing tension, and reacting to constantly changing situations creates a game full of pressure and difficult choices.
World Order aims to deliver a massive geopolitical experience at the table — but does it actually succeed?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:29 Overview
2:06 3 Best things
6:51 Not For You?
10:10 For who?
11:03 Final rating
12:37 Alternative
13:47 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🔥 What’s HOT in the board game world right now?
In this video, we’re counting down the Top 10 hottest and most popular board games for May 2026, based on the BoardGameGeek Hotness list. These are the games everyone is talking about, playing, preordering, or adding straight to their wishlists.
From massive upcoming releases to brand-new surprises climbing the charts, these are the board games currently dominating the hobby.
👇 Which of these games are YOU most excited to play?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Habitats
2:24 The Legacy Of Mars
5:04 The Secret Valley
6:59 World Order
8:38 Spooky Tower
10:26 Compania
13:08 Feya's Swamp
15:37 Lands of Evershade
17:52 Rolling Deep
20:57 Terraria: TBG
23:49 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🏆 The results are in.
The 2025 Golden Geek / BoardGameGeek Awards winners have officially been announced — and today, we’re reacting to all the biggest winners, surprises, snubs, and questionable decisions.
Some games absolutely deserved it… others? We’re not so sure.
💬 Which winners do YOU agree with most?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:33 2-Player Game
2:51 Artwork & Presentation
5:07 Cooperative Game
6:39 Print & Play
8:47 Innovative
11:00 Party Game
12:12 Expansion
14:19 Solo Game
16:26 Thematic Game
18:18 Wargame
20:01 Best Podcast
21:36 Best Board Game App
23:10 Light GOTY
24:49 Medium GOTY
26:30 Heavy GOTY
27:53 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🎲 Every few years, certain board games become “must-haves”.
Everyone talks about them. Everyone recommends them. Everyone buys them.
But what happens after the hype fades?
In this video, we revisit some of the hobby’s biggest “must-have” board games and ask the important question…
💬 Where are they now?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Unstoppable
2:14 Star Wars The Mandalorian Adventures
3:50 Uprising
6:19 Harrow County
7:56 Kabuto Sumo
9:36 Kariba
10:08 Le Havre
12:01 Rewild
13:17 Blood On The Clocktower
15:22 Survive The Island
16:43 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🎲 Cooperative games are everywhere… but this one feels different.
In this video, we take a look at Eternal Decks — a unique co-op card game built around limited communication, deck-building, and puzzle-like gameplay.
It’s clever, tense, and sometimes brutal… but does it actually work?
💬 Let us know — is this your kind of co-op game?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:31 Overview
1:40 3 Best things
5:24 Not For You?
8:57 For who?
9:21 Final rating
10:30 Alternative
11:18 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🎲 Board game collections are always evolving…
In this video, we’re saying goodbye to 6 games from our collection — and replacing them with 6 new ones.
Some were easy to let go… others not so much. But every game we removed made room for something new.
💬 Which would YOU keep… and which would you replace?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:17 This War Of Mine
1:48 Purple Haze
2:54 World Order
3:48 Skull King
4:18 Unconscious Mind
5:09 Nexus Ops
6:15 Rivals
7:58 Queen's Dilemma
9:18 Monster Hunter World
11:04 The Crew
11:20 The Gang
12:06 Lands Of Evershade
13:52 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🎲 How well do you really know 90’s board games?
In this video, JT tests JG with a board game trivia challenge, where he has to guess games from each year of the 90s
But there’s a catch — he needs to score a certain number of points to win…
💬 Play along and see how many you can get!
In this video:
0:00 Intro
1:08 1990
4:05 1991
7:40 1992
10:28 1993
12:33 1994
15:24 1995
17:19 1996
19:25 1997
22:08 1998
23:55 1999
26:30 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🎲 Another month, another stack of board games played.
In this episode of Games of the Month, we’re ranking everything we played — from the biggest surprises to the one game we think is a true masterpiece.
Some impressed us… some didn’t quite land — but one stands above the rest.
💬 Which one would be YOUR #1?
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:30 20 Strong: Nemesis
3:01 Lairs
5:00 Toy Battle
7:16 5-Minute One Piece
9:16 ONE-HIT Heroes
11:02 Flip 7: With A Vengeance
13:00 Leviathan Wilds
15:12 Mosaic
18:05 GAME OF THE MONTH
20:09 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🔥 The board game scene is constantly changing… and April 2026 is STACKED.
In this video, we break down the Top 10 Hottest & Most Popular Board Games right now, based on what everyone is talking about, playing, and hyping up on BoardGameGeek.
From brand new releases to surprise comeback hits — these are the games dominating the hobby RIGHT NOW.
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:42 10th place
3:17 9th place
6:28 8th place
9:19 7th place
11:19 6th place
13:57 5th place
16:44 4th place
19:16 3rd place
21:24 2nd place
23:25 1st place
26:09 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
🔥 Storing board games shouldn’t be frustrating. It should be fun!
In this video, we take a look at a better way to store your board games — a system that helps with organization, setup, and actually getting games to the table faster, kind of. From awkward boxes and wasted space to messy setups shelf storage plays a bigger role than you think. And on top of that, why not make it all look amazing? Want to see how we achieved all of that? Watch the video!
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:39 Crafting
17:51 Big reveal
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
Cooperative board games can create some of the most intense and memorable moments at the table — but which ones are actually the best of the best?
In this video, JT looks at the 5 highest Board Game Geek-ranked co-op board games and then offers the best alternatives to those games based on his personal experiences. From tense decision-making and tight teamwork to chaotic moments and clutch wins, these are the cooperative games that stand out the most.
In this video:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Just One
2:06 Mysterium
3:17 Sky Team
4:55 Bomb Busters
6:36 Pandemic Legacy
8:45 Slay The Spire
10:34 Spirit Island
12:24 Elder Scrolls
14:24 FrostHaven
17:28 Aeon Trespass: Odyssey
21:14 Outro
Board Game Hangover is your go-to channel for everything board games! From the best board game reviews, playthroughs, and top 10 lists to board game upgrades, house rules, and gameplay tips — we help you discover the best board games, improve your board gaming experience, and have a good laugh along the way. Whether you're into strategy board games, party games, solo board gaming, or family board games, you're in the right place.
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