5 Best Two Player Board Games for Valentine's Day

If you're looking for a low stakes, relaxing game to play with your partner, then check out A Place For All My Books.

True to its name, this is a game about books, but it's only partially about reading. It's mostly about collecting, arranging, and admiring them.

You will gradually build up a blossoming book collection as A Place For All My Books progresses. You'll spend each turn gathering more books, while also sorting and stacking the ones that you currently have into pleasing piles.

Every book in the game is drawn from real life, and you may just find some of your favourites showing up.

A Place For All My Books is great for book and board game lovers who want a relaxing experience to help them unwind.

The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth is the latest Tolkein inspired board game that brings Middle-Earth to the tabletop.

One player controls Sauron, while the other controls the Fellowship in a reenactment of The Lord of the Rings.

Duel For Middle Earth has a variety of different ways to approach gameplay, and several different win conditions, encouraging a diverse range of tactics.

Sauron can reclaim the ring, or the Fellowship can destroy it. Either player can also conquer the world, or bring each of the races of Middle-Earth together under their guidace.

The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth is for adventurous couples who want to battle their armies against one another from the Shire to Mordor.

Tag Team is inspired both by classic arcade fighting games and by more modern auto battlers. Two players select two fighters each and then trade blows in a fast-paced brawl.

Tag Team is a deckbuilding game with a difference, as you never shuffle your cards. Every round, both players resolve every card from their deck in order and then add new cards into the mix to respond to the attacks that their opponent is throwing out.

The playable cast are all inspired by a range of real life historical influences, from pirate queens, to cowboys, to Joan of Arc.

Games of Tag Team wrap up after quick and punchy 15-20 minute long sessions. This is a game that's ideal for couples that are looking for something that's quick yet competetive.

Love Letter is a hand management card game about trying to win the love of a fantasy princess.

At the start of the game, everyone draws a card, and then on each of their turns, every player draws a card, and then play a card. This means that you'll never have more than two cards in your hand at a time, which makes decision making snappy and quick.

Each of the cards in the game represents a different castle courtier. There are humble guards, wealthy barons, and even the princess herself. You'll need to deduce who's hiding in your opponent's hand so that you can pull off a win.

There are all sorts of Love Letter variants available. You can grab Bridgerton Love Letter, Marvel Love Letter, and if you're more of a fan of horror than romance, you can pick up a copy of Lovecraft Letter.

Love Letter works great if you're looking for a replayable logic puzzle that'll test your wits every time.

Calico is an adorable game of kittens and quilts.

In this tile laying pattern game, players are trying to put together the coziest duvet that will attract the most cats and make the most points.

This is a 30-40 minute game about gradually knitting your way towards victory. You'll transform an initially empty board into a vibrant tapestry of colourful patterns, felines, and buttons.

If you know that your partner is a cat person, if they adore cute and colorful experiences, or if they just love a good puzzles then it's definitely worth curling up by the fire with them for a game of Calico.