Best Modern Warfare Games for 2 Players
Modern Battles: Four Contemporary Conflicts
1975
6.73
1-2 players
120 min
2.20/5
Modern Battles II: Four Contemporary Conflicts
1977
6.67
1-2 players
120 min
2.42/5
Twilight Struggle
2005
8.23
2 players
180 min
3.61/5
Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001 – ?
2010
7.56
1-2 players
180 min
3.69/5
Cold War: CIA vs KGB
2007
6.63
2 players
30-60 min
1.85/5
Vietnam 1965-1975
1984
7.48
2 players
360 min
4.32/5
World at War: Eisenbach Gap
2007
7.43
2 players
90 min
2.58/5
2nd Fleet
1986
7.36
1-2 players
240 min
3.43/5
The Korean War
1986
7.67
1-2 players
180-960 min
3.62/5
The Third World War
1984
7.76
2 players
360 min
3.45/5
Downtown: Air War Over Hanoi, 1965-1972
2004
7.94
2 players
240 min
4.09/5
Korea: The Forgotten War
2003
8.05
2 players
360 min
4.24/5
Dien Bien Phu: The Final Gamble
2014
8.48
2 players
3.04/5
Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975
2010
7.44
2 players
180 min
2.76/5
Next War: Korea
2012
8.05
2 players
120-480 min
4.30/5
Sixth Fleet
1985
7.03
2 players
360 min
3.33/5
World at War: Blood and Bridges
2008
7.57
2 players
90 min
2.75/5
7th Fleet
1987
7.25
2 players
120 min
3.59/5
Lock 'n Load Tactical: Day of Heroes
2008
7.68
2 players
60-120 min
2.90/5
NATO: The Next War in Europe
1983
6.73
2 players
240 min
3.21/5
MBT (second edition)
2016
7.93
2-4 players
3.91/5
Yom Kippur
1995
7.03
2 players
240 min
2.58/5
The Arab-Israeli Wars
1977
6.45
2 players
240 min
3.21/5
Attack Sub
1991
6.65
2 players
30 min
2.24/5
Next War: India-Pakistan
2015
7.97
2 players
240-480 min
4.15/5
3rd Fleet
1990
7.30
2-4 players
180 min
3.64/5
5th Fleet
1989
7.21
2-4 players
180 min
3.44/5
Arctic Front
1985
7.29
2 players
240 min
3.47/5
Next War: Taiwan
2014
7.95
2-4 players
120-480 min
4.27/5
Southern Front
1984
7.39
2 players
360 min
3.36/5
Air Superiority
1987
6.88
1-6 players
60 min
3.92/5
Gulf Strike
1983
6.72
2 players
360 min
4.36/5
Elusive Victory: The Air War over the Suez Canal, 1967-1973
2009
7.89
2 players
240 min
3.95/5
Flight Leader
1986
6.29
2-8 players
90 min
3.54/5
Persian Gulf: Battle for the Middle East
1986
7.36
2 players
300 min
3.48/5
Heights of Courage
2013
7.39
1-2 players
2.32/5
FAB: Golan '73
2016
7.43
2 players
240 min
3.38/5
MBT
1989
6.67
2-6 players
60 min
3.80/5
Firepower
1984
6.29
1-6 players
60 min
3.63/5
Air & Armor
1986
7.71
2 players
120 min
3.66/5
Berlin '85: The Enemy at the Gates
1980
6.83
2 players
180 min
2.78/5
Assault - Tactical Combat in Europe: 1985
1983
6.90
2 players
180 min
3.44/5
Ici, c'est la France! The Algerian War of Independence 1954-62
2009
7.57
2 players
300 min
2.79/5
World at War: The Untold Stories
2010
7.93
2 players
60 min
2.81/5
CrossFire: Rules & Organizations for Company Level WW2 Gaming
1996
7.64
2-6 players
120 min
2.57/5
Fifth Corps
1980
7.02
2 players
120 min
3.24/5
Harpoon (1st & 3rd edition)
1981
6.50
2 players
180 min
4.00/5
Flashpoint: Golan
1991
7.21
2 players
360 min
3.73/5
Lock 'n Load: Heroes of the Gap
2011
7.98
2 players
90 min
3.22/5
Corps Command: Dawn's Early Light
2010
7.28
2 players
2.09/5
October War
1977
6.91
2 players
120 min
2.88/5
BAOR
1981
6.91
2 players
120 min
2.93/5
Red Storm Rising
1989
6.31
2-4 players
60 min
2.62/5
Tac Air
1987
6.31
2-4 players
120 min
3.25/5
Birds of Prey: Air Combat in the Jet Age
2008
7.64
2-8 players
120 min
4.44/5
Force on Force
2009
7.42
2 players
60 min
3.11/5
Red Dragon Rising: The Coming War With China
2008
7.16
1-2 players
180 min
2.85/5
Bar-Lev: The Yom-Kippur War of 1973
1974
7.40
2-5 players
360 min
3.05/5
Boots & Saddles, An Assault Series Module
1984
6.82
2 players
240 min
3.52/5
Modern Naval Battles: Global Warfare
2008
6.66
2-6 players
90 min
1.85/5
IDF (Israeli Defense Force)
1993
6.98
2-4 players
90 min
3.72/5
Fire Team
1987
6.98
2 players
240 min
3.10/5
Night of Man
2015
7.56
1-3 players
60 min
2.64/5
The Hunt for Red October
1988
6.02
2 players
60 min
2.47/5
Hof Gap
1980
7.02
2 players
120 min
3.60/5
Boots on the Ground
2010
6.40
1-3 players
60 min
1.90/5
Sinai
1973
6.22
2-3 players
120 min
2.59/5
Nordkapp
1983
6.93
2 players
240 min
3.23/5
Across Suez
1980
6.32
2 players
120 min
2.07/5
Aegean Strike
1986
6.48
2 players
360 min
4.23/5
Fulda Gap
1977
6.40
2 players
300 min
3.17/5
Cityfight: Modern Combat in the Urban Environment
1979
6.78
2-3 players
360 min
4.27/5
Jerusalem
1975
7.12
2 players
180 min
2.36/5
NATO, Nukes & Nazis
1990
7.13
2 players
180 min
3.80/5
Seastrike
1975
7.31
1-2 players
60 min
2.50/5
Mission Command Sea
2003
6.00
2 players
10 min
1.46/5
The Sands of War
1991
6.64
2 players
120 min
2.60/5
HoldFast: Korea 1950-1951
2015
6.68
1-2 players
120 min
2.31/5
Objective Moscow: The Death of Soviet Communism
1978
6.61
1-3 players
360 min
3.73/5
Cold War Commander
2006
7.45
2 players
150 min
3.22/5
Wurzburg
1975
6.84
2 players
90 min
2.31/5
Yom Kippur
1983
6.99
2-4 players
120 min
3.40/5
TaskForce
1981
6.67
2 players
360 min
3.27/5
The Last King of Scotland
2011
6.64
1-2 players
90 min
2.18/5
Risk: Balance of Power
2008
5.81
2 players
60 min
2.28/5
Crisis: Sinai 1973
1995
6.57
2 players
360 min
3.48/5
Breaking the Chains: War in the South China Sea
2014
6.57
2 players
120 min
3.08/5
Central America
1987
6.08
2 players
360 min
4.23/5
MechWar '77
1975
6.25
1-2 players
360 min
3.18/5
Strategy I
1971
6.54
2-8 players
360 min
3.08/5
Nicaragua
1988
6.45
2 players
180 min
2.67/5
Ignorant Armies: Iran-Iraq War
2003
6.70
1-2 players
240 min
2.55/5
Ace of Aces: Jet Eagles
1990
6.36
2 players
20 min
2.00/5
Patrol!
1974
6.31
1-3 players
240 min
3.31/5
Cold War Battles: Budapest '56 & Angola '87
2006
6.76
2 players
180 min
2.56/5
Group of Soviet Forces Germany
2003
6.57
1-2 players
240 min
2.50/5
NATO: Operational Combat in Europe in the 1970's
1973
6.18
2 players
240 min
2.71/5
Firefight
1976
6.08
2 players
90 min
2.79/5
Harpoon: Captain's Edition
1990
6.23
2-4 players
90 min
2.43/5
Chad: The Toyota Wars
1991
6.19
2 players
120 min
3.21/5
Air Cav
1985
5.96
2 players
90 min
2.70/5
Battlefield Evolution
2007
6.75
1-4 players
2.75/5
North German Plain
1988
6.30
2 players
120 min
2.92/5
NATO Division Commander
1980
6.57
1-2 players
360 min
4.19/5
Into a Bear Trap: The Battle for Grozny, January 1995
2004
6.45
1-2 players
360 min
2.92/5
East & West
1981
6.32
2-6 players
360 min
3.33/5
Team Yankee
1987
6.13
2 players
360 min
1.92/5
Port Stanley: Battle for the Falklands
1984
6.41
2 players
360 min
2.93/5
Test of Arms
1988
6.22
2 players
120 min
2.20/5
The East is Red: The Sino Soviet War
1974
6.03
2 players
360 min
2.59/5
Chinese Farm
1975
6.31
2 players
90 min
2.25/5
Battlefield: Europe
1990
6.24
2 players
10 min
2.50/5
Fast Attack Boats
1980
6.28
2 players
60 min
2.38/5
Revolt in the East
1976
5.80
2 players
120 min
2.16/5
Battleship Card Game
2002
5.77
2 players
20 min
1.50/5
Raid on Iran
1980
5.95
1-2 players
60 min
1.86/5
Ultimatum
1979
5.79
2 players
240 min
3.05/5
Desert Storm: The Mother of All Battles
1991
5.95
1-2 players
180 min
2.44/5
Code Name: Sector
1977
5.86
1-4 players
30 min
1.75/5
War in the Falklands
1982
5.92
2 players
60 min
2.08/5
Twilight Squabble
2016
5.64
2 players
10-15 min
1.55/5
Admirals
1972
5.66
2 players
30 min
1.70/5
Oil War
1975
5.71
1-2 players
120 min
2.24/5
The China War
1979
5.64
2 players
120 min
2.58/5
Commando
1979
5.74
2-20 players
120 min
3.50/5
Mission Command Land
2003
5.55
2 players
60 min
1.36/5
Red Star / White Star
1972
5.69
2 players
90 min
2.96/5
Battle: The Game of Generals
1979
5.64
2 players
45 min
1.70/5
Sixth Fleet
1975
5.61
2 players
120 min
2.82/5
Risk Battlefield Rogue
2013
5.53
2-4 players
1.94/5
Back to Iraq
1993
5.31
2 players
180 min
2.67/5
Beirut '82
1989
5.25
2 players
120 min
2.20/5
Raid!
1977
5.49
2 players
30-240 min
2.62/5
Arabian Nightmare: The Kuwait War
1990
5.18
2-3 players
360 min
3.58/5
Chopper Strike
1976
5.35
2 players
45 min
1.50/5
Tank! Armored Combat in the 20th Century
1974
5.16
2 players
90 min
2.64/5
Echelons of Fire
1995
4.49
2 players
60 min
1.86/5
Foxbat & Phantom
1973
5.06
2 players
120 min
2.88/5
Air War: Modern Tactical Air Combat
1977
5.38
2-4 players
120 min
4.59/5
World War 3
1975
5.18
2 players
360 min
3.25/5
South Africa
1977
5.11
2 players
120 min
2.67/5
Electronic Talking Battleship
1989
5.03
1-2 players
20 min
1.40/5
Combined Arms
1974
4.43
2 players
120 min
2.58/5
Strike Force One
1975
4.95
2 players
15 min
1.19/5