Krillion prompt · October 3, 2026
Name a board, card or hand game made for exactly two players
Krillion accepted 3,925 answers for this prompt in Dive #80. They’re all below, starting at the trench floor with the gems and rising to the Plankton everyone thinks of first.
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Notes on this prompt
- With 3,925 accepted answers, this prompt is about 9.7 times wider than a typical Krillion prompt (about 403).
- 3,833 answers (98%) are Deep Cuts and 66 are Rare, while 7 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
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Also accepted elsewhere
The same answer counted for a different prompt in the archive.
Every accepted answer
One in a Krillion
The gem picked for each prompt. Trench floor.
- Asalto
Two officers defend a fortress against 24 rebels on a cross board.
- Luzhanqi
Chinese army chess; a neutral referee judges the hidden captures.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- ¡Abordaje!
- ¡Adiós Calavera!
- ¡Cobardes!
- ...and then, we held hands.
- .hack//ENEMY
- 'CA' Tactical Naval Warfare in the Pacific, 1941-45
- "La Garde recule!"
- *Star
- 007 James Bond: Goldfinger
- 007 James Bond: Live and Let Die
- 1001
- 1066, Tears to Many Mothers
- 111: Alarm dla Warszawy
- 1212 Las Navas de Tolosa
- 13 Chefs
- 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- 13 Minutes: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- 13: The Colonies in Revolt
- 1750: Britain vs. France
- 1776
- 1777: The Year of the Hangman
- 1792: La Patrie en Danger
- 1805: Sea of Glory
- 1807: The Eagles Turn East
- 1809: Napoleon's Danube Campaign
- 1815: The Waterloo Campaign
- 1825 Unit 3
- 1851 Agidingbi
- 1862
- 1866: The Struggle for Supremacy in Germany
- 1911 Amundsen vs Scott
- 1914
- 1914: Glory's End
- 1914: Serbien Muss Sterbien
- 1918: Brother Against Brother
- 1918: Operation Michel
- 1918: Storm in the West
- 1936: Guerra Civil
- 1940
- 1940: The Fall of France – A Panzer Grenadier Game
- 1941: Operation Barbarossa
- 1942
- 1955: The War of Espionage
- 1960: The Making of the President
- 1979: Revolution in Iran
- 1987 Channel Tunnel
- 1989: Dawn of Freedom
- 1st Alamein
- 2 de Mayo
- 2000 A.D.
- 22 Pommes
- 24 DVD Board Game
- 27
- 2ème D.B. 'I' Normandie
- 2nd Fleet: Modern Naval Combat in the North Atlantic
- 3 SPOT game
- 3 Stones
- 300: Earth & Water
- 303
- 32 Dice
- 3D tic-tac-toe
- 4 Seasons
- 48th Panzerkorps
- 4Mation
- 4th Dimension
- 59 Seconds
- 60 Second City
- 7 Ronin
- 7: The Defense of Lwów
- 7th Fleet: Modern Naval Combat in the Far East
- 7th Sea
- 8th Army
- 8th Army: Operation Crusader – The Winter Battles for Tobruk, 1941
- 90 Grad
- 90°
- A Bridge Too Far: Arnhem
- A Dash of Peiper
- A Duel Betwixt Us
- A Fatal Attraction: The Gallipoli Campaign
- A Few Acres of Snow
- A Fistful of Gold
- A Frozen Hell: The Battle of Tolvajärvi
- A Game of Cat & Mouth
- A Greek Tragedy: The Italian Invasion of Greece 1940-1941
- A House Divided: War Between the States 1861-65
- À la charge: Normands et Byzantins
- A las Barricadas!
- A Little Wordy
- A Pragmatic War: The War of the Austrian Succession 1741 – 1748
- A Raging Storm
- A Sheer Butchery: Solferino 1859
- A Victory Complete: The Battle of Tannenberg, 1914
- A Victory Denied: Crisis at Smolensk, July-September, 1941
- A Victory Lost: Crisis in Ukraine 1942-1943
- A Wild Venture
- A Winter War
- Aachen
- Aadu puli attam
- Aao Milo Shilo Shaalo
- AARRR!
- Abacus checkers
- Abagio
- Abande
- Abbeville 1940
- ABC Monday Night Football
- Absolute Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
- Absolute War! The Russian Front 1941-45
- Absolutely Aces
- Abstrac
- Abundance
- Accasta
- Ace Pit
- acey deucey
- Achi
- Across 5 Aprils
- Across Suez: The Battle of the Chinese Farm October 15, 1973
- Across The Narva: The Soviet Assault on Estonia, February 1944
- Across the Pacific
- Across the Potomac
- Ada's Library
- Adam & Eva
- Adaptoid
- Adji-boto
- Admirals
- Adugo
- Advanced Space Crusade
- Advanced Squad Leader
- Advanced Tobruk
- Advantage
- Adventure Time Card Wars
- Aegean Strike: Land, Air, and Sea Combat in the Eastern Mediterranean
- Aether Captains: Capek Golems
- Aether Captains: The Search
- Aetherium
- Affentennis
- Africa Orientale
- Afrika Korps: The Desert War – Platoon Level Combat in World War II: A Panzer Grenadier Game
- Afrika: The Northern African Campaign, 1940-1942
- Against All Odds
- Against the Reich
- Agamemnon
- Age of Napoleon
- Agent Doppelnull
- Agent Hunter
- Agility
- Agincourt: The Triumph of Archery over Armor
- Agon
- Agora
- Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small
- Ahead in the Clouds
- Air & Armor
- Air Assault on Crete / Invasion of Malta: 1942
- Air Cav
- Air Force
- Air, Land & Sea
- AirWar: Pacific!
- Akron
- Akros
- Akrotiri
- Al Cabohne
- Alamein: History's Turning Point 1942
- Albion 20
- Albion: Land of Faerie
- Alcazar
- Alea evangelii
- Alea Iacta Est
- Alexander at Tyre
- Alexander the Great
- Alexandre contre la Perse
- Alexandria, 1801
- Alexandros
- Algeria: The War of Independence 1954-1962
- Alice chess
- Alien City
- Alien Menace
- Aliens vs. Zombies
- Aliens: This Time It's War
- Aljubarrota: The Royal Battle
- All Fours
- All is lost save Honour: Campaigns of the Italian Wars 1494-1530 – Vol.1
- All Queens Chess
- All the King's Men
- All Time Wrestling
- All-Pro Football
- All-Star Baseball
- Allies: Realm of Wonder
- Almeida et Bussaco 1810
- Almost chess
- Alps ichimanjaku
- Alquerque
- Alsace 1944
- Altar of Freedom
- Altaria: Clash of Dimensions
- Altered
- Amateurs to Arms!
- Amazons
- Ambon: Burning Sun & Little Seagulls
- America Triumphant: The Battle of the Bulge
- American Civil War 1861-1865
- American Pool Checkers
- An Attrition of Souls
- An Empty Throne
- An Enchanting Evening
- An Loc: 1972 – The North Vietnamese Push Towards Saigon
- An Otter Won
- Anandis
- Ancient Battles Deluxe: From Guts to Gunpowder
- Ancients
- Andada
- Andernach chess
- Android Whist
- Annan shogi
- Annihilator / OneWorld
- Anno 1701: Das Kartenspiel
- Anno Domini 1666
- Anthelion: Conclave of Power
- Antichess
- Antietam Campaign
- Antietam: The Bloodiest Day, 17 September 1862
- Antike Duellum
- Antinomy
- Ants
- Anvil-Dragoon: Southwall 1944
- Anywoli
- Anzio
- Anzio Beachhead
- Anzio/Cassino
- APBA Pro Hockey
- Apocalypse
- Apple on a stick
- April's Harvest: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6 & 7, 1862
- Aqualin
- Arabana-Ikibiti
- Arcane Bakery Clash
- Architekton
- Arcola: The Battle for Italy, 1796
- Arcole 1796
- Arcomage
- Arctic Front: Battle for Norway
- Arctic Storm: The Russo-Finnish Winter War 1939-40
- Ard Ri
- Ardennes '44: The Battle of the Bulge
- Ardennes 1944
- Ardeny 1944
- Arena: Roma II
- Arimaa
- Aristeia!
- Armada: The War With Spain 1585-1604
- Armenian draughts
- Army Ants
- Army of Zero
- Arnhem 1944
- Arnhem Bridge
- Arnhem: The Farthest Bridge
- Aronda
- Arquebus: Men of Iron Volume IV – The Battles for Northern Italy 1495-1544
- Ars Victor
- Art of War: The Card Game
- Artifact
- Asante
- Ascari: African Battles of the Italian Army 1890-1895
- Asia Crossroads: The Great Game
- Asia Engulfed
- Assault on Hoth: The Empire Strikes Back
- Assault on Leningrad
- Assault on Narvik
- Assault on Sevastopol: Von Manstein in the Crimea, 1942
- Assault: Tactical Combat in Europe – 1985
- Assaultous
- Astar
- Asterix & Obelix
- Asteroid
- Asteroid Zero-Four
- Atari Go
- Ataxx
- Athens & Sparta
- Athlas: Duel for Divinity
- Atlanteon
- Atlantic Wall: The Invasion of Europe
- Atlas & Zeus
- Atoll
- Atomic chess
- Aton
- ATS Stalingrad: Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works 1942
- Attack Force
- Attack in the Ardennes: The Battle of the Bulge
- Attack of the Mutants!
- Attack Sub
- Attakube
- Attangle
- Attila
- Attila: Scourge O'God
- Attila: The Huns Invasion
- Au fil de l'épée
- August Fury
- Austerlitz 1805: Le choc des cavaleries
- Austerlitz 1805: Napoleon's Greatest Victory
- Austerlitz 1805: Partie Nord
- Austerlitz 1805: Partie Sud
- Austerlitz 20
- Austerlitz: The Battle of Three Emperors, 2 December 1805
- Autumn For Barbarossa
- Autumn of Glory
- Avalam
- Avalanche chess
- Avalanche: The Invasion of Italy
- Avalanche: The Salerno Landings
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game
- Avec Infini Regret
- Avec Infini Regret II
- Avignon: A Clash of Popes
- Aw-li On-nam Ot-tjin
- Awimbawé
- Awithlaknannai Mosona
- Axiom
- Axis & Allies Miniatures
- Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal
- Axis & Allies: Battle of the Bulge
- Axis & Allies: War at Sea
- Ayanu
- Azul Duel
- Ba-awa
- Babel
- Babylon
- Back to Iraq
- Bad Grandmas
- Bagh bandi
- Bagh-Chal
- Bailen
- Bakerstreet
- Balanx
- Balbo's game
- Balkan Hell
- Balkans 1941
- Ball's Bluff
- Balloon Cup
- Baltic Gap: Summer 1944
- Bambuti
- Ban-sugoroku
- Band of Brothers: Ghost Panzer
- Band of Brothers: Screaming Eagles
- Bandada
- BANG! The Duel
- Banqi
- Bao
- BAOR
- Bar-Lev: The 1973 Arab-Israeli War
- Barbarossa 1941
- Barbarossa: Crimea
- Barbarossa: Game of the Russo-German War 1941-45
- Barbarossa: The Russo-German War 1941-45
- Barca
- Barons' War
- Baroque chess
- Barragoon
- Barren Victory
- Baseball Strategy
- Bashni
- Basilica
- Basilinda
- Basketball Age
- Basketball Strategy
- BASKETmind
- Bastogne
- Bastogne or Bust
- Bastogne: A Desperate Defense
- Bastogne: Screaming Eagles Under Siege 18-27 Dec' 44
- Bastogne: The Desperate Defense, December 1944
- Bataille de la Marne 1914
- Batailles pour le Canada
- Batik
- Batman: Arkham City Escape
- Baton Rouge: Street Fighting in the Louisiana Capital, August 5, 1862
- Batoo
- Batt'l Kha'os
- Battle Above the Clouds
- Battle Cry
- Battle Cry of Freedom
- Battle for Armageddon
- Battle for Basra
- Battle for Hue
- Battle for Kursk: The Tigers Are Burning, 1943
- Battle for Moscow
- Battle for Normandy
- Battle for Olympus
- Battle for Stalingrad
- Battle for Sularia
- Battle Leader Tactics
- Battle Masters
- Battle of Britain
- Battle of Buena Vista
- Battle of LITS
- Battle of the Bulge
- Battle of the Bulge 1944
- Battle of the Bulge: Platoon Level Combat in World War II – A Panzer Grenadier Game
- Battle Over Britain
- Battle Ravens
- Battle Rider
- Battle Scenes
- Battle Spirits
- Battle: The Game of Strategy
- Battleball
- BattleBoard
- BattleBots: Kickbot Arena
- BattleCards
- BattleCON
- Battlefield: Europe
- Battlefields of Olympus
- BattleFleet Mars: Space Combat in the 21st Century
- Battlegame Book 4: World War II
- Battleground World War II
- BattleLore
- Battles of Napoleon: The Eagle and the Lion
- Battles of the American Revolution Tri-pack: Guilford, Saratoga, Brandywine
- Battles of the Ancient World Volume III
- Battles of Westeros
- Battles on the Ice: Defeats of the Livonian Order at Peipus and Karuse
- Battleship: Tactical Capital Ship Combat 1925-1945
- Battlestar Galactica Collectible Card Game
- Battlesuit
- BattleTech TCG
- BattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat
- BattleTroops
- Bear hunter ninja
- Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game
- Beasty Borders
- Beda Fomm
- Beer & Bread
- Before the Earth Explodes
- Behind
- Bei Müllers hat's gebrannt
- Beirut ‘82: Arab Stalingrad
- Beirut chess
- Bélisaire, la gloire de Byzance
- Belisarius: The Byzantine Empire Strikes
- Belisarius's War: The Roman Reconquest of Africa, AD 533-534
- Bellum
- Bellum Gallicum II
- Belote découverte
- Berlin '45: The Nightmare Ends
- Berlin '85: The Enemy at the Gates
- Berlin: Red Victory
- Berolina chess
- Berrymandering
- Berserk
- Berserker
- Berzerk
- Besikovich's game
- Best, Pair and Thirty-One
- Bestiary of Sigillum
- Bettelmann
- Beyblade Trading Card Game
- Beyond Normandy: The British Advance, 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Game
- Beyond Waterloo
- Bharg
- Bhazum
- Big League Baseball
- Big Time Soccer
- Bigfoot
- Birdscaping
- Birkie
- Birth of a Legend: Lee and the Seven Days
- Birth of a Nation
- Bismarck
- Bitskrieg
- Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge
- Bittereinder: The Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
- Bitwy II wojny światowej
- Biyi
- Bizingo
- Black & White
- Black Box
- Black Elephant
- Black Gold (Texas Tea)
- Black Hole
- Black Ice
- Black Path Game
- Black Prince: Crecy & Navarette
- Black Rose Wars: Duel
- Black Wednesday: The Battle of Krasni Bor, 10-11 Feb 1943
- Bladder
- Blades of Steel
- Bleach Trading Card Game
- Bleeding Kansas
- Blind don
- Blindside
- Blitz Bowl
- Blitzkrieg
- Blitzkrieg '41
- Blitzkrieg 1940
- Blitzkrieg 1940: Hannut et Stonne
- Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes
- Block Mania
- Blockade
- Blockbusting
- Blood & Iron
- Blood & Iron: Bismarck's Wars for Empire
- Blood & Roses
- Blood & Sand
- Blood & Steel
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- 3D chess
- 52 pickup
- 7 Wonders Duel
- A sailor went to sea
- Abalone
- Battle Line
- Beggar-my-neighbour
- Bezique
- Blokus Duo
- Bloody knuckles
- Casino
- Catan: Duel
- Cathedral
- Chaturanga
- Chess960
- Chocolate (clapping game)
- Chopsticks
- Codenames: Duet
- Disney Lorcana
- Double solitaire
- Finger wrestling
- Fox and Geese
- Gobblet
- Gomoku
- Hand cricket
- Hearthstone
- Hive
- Hnefatafl
- Jaipur
- Lemonade (clapping game)
- Lost Cities
- Marvel Snap
- Memoir '44
- Mercy
- Miss Lucy had a baby
- Miss Mary Mack
- Miss Susie
- Mr. Jack
- Netrunner
- Nim
- Nine Men's Morris
- Odds and evens
- One Piece Card Game
- Onitama
- Patchwork
- Pinochle
- Red hands
- Rock paper scissors lizard Spock
- Royal Game of Ur
- Russian Bank
- Say Say Oh Playmate
- Schnapsen
- Senet
- Shogi
- Shotgun
- Slide (clapping game)
- Spit
- Splendor Duel
- Star Realms
- The Fox in the Forest
- Twilight Struggle
- Two-handed spades
- Ultimate tic-tac-toe
- Unmatched
- War of the Ring
- Xiangqi
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Arm Wrestling
- Cribbage
- Dots and Boxes
- Gin rummy
- Go
- Guess Who
- Magic: The Gathering
- Mancala
- Mastermind
- Othello
- Patty-cake
- Pokemon Trading Card Game
- Speed
- Stratego
- Thumb war
- War
- Yu-Gi-Oh
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Backgammon
- Battleship
- Checkers
- Chess
- Connect Four
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Tic-tac-toe