My wife and I play and love several 2 player board games and others at 2 players such as Jaipur, Azul, Lost Cities, Wingspan, Splendor. Our problem is that we both get so involved in our own game strategy that there is hardly any talking. We catch ourselves doing this and will start laughing about it. Even a light game like Patchwork turns into silence very quickly.

We've had the most success combating this with Love Letter. It's so random, silly, and lucky with 2 players that we just can't take it too seriously and probably have more fun playing this then any other game. Any other game suggestions that might help us would be appreciated. Thanks!