7 Wonders Duel is specifically a 2-player version of 7 Wonders, and it's very well done. Familiar enough to anyone who has played the original while being entirely unique mechanically. I really enjoy it.
Also, you mentioned it, but the Asia expansion for Wingspan is great as a standalone 2-player game.
A few more that often hit the table with just the two of us:
One Deck Dungeon - you work together to fight the monster on each card using your dice. You have to plan the move together so that you will win. It's a lot of fun.
Blue Moon. We have the Legends version with a million or so cards. It's definitely a competitive one. You build a deck, increasing your firepower (hopefully) as you go, and battle your opponent's deck each turn.
It took us a while to figure it out but man is it fun to play once you get the mechanics of it. Even teenage boys who had been rolling their eyes at the game for weeks tried it one day out of boredom and became obsessed as soon as they figured out how to start backstabbing each other.
Shogi. It's competitive, but it has an excellent handicapping system. So it can be fun for two people at any skill level
Our favourite: Arkham Horror LCG, Hero realms, Lord of the rings Journey in the Middle Earth, seven Wonders duel. We are currently playing Earthborne rangers. I also often propose war of the rings/twilight struggle/ other war games but they are tougher to sell :-)
Thank you!! We really like seven wonders so we're definitely looking into getting the duel version
I hope you will enjoy it :-)
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