Galactic Era SOLO review – a great 4X experience
Today I’m reviewing Galactic Era, a 4X sci-fi board game game of space exploration and domination. It has technology research, exploration, expansion of your civilization, epic space battles, but also brings its own twist to the 4X genre, in particular with an interesting “light vs dark” game mechanic that...
Black Hole Kyrum Review (SOLO Sci-Fi board game) – What a ride!
I recently backed the Black Hole Kyrum Kickstarter for a physical copy of the game, knowing nothing about it, but having read glowing reviews. Black Hole Kyrum is an exclusively SOLO Sci-Fi Board Game, which was originally a free Print and Play. In Black Hole, you play as Jakub,...
10 often Overlooked rules in Final Girl Board Game
Final Girl is a solo horror board game which is very thematic… and a bad dice roll can lead to a very brutal ending for your beloved character. Some people have claimed the game involves too much luck, but in my opinion there is a lot of strategy and...
40 Essential SOLO Board Games
Hey everyone, in this article we’re looking at 40 essential board games for solo gamers. A few rules before we get started: this list contains only games that are available on retail or on the publisher’s site at the time of publishing . You won’t find expensive out-of-print Kickstarter...
Final Girl rule FAQ and clarifications (unofficial)
I love Final Girl and its very thematic horror atmosphere. And, although after a few gameplays I was totally fine with improvising with the rules, early plays in particular have been a bit frustrating for me, as I felt the rules were sometimes a bit too “open to interpretation”....
ROVE Review: an awesome solo card game
The 2022 “People’s Choice” top solo games are out on BGG, and I’ve used the opportunity to snatch a few more board games for my collection (I really shouldn’t!). In particular I’ve bought a bunch of Print and play games from Button Shy, for $1 each (not a typo!)...
2022 Best Solo Board Games: BGG’s People Choice (and some Board Game Ranking videos)
BoardGameGeek’s 2022 “People’s Choice Top 200 Solo Games” list has landed! Those of you who’ve been following this blog might know that I’m big on solo gaming, and this list in particular has been a huge source of inspiration for my board game purchases over the past year. Well,...
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game (PACG – Rise of the Runelords) Solo Review – Cardboard Diablo
Always looking for a good deal, I got my hands on a cheap copy of the “Rise of the Runelords” base set of the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. PACG was one of the top 200 solo board games in BGG’s people vote in 2021, which is how it got...
Race for the Galaxy – Expansion and Brinkmanship Review for solo gamers
Race for the Galaxy is an awesome tableau building game, which happens to have a great solo mode. Unfortunately some of the games expansions had been discontinued and very hard to find. Thankfully, Rio Grande Games have blessed us with a new “all in one” release this year, called...
The elusive “Expansion and Brinkmanship” Race for the Galaxy expansion
Race for the Galaxy is what I consider to be a “modern classic”. A game that’s too old to be considered “recent”, but too good to pretend better things have replaced it. I’ve played the game exclusively solo (see my review here) and I love it. There are limitations...