Planet Unknown
the one remains in my top ten! breezy but satisfying numbers-go-up polyomino optimization game
I think the rover element is what really differentiates it<3
I did _horrible_ with my goals this time. whiffed all of them 😅 timing of the bad events was brutal
#SoloYear #boardgames 32/
the one remains in my top ten! breezy but satisfying numbers-go-up polyomino optimization game
I think the rover element is what really differentiates it<3
I did _horrible_ with my goals this time. whiffed all of them 😅 timing of the bad events was brutal
#SoloYear #boardgames 32/
February 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Planet Unknown
the one remains in my top ten! breezy but satisfying numbers-go-up polyomino optimization game
I think the rover element is what really differentiates it<3
I did _horrible_ with my goals this time. whiffed all of them 😅 timing of the bad events was brutal
#SoloYear #boardgames 32/
the one remains in my top ten! breezy but satisfying numbers-go-up polyomino optimization game
I think the rover element is what really differentiates it<3
I did _horrible_ with my goals this time. whiffed all of them 😅 timing of the bad events was brutal
#SoloYear #boardgames 32/
Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City
finally arrived! new edition of TC with rubberized cars and rubber road tips make things really stable!
the solo mode is surprisingly effective? play 4 colors, colors are assigned direction limitations such as "road must go north"
+ Rainbow!
#SoloYear #boardgames 32/
finally arrived! new edition of TC with rubberized cars and rubber road tips make things really stable!
the solo mode is surprisingly effective? play 4 colors, colors are assigned direction limitations such as "road must go north"
+ Rainbow!
#SoloYear #boardgames 32/
February 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City
finally arrived! new edition of TC with rubberized cars and rubber road tips make things really stable!
the solo mode is surprisingly effective? play 4 colors, colors are assigned direction limitations such as "road must go north"
+ Rainbow!
#SoloYear #boardgames 32/
finally arrived! new edition of TC with rubberized cars and rubber road tips make things really stable!
the solo mode is surprisingly effective? play 4 colors, colors are assigned direction limitations such as "road must go north"
+ Rainbow!
#SoloYear #boardgames 32/
Skoventyr
another whim pickup. cute light coop with scandi foklore! and great art!
badgers as protagonists? hell yeah
feels very Oniverse: Nautilion with the ring chase & Sylvion w/ forest health
cardplay has tough tradeoffs and great risk pulls. I lost badly : p
#SoloYear #boardgames 31/
another whim pickup. cute light coop with scandi foklore! and great art!
badgers as protagonists? hell yeah
feels very Oniverse: Nautilion with the ring chase & Sylvion w/ forest health
cardplay has tough tradeoffs and great risk pulls. I lost badly : p
#SoloYear #boardgames 31/
February 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Skoventyr
another whim pickup. cute light coop with scandi foklore! and great art!
badgers as protagonists? hell yeah
feels very Oniverse: Nautilion with the ring chase & Sylvion w/ forest health
cardplay has tough tradeoffs and great risk pulls. I lost badly : p
#SoloYear #boardgames 31/
another whim pickup. cute light coop with scandi foklore! and great art!
badgers as protagonists? hell yeah
feels very Oniverse: Nautilion with the ring chase & Sylvion w/ forest health
cardplay has tough tradeoffs and great risk pulls. I lost badly : p
#SoloYear #boardgames 31/
Cthulhu: Death May Die
my first crawler of the year. got a steal on the recent KS
super clean compared to other crawlers
the stronger-as-you-get-closer-to-loss player arc is exhilarating. <90 minutes to go from "this looks impossible" to "I am a god". last minute win >:D
#SoloYear #boargames 30/
my first crawler of the year. got a steal on the recent KS
super clean compared to other crawlers
the stronger-as-you-get-closer-to-loss player arc is exhilarating. <90 minutes to go from "this looks impossible" to "I am a god". last minute win >:D
#SoloYear #boargames 30/
February 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Cthulhu: Death May Die
my first crawler of the year. got a steal on the recent KS
super clean compared to other crawlers
the stronger-as-you-get-closer-to-loss player arc is exhilarating. <90 minutes to go from "this looks impossible" to "I am a god". last minute win >:D
#SoloYear #boargames 30/
my first crawler of the year. got a steal on the recent KS
super clean compared to other crawlers
the stronger-as-you-get-closer-to-loss player arc is exhilarating. <90 minutes to go from "this looks impossible" to "I am a god". last minute win >:D
#SoloYear #boargames 30/
Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs
Truly impressive how they crunched the core GH experience into an iiitty bitty living space. I do with the full rules were printed tho 😒
I appreciate the GH system (I mostly finished JotL) but I get too loss-averse to fully enjoy it.
#SoloYear #boardgames 29/
Truly impressive how they crunched the core GH experience into an iiitty bitty living space. I do with the full rules were printed tho 😒
I appreciate the GH system (I mostly finished JotL) but I get too loss-averse to fully enjoy it.
#SoloYear #boardgames 29/
February 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs
Truly impressive how they crunched the core GH experience into an iiitty bitty living space. I do with the full rules were printed tho 😒
I appreciate the GH system (I mostly finished JotL) but I get too loss-averse to fully enjoy it.
#SoloYear #boardgames 29/
Truly impressive how they crunched the core GH experience into an iiitty bitty living space. I do with the full rules were printed tho 😒
I appreciate the GH system (I mostly finished JotL) but I get too loss-averse to fully enjoy it.
#SoloYear #boardgames 29/
nakedly apparent, but I lost my daily #SoloYear streak towards the end of Jan. add me to the study on new year's resolutions 🙃
had a rough personal start to feb but gaming again and I _think_ I can keep up to the 365 cadence by the end of march ; D
I'm even saving my roll-and-writes for later :p
had a rough personal start to feb but gaming again and I _think_ I can keep up to the 365 cadence by the end of march ; D
I'm even saving my roll-and-writes for later :p
February 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
nakedly apparent, but I lost my daily #SoloYear streak towards the end of Jan. add me to the study on new year's resolutions 🙃
had a rough personal start to feb but gaming again and I _think_ I can keep up to the 365 cadence by the end of march ; D
I'm even saving my roll-and-writes for later :p
had a rough personal start to feb but gaming again and I _think_ I can keep up to the 365 cadence by the end of march ; D
I'm even saving my roll-and-writes for later :p
Ginkopolis
this is I think my favorite game and I don't know how it took me so long to try the solo!
she's a bit _too_ easy to dodge since you choose which of your 4 cards to give and can usually dump an ineffective urbanization
I trounced, but will try again w/ hard
#SoloYear #BoardGames 28/
this is I think my favorite game and I don't know how it took me so long to try the solo!
she's a bit _too_ easy to dodge since you choose which of your 4 cards to give and can usually dump an ineffective urbanization
I trounced, but will try again w/ hard
#SoloYear #BoardGames 28/
February 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Ginkopolis
this is I think my favorite game and I don't know how it took me so long to try the solo!
she's a bit _too_ easy to dodge since you choose which of your 4 cards to give and can usually dump an ineffective urbanization
I trounced, but will try again w/ hard
#SoloYear #BoardGames 28/
this is I think my favorite game and I don't know how it took me so long to try the solo!
she's a bit _too_ easy to dodge since you choose which of your 4 cards to give and can usually dump an ineffective urbanization
I trounced, but will try again w/ hard
#SoloYear #BoardGames 28/
Solutions
1st play and I was surprised to see this was a kind of coop Timeline but with climate impact mitigation projects (try to place in order of efficacy)
it's cute! best game I've seen yet for an educational setting! solo definitely lacked the intended discussion
#SoloYear #boardgames 27/
1st play and I was surprised to see this was a kind of coop Timeline but with climate impact mitigation projects (try to place in order of efficacy)
it's cute! best game I've seen yet for an educational setting! solo definitely lacked the intended discussion
#SoloYear #boardgames 27/
February 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Solutions
1st play and I was surprised to see this was a kind of coop Timeline but with climate impact mitigation projects (try to place in order of efficacy)
it's cute! best game I've seen yet for an educational setting! solo definitely lacked the intended discussion
#SoloYear #boardgames 27/
1st play and I was surprised to see this was a kind of coop Timeline but with climate impact mitigation projects (try to place in order of efficacy)
it's cute! best game I've seen yet for an educational setting! solo definitely lacked the intended discussion
#SoloYear #boardgames 27/
Samurai Spirit
fun lil base defense coop!
cardplay is mitigigable blackjack. you want enemies that _just_ meet your threshold, but you can/need to sideline some
the variable powers are a good mix, and I'm a sucker for "losing? get more powerful" w/ the animal form bit
#boardgames #SoloYear 26/
fun lil base defense coop!
cardplay is mitigigable blackjack. you want enemies that _just_ meet your threshold, but you can/need to sideline some
the variable powers are a good mix, and I'm a sucker for "losing? get more powerful" w/ the animal form bit
#boardgames #SoloYear 26/
February 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Samurai Spirit
fun lil base defense coop!
cardplay is mitigigable blackjack. you want enemies that _just_ meet your threshold, but you can/need to sideline some
the variable powers are a good mix, and I'm a sucker for "losing? get more powerful" w/ the animal form bit
#boardgames #SoloYear 26/
fun lil base defense coop!
cardplay is mitigigable blackjack. you want enemies that _just_ meet your threshold, but you can/need to sideline some
the variable powers are a good mix, and I'm a sucker for "losing? get more powerful" w/ the animal form bit
#boardgames #SoloYear 26/
Sol @prismofeverything.bsky.social
orbital concepts are so seductive but sol is the only one that's has earned it for me
solo is cute! I was surprised it existed. exceeded expectations
multiplayer, this game is 💯 doppler effect applied to infra investment
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologaming 25/
orbital concepts are so seductive but sol is the only one that's has earned it for me
solo is cute! I was surprised it existed. exceeded expectations
multiplayer, this game is 💯 doppler effect applied to infra investment
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologaming 25/
February 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Sol @prismofeverything.bsky.social
orbital concepts are so seductive but sol is the only one that's has earned it for me
solo is cute! I was surprised it existed. exceeded expectations
multiplayer, this game is 💯 doppler effect applied to infra investment
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologaming 25/
orbital concepts are so seductive but sol is the only one that's has earned it for me
solo is cute! I was surprised it existed. exceeded expectations
multiplayer, this game is 💯 doppler effect applied to infra investment
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologaming 25/
White Castle
love how much this crunches into "9 actions"
very combo-y but fun and just short of annoying
bot can be swingy with how often it doubles actions, but it was very polite this play. lost by one!!!
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologaming 24/
love how much this crunches into "9 actions"
very combo-y but fun and just short of annoying
bot can be swingy with how often it doubles actions, but it was very polite this play. lost by one!!!
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologaming 24/
February 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
White Castle
love how much this crunches into "9 actions"
very combo-y but fun and just short of annoying
bot can be swingy with how often it doubles actions, but it was very polite this play. lost by one!!!
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologaming 24/
love how much this crunches into "9 actions"
very combo-y but fun and just short of annoying
bot can be swingy with how often it doubles actions, but it was very polite this play. lost by one!!!
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologaming 24/
Shinkansen: Zero-Kei
reading rules, I thought this would be _too_ much of a plate/pancake/glaive spinning type of game but it blends much better than I thought
I got lucky w/ draw but it's _brutal_ to have bot lock out carriage swap right out. that's kind of the game?
#SoloYear #boardgames 23/
reading rules, I thought this would be _too_ much of a plate/pancake/glaive spinning type of game but it blends much better than I thought
I got lucky w/ draw but it's _brutal_ to have bot lock out carriage swap right out. that's kind of the game?
#SoloYear #boardgames 23/
January 31, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Shinkansen: Zero-Kei
reading rules, I thought this would be _too_ much of a plate/pancake/glaive spinning type of game but it blends much better than I thought
I got lucky w/ draw but it's _brutal_ to have bot lock out carriage swap right out. that's kind of the game?
#SoloYear #boardgames 23/
reading rules, I thought this would be _too_ much of a plate/pancake/glaive spinning type of game but it blends much better than I thought
I got lucky w/ draw but it's _brutal_ to have bot lock out carriage swap right out. that's kind of the game?
#SoloYear #boardgames 23/
Flatiron
tight 1-2p tableau-building worker placement to build a shared building
I _really_ dig the knife-fight from the different color pillar requirement, especially since the color point values are asymmetric
also, what a visual!
#SoloYear #soloboardgames #boardgames 22/
tight 1-2p tableau-building worker placement to build a shared building
I _really_ dig the knife-fight from the different color pillar requirement, especially since the color point values are asymmetric
also, what a visual!
#SoloYear #soloboardgames #boardgames 22/
January 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Flatiron
tight 1-2p tableau-building worker placement to build a shared building
I _really_ dig the knife-fight from the different color pillar requirement, especially since the color point values are asymmetric
also, what a visual!
#SoloYear #soloboardgames #boardgames 22/
tight 1-2p tableau-building worker placement to build a shared building
I _really_ dig the knife-fight from the different color pillar requirement, especially since the color point values are asymmetric
also, what a visual!
#SoloYear #soloboardgames #boardgames 22/
Twilight Struggle: Red Sea
lean version of twilight struggle which does the original great justice! very funny to play only two hands, but it surprisingly works
the first time I played, the bot stuck in a loop that I couldn't help but cheese. good challenge this time!
#SoloYear #boardgames 21/
lean version of twilight struggle which does the original great justice! very funny to play only two hands, but it surprisingly works
the first time I played, the bot stuck in a loop that I couldn't help but cheese. good challenge this time!
#SoloYear #boardgames 21/
January 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Twilight Struggle: Red Sea
lean version of twilight struggle which does the original great justice! very funny to play only two hands, but it surprisingly works
the first time I played, the bot stuck in a loop that I couldn't help but cheese. good challenge this time!
#SoloYear #boardgames 21/
lean version of twilight struggle which does the original great justice! very funny to play only two hands, but it surprisingly works
the first time I played, the bot stuck in a loop that I couldn't help but cheese. good challenge this time!
#SoloYear #boardgames 21/
Dual Powers
light area-influence Russia 1917, first time
the MP game is mostly about the secret objective "headline" card choice but solo gives you a face-down one and are forced to spend a precious action to inspect. bot getting will of people automatically is punishing
#SoloYear #boardgames 20/
light area-influence Russia 1917, first time
the MP game is mostly about the secret objective "headline" card choice but solo gives you a face-down one and are forced to spend a precious action to inspect. bot getting will of people automatically is punishing
#SoloYear #boardgames 20/
January 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Dual Powers
light area-influence Russia 1917, first time
the MP game is mostly about the secret objective "headline" card choice but solo gives you a face-down one and are forced to spend a precious action to inspect. bot getting will of people automatically is punishing
#SoloYear #boardgames 20/
light area-influence Russia 1917, first time
the MP game is mostly about the secret objective "headline" card choice but solo gives you a face-down one and are forced to spend a precious action to inspect. bot getting will of people automatically is punishing
#SoloYear #boardgames 20/
The Wars of Marcus Aurelius from @rdeleskie.bsky.social & HS
haven't played in a minute! had some nasty rolls (shh about the empty Quadi), but this one's really fun. I like the dig-your-own-grave temptation of unlimited cardplay while your draw dwindles
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologames 19/
haven't played in a minute! had some nasty rolls (shh about the empty Quadi), but this one's really fun. I like the dig-your-own-grave temptation of unlimited cardplay while your draw dwindles
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologames 19/
January 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Wars of Marcus Aurelius from @rdeleskie.bsky.social & HS
haven't played in a minute! had some nasty rolls (shh about the empty Quadi), but this one's really fun. I like the dig-your-own-grave temptation of unlimited cardplay while your draw dwindles
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologames 19/
haven't played in a minute! had some nasty rolls (shh about the empty Quadi), but this one's really fun. I like the dig-your-own-grave temptation of unlimited cardplay while your draw dwindles
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologames 19/
Irish Freedom
great topic! only played once before when it came out. both times I think tooooo swingy out of the gate for me. need to try again soon to try to make it to the second half of the game ; D
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologames 18/ (ugh, bad photo, sorry)
great topic! only played once before when it came out. both times I think tooooo swingy out of the gate for me. need to try again soon to try to make it to the second half of the game ; D
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologames 18/ (ugh, bad photo, sorry)
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Irish Freedom
great topic! only played once before when it came out. both times I think tooooo swingy out of the gate for me. need to try again soon to try to make it to the second half of the game ; D
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologames 18/ (ugh, bad photo, sorry)
great topic! only played once before when it came out. both times I think tooooo swingy out of the gate for me. need to try again soon to try to make it to the second half of the game ; D
#SoloYear #boardgames #sologames 18/ (ugh, bad photo, sorry)
DerrocAr
sick theme, knife fight for pres succession in Argentina 2000-ish. it's Pax Munchkin? That's mean. but set collection gotcha is core. the political aspects make it _very_ interesting
novel solo what's procedure flowchat uses and plays _your_ hand. fine solo?
#SoloYear #boardgames 17/
sick theme, knife fight for pres succession in Argentina 2000-ish. it's Pax Munchkin? That's mean. but set collection gotcha is core. the political aspects make it _very_ interesting
novel solo what's procedure flowchat uses and plays _your_ hand. fine solo?
#SoloYear #boardgames 17/
January 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
DerrocAr
sick theme, knife fight for pres succession in Argentina 2000-ish. it's Pax Munchkin? That's mean. but set collection gotcha is core. the political aspects make it _very_ interesting
novel solo what's procedure flowchat uses and plays _your_ hand. fine solo?
#SoloYear #boardgames 17/
sick theme, knife fight for pres succession in Argentina 2000-ish. it's Pax Munchkin? That's mean. but set collection gotcha is core. the political aspects make it _very_ interesting
novel solo what's procedure flowchat uses and plays _your_ hand. fine solo?
#SoloYear #boardgames 17/
Jump Ship!
cheat game because I spend the whole pm reading Cardboard Ghosts and couldn't be bothered to learn something
picked this up as a prospective game with kid. idk? can't see any cyoa being worse than this. lacks narrative viv, idk what else to say
#SoloYear #boardgames 16/
cheat game because I spend the whole pm reading Cardboard Ghosts and couldn't be bothered to learn something
picked this up as a prospective game with kid. idk? can't see any cyoa being worse than this. lacks narrative viv, idk what else to say
#SoloYear #boardgames 16/
January 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Jump Ship!
cheat game because I spend the whole pm reading Cardboard Ghosts and couldn't be bothered to learn something
picked this up as a prospective game with kid. idk? can't see any cyoa being worse than this. lacks narrative viv, idk what else to say
#SoloYear #boardgames 16/
cheat game because I spend the whole pm reading Cardboard Ghosts and couldn't be bothered to learn something
picked this up as a prospective game with kid. idk? can't see any cyoa being worse than this. lacks narrative viv, idk what else to say
#SoloYear #boardgames 16/
oh hell, I've got a lot of posts to catch up on.
I broke my one-a-day-streak but I'm well ahead of cadence for one _per_ day, #SoloYear posts incoming!
ps: america's bad right now, you shouldn't do it like we done it
I broke my one-a-day-streak but I'm well ahead of cadence for one _per_ day, #SoloYear posts incoming!
ps: america's bad right now, you shouldn't do it like we done it
January 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
oh hell, I've got a lot of posts to catch up on.
I broke my one-a-day-streak but I'm well ahead of cadence for one _per_ day, #SoloYear posts incoming!
ps: america's bad right now, you shouldn't do it like we done it
I broke my one-a-day-streak but I'm well ahead of cadence for one _per_ day, #SoloYear posts incoming!
ps: america's bad right now, you shouldn't do it like we done it
Pocket Master Builder
hits _right_ at the limit of too spatial for me. the bot is a little hard to preempt. super mean flipping/denying in a great way >: D
lots to juggle and it makes me _more_ reticent to take on Rome
#SoloYear #boardgames 15/
hits _right_ at the limit of too spatial for me. the bot is a little hard to preempt. super mean flipping/denying in a great way >: D
lots to juggle and it makes me _more_ reticent to take on Rome
#SoloYear #boardgames 15/
January 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Pocket Master Builder
hits _right_ at the limit of too spatial for me. the bot is a little hard to preempt. super mean flipping/denying in a great way >: D
lots to juggle and it makes me _more_ reticent to take on Rome
#SoloYear #boardgames 15/
hits _right_ at the limit of too spatial for me. the bot is a little hard to preempt. super mean flipping/denying in a great way >: D
lots to juggle and it makes me _more_ reticent to take on Rome
#SoloYear #boardgames 15/
The Red Cathedral
still great! I love the cadence of using delivery or claim turns to stall for when the dice are where you want but the storage space/coin game is tight.
I realized bot cards should NOT be randomized as written, flop gave me way too much head start, trounced it
#SoloYear 14/
still great! I love the cadence of using delivery or claim turns to stall for when the dice are where you want but the storage space/coin game is tight.
I realized bot cards should NOT be randomized as written, flop gave me way too much head start, trounced it
#SoloYear 14/
January 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The Red Cathedral
still great! I love the cadence of using delivery or claim turns to stall for when the dice are where you want but the storage space/coin game is tight.
I realized bot cards should NOT be randomized as written, flop gave me way too much head start, trounced it
#SoloYear 14/
still great! I love the cadence of using delivery or claim turns to stall for when the dice are where you want but the storage space/coin game is tight.
I realized bot cards should NOT be randomized as written, flop gave me way too much head start, trounced it
#SoloYear 14/
Peak Oil: Profiteer
WOAH what a surprise
it's got the King is Dead / Pax Penning kind of using your tenuously favored non-player suits for gain at the expense of their future efficacy (increased cost in this case) but wrapped in a lil euro econ
solo was eh, but wanna play MP _SOON_
#SoloYear 13/
WOAH what a surprise
it's got the King is Dead / Pax Penning kind of using your tenuously favored non-player suits for gain at the expense of their future efficacy (increased cost in this case) but wrapped in a lil euro econ
solo was eh, but wanna play MP _SOON_
#SoloYear 13/
January 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Peak Oil: Profiteer
WOAH what a surprise
it's got the King is Dead / Pax Penning kind of using your tenuously favored non-player suits for gain at the expense of their future efficacy (increased cost in this case) but wrapped in a lil euro econ
solo was eh, but wanna play MP _SOON_
#SoloYear 13/
WOAH what a surprise
it's got the King is Dead / Pax Penning kind of using your tenuously favored non-player suits for gain at the expense of their future efficacy (increased cost in this case) but wrapped in a lil euro econ
solo was eh, but wanna play MP _SOON_
#SoloYear 13/
La Granja
wanted to try this since I fell in love with Cooper's Island! (also by ode.)
I love some pfister/chudyk multi-use cards but I didn't feel like there were enough card-play actions in the game that I was feeling good tension there. And I was fine with any die draft result?
#SoloYear 12/
wanted to try this since I fell in love with Cooper's Island! (also by ode.)
I love some pfister/chudyk multi-use cards but I didn't feel like there were enough card-play actions in the game that I was feeling good tension there. And I was fine with any die draft result?
#SoloYear 12/
January 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
La Granja
wanted to try this since I fell in love with Cooper's Island! (also by ode.)
I love some pfister/chudyk multi-use cards but I didn't feel like there were enough card-play actions in the game that I was feeling good tension there. And I was fine with any die draft result?
#SoloYear 12/
wanted to try this since I fell in love with Cooper's Island! (also by ode.)
I love some pfister/chudyk multi-use cards but I didn't feel like there were enough card-play actions in the game that I was feeling good tension there. And I was fine with any die draft result?
#SoloYear 12/