The Isaludo Series - The Sandwich Guy
Recently, 1 Player Guild member Wil Su posted a free PDF with games he has designed himself called Isaludo (Ten modern solo games using a...
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Athena
Feb 8, 2021
The Isaludo Series - Loot the Loop
If you've been following us for a while, you know that I love card games. Even those that are played with a standard poker deck, as they...
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Athena
Jan 18, 2021
Deck building 101
If you have a standard deck of 54 cards and enjoy deck building games, you may want to try Card Capture: a set of very simple rules that...
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JW
Jan 11, 2021
Don't Fear the Reaper
The Reaper is the expansion to buy if you want to play Talisman more often than, er, once. It adds as many adventure and spell cards as...
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Athena
Jan 4, 2021
Feed me Underwater Cities Kelp
I recently expressed my disappointment regarding the component quality and aesthetics of Underwater Cities. However, I have been playing...
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Athena
Jan 2, 2021
A deck of curiosities
It is impossible to play the solitaire PnP card game The Brambles, and not marvel at the artwork John Burton chose for it. I therefore...
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JW
Jan 2, 2021
Travels of a Toad
My favourite game is Talisman. I've played the second edition when you all weren't even born yet, I own some boxes of the third edition...
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JW
Dec 19, 2020
Aliens: Butthurt
The latest game in my collection is Aliens: Bug Hunt. You play as characters from the Aliens film, trying to complete missions, while...
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Athena
Dec 17, 2020
Death in black and yellow
Back in May, Ludonova made available the PnP files for Arkham Noir: Collector Case #2 -The King in Yellow to offer people some lockdown...
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JW
Dec 16, 2020
Dice Dice Baby
The year on Boardgamegeek ends traditionally with the fun Dicember challenge. Everybody plays 15 (or 31) dice games - together, solo,...
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Athena
Nov 22, 2020
A game of cat and Nazi mouse
Today was a good day to assassinate Hitler. The two Wehrmacht conspirators had gathered weapons, signatures and top secret files, and...
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Athena
Nov 18, 2020
Trophy hunter
Whitetail Wilderness: Woodland Pursuit is the fruit of labour of Kevin Shaud, who you may recognize from the 1 Player Guild on BGG and...
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Athena
Nov 1, 2020
National Geographic in outer space
Chances are most solo gamers are not aware of Far Away. I wasn't either until recently, when a fellow 1PGer mentioned it as part of his...
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Athena
Oct 20, 2020
Townsfolk Tussle is live (Trying out the Townsfolk Tussle demo on TTS)
Update: Townsfolk Tussle has launched on Kickstarter and the campaign will run for 29 days. You may pledge for a copy of the game or...
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Athena
Oct 18, 2020
The Abyss of the Psyche
I first saw images of Waclaw Traier's solitaire PnP game Metempsychosis: Abyss of Horrors on Facebook, and was immediately drawn to their...
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JW
Oct 17, 2020
One Hundredth Deck Dungeon
Coloured dice are like candy. They trigger the happy part of my brain. One Deck Dungeon has those dice and it uses them so well. Every...
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Athena
Sep 30, 2020
Can misery be fun?
The first time JW offered to lend me his copy of This War of Mine, I politely declined. The game is notorious for being a heavy, gloomy...
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Athena
Sep 14, 2020
Judgement and Wheel of Fortune
Even though I don't use the Tarot deck for divination (what would be the point? I would draw The Fool every time), I like the...
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JW
Sep 12, 2020
A Cruel Fate
"What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate." Donald J. Trump, Twitter I'm a loser. A...
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Athena
Sep 4, 2020
Getting through the Gate
Jason Glover is a very talented man. Not only does he constantly design and expand games, he is also a master illustrator: his creations...
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