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Athena
May 1, 2023
A tight Grip
The invention of in-hand games is probably one of the best things that's ever happened to solo gaming. You can take your game with you...
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Athena
Oct 10, 2021
Deckadence
Let's face it, if you are a PnP game creator and don't have the skills/connections to make it look nice, chances are it won't be easily...
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Athena
May 9, 2021
Dice for breakfast
BreakFast & Furious is Mark Tuck's latest dice allocation PnP. You are playing as the chef of the Hungry Trucker Cafe, preparing a...
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Athena
Mar 4, 2021
Icy terrors
Thanks to hawk-eyed Zerbique, I recently discovered Lonely Cairn: a solitaire PnP game inspired by the Franklin Expedition of 1846, Sir...
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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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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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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
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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Athena
Aug 25, 2020
Lead the Exodus
The second edition of the Dice of the Living Dead PnP was released a few months ago but flew under the radar. I've only seen it mentioned...
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Athena
Aug 20, 2020
The Darkest Hour
Having not read Black Easter/The Day After Judgement by James Blish, the book that inspired Tony Boydell to create Aleph Null, I am...
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Athena
Jul 11, 2020
One card wonders
The 2020 1-Card Game Print and Play Design Contest is up and running on BGG, with many designers submitting solo games. As the contest is...
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JW
Jun 26, 2020
And on his farm he had an alien, e-i-e-i-oh
Blorg in the Midwest is a 9-card hand-management game, in which you are Blorg, who took the family saucer for a joyride and crashed it...
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JW
Jun 22, 2020
The Three Mouseketeers
Forest Guardians by Marta Viader (user Bunyol de Vent on BGG) is off to an impressive start. Winner in the 2020 - 9 Card Game Print and...
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JW
Jun 12, 2020
Enrol 'n' write in Night Class
In the roll & write game Night Class you are an aspiring superhero, trying to protect your neighbourhood. Taking on trigger-happy...
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Athena
Jun 4, 2020
Bountiful dungeons
When Theo Peters, co-designer of Dungeon Bounty, sent us a mail the other day suggesting that we give his game a try, I thought about it...
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Athena
Jun 3, 2020
Wasteland Wednesday - A4 Quest: Inhuman
I did a quick search for post-apocalyptic Print 'n' Play games, and only found one that almost fits what I'm looking for: the latest...
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Athena
Jun 1, 2020
XX72 Series: A Mapping Marathon
Drawing terrain on a hexed grid is an activity I find to be calming, engaging and immersive. I wasn't aware of the appeal of mapping...
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Athena
May 25, 2020
Vegetarian Prince
Have you ever played Barbarian Prince or its PnP derivative, Barbarian Vince? If you have, and have enjoyed this type of overland...
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Athena
May 16, 2020
A 10-minute mystery
Indie Boards & Cards recently made available the PnP files for a demo case of their 1-8 player cooperative game,The Sherlock Files:...
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JW
May 13, 2020
Medium Rogue
Bummer. After a waiting period of over two years, Mini Rogue is not coming to Kickstarter. Of course it has been announced for 9 June -...
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JW
Apr 29, 2020
Unidentified Flying Mother***
There was a strange phenomenon in the sky this week. I saw a blinking light, getting bigger. More lights. Then it dawned on me... Earth...
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Athena
Apr 22, 2020
Bomber Boys
Bomber Boys is a solitaire PnP game by Steven Aramini aka Mr. Sprawlopolis. If you are one of the numerous people who adore his abstract...
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Apr 11, 2020
Deckbuilding in Flanders Fields
Some big battles took place at the Ypres salient during World War One, it's well known for the trenches. These battles are condensed in...
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Athena
Mar 28, 2020
Retirement plans
The hero you get to play in Iron Helm is just a step before retirement. All they need to do is clear one last monster-ridden dungeon to...
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Athena
Mar 24, 2020
Close encounters of the eighties kind
1981: The year yours truly was born, and the year Voyage of the B.S.M Pandora was published inside Ares magazine. What do we have in...
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Mar 16, 2020
Kobayashi Maru
I am one of the happy few that backed Astroforce (as the Kickstarter campaign may be over by the time you read this). We are in for a...
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Athena
Mar 14, 2020
In defense mode
As the coronavirus threat is keeping me inside, not so much in fear of falling victim to the disease but of becoming a potential carrier...
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Athena
Mar 7, 2020
A small empire engine
Micro Space Empire is a very attractive PnP. The sci-fi art (taken from NASA) makes half the game. The other half, that is the gameplay,...
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Athena
Feb 15, 2020
A not so Rusty Throne
The solitaire PnP wargame A Rusty Throne tells a tale of revenge: King Alric is mad. He accused your father of treason and had him...
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Athena
Feb 8, 2020
Chased by the CREATURE
The last micro-game I played was about serving tea. This time, I am the sole survivor inside a Rig station in Europa (the moon of...
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Athena
Feb 5, 2020
Ten minutes of your tea time
Micro-games are not so easy to evaluate, exactly because they are very short. How much 'game' can you pack in a small deck of cards? Not...
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Athena
Jan 18, 2020
A roll 'n' write oldie
Utopia Engine is a roll-and-write game designed years before the current roll-and-write craze (these games were not even called...
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Jan 13, 2020
One tough galaxy
Now that the Kickstarter campaign for One Deck Galaxy has been postponed until 21 January, I suddenly had time to print an play the beta...
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Jan 5, 2020
Stranded at the moonbase
All communication had been lost with a station on a distant moon. You went to investigate, but your ship crashed. The moonbase looks...
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Athena
Dec 6, 2019
Hitting the right spots
A few days ago, our fellow 1PG member Josh Malbon announced that his game Die Hitman would be available for free download from the...
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Athena
Oct 29, 2019
Seven Bridges is back on Kickstarter (Three dudes on a map)
Update: Seven Bridges has just relaunched on Kickstarter where it will be available for 23 days. It has a smaller box this time and thus...
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Athena
Oct 21, 2019
Twilight of the gods (of metal) - (Gods of Metal: The Chosen is live)
Update: Gods of Metal: The Chosen is live on Kickstarter, and the campaign will run for 29 days. The Deluxe pledge offers three...
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Athena
Oct 15, 2019
In space no one can hear you fling (Both Hunted games are live)
Update: Hunted: Mining Colony 415 and Hunted: Kobayashi Tower are now live on Kickstarter. The campaign will run for 22 days, and you...
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Athena
Sep 9, 2019
Vivere Pericolosamente
David Thompson, of Pavlov's House and Castle Itter fame, has a light solitaire wargame out, ready for playtesting (it is going to take...
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JW
Sep 2, 2019
A fresh first look at Mint Cooperative
After the fun game Mint Works and the (for solo players) much less so Mint Delivery, now it's time for the third one in a tin: Mint...
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JW
Aug 29, 2019
100th Pocket Landship
Two years ago when I started playing solo games seriously, I printed out some small PnP games to try out. One of them was Pocket...
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Athena
Aug 21, 2019
COIN in a torn pocket
If you have never played a COIN game (COunter INsurgency, a game system developed by Volko Ruhnke for a series of games published by...
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JW
Aug 10, 2019
Life is simple
I am fond of small games. I admire a design that needs little components. I am thankful for easy rules. One of the best finds for me has...
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JW
Aug 8, 2019
Just need one die but then I die
As Athena resurrected her PnP Buffet to promote this roll & write, of course I had to check it out. One page to print, six dice to roll....
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