PnP Picks

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...

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...

BreakFast & Furious is Mark Tuck's latest dice allocation PnP. You are playing as the chef of the Hungry Trucker Cafe, preparing a...

Thanks to hawk-eyed Zerbique, I recently discovered Lonely Cairn: a solitaire PnP game inspired by the Franklin Expedition of 1846, Sir...

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...

Back in May, Ludonova made available the PnP files for Arkham Noir: Collector Case #2 -The King in Yellow to offer people some lockdown...

Whitetail Wilderness: Woodland Pursuit is the fruit of labour of Kevin Shaud, who you may recognize from the 1 Player Guild on BGG and...

I first saw images of Waclaw Traier's solitaire PnP game Metempsychosis: Abyss of Horrors on Facebook, and was immediately drawn to their...

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...

Having not read Black Easter/The Day After Judgement by James Blish, the book that inspired Tony Boydell to create Aleph Null, I am...

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...

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...

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...

In the roll & write game Night Class you are an aspiring superhero, trying to protect your neighbourhood. Taking on trigger-happy...

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...

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...

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...

Have you ever played Barbarian Prince or its PnP derivative, Barbarian Vince? If you have, and have enjoyed this type of overland...

Indie Boards & Cards recently made available the PnP files for a demo case of their 1-8 player cooperative game,The Sherlock Files:...

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 -...

You and a fellow Viking Earl have been trapped inside a chambered tomb in an attempt to protect yourselves from a raging storm. Since you...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Utopia Engine is a roll-and-write game designed years before the current roll-and-write craze (these games were not even called...

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...

All communication had been lost with a station on a distant moon. You went to investigate, but your ship crashed. The moonbase looks...

A few days ago, our fellow 1PG member Josh Malbon announced that his game Die Hitman would be available for free download from the...

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...

Update: Gods of Metal: The Chosen is live on Kickstarter, and the campaign will run for 29 days. The Deluxe pledge offers three...

Update: Hunted: Mining Colony 415 and Hunted: Kobayashi Tower are now live on Kickstarter. The campaign will run for 22 days, and you...

David Thompson, of Pavlov's House and Castle Itter fame, has a light solitaire wargame out, ready for playtesting (it is going to take...

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...

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...

If you have never played a COIN game (COunter INsurgency, a game system developed by Volko Ruhnke for a series of games published by...

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...

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....