The Monkey 🐒

Rolling dice with depression.

I've only played one game solo in April. And that one just once. No solo plays in March. February was better, but mainly because I did a...

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For this year's Creative 12x12 Challenge we have to celebrate a holiday each month by playing a game. Turns out today is Backwards Day,...

I love a good challenge. But most of the time I don't have the discipline to complete them. I enjoy making plans so much more than acting...

Best music of 2023.

As most of you know, my brain doesn’t always work as intended. 2023 was another year where I struggled with depression and that made it...

So, crowdfunding became an expensive hobby. Shipping, VAT and customs push most campaigns out of my reach. I take my chances of games...

My favourite game Talisman is 40 years old today. I have never played that first edition, but I did play it from the 2nd edition onwards....

Deck-building and dice rolling, a match made in heaven. G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game was tailor-made for me, except for the theme - I had...

It's a school holiday over here in The Netherlands, so we went on our annual trip to a cabin in the woods. The weather seems bad enough...

I'm on vacation (in my own house), and starting to relax. Everything is sunny and fine. 🌞 So what better time than now to look ahead. My...

The best (gaming) month of the year is here again: Dicember! Dicember is a yearly challenge on BoardGameGeek, organized by user...

Yeah. Another year we’re not going. But if I was, these are some of the games I’d check out at Essen Spiel 2022. I am not someone who...

This summer I’m hosting an alphabet challenge in the Dutch and Belgian solo board gamers Facebook group. Good fun. Though I’m not...

Where was I. Like I said in A Game a Day, this year's theme is: "Play More Of My Owned Games and Play My Owned Games More". So, did I in...

Well, to tell you the truth you don't have to do anything at all to keep the doctor away. They're always awfully busy and it's been...

Everybody had a hard year Everybody had a good time Oh yeah Oh yeah Well, I don't know about you of course, but I sure had. 2021 was a...

I like to play games that are new to me. I am not a chess player who gets his kick out of improving himself at a game. I absolutely suck...

In October JW joined a challenge to play a different solo game every day. He also aimed to get ten games off the shelf of shame that...

On the occasion of the 2021 People's Choice Top 200 Solo Games, we share some favourite games with you as well. Today JW puts the...

Yes, I'm still playing a different solo game every day for Solotober 2021. It's just been hard to find the time to report. So without...

Welcome to the first full report. To recapture: during Solotober 2021 my goals are: Play a different solo game every day Play at least 10...

At the beginning of this year, I proudly declared: "2021. No goals. No challenges." But I can't help myself, I've just joined the third...

A-haaah. This week Cadet Stimpy inquired: Where is JW in the Best Uwe Game Thread on BGG? This "best thread" turned out to be a request...

Heroes. My 10-year-old daughter has to prepare a presentation for History class in school about a hero whose actions had a dark side as...

Once upon a long, long time ago the 1 Player Guild was formed on Board Game Geek. Originally a place to hang out for fans of the 1 Player...

I almost said to myself: "Well done!" As I only backed one big game and one small game on Kickstarter these last three months. But then...

How time flies. Six months left in 2021, and I'm still not broke. I need to try harder. Inspired by Athena's radar post, I'll see what...

I firmly believe in retail therapy. It may be "alternative medicine", as my health insurance doesn't cover it, but it works absolutely...

The theme of Solitaire Games On Your Table - May 2021 (1 Player Guild, Board Game Geek) was Challenge Yourself! And I did. It was...

When I was young, my mother and I had a ritual. When I got home from school, she would have tea ready, and we'd play a game. One of the...

Terraforming Mars is in my top-3 solo games at the moment. I'm also closing in on 100 plays, which is not the same, as I play some...

After Zerbique posted what the Bat backed so far this year, I got a call from our boss inquiring what kept me from posting my own...

When playing Marvel Champions, I can't help humming to the songs in my head. Not necessarily songs about Marvel comics characters, like...

You know the type. They never throw anything away. "It may come in handy one day!" "But it is pretty!" "Of course there's still room in...

Every year solo gamers are asked to send in their twenty all time favourite games, so a Top-200 can be compiled. You'll find my selection...

I used to be a big music fan. I spent all my money on albums, later CDs, and on live shows. I used to love reading. I read two or three...

A lot of people don't like the "Beat Your Own Score" type of games. For all the wrong reasons. I started writing this post two weeks...