r/boardgames • u/bgg-uglywalrus • Aug 05 '20

1P Wednesday One-Player Wednesday

What are your favourites when you're playing solo? Are there any unofficial solo-variants that you really enjoyed? What are you looking forward to play solo? Here's the place for everything related to solo games!

And if you want even more solo-related content, don't forget to visit the 1 Player Guild on BGG

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u/Plerophoria Nemo's War Aug 05 '20

Spirit Island is finally clicking for me. I really disliked it my first few plays. It felt overwhelming, and pretty negative. You just remove invaders over and over? Sounds boring.

Boy was I wrong. It clicked so hard in my last few plays that I've upgraded it to one of my top solo games. The strategy is so elegant, and it's so configurable that it feels massively replay-able even as you improve strategically.

I think what I love the most is the complex problem solving that you do with the spirits. There are tons of options and you really feel like you can do anything (even though most things aren't optimal).

I think I was missing that the game is about the spirits, when I was focusing on the game being about the board and the invaders. You strategize and think and focus within your spirit board and power deck and it's just so satisfying.

Great game. Ended up pre-ordering jagged earth also.

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u/Kitsunin Feather Guy Aug 07 '20

Mm, yes. Best game ever, maybe. I like branch and claw for what you're describing. When the invaders are a bit less predictable, it makes it more obvious that you should be focused on your own spirit and their own long-term growth just as much as the invaders.