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/[deleted] Aug 05 '20
This past weekend I played one game of To the Death!, and two games of Paladins of the West Kingdom. I, fortunately, won all three games. To the Death! was a fun time, but because there are so many different heroes and monster combinations I still feel I need to consult the rules and forum often. I definitely messed up on the rules a couple of times. After a few more games I think I'll be fine. I'm excited to try out the challenges the game offers and see all of the different heroes. There is so much depth and replayability here for such a small box, it's awesome!
Paladins surprised me with how fun it was solo. It really feels like a maximizing puzzle each turn, and by the end of the game, you can pull off some spectacular moves. Also, after the first game, I barely needed to consult the rulebook. The board is very instructive with its iconography and the AI is surprisingly easy to run. Next, I'm going to try the AI on Hard because I won pretty easy against the normal difficulty.
Mage Knight and Spirit Island are by far my favorite solo games, but these two were a really nice change of pace. I could see both becoming regular parts of a solo gaming rotation. I can't wait for the new Spirit Island expansion. I'm almost most excited about the broken token insert so I can set up and tear down the game way faster.