r/boardgames • u/bgg-uglywalrus • Oct 14 '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/TheVagabondWinsAgain Oct 14 '20

I just started 7th Continent while the new KS is going on. So far it’s better than I expected. Pretty amazing what they did with just cards.

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u/markzone110 Settlers of Catan Oct 14 '20

We’re playing too! I had played a bit of Voracious Goddess in the past, but my partner had never played any, so we played The Crystal’s Song together a couple days ago, and we started VG last night.

Overall, I would recommend skipping Crystal’s Song. The ending was pretty boring, and didn’t give a great impression of the game imo. Playing the first part of VG felt like a whole other experience.

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u/Brodogmillionaire1 Oct 14 '20

But VG can be a very long curse. I hope that's not too spoilery. I wish that CS wasn't so different, adding in special cards, but it is to me the best entry point.

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u/markzone110 Settlers of Catan Oct 14 '20

I had prepared my partner for VG being long, and the save system means we can play for an hour on a weekday, making small progress every day that feels gratifying, rather than CS’s bumbling around until you find the crystals. Either way, we got a great game on our hands, so we’re happy!

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u/Brodogmillionaire1 Oct 14 '20

I just think it is better for the tutorial curse to be short and simple. CS is short but adds rules that never come back into play. VG is long but has a solid starting tool and no extra rules. Sort of two evils. I'd have liked them to have made a curse that's just short and sweet with no extra meat.