For Solo Gamers Only

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Carver
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"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." (GK Chesterton)

"That's how the light gets in." (Leonard Cohen)

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This may turn out to be the shortest GeekList in history. It's a probably doomed attempt to identify the very best solitaire-friendly games around--and some dyed-in-the-wool solo gamers as well.

So, here's how it works. Just add an item (more than one, if you like) to this list which you would honestly say the following about:

"As long as I can play this game solitaire, I don't care if I ever play any two-or-more-player game."

Edit: For some, the above statement isn't strong or clear enough, apparently. So here's your clarification: If you add an item to this list, it should be a game that you love playing solo so much that it (along with, perhaps, other solo games) would satisfy all your gaming wants and needs, and you'd be perfectly happy (gamewise) even if you never, ever played any two-or-more-player game again in your life.

IOW, you're saying, in effect, Give me this game (and any others I list), and I'll strand myself alone on the proverbial desert island.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:37 am

1. Board Game: Outside the Scope of BGG [Average Rating:6.74 Overall Rank:1380]

Wendell

(wifwendell)

United States
Arlington
Virginia

All the little chicks with crimson lips, go...

Hey, get your stinking cursor off my face! I got nukes, you know.

As much as I enjoy playing games solitaire, there is no game that would make me say, "As long as I can play this game solitaire, I don't care if I ever play another two-or-more-player game."

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:29 am

Tom Hancock

United States
Charleston
West Virginia

Ditto. No solitaire gaming experience exists that could ever replace 2+ player gaming.

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Patrick Carroll

United States
Carver
Minnesota

"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." (GK Chesterton)

"That's how the light gets in." (Leonard Cohen)

hancock.tom wrote:

I'm reading the poster's header, and now I'm thinking this list is really just meant to be "games I'd rather play solo" instead of "games that would make me give up multiplayer gaming" which is what he said.

Read the header again. I just added a note that should clarify what I meant.

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Wendell

(wifwendell)

United States
Arlington
Virginia

All the little chicks with crimson lips, go...

Hey, get your stinking cursor off my face! I got nukes, you know.

Patrick Carroll wrote:

hancock.tom wrote:

Read the header again. I just added a note that should clarify what I meant.

I understood what you meant, Patrick!

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:35 pm
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Tom Hancock

United States
Charleston
West Virginia

Patrick Carroll wrote:

hancock.tom wrote:

Read the header again. I just added a note that should clarify what I meant.

You were actually very clear, I just found it hard to believe that anyone would ever give up all gaming with other people over one solitaire game. Clearly, this is not a geeklist for me.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:43 pm
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Patrick Carroll

United States
Carver
Minnesota

"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." (GK Chesterton)

"That's how the light gets in." (Leonard Cohen)

hancock.tom wrote:

Patrick Carroll wrote:

hancock.tom wrote:

Read the header again. I just added a note that should clarify what I meant.

You were actually very clear, I just found it hard to believe that anyone would ever give up all gaming with other people over one solitaire game. Clearly, this is not a geeklist for me.

I didn't think it'd be a GeekList for anybody. I'm surprised.

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2. Board Game: Yggdrasil [Average Rating:7.32 Overall Rank:330]

Cheong Sang Lai

Hong-Kong
Happy Valley
None

Having play this solo and multiplayer... I don't think it makes a licking difference... I would even go as far as to say... I prefer this solo as I don't think I want to put another friend through this tacked-on-theme with abstract mechanics game... Its a so-so intellectual puzzle solo though.

(I am assuming that this list is for games that are actually playable multiplayer.)

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:14 am

3. Board Game: Elder Sign [Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:337]

Margus

(1504)

Estonia
Tartu

This is more fun to play solo.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:03 am

Cheong Sang Lai

Hong-Kong
Happy Valley
None

Played this with a friend (semi-wargamer) and he quite enjoyed the cooperative challenge.

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4. Board Game: Friday [Average Rating:7.57 Overall Rank:334]

Julien Morel

(morelju)

France
BURGILLE

Only playable alone.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:51 pm

Maverick Reborn

(Maverickreborn)

United Kingdom
Brighton

Eventually I will actually win this game......

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5. Board Game: Onirim [Average Rating:7.01 Overall Rank:497]

Julien Morel

(morelju)

France
BURGILLE

A great solo card game

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:52 pm

Keith Ibsen

(coolscribe)

Japan
Osaka-shi
Osaka-fu

This is fun, yet to beat it though....

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6. Board Game: Blackbeard [Average Rating:6.30 Overall Rank:1426]

Joseph Betz

(jbetz45453)

United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania

This game is better solo than muliplayer with all the random events which really do recreate the life of a pirate.I have the AH version of Blackbeard not the GMT version so I cannot compare the two.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:25 pm

7. Board Game: Zulus on the Ramparts! [Average Rating:7.50 Overall Rank:1156]

Joseph Betz

(jbetz45453)

United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania

This is a great solo player game.Or you could just choose another one of the solo games victory point games has to offer.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:26 pm

8. Board Game: Magic Realm [Average Rating:7.06 Overall Rank:462]

George Ramos

(greekramos)

Canada
Saint-Laurent
Quebec

A commenter mentioned this at the bottom, but it deserves to be on the list. The few times I've managed to set this up and play it I've found my hunger for board gaming is temporarily sated (at least until the next Game Night gathering). This is the heaviest game I've played, but also the most immersive.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:26 pm

Patrick Carroll

United States
Carver
Minnesota

"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." (GK Chesterton)

"That's how the light gets in." (Leonard Cohen)

I've got it set up right now, as I'm in the process of learning it.

I hope it proves to be a great solo experience.

It works for up to 16 players, though (more, if you expand it), so somebody out there is bound to say, You haven't experienced the full beauty of Magic Realm till you've played with several good opponents. That kind of remark always dampens my spirits a little: it suggests that what I'm doing with the game is just a shadow of the real thing. I never seem to enjoy it as much after that.

Sometimes I seek out designed-for-solitaire games just to fend off such spirit-dampening comments.

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Matt Becker

(mrb88)

United States
Florissant
Missouri

Patrick Carroll wrote:

I hope it proves to be a great solo experience.

The majority of my games are solo and I enjoy them. I've got a 3 month, 13 Victory Point game, currently going with the Witch. Lots of fun.

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Jay Richardson

(richfam)

United States
Lindsborg
Kansas

Patrick Carroll wrote:

I hope it proves to be a great solo experience.

This is an excellent solo game.

We had a local gaming group that played Magic Realm at least once a month for over 10 years (nearly 200 playings in all), but even back then I would play solo playtest games quite often. Now it's been nearly 20 years since I last played a live game against other people, but I still enjoy playing it solitaire.

Patrick Carroll wrote:

It works for up to 16 players, though (more, if you expand it), so somebody out there is bound to say, You haven't experienced the full beauty of Magic Realm till you've played with several good opponents. That kind of remark always dampens my spirits a little: it suggests that what I'm doing with the game is just a shadow of the real thing. I never seem to enjoy it as much after that.

Hmmm... well, of course Magic Realm is better as a social, multi-player live game, but you shouldn't let that diminish your enjoyment of the game as a solo activitiy.

But, the one thing that I would never do when playing Magic Realm solo is to run just a single character. To me, that would be completely pointless, as much of what makes MR such a great game is lost when only a single character is in play. I normally run three characters when I play solo, and have them compete or cooperate as the situation demands.

Now, for a beginner who is just learning MR, playing a single character makes a lot of sense... but only until you get comfortable with the rules and gameplay. At that point, you need to get at least two competing characters on the map so you can see what the game is really like.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:30 pm
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Tom Hancock

United States
Charleston
West Virginia

Patrick Carroll wrote:

Sometimes I seek out designed-for-solitaire games just to fend off such spirit-dampening comments.

If you are enjoying yourself, why would you care what other people think? You could post right back at them that they haven't really played Magic Realm until they've played it by themselves as Patrick Carroll.

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Patrick Carroll

United States
Carver
Minnesota

"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." (GK Chesterton)

"That's how the light gets in." (Leonard Cohen)

hancock.tom wrote:

Patrick Carroll wrote:

Sometimes I seek out designed-for-solitaire games just to fend off such spirit-dampening comments.

You're right. And thanks for that. But in the back of my mind, I'd always wonder whether I was missing out on something really great.

Even now, at the very beginning of my long-delayed Magic Realm career, I'm already thinking I might have to someday teach the game to someone or join a group that plays the game. Just because it seems like that's how the game was meant to be played, I guess.

I spent about fifteen years enjoying the heck out of Squad Leader and ASL, always solo. All that time, I told myself that once I learned the game thoroughly, I'd find an opponent and play it "right." But I never did. Finally I got fed up with the game and abandoned it (there was no end to rules learning and relearning).

As much as I'm into solitaire gaming, I'm still susceptible to popular opinion. I'm not nearly as independent as I like to imagine I am.

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Cheong Sang Lai

Hong-Kong
Happy Valley
None

Its a great game solo, but its an even better game with 4+ people competing, diplomacy style. I love you but I plan to kill you... you know that sort of thing.

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9. Board Game: Europa Universalis [Average Rating:6.72 Overall Rank:2023]

Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

There's no ONE game I could say that about.

This one is a vital part of my solo repertoire though.
With the size and depth, it takes a good amount of my time,
and when I finish, I usually want to play it again.

My ardor cooled over the past few years - but I'm hoping
either the Risto events or (maybe just maybe) EU-8 will
rekindle the love that was once there.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:15 pm

10. Board Game: La Grande Guerre 14-18 [Average Rating:7.82 Overall Rank:2565]

Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

Provokes similar feelings as EU does (no shock - same designer).

Really nice detailed examination of WWI, with a lot of options.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:16 pm

Corey H

(Chimes)

United States
Stillwater (actually West Lakeland)
Minnesota

Enrico,

We must get you checked for multiple personality disorder. There is way too much fog of war in this one for me to ever want to try it solo (again)

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:52 am
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Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

It's not multi-personality - just really really bad memory.

CDG's tend to be a bigger challenge (as do pulsed
systems like Vietnam, Korean War, and the like),
because I probably can't forget what I'm doing in time.

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Joël Simard

(Gavroche)

Canada
Montréal
Québec

Besides, games like LGG, EU and the likes have so much going on at any giving time that playing them solo is really not so difficult.

I am always surprised to see how people react to solo gaming. Almost all games can be played solo...

Really, when you're playing solo, you're just removing the social aspect of boardgaming, which isn't necessarily a bad thing...

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11. Board Game: La Révolution française: La patrie en danger 1790-1796 [Average Rating:6.83 Overall Rank:3940]

Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

Trifecta of AWE games here. This one lacks the huge scope
that the previous two provide - but it's eaten up TONS of
my solo gaming time. Probably the single game I've played
most solo, since I got it.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:17 pm

12. Board Game: Federation & Empire [Average Rating:6.07 Overall Rank:3111]

Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

Ok - here's one that potentially COULD drive away all other gaming.

Not in terms of caring/pleasure, but in terms of eating up the
rest of my life. Several times I've started playing this, where
I'd play out every damned engagement using Star Fleet Battles.

Maybe the only game I quit due to lack of time, again and again.
There're just too many other great games to solo. F&E's base game
isn't even that good - but it's a hell of a scenario generator for
big fleet battles.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:20 pm

13. Board Game: Axis Empires: Totaler Krieg! [Average Rating:8.60 Overall Rank:1874]

Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

This one is a hopeful contender. Only on my first playing
right now, but it shows all the elements I really want in a
big strategic game. Then again, I wouldn't put A3R/EotRS onto
this list, so maybe my feelings about WWII will prevent me from
ever fully accepting this one either. Still, like WiF, I think
this has the potential to vary enough from the historical, yet
still remaining believable, to interest me. And there are a LOT
of decisions to make - big ones.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:24 pm

14. Board Game: Popes & Princes [Average Rating:4.00 Unranked]

Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

This one's an interesting entry - I think that IF I only had this,
and tremendous time - I could make it into the most amazing game
ever. The idea's fantastic. The execution a total failure.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:25 pm

15. Board Game: The Civil War [Average Rating:7.63 Overall Rank:355]

Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

List wouldn't be complete without this one.

Though maybe its time has (mostly) passed for me,
through the years, I came back to this again and again
to play solo.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:26 pm

16. Board Game: Pax Britannica [Average Rating:6.62 Overall Rank:1355]

Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

Here's another that's pulled a great number of solo playings in
my time. Hasn't seen light of day for a while, but the broad
scope really appealed.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:28 pm

17. Board Game: Here I Stand [Average Rating:8.10 Overall Rank:36]

Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

This definitely has earned its place on my list,
in the short time that I've owned it.

Weakness? Like La Revolution Francaise, it's a bit
on the short side.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:29 pm

George Ramos

(greekramos)

Canada
Saint-Laurent
Quebec

How do you play this solo? Do you follow a special ruleset, or do you just play all sides?

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Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

wandererdog wrote:

Enrico,
Please tell us more. I've been intrigued by this game, but can never muster that numbers of players. How do you handle card play?

Forget* what is in the other people's hands - EXCEPT, you may want to
notate that they have some sort of intercept (or not) with annotation
like tilting the particular card.

Then, IF they have a tilted card, and a result they don't like is
happening, look at their hand and see if they can effect change.

* Although I'm very good at forgetting things, I often help with
little breaks.

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Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

Garfink wrote:

wandererdog wrote:

Enrico,
Please tell us more. I've been intrigued by this game, but can never muster that numbers of players. How do you handle card play?

He can't muster the numbers either.

Actually, I managed to play this at CSW.

I found it less enjoyable than solo - dealing with people
I don't know well in a situation surrounded by even more
people I don't know is very tiring - even though I pulled off
a victory (none too surprising for a dip-style game with people
who don't know me).

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S S

(wandererdog)

United States
Unspecified
Unspecified

Do you play solo using the standard multi-player rules or two-player variant?

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Enrico Viglino

United States
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona

Multi-player.

Take a look.

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18. Board Game: Serpents of the Seas [Average Rating:7.99 Overall Rank:1952] [Average Rating:7.99 Unranked]

Michael B.

(Reprint)

Canada
Stratford
Ontario

Most enjoyable.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:29 pm

19. Board Game: Mage Knight: Board Game [Average Rating:8.29 Overall Rank:17]

Scott Olson

(scottyo)

United States

Washington

I can't believe this one hasn't been added yet. I received my copy on Saturday, and have played it solo 7 times since. Best game I've ever played solo, and actually prefer to play by myself.

I can't get over how awesome this game is.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:14 pm

Kevin Sussman

(Mr_Bickman)

United States
Los Angeles
California

As I remarked on my comment below, this would be the game I'd grab if I couldn't play any multiplayer games ever again, but it doesn't quit make me NEVER want to play multiplayer games anymore.

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George Ramos

(greekramos)

Canada
Saint-Laurent
Quebec

I'm with Mr. Bickman, I love this game solo, but I actually prefer the multi-player competitive game even more.

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20. Board Game: Nemo's War [Average Rating:7.34 Overall Rank:1520]

Andy Cowen

United States
Broadlands
Virginia

Hopefully GMT will do a deluxe version of this, very thematic and fun

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:26 pm

J.K. Bentley

(Kent)

United States

California

I agree. A deluxe version from GMT would be great.

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Cheong Sang Lai

Hong-Kong
Happy Valley
None

I will third the opinion, very clever solitaire game, I would snap up a deluxe version quick smart!

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21. Board Game: Lock 'n Load: A Day of Heroes [Average Rating:7.84 Overall Rank:1149]

Andy Cowen

United States
Broadlands
Virginia

All the Lock n Load Heroes games that I have(Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes, Lock 'N Load: Forgotten Heroes; Vietnam, Lock 'n Load: Heroes of the Gap and Lock 'n Load: A Day of Heroes) are fun to play solo and the scenarios have a cinematic feel to them.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:29 pm

22. Board Game: Gears of War: The Board Game [Average Rating:7.82 Overall Rank:188]

Andy Cowen

United States
Broadlands
Virginia

What's not to like about gunning down hordes of aliens in a xenocidal rampage? Alhtough I just got Tomorrow's War (second edition) off amazon and that seems to have much more chrome and tactical decisions.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:32 pm

Andy Cowen

United States
Broadlands
Virginia

Actually, I was disappointed with Tomorrow's War (second edition) not as good as the base system it evolved from Force on Force. I was expecting to have a tactical Warhammerish 40K game with lots of different xenos, but the game is actually set in the relatively near future.

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23. Board Game: PanzerBlitz [Average Rating:6.38 Overall Rank:1311]

Sim Guy

(SimGuy)

United States
Albuquerque
New Mexico

Yeah, I know. But I've been playing campaign games with it and Panzer Leader on and off for close to 30 years. I've got a huge set and could play at a multi-Corps level if I felt like it. My current campaign game is well into it's third year, and there's no end in sight.

I use a number of my own, and other's, mods, which keep it feeling contemporary, even compared with Panzer Grenadier and the Lock and Load offerings. If all of my other games disappeared tomorrow, I'd still have a lifetime of happy gaming with this old veteran.

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Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:03 am

24. Board Game: Dungeon Run [Average Rating:6.81 Overall Rank:1016]

Caleb Glave

(Alphawog)

United States
Norman
Oklahoma

Surprised no one has added this yet. Fun quick fantasy that is still entertaining solo.

Edit: This game is more fun with more people so I would never give up additional players to play it solo or any other game for that matter. I like company while gaming, if I want to play solo I turn my Xbox/PC on.

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Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:15 am

25. Board Game: Ambush! [Average Rating:7.27 Overall Rank:332]

Chris Shockey

(acwmichbrig)

United States
Arbutus
Maryland

Throw me in a room, lock the door, and throw away the key! This is, by and large, the greatest solo game ever created! D-day at Omaha Beach is pretty awesome too! Ambush! works great with eAmbush!

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Posted Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:22 am

Patrick Carroll

United States
Carver
Minnesota

"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." (GK Chesterton)

"That's how the light gets in." (Leonard Cohen)

eAmbush?

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(loquitur)

Canada
Ottawa
ON

I'm just trying to understand the double negative!

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Patrick Carroll

United States
Carver
Minnesota

"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly." (GK Chesterton)

"That's how the light gets in." (Leonard Cohen)

hancock.tom wrote:

Empires in America looks interesting - does it really play in 25 minutes?

Hmm ... I think maybe it could, for an experienced player. So far I've played only once or twice, and I was busy learning the rules. I had to look things up every now and then, and I played the game in two sittings. I'd guess I spent a couple hours at it, all told. But I was in no hurry.

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:28 pm
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Cheong Sang Lai

Hong-Kong
Happy Valley
None

hancock.tom wrote:

Same to you, Patrick.

Empires in America looks interesting - does it really play in 25 minutes?

I hope you blog about magic realm, its a game I've always been interested in and I'll surely solo it before bringing it to a group, just to help myself learn the rules.

Great game, no, it usually takes longer... not a bad thing... more like 35-45 minutes.

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