Ultimate Solitaire or Solo Game Battle!
Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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Continuing my 'Battle' series of geeklists (see the full list below) on another topic of interest to me: Solo Games. This list tries to capture all the best games on the geek that are either solitaire or have a good solo variant.
I've trawled a load solo/solitaire geeklists to get the base list of 86 - I required a game to be mentioned on at least 3 lists to add it.
Feel free to add your own suggestions.
The initial order will be based on the number of times the games appeared on the geeklists I used. This will also be used as a tide-breaker, as will ranking if required.
The Battle
Some of these games receive increased ratings due to nostalgia while others that are not just for one player will not be rated purely on the basis of solitaire play. This list attempts to determine the best games to play solitaire!
1. Vote using the green  icon for the games you think play well solitaire. Feel free to add comments saying why you like them. ThumbsUp in comments will not be counted.
2. If you strongly dislike a game solitaire then you can add a comment with a  or a THUMBSDOWN. Feel free to thumb down if you think the game is not suitable for this list - i.e. not playable solitaire!
I'll regularly review the list and re-sort it based on the Net number of each game has.
The comment for each game is one from a user who rates it highly - not my comments!
Other lists in this 'Battle' Series:
Ultimate Ameritrash Game Battle!
Ultimate 2-Player Game Battle!
Ultimate Gateway Game Battle!
Ultimate Gamers Game Battle!
Ultimate Horror/'B Movie' Game Battle!
Ultimate Light Wargame Battle!
Ultimate RPG/Dungeoncrawl/Herogame Battle!
Party Game Battle: The (Little) BIG 13
Party Game Battle: The BIG 13
And a Metalist of them all: The Tony Awards
Also check out: The Best Games for 1 Player
Also see: Best Games By Category - Polls
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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Late addition
Free, print n play
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Emmanuel Aquin
Canada
Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Quebec
And D-Day Dice, too!
I'm an "A"vatar.
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This baby is a free print-and-play that requires no cutting and no pasting! Just print 2 sheets (B&W or color), add some dice, some blood and voilà, you can land in Normandy!
Plays solo or multiplayer (with no downtime: play is simultaneous for all players).
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 5 Solo/Solitaire geeklists.
viogression: "Excellent cooperative game, and plays very nicely as a solitaire game. Hard, but lotsa fun. The expansion (free!) is required, as it adds racial abilities not present in the base game. Great theme.
High-quality components, beautiful board, lots of cards, and an extremely heavy-duty box."
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 3 Solo/Solitaire geeklists.
Lawrence Hung: "Cool concept -- playing solitaire on the eastern front...never imagine it before just like we could've never imagined we could play simulaton soccer on a PC 20 years ago, action or statistical. The game was designed in 1986, long before solitaire ASL, Peloponessian War, Patton's Best etc. Given this, we should have given this game a due respect, despite the system may not hold as to the conduct of war consistent with the history."
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Gary Pressler
United States
West Lafayette
Indiana
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This one is really tough for the Allies if they keep the historical drop zones (even if allowing for the one that lands on the enemy to move a hex over). The German decisions are usually fairly straightforward in this case, so it makes for a good, tense solitaire experience. I'm not generally one for hex & counter wargames, but I've really enjoyed this one.
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Randy Cox
United States
Clemson
South Carolina
1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!
The Back Alley gets no respect.
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Many sports simulations (particularly baseball) lend themselves quite well to solitaire play. I don't really enjoy it that way, but I'd say most fans prefer it solo (or can't find other players).
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 3 Solo/Solitaire geeklists.
nerotora: "It plays equally well as 2,3,4 player and solo game. It's very rich in theme. It has a very a good game mechanism which introduced many innovative ideas. But most important of all it's fun if you can immerse into the story that this game is presenting."
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 3 Solo/Solitaire geeklists.
Labrat: "A staple in our house. Bit of mayhem and madness for about an hour (for us a 5-6 player game runs approx 45 min). The Solo games available are a great way to spend some time too. A light hearted hack-n-slash dicefest. Somenights it is exactly what the doctor ordered."
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Thomas Fuhs
United States
Goldsboro
North Carolina
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May I suggest this game? Here's a quote from the review written by a true genius / great gamer / superb writer / modest, humble human being... Awwww, OK...I wrote it. But this is still a great game to play solo right out of a single starter deck!
Quote: Best bit:This game can be played solitaire. That’s the best part for me. Actual, genuine solitaire rules. No adapting existing rules into some hybrid that almost-but-not-quite plays solitaire.
Card Balance: Fairly Good. Commons aren’t necessarily coasters. The foil cards are balance-busting strong. I think they were banned from tournament play.
Deck Construction: Super – 6 out of 6! Starters are fully playable right out of the box. You get a version of Lara, 18 locations and some good (but not great) traps, monsters, equipment and a power up. Once you’re ready for more of a challenge, get the boosters.
Complaint: Ahh, none that I can think of.
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Emmanuel Aquin
Canada
Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Quebec
And D-Day Dice, too!
I'm an "A"vatar.
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In this free game, inspired by another game on this list (Zombie in my Pocket), you play an Allied paratrooper who must enter an enemy bunker to sabotage its guns.
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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Late entry.
Entertaining little dice strategy game. Gives a suprising amount of flavour of a dungeon bash considering it is just 6 dice.
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simon cogan
United Kingdom
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I'd like to add my Doctor Who game into the mix!
It's got very favourable reviews, a good rating and now a decent rank too.
Please check it out and let me know what you think!
Simon
Designer - DWSSG
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 8 Solo/Solitaire geeklists.
Capn_Future: "A two player and soltaire varriant of the popular Bohnanza series. You play against the bean mafia who may demand some of your cards. The bean mafia may even win the game."
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 5 Solo/Solitaire geeklists.
NeilGordon: "A gem of a tile game, should be up their with Hive in our opinion (hey it's from New Zealand, I would support it strongly regardless).
The puzzles are reason to buy this on it's own. Completing the puzzles 1 to 30 is a weekend in it's self. Two weeks later you can do them all again like new. Fabulous way to fill in time at airports etc."
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 3 Solo/Solitaire geeklists.
pakeleivi: "It's a very interesting solo game. It can be treated as some sort of a mental meditation. Right mood is required to play this game."
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Trencher for Life
United States
Slidell
Louisiana
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_marty_: *DROOL* Great, great game. Great atmosphere, great (simple yet innovative)
mechanics, great miniatures, great feel, great flavour, blah blah. Did I mention it was great? 
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 5 Solo/Solitaire geeklists.
phantomvortex: "A great, light version of Puerto Rico! Trying to decide which cards to keep and which to spend is agonizing, but in that good German-game way. Puerto Rico seems a bit cumbersome after playing San Juan."
Solitaire variant:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/29904
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David Kershaw
Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
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My newest game (only released yesterday). Vote for me thrice!
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Dan
United States
Sacramento
California
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The game I have played solitaire more than any other.
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David Kershaw
Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
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Another one by me. Vote for me again! Vote for me again!
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 10 Solo/Solitaire geeklists.
Imhotep: "This is an excellent tile placement/strategic meeple placement game. The way in which the simulated fire spreads is very realistic (the hottest spots spread). Since all players know where the fire can spread (where tiles can be placed) it alleviates some of the issues I have with Carcassonne. Accommodates 1-4 players and comes with a few good variations that increase the replay value. The rules are simple and easy to teach. Comes with nice bits too. *Also see the 'Vulkan' game entry, it is a free game played with the Feurio pieces. Vulcan starts at the end of a game of Feurio or can be played solo."
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Just try and solve the puzzle without the rush to be first.
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Antti Hoo.
Finland
Helsinki
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Street Illegal/Fette Autos plays from 1 to 7 with no rules changes. Of course it's much more fun when competing against other players, but the dummy racers can put up a bit of a fight as well.
It's not the best solitaire game around, but works like a charm when I need a quick hand management/risk assessment fix and there's nobody to play with.
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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On 3 Solo/Solitaire geeklists. FREE!
Vrocko: "It's a really easy game to play and fun too. Great for a rainy day when you don't have anyone else to play with."
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Brighton
E Sussex
Arkham Horror
Lord of the Rings
B-17
Ambush!
RAF
Dungeonquest
Runebound 2nd Ed
London's Burning
Barbarian Prince
Magic Realm
Glad to see a good mix of wargames, RPGs and 'quest' games.
Brighton
E Sussex
No changes in the top 9
Zombie in my Pocket (PnP) up 3 more to #10
Intruder up 4 more
Roads & Boats recovers, up 4
Thunderbolt/Apache Leader up 5 to #23
Return of the Heroes continues to fall - 4 more places and out of the top 25!
Update: The Rest Major Movers
Field Commander Rommel up 7 to #35
Silverton up 8 to #45
Solitaire Caesar up 7
American Megafauna up 7
Micropul up 10
Late entries Pandemic and Agricola continue to climb - to #32 and #41 respectively
Late Addition, Ghost Stories, up several pages![/q]
Brighton
E Sussex
I haven't played either but they are listed seperately on the geek and I believe they are quite different.
(Board game with 2 player and solitaire rules and campaign system)
Naval Warfare - WW2
(Board game with 2 player and solitaire rules and campaign system)
Nights of Fury : Guadalcanal Naval Battles
(Solitaire or 2 Player /w Campaign Rules)
Publisher Website,
http://www.navalwarfare.net
BGG Website,
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/2358
Thanks.
Brighton
E Sussex
B-17: Queen of the Skies up 2
Zombie in my Pocket up 3
Patton’s Best up 4
Silent War up 5
Mosby’s Raiders up 3 and into the Top 25
Pandemic up 13 and into the Top 25
Other Major Movers
Sorceror’s Cave down 7
Agricola up 8
Silverton up 15
Ghost Stories up 20
Commands & Colors: Ancients up 20
Gunslinger up 12
New additions: Airborne in my Pocket, Delve the Dice Game, Delve the Card Game, Fields of Fire, The d6 Shooters, Roll Through the Ages, D-Day Dice, Poor Bloody Infantry up loads