the link http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekforum.php3?action=viewthrea...

Thanks for the nod! I don't know whether anyone has tried the variant yet, but I'd love to hear what people think about it.

hope this will get people to try it out.
im planing on buying the game next week, so ill be trying it out then.

link to the variant
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekforum.php3?action=viewthrea...

Mmm, bondage.

Or do a 17-chip marathon, trying to beat your previous score. "Par" for 17-chips tends to go somewhere in the range of 100 for me, although sometimes more and sometimes less. I have gone as low as 86 moves for all 17 chips.

Oops I mean solitaire

Hey, there are some good variants to make it multi-player too

Link is dead.

I've played two-player games with a third player dummy using the posted dummy rules, but I don't see how a solitaire game would work. I mean, all of the dummy's cards are drawn from the top of the deck, so unless you are counting cards, you really don't have any idea what the dummy is going to draw. I don't think this would work very well solitaire. It would be a good way to teach yourself the game, though.

I agree that the variant does work well for a solitaire game. It's not perfect, but what variant is. This game is definitely more fun with live opponents, but using 2 or more "dummy" players and playing solitaire style is still challenging and fun -- in a unique way. The goal beomes more of a "beat the cards" game, but what solitaire game doesn't have this element.

Woo-Hoo! My solo-variant got in here!

Another great way to play solo is just to play with 1 hobbit... it's tricky (card drawing is a nightmare), but I've done it before at 12... never at 10.

I just play the two player game as solo variant, playing both frodo and sam. Works great.

LOL, I've never heard about a hentai card game before. It even has a GULP and a D-P card. I really hope that nobody would need a manual for "playing" this on their own though.

Maybe some plastic slip covers though...

This doesn't really have a solitare "variant". Since it's a cooperative game, solitare play is automatically possible in the rules.

I have actually played a couple of times using the solitaire rules, and it is not that bad...

I've enjoyed this solitaire.

plays well solitaire IMO. basically, you have 40 turns to complete a quest, beef up, and attempt to take on the big baddie. go over the turn limit and he wins. track turns on the 1 page "placemat" rules included with the game.

every 3-4 turns you place 1 minion on the map at predetermined locations (they are on the 1 page solitaire rules), making movement increasingly difficult.

basically a race against the clock, goes fast and is a worthy challenge. i used the solitaire rules to learn the game before i brought it out on game night.

I've actually played this solo against myself (one of those play-against-the-game types... like LotR)... Anywho, I think that variant is posted in Citadels... if not, I'll post it in a week or so.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekforum.php3?threadid=35680&a...