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2018 People's Choice Top 100 Solo Games (100-1) And Bonus (101-200)
Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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For the last four years the 1-Player Guild has run the People's Choice Top 100 Solo games. It has been a lot of fun to vote and discover the list together. So we're back again.
We apologize right up front for any damage to your wallets because of this list. 
(I was told it was mandatory to make this warning bigger).
People submitted up to 20 games ranked from 1-20. #1 gets 20 points, #2=19 ... The only restriction we made was that the game had to be a physical game you enjoyed playing solo. It could be a true solo game, a co-op game, a multi-player game where you played multiple sides, print and play, official and unofficial variants ... You get the idea. Anything except strictly electronic variants like ios solo implementations that allow you to play the game in a way the physical game wouldn't honestly get played solo. (e.g. if they provide an AI).
We had 85 people participate the first year and this year it has swelled to 567!, producing a list of 955 unique games. There were a total of 9730 votes up from 8030 last year(not everyone had 20 games).
There were times where I lumped games together (like all versions of Pathfinder). Where I did this, I'll indicate it when the game shows up in the list. I also always put expansions with the base game.
The bottom line to all of this is that we wanted to do it simply for the fun of it. So if you want to claim that the list is invalid for whatever reason, you're wrong! We're having fun.
Please check back or subscribe while I update this over the next couple of weeks to count down from 100 down to 1. I'll also add some extras at the end, so expect a bit more after we get to #1. (I went to 200 last year)
I highly encourage people to add comments to the games as they're revealed. I'm sure we'd all like to know what makes it one of your top games. It also serves as a great resource for people looking to get into solo play. Many of us refer people to the list all year.
There were ties along the way. The tie breakers this year went to Lowest Average Vote, # of votes, Highest Rank, Most #1 Votes then I just broke the tie and noted it.
One last point. I'd strongly encourage everyone interested in solo gaming to visit and join the 1-Player Guild. It's a fantastic group of friendly people, easily one of the most positive group of people I've ever had the pleasure of associating with on the internet.
Along the way, it's possible that I entered the wrong game for your choice. I apologize. I'm not perfect and some of you weren't very precise. Because of the number of votes, if you simply put down something like Hoplommachus, then I took a guess and put the vote down for one of the versions. I apologize up front if I made a mistake. As I've mentioned many times already. This is just for fun!!
Morten Monrad Pedersen does a fun, trash talking contest to go along with the reveal. The 2018 People’s Choice Top 100 Solo Games Meta Contest
Note: I always get asked. The  s represent the number of #1 votes.
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As requested, here are the previous years lists:
2014 People's Choice Top 100 Solo Games
2015 People's Choice Top 100 Solo Games
2016 People's Choice Top 100 Solo Games (+)
2017 People's Choice Top 100 Solo Games (100-1) +(101-200) Bonus
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Every Night is Game Night Solo Games 2018 Part 1: http://boardgamersanonymous.com/engn-episode-113-2018-people...
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I have a favor to ask people. In the 1-Player Guild on the Solitaire Games on Your Table posts, we actually encourage people to say something negative about the games we post. We all know that every game has something you don't find perfect. So the favor isn't that you say something negative, but if you don't like a particular game on the list, explain what it is you don't like. Simply saying a game is crap isn't helping anyone. We're trying to promote solo gaming and at the same time help people find a game that they will like.
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Luke S
United States
North Carolina
Created a sortable web version of the list. Check it out. Another great resource for people looking into solo games.
https://tastybeansprout.github.io/SoloQuester/
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#100
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Number of Years in the Top 100: 4
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2018
100
238
11.1
24
1
1 2017
81
271
10.6
26
1
1 2016
82
192
11.4
20
1
1
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#99
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Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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239
9
20
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1 2017
507
16
5
1
5
0 2016
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#98 66
Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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2018
98
239
9
20
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1 2017
164
108
7.5
8
1
1 2016
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#97 8
Number of Years in the Top 100: 5
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2018
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240
12.4
28
4
0 2017
89
229
11.5
24
3
0 2016
55
301
11.3
31
1
1
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#96 14
Number of Years in the Top 100: 4
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2018
96
245
9.3
21
2
0 2017
110
174
9.4
15
2
0 2016
57
292
8.3
23
1
2
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
#95 17
Number of Years in the Top 100: 4
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2018
95
247
11.9
27
2
0 2017
78
276
12.1
31
4
0 2016
73
217
12
24
1
1
Note: This included all versions of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective. I believe the one pictured above is the latest.
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#94
Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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2018
94
250
11.4
26
1
2 2017
2016
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#93 22
Number of Years in the Top 100: 3
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Avg. Vote:
# of Votes:
Highest Vote:
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2018
93
252
12.6
30
4
0 2017
71
305
12
34
3
0 2016
43
399
8.1
31
2
0
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Board Game: Nations
[Average Rating:7.67 Overall Rank:110]
Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#92 23
Number of Years in the Top 100: 5
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2018
92
258
11.4
27
4
0 2017
69
313
10.9
31
2
0 2016
63
259
9.7
23
2
0
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#91 33
Number of Years in the Top 100: 4
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2018
91
261
8
20
1
2 2017
58
380
8.3
30
1
1 2016
58
288
7.3
21
1
2
Note: Both core sets were put under this entry, although I don't think anyone ever specified.
Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#90 61
Number of Years in the Top 100: 2
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2018
90
264
7.8
20
3
0 2017
151
123
9.8
11
3
0 2016
133
107
7.6
8
1
1
Note: This was combined with Rise of Rome. Maybe I should have combined Origins with it as well. Next year
Hoplomachus: Rise of Rome
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#89 13
Number of Years in the Top 100: 5
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# of Votes:
Highest Vote:
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2018
89
266
12.4
31
5
0 2017
76
289
12.2
33
2
0 2016
35
522
10.8
51
2
0
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#88 45
Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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# of Votes:
Highest Vote:
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2018
88
272
10.9
27
4
0 2017
133
145
9.8
13
1
1 2016
545
11
10
1
10
0
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#87
Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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# of Votes:
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2018
87
273
9.1
23
1
1 2017
2016
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#86
Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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2018
86
274
5.8
18
1
3 2017
2016
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#85 10
Number of Years in the Top 100: 2
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# of Votes:
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#1 Votes:
2018
85
290
9.8
26
1
2 2017
95
218
11.9
24
4
0 2016
132
108
7.5
8
1
1
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#84 8
Number of Years in the Top 100: 3
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2018
84
291
12.4
34
3
0 2017
92
223
12.4
26
3
0 2016
79
197
10.1
18
1
1
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#83 27
Number of Years in the Top 100: 2
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# of Votes:
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2018
83
292
11.9
32
3
0 2017
56
385
8.2
30
1
1 2016
105
144
7.9
11
1
2
Note: For right or wrong, if someone voted for Hoplomachus, then the vote went here. At least that's what I think I did. Getting old sucks.
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#82
Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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# of Votes:
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2018
82
294
10.9
29
2
0 2017
2016
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#81 17
Number of Years in the Top 100: 4
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2018
81
297
8.6
24
1
4 2017
98
202
5.5
13
1
4 2016
117
125
5.4
8
1
1
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#80
Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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# of Votes:
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2018
80
302
9.4
26
3
0 2017
2016
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#79 332
Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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2018
79
306
10.8
30
3
0 2017
411
23
9.5
2
3
0 2016
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#78 15
Number of Years in the Top 100: 3
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2018
78
321
9.1
27
1
2 2017
63
336
10.2
31
1
1 2016
90
181
7.1
13
1
1
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#77 10
Number of Years in the Top 100: 4
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# of Votes:
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2018
77
322
9.1
27
1
1 2017
67
321
9.1
27
1
2 2016
53
319
8.2
25
1
1
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Kevin Erskine
United States
Alexandria
Kentucky
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#76 110
Number of Years in the Top 100: 1
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Avg. Vote:
# of Votes:
Highest Vote:
#1 Votes:
2018
76
348
9.4
30
1
2 2017
186
88
11.2
9
7
0 2016
116
125
9.6
11
2
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