My favorite solo game, hands down, is Final Girl. You have so many great games on this list...many of them are on mine as well. Great video as always, Jamie!
Right now my favorite solo game is Aeon's End, after playing dominion and then getting to play Aeon's End is basically like a Co-op/solo dominion boss battler and it just clicked, very fun! Also have very much loved Set a Watch solo, very fun puzzle! And on the topic of "top ten lists" I have really enjoyed people recently doing like Top Ten games I played in the last month or just recently. I like that because then it is you are not trying to compare all of the games you have ever played at once and have more recent experience to go off of and talk about. I know you guys have done it for a few conventions and things like that and I always love to see them!
Great list! I appreciate that you occasionally update it to keep up with what you've played recently and how your tastes change. Would you say you tend towards simpler, cozier games for solo plays? And do you have a preference between AI opponent (Garphill Games), BYOS (most solo x and writes), or win/loss condition (Ark Nova, Planet Unknown)? I am primarily a solo gamer and here's my top 10 right now: Honourable Mention: Zhanguo: The First Empire 10. Ezra and Nehemiah 9. Expeditions 8. Scholars of the South Tigris 7. Marvel Champions 6. Nucleum 5. Weather Machine 4. Sabika 3. Wayfarers of the South Tigris 2. Voidfall 1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Change is Constant Giveaway Entry! (I gave my favourite solo and and then some!)
We are traveling on a plane tomorrow and I find solo games best when traveling so I love button shys solo series quite a bit as my favorite for a plane but right now my favorite bigger solo game is Libertalia. I appreciate the giveaway and thanks to Alley Cat. They make very good games. I enjoy the channel! The tour of the studio was especially fun.
My favourite solo is likely cartographers, is my highest rated game and it’s just always a good one to play, but things are changing all the time and there’s so many good ones. One of the main suggestions I would give is the Oniverse series I haven’t seen your cover any before and all them are really great. Little twist on different mechanisms. Personally, I think my favourite might be Aerion right now which is dice manipulation but honestly super enjoy every single one of them and I think ,even more than Friday, those are the small box games that all solo gamers should try.
My favorite solo game is probably Dungeons, Dice, and Danger. Followed by Troyes Dice and Under Falling Skies. I've just started playing La Granja solo on BGA and I'm enjoying it a ton. Ack, I love them all! All the games!!! Thank you for hosting the giveaway. I love the theme of the Ada Lovelace game. Also very excited about Luthier, although I'm afraid it might be too heavy for me. Is Luthier on your radar at all? Would love to hear FTM's thoughts on it!
Oh! I didn’t know that Life of the Amazonia had a solo mode. I need to check that out! I recently ran through Eila and Something Shiny three times in two weeks. I’m about to start Spire’s End.
Shipwrights of the North Sea (Redux) -- the new version! So many great choices and chances to engine build. I've only won a few games but when I check online people are getting great solo scores.. so I know I've got more to play and to learn.
I like worker placement. So my favorite solo game right now is Raiders of the North Sea. The duel action is unique, and the randomness of what spaces get blocked makes you really strategize your turn.
Final Girl S1 &S2 are on my shelf of shame. I truly need to make time this summer for them. I love the theme and only hear great things. Glad I invested.
I’m in a season with a toddler that doesn’t stop moving so my favorite solo play lately has been Roll to the top. I’ve enjoyed Harmonious, Cascadia, and Kingswood solo.
Thanks for the list - a few ones I should check out in there. All time solo game…that’s a tough one! I’d say Dwellings of Everdale right up there. The mechanic of being able to see the options that the AI might do creates a game of not only maximizing your engine, but also of blocking them. So, really gets the feeling of playing against a real player. Honorable mentions are Final Girl (for the fun stories that develop and the joy when you succeed), and Dune Imperium (great solo mode with the app makes it super fast on admin, and every time is it’s own little puzzle of the options you have before you).
I am very new to solo games but the one I find myself thinking of first when you ask my favourite is Calico! I love the scenario situation, so it sounds like I need to check out Life of the Amazonia :) Thanks for the giveaway!
I don’t like horror or scary or death so I can never try final girl but since u work for them tell them to reskin or re-theme another version that people who don’t like murder so I can try it!! My fave solo game is For Northwood- it’s just so perfect for me! 😊
Playing The Last Lighthouse more than other solo games at the moment but I think Dustrunner beats it for favourite, for small box/wallet games at least. Final Girl is a bit great, I can't often get it to the table though at the moment.
Thank you for the giveaway chance! This is a great list. So many of my favorites are on your list. right now, my top solo game surprised me… Stardew Valley using Maggie’s campaign mode with the game’s sound track in the background. Haha
Ah man, one favorite solo.... I think probably Nautilion, but Three Sisters would be a close follow-up. But I'm pretty new to solo gaming, so I own a bunch of games that I've played multiplayer but never solo yet (ie Cascadia, Calico, Ex Libris, etc).
My favourite solo right now is Final Girl! It's probably the most obvious but that's my most played solo right now so can't really say I have another favourite 😅
My current favorite is Darwin's Journey, unless I'm short on time, then I'd choose Enchanted Plumes, or maybe Waypoints. But there are so many honorable mentions!😂
Giveaway entry!!!! My favorite game is final girl period. Every person that steps into my house I try my hardest to convince them to play the game with me so I can show them how it works and then I take them to a boardgame store to find their own copies! You'd think I worked for Van Ryder as much as I push this game (I wish!) it's just an amazing game that I can't get enough of and if they make 20 seasons I'll be there fully backing every single one.
I haven't fully watched the video and also there isn't a legit version of a solo mode for disney villainous but I wanted to toss in the fan made rules for villainous solo when I 1st started playing I played like 3 games with several people and immediately went and picked up the expansions ain't nothing like self fating and racing against a 20 turn timer desperately needing a certain card it really helped to maximize my game play
Thanks for the chance at the giveaway! My fave solo game is also Final Girl, I can’t wait for series 3 to arrive but in the mean time I'll add that Dr.Fright is my favourite killer and Winguard Cottage or Wolfe Asylum are my favourite maps!
Giveaway entry: My favorite solo game is Robinson Crusoe followed closely by Pandemic Iberia. This was a really good list. Nemo’s War is a great game, you should definitely find time to give it a try.
My favorite solo changes week to week (what KS is arriving this week? 🙂) but recently love playing Expeditions with Gears of Corruption. Would love to get Ada's Dream (giveaway) ...
Thanks for the giveaway. It's so hard to choose just one game but as I finally got a copy of Final Girl, I'd say it's my favorite these days, followed by Hadrian's wall, Three Sisters (so impatient about this new expanded version of it 😮😍) and For Northwood.
Giveaway entry: Right now New York Zoo is my fave cause of the animeeples 😊 I'm just starting out with solo gaming and discovered your channel. Thanks for the recs!
I knew Final girl would be #1 and noticed that Numbsters was missing. Love your videos. My favorite game, solo as well as multiplayer, is Abduction by Very Special Games. Thanks for doing a giveaway.
I have been a fan of sleeping gods but this week i am trying tobget the new button and bugs gloomhaven game going so that may be my fav forba little bit lol
Happy Giveaway! My favourite solo game is currently draft and write records even though I haven’t played it physically yet as waiting for my copy. I do love Cascadia, three sister and so many more!
Final Girl overtook Marvel Champions as my favorite game. Not sure that I can continue counting that in my solo games anyway since I play with my sons now. Still, Final Girl and Marvel Champions are my top two games.
Whoa! Apparently, I don’t play enough games. Haven’t played most of these. I’m loving the bigger crunchy games to solo. Too Many Bones, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective (just the smell of the paper in the box excites me), Jaws of the Lion are all great. But…I am enjoying Scythe solo. Took a bit to get the Automata cards in the brain. My favorite though…Just One. I win everytime! 😂
Love the list! One that I've really enjoyed playing solo is an LCG that I discovered this year in Ashes Reborn! So much content and a lot to dive into with the game (Giveawayyy!)
I suspect Juno would be excellent at Numbsters! 😛Hiya, I'm commenting on the video but don't want to be entered in the contest, thanks. There are so many good solo games out there that I can't pick just one....when I start to compile a list of favorites, I end up with at least 15-20 games! One game I'd like to see you try solo is Arkham Noir. It's a solo card game and it's hard to win.
I've really fallen out of favor with solo games, but Pavlovs House and Agricola Master of Britian are probably my top two solo games. After that, probably Pandemic Rising Tide.
LOTR the card game is probably my favorite, the game its self is great and then building different decks is like a another game in its self. But currently i've been playing alot of Railroad Ink on BGA so much fun!! *GIVEAWAY*
Woo hoo giveaway!! I'll give two. My favorite 'game to solo' is Frosthaven. Just so good. The end. But my favorite solo game is Hoplo...hoplo....Hoplomachus! There, I said it. You're right it's hard!
final girl is getting a lot of deserved love here but for me, nemesis takes my #1. it never fails to give me a tense cinematic feeling every time it hits my table
My favorite solo games change weekly, but this week I’ve been enjoying the Bloody Inn and Deckula. My favorite ButtonShy games this week are the Last Lighthouse and Antinomy. Thanks for the Giveaway opportunity!❤
I agree that Final Girl is an uber awesome game (can’t wait for Season Three to ship). I also love The Bloody Inn! Jamie, your Solo Mode inspires me to play more solo games. Thank you for sharing your gaming skills with us!
My favorite solo game, hands down, is Final Girl. You have so many great games on this list...many of them are on mine as well. Great video as always, Jamie!
I love Obsession solo- so I can take my time reading all the flavour text without feeling like I'm holding up the game!
Right now my favorite solo game is Aeon's End, after playing dominion and then getting to play Aeon's End is basically like a Co-op/solo dominion boss battler and it just clicked, very fun! Also have very much loved Set a Watch solo, very fun puzzle!
And on the topic of "top ten lists" I have really enjoyed people recently doing like Top Ten games I played in the last month or just recently. I like that because then it is you are not trying to compare all of the games you have ever played at once and have more recent experience to go off of and talk about. I know you guys have done it for a few conventions and things like that and I always love to see them!
You’ll enjoy Astro Knights!
Final Girl is life. HOWEVER, Turing Machine deserves a honorable mention as one of the most brilliant boardgame designs ive ever experienced
I don't know you, but I can tell by this that I'd like you!
Great list! I appreciate that you occasionally update it to keep up with what you've played recently and how your tastes change. Would you say you tend towards simpler, cozier games for solo plays? And do you have a preference between AI opponent (Garphill Games), BYOS (most solo x and writes), or win/loss condition (Ark Nova, Planet Unknown)?
I am primarily a solo gamer and here's my top 10 right now:
Honourable Mention: Zhanguo: The First Empire
10. Ezra and Nehemiah
9. Expeditions
8. Scholars of the South Tigris
7. Marvel Champions
6. Nucleum
5. Weather Machine
4. Sabika
3. Wayfarers of the South Tigris
2. Voidfall
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Change is Constant
Giveaway Entry! (I gave my favourite solo and and then some!)
We are traveling on a plane tomorrow and I find solo games best when traveling so I love button shys solo series quite a bit as my favorite for a plane but right now my favorite bigger solo game is Libertalia. I appreciate the giveaway and thanks to Alley Cat. They make very good games. I enjoy the channel! The tour of the studio was especially fun.
Hadrian's Wall is one of my favorites currently. But I love so many roll and writes that it's truly hard to pick just one.
My favourite solo is likely cartographers, is my highest rated game and it’s just always a good one to play, but things are changing all the time and there’s so many good ones.
One of the main suggestions I would give is the Oniverse series I haven’t seen your cover any before and all them are really great. Little twist on different mechanisms. Personally, I think my favourite might be Aerion right now which is dice manipulation but honestly super enjoy every single one of them and I think ,even more than Friday, those are the small box games that all solo gamers should try.
My favorite solo game is probably Dungeons, Dice, and Danger. Followed by Troyes Dice and Under Falling Skies. I've just started playing La Granja solo on BGA and I'm enjoying it a ton. Ack, I love them all! All the games!!!
Thank you for hosting the giveaway. I love the theme of the Ada Lovelace game. Also very excited about Luthier, although I'm afraid it might be too heavy for me. Is Luthier on your radar at all? Would love to hear FTM's thoughts on it!
Three Sisters is easily my favorite solo game, but with Cartographers not far behind! I'm so excited for the revamp of Three Sisters :)
Oh! I didn’t know that Life of the Amazonia had a solo mode. I need to check that out! I recently ran through Eila and Something Shiny three times in two weeks. I’m about to start Spire’s End.
Have the best time with it!
Shipwrights of the North Sea (Redux) -- the new version! So many great choices and chances to engine build. I've only won a few games but when I check online people are getting great solo scores.. so I know I've got more to play and to learn.
I like worker placement. So my favorite solo game right now is Raiders of the North Sea. The duel action is unique, and the randomness of what spaces get blocked makes you really strategize your turn.
My favorite recent solo game has been Eila and Something Shiny. So much better than I even expected going in mostly blind to gameplay and reviews.
Final Girl S1 &S2 are on my shelf of shame. I truly need to make time this summer for them. I love the theme and only hear great things. Glad I invested.
I am currently enjoying For Northwood! Not sure if you have ever played it, but I know you like trick taking games
I’m in a season with a toddler that doesn’t stop moving so my favorite solo play lately has been Roll to the top. I’ve enjoyed Harmonious, Cascadia, and Kingswood solo.
Thanks for the list - a few ones I should check out in there. All time solo game…that’s a tough one! I’d say Dwellings of Everdale right up there. The mechanic of being able to see the options that the AI might do creates a game of not only maximizing your engine, but also of blocking them. So, really gets the feeling of playing against a real player. Honorable mentions are Final Girl (for the fun stories that develop and the joy when you succeed), and Dune Imperium (great solo mode with the app makes it super fast on admin, and every time is it’s own little puzzle of the options you have before you).
Final girl is by far my favorite but, given limited time my goto is R.O.V.E from Button Shy it's such a fun puzzle.
Obsession is my favorite solo _mode._
Final Girl is my favorite solo-only game, but also For Northwood! when I'm short on time.
Love Final Girl but favourite has to be Mage Knight
Warps Edge is my favourite solo, followed closely by Final Girl
My favorite solo game (also favorite of all time) is Voidfall. If I want something quicker, then I would probably go for Hadrian's Wall at the moment.
I’m interested in trying Final Girl, but as of right now my favorite solo game is still the Imperium series from Osprey Games.
I am very new to solo games but the one I find myself thinking of first when you ask my favourite is Calico! I love the scenario situation, so it sounds like I need to check out Life of the Amazonia :) Thanks for the giveaway!
Turing Machine is my favorite solo game. However, now that I know you can play lost species solo...I'm running upstairs to get my rulebook!
I don’t like horror or scary or death so I can never try final girl but since u work for them tell them to reskin or re-theme another version that people who don’t like murder so I can try it!! My fave solo game is For Northwood- it’s just so perfect for me! 😊
Playing The Last Lighthouse more than other solo games at the moment but I think Dustrunner beats it for favourite, for small box/wallet games at least. Final Girl is a bit great, I can't often get it to the table though at the moment.
Thank you for the giveaway chance! This is a great list. So many of my favorites are on your list. right now, my top solo game surprised me… Stardew Valley using Maggie’s campaign mode with the game’s sound track in the background. Haha
My favorite solo game of all time is definitely Final Girl all Feature films mixed and matched. I love THEM 💗
Ah man, one favorite solo.... I think probably Nautilion, but Three Sisters would be a close follow-up. But I'm pretty new to solo gaming, so I own a bunch of games that I've played multiplayer but never solo yet (ie Cascadia, Calico, Ex Libris, etc).
For Northwood! Love the game. The packaging too. Nice level of challenge
Honestly I enjoy playing the Loop a ton solo, and Cascadia when im just in a more coffee in the morning mood, lol.
My favourite solo right now is Final Girl! It's probably the most obvious but that's my most played solo right now so can't really say I have another favourite 😅
My current favorite is Darwin's Journey, unless I'm short on time, then I'd choose Enchanted Plumes, or maybe Waypoints. But there are so many honorable mentions!😂
Giveaway entry!!!! My favorite game is final girl period. Every person that steps into my house I try my hardest to convince them to play the game with me so I can show them how it works and then I take them to a boardgame store to find their own copies! You'd think I worked for Van Ryder as much as I push this game (I wish!) it's just an amazing game that I can't get enough of and if they make 20 seasons I'll be there fully backing every single one.
I haven't yet played a solo game but may try Final Girl due to your videos.
I haven't fully watched the video and also there isn't a legit version of a solo mode for disney villainous but I wanted to toss in the fan made rules for villainous solo when I 1st started playing I played like 3 games with several people and immediately went and picked up the expansions ain't nothing like self fating and racing against a 20 turn timer desperately needing a certain card it really helped to maximize my game play
Thanks for the chance at the giveaway! My fave solo game is also Final Girl, I can’t wait for series 3 to arrive but in the mean time I'll add that Dr.Fright is my favourite killer and Winguard Cottage or Wolfe Asylum are my favourite maps!
My favorite solo game is Dungeons, Dice, & Danger. I like roll and writes for their portability, and this is my fav of them
Now that sounds like an interesting game - thematically!
Been loving fliptown solo but would love to get a bit crunchier option in my library!!!
Love these lists for solo play Final girl would be my go to!
Giveaway entry: My favorite solo game is Robinson Crusoe followed closely by Pandemic Iberia. This was a really good list. Nemo’s War is a great game, you should definitely find time to give it a try.
My favorite solo changes week to week (what KS is arriving this week? 🙂) but recently love playing Expeditions with Gears of Corruption. Would love to get Ada's Dream (giveaway) ...
My top solo game that I don’t get to the table enough is Xia legends of a drift star (with expansion)
Thanks for the giveaway. It's so hard to choose just one game but as I finally got a copy of Final Girl, I'd say it's my favorite these days, followed by Hadrian's wall, Three Sisters (so impatient about this new expanded version of it 😮😍) and For Northwood.
Giveaway entry: Right now New York Zoo is my fave cause of the animeeples 😊 I'm just starting out with solo gaming and discovered your channel. Thanks for the recs!
I knew Final girl would be #1 and noticed that Numbsters was missing. Love your videos. My favorite game, solo as well as multiplayer, is Abduction by Very Special Games. Thanks for doing a giveaway.
I have been a fan of sleeping gods but this week i am trying tobget the new button and bugs gloomhaven game going so that may be my fav forba little bit lol
I don't have many games I can play solo, but I've been Cascadia a lot!
Three sisters is my favorite solo. I want to win this game though looks neat and interesting.
Happy Giveaway!
My favourite solo game is currently draft and write records even though I haven’t played it physically yet as waiting for my copy. I do love Cascadia, three sister and so many more!
Final Girl overtook Marvel Champions as my favorite game. Not sure that I can continue counting that in my solo games anyway since I play with my sons now. Still, Final Girl and Marvel Champions are my top two games.
I like playing Pandemic solo, managing four roles. I can quarterback the whole game! lol
My favorite solo game is Marvel Champions as well as Ark Nova and I would love to win Ada's Dream....its up my alley as a mathematician
Whoa! Apparently, I don’t play enough games. Haven’t played most of these. I’m loving the bigger crunchy games to solo. Too Many Bones, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective (just the smell of the paper in the box excites me), Jaws of the Lion are all great. But…I am enjoying Scythe solo. Took a bit to get the Automata cards in the brain. My favorite though…Just One. I win everytime! 😂
My favorite solo game is spirit island with Revive as a close second
Love the list! One that I've really enjoyed playing solo is an LCG that I discovered this year in Ashes Reborn! So much content and a lot to dive into with the game (Giveawayyy!)
Final Girl is my favourite solo only game, Legacy of Yu is a good runner up!
GIVEAWAY entry: My current solo fave is the Lighthouse from Buttonshy.
Favorite Solo is Circadians First Light.
I suspect Juno would be excellent at Numbsters! 😛Hiya, I'm commenting on the video but don't want to be entered in the contest, thanks. There are so many good solo games out there that I can't pick just one....when I start to compile a list of favorites, I end up with at least 15-20 games! One game I'd like to see you try solo is Arkham Noir. It's a solo card game and it's hard to win.
I've really fallen out of favor with solo games, but Pavlovs House and Agricola Master of Britian are probably my top two solo games. After that, probably Pandemic Rising Tide.
My favorite solo game is still Ark Nova (with my own variant).
Is it too late for the giveaway? My favorite solo game is Hoplomachus Victorum
LOTR the card game is probably my favorite, the game its self is great and then building different decks is like a another game in its self. But currently i've been playing alot of Railroad Ink on BGA so much fun!! *GIVEAWAY*
Nice video. My favorite solo game is Underwater Cities. Thanks for the giveway!
My favourite solo game is Castles of Burgundy.
Don't have many for solo games, but I enjoy Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion
My favorite solo game is Marvel United, and my second favorite is Marvel Champions
Woo hoo giveaway!! I'll give two. My favorite 'game to solo' is Frosthaven. Just so good. The end. But my favorite solo game is Hoplo...hoplo....Hoplomachus! There, I said it. You're right it's hard!
Giveaway entry... Like many others here, Final Girl is my favorite!
My fav solo is Mage Knight (kudos for the giveaway)!
I love Final Girl. So much fun.
Ada's Dream giveaway. My favorite solo game is also a roll n write and that is Hadrian's Wall.
Thanks for the giveaway! My favorite game to play solo is Marvel United
Giveaway entry: My favorite solo game is Raiders of the North Sea!
The solo game that does the trick for me: The Loop.
My favorite solo game is Final Girl!!
Robinson Crusoe! Ada’s Dream giveaway - thanks!
Giveaway entry: My favorite is Obsession!
My favorite solo game is also Final Girl
I really enjoy playing Final Girl
Final Girl is my fav solo game!
Great Top 10!
My favourite solo game is Legacy of Yu.
Solo favourite of mine is Grove
I have shared your video to my 4 cousins
Beacon Patrol!!! Giveaway or something like that
Love Spirit Island for solo
My Favorite Solo game is Terraforming Mars.
Final girl is my favorite- giveaway entry
Final Girl for the win. Always. Nice list! Thanks for a great video.
I liked Turing Machine
I love Gloomhaven playing solo. - Giveaway🎉
final girl is getting a lot of deserved love here but for me, nemesis takes my #1. it never fails to give me a tense cinematic feeling every time it hits my table
can you play that solo? isn't it too long?
@@ClaudiaRodriguez-yq1qxIt can be! There’s an official solo mode and Nemesis is what got me into solo board gaming. ❣️
I really enjoy Gentile Rain. I can relax and play but still be challenging.
My favorite solo games change weekly, but this week I’ve been enjoying the Bloody Inn and Deckula. My favorite ButtonShy games this week are the Last Lighthouse and Antinomy. Thanks for the Giveaway opportunity!❤
I agree that Final Girl is an uber awesome game (can’t wait for Season Three to ship). I also love The Bloody Inn!
Jamie, your Solo Mode inspires me to play more solo games. Thank you for sharing your gaming skills with us!
Thank you so much for including Oceans: Solo in this list! It's such an honor!
I think Three Sisters is my favorite solo game at the moment, so I’m suuuuuper excited for whatever they have coming.