Boardgames To Go 218 - Solo Boardgaming

Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 3:51 a.m.

Joe Berger @arnodestang Adam Brocker @abrocker @Gregarius \xa0 Opener:\xa0Stockpile Closer:\xa0Ennui about the SdJ, which is surprising/disappointing Solo boardgaming is big, and getting bigger. At least, that\u2019s my impression. It\u2019s not something I know a bunch about myself. I\u2019ve dabbled in solo boardgames for many years, and I\u2019ve done solo\xa0wargames\xa0extensively, but there are euro boardgamers who play a lot of solo boardgames. There\u2019s a whole community for this slice of the hobby, and publishers are serving them. There are games exclusively designed for solo play, and lots of \u201cregular\u201d multiplayer games that have a solo option. \xa0\xa0\xa0 On our Discord server I posted some of my explorations and questions with solo boardgames, it got some response, and soon we had a separate discussion channel to continue to conversation. From there I found a few gamers happy to join me on this episode of the podcast to talk about solo boardgaming. In true BGTG style, we name-drop a number of titles, but most of the episode is a higher level meta-discussion about solo boardgaming as a hobby-within-a-hobby. What types of solo boardgames are there, why do you play solo boardgames, and what is the\xa0community\xa0of solo boardgamers. 1 Player Guild Solitaire Games On Your Table\xa0(most recent monthly compilation) 2022 People's Choice Top 200 Solo Games -Mark