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User Entries by Month
2025-01-03
"Iron Forest includes lots of different missions to lean into the various parts of the dexterity elements with plenty of fun across the multiple levels of the play area." [SGOYT]
2025-01-02
"SGOYT January 2025 Paupers' Ladder Giveaway" [SGOYT]
2025-01-02
"Iron Forest is a fun and silly sort of flicking game that features a second tier and launcher for exciting mech battles with a solo mode that works quite well across the missions." [SGOYT]
2025-01-01
"The Crows of Coppershell Bay offers an adventure similar to a gamebook or RPG in a compact card game with charming artwork and plenty of discoveries in a seaside town." [SGOYT]
2024-12-31
"Wizard's Academy allows for clever solutions to managing threats and discovering spells in a magical school with amateur students tasked with surviving through scenarios." [SGOYT]
2024-12-30
"Cape May is a delightful building experience in a seaside town where the optimal strategy may not be hard to discover, yet is well worth the time and effort to play a few times." [SGOYT]
2024-12-28
"Codeword Cromwell offers a fantastic narrative of villagers protecting Birkham Stokes during an invasion, but the appeal may wear off after many plays with the same stories." [SGOYT]
2024-12-27
"Expedition: Northwest Passage is an interesting tile-laying experience of exploration and planning across the frozen Arctic with a small crew in a ship and sled." [SGOYT]
2024-12-22
"Obsession is a challenging and fun experience of managing a family in Victorian society with stories that emerge through gameplay and plenty of meaningful choices." [SGOYT]
2024-12-07
"Ark Nova offers a fun challenge to build a conservation-focused zoo with plenty of animals and a nice combination of complexity in a relatively short play time." [SGOYT]
2024-12-06
"Ark Nova is a wonderfully enjoyable challenge of building a zoo and taking part in conservation efforts, making it both difficult and satisfying to find excellent card combinations." [SGOYT]
2024-12-05
"Dawn of Ulos is an intriguing and unusual sort of game about watching factions, influencing battles, and using a stock market mechanic in a solo mode that works pretty well." [SGOYT]
2024-12-01
"Tranquility: The Ascent provides a neat climbing puzzle with cards and a clever system to manage building a mountain, complete with optional modules for more variety." [SGOYT]
2024-11-30
"Raccoon Tycoon is an interesting multiplayer game about the stock market and railroad shares, but the solo mode is unfortunately overly convoluted and random." [SGOYT]
2024-11-27
"Walnut Grove holds its own with straightforward rules, a clear play area, and interesting decisions about building a farm and utilizing limited actions within the town." [SGOYT]
2024-11-26
"Outdoor Survival may be a game from over 50 years ago, yet it has some interesting concepts related to simulation games and tabletop roleplaying to learn from." [SGOYT]
2024-11-24
"Fields of Green blends simple rules with interesting decisions in a farming setting that creates little stories and offers up a fun challenge with each play." [SGOYT]
2024-11-22
"Fields of Green offers an interwoven play area of different elements of a farm and creates a surprising amount of variety in the strategies and decisions." [SGOYT]
2024-11-19
"Fields of Green is a wonderful experience of building a tableau and simulating farming with hard work and fun stories to admire after a quick play time of just 4 rounds." [SGOYT]
2024-11-17
"SGOYT November 2024 Meadow: Adventure Book Giveaway" [SGOYT]
2024-11-17
"The Meadow: Adventure Book offers unique scenarios that are more like solvable puzzles that require optimization and can take away from the calm charm of the base game." [SGOYT]
2024-11-16
"Meadow is a delightful game about slowly walking through nature, and the expansion scenarios offer new challenges that may be a bit of a hit or miss with their designs." [SGOYT]
2024-11-14
"Food Chain Island is a charming numeric puzzle with spatial elements about stacking animals, and alternative starting layouts add lots of variety with new strategies." [SGOYT]
2024-11-07
"River Mild is an interesting puzzle about expanding a river and enclosing islands for victory points, yet it can be rather abstract and difficult to parse all of the choices." [SGOYT]
2024-11-06
"SGOYT November 2024 Button Shy Wallet Games Giveaway" [SGOYT]
2024-11-01
"Mists Over Carcassonne offers a familiar sort of experience with increasingly challenging levels that introduce lots of neat choices in a ghost-filled countryside." [SGOYT]
2024-10-31
"SGOYT November 2024 Community Shelf Activity" [SGOYT]
2024-10-31
"SGOYT November 2024 Shelves & Stickers Activity" [SGOYT]
2024-10-18
"Everstone: Discovering Ignis has some clever concepts with different mechanics, but there are some rough edges that make it difficult to get invested in gameplay." [SGOYT]
2024-10-13
"King of Monster Island offers a light, chaotic battle with lots of unique card abilities and strategic choices, although it may be a little too easy or static in the long-run." [SGOYT]
2024-10-09
"Crystallo features beautiful, almost glowing artwork and giant acrylic gems in a fun sort of puzzle, but randomness and lack of visual clarity can be frustrating at times." [SGOYT]
2024-10-08
"Walking in Burano is a delightful little card game about creating a row of houses in a summery scene that seems to come alive in the most welcoming way." [SGOYT]
2024-10-06
"Spots is a very lightweight game about filling in patterns on dogs with dice, yet it offers just enough strategy to keep it interesting and filled with laughs." [SGOYT]
2024-10-01
"Be Like a Cat creates a solo journaling RPG adventure about following a cat through life, navigating world exploration and using skills for interesting encounters." [SGOYT]
2024-09-30
"Ryozen offers some interesting elements with upgradeable and unique units, but suffers from some unnecessary components that detract from gameplay." [SGOYT]
2024-09-29
"Meadow is a wonderful, peaceful journey on a nature walk, and although the expansion adds a lot of elements, it creates a new way to explore the river." [SGOYT]
2024-09-27
"New Bedford has lots of potential with unique solo opponents and an ever-growing town of actions, yet its confusing rules and orders can drag down the experience." [SGOYT]
2024-09-25
"Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast is a surprising RPG that breaks a lot of conventions and offers a delightful, welcoming experience of unlockable content and slice-of-life journeys." [SGOYT]
2024-09-24
"For Northwood! offers a wonderful campaign with surprising scenarios filled with fun elements like comedy tours with excellent solo trick-taking elements." [SGOYT]
2024-09-19
"The Vale of Eternity offers a great solo drafting mechanic and lots of interesting choices to put together a team of awesome creatures and fun abilities." [SGOYT]
2024-09-10
"Forage: A 9 Card Solitaire Game uses some familiar design concepts from the trilogy, yet offers up a slightly more complex puzzle complete with Edwood Mouse." [SGOYT]
2024-09-04
"Honey Buzz offers a lot of content with its autumn-themed expansion, yet setup takes ages and there isn't an easy way to tell how well a play is going until the end." [SGOYT]
2024-09-02
"Enchanted Plumes is a simple, charming sort of solo puzzle that presents interesting choices and looks beautiful with different colored feathers in plumes." [SGOYT]
2024-09-01
"Floriferous is a lovely and relaxing game of strolling through a floral garden while a crow offers up a challenge about which flowers to pick and pair." [SGOYT]
2024-08-30
"Tranquility is a beautiful game of ordering cards, taking risks, and enjoying a peaceful little puzzle that offers a fun and quick sort of challenge." [SGOYT]
2024-08-29
"Unsurmountable is a surprisingly challenging climb up a mountain with multiple difficulty levels and a lot of decisions to make with a small number of cards." [SGOYT]
2024-08-27
"Crypt offers some interesting push-your-luck mechanics with lovely treasure card artwork and a very quick play time, but limited overall variety." [SGOYT]
2024-08-26
"Enchanted Plumes is all about creating lovely plumes of feathers with clever mechanics that create excellent decision and many different strategies within a simple ruleset." [SGOYT]
2024-08-24
"For Northwood! is like a familiar friend with a charming theme, interesting trick-taking gameplay, and no stress amidst forest animal rulers ready to converse." [SGOYT]
2024-08-23
"Honey Buzz is simply delightful with lovely artwork and an interesting system of creating actions, although it can feel like there is a lengthy setup involved for what it offers." [SGOYT]
2024-08-13
"Tiwanaku is a fascinating deduction puzzle about terrain and crops with an awesome wheel, although a lengthy setup time and repetition can make it drag on a little bit." [SGOYT]
2024-08-10
"Elevenses for One is a delightful and quick game about ordering cards, yet the challenge of using abilities makes each play a fun little puzzle to work through." [SGOYT]
2024-08-09
"Samurai Spirit features a very clever puzzle of managing the defense of a village with a team of samurai who can transform into animals and utilize many abilities." [SGOYT]
2024-08-07
"Obsession offers a wonderful mix of mechanics that brings the rivalry of Derbyshire society to life in delightful ways with challenging decisions about the family's standing." [SGOYT]
2024-08-06
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game is a wonderful and consistent game of overlapping fruit trees that doesn't offer up surprises, but is a joy to work towards a high score." [SGOYT]
2024-08-04
"Habitats offers a simple ruleset with plenty of decisions as a preserve of animals takes shape by meeting terrain requirements and cleverly moving through a tile market." [SGOYT]
2024-08-03
"Call of Kilforth has so many wonderful stories to tell and introduces some neat new mechanics into the game system to add more choices without making it too easy." [SGOYT]
2024-08-02
"Call of Kilforth creates a wonderful world to explore and develop a narrative adventure around, but the different artwork styles can detract from the delightful immersion." [SGOYT]
2024-08-01
"Arborea features a beautiful, whimsical world with an excellent set of mechanics around balancing journeys down trails and deciding when to share resources." [SGOYT]
2024-07-31
"Cascadia is a wonderful blend of relaxing artwork and mechanics, where an ecosystem takes shape through meaningful tile and token choices featuring animals." [SGOYT]
2024-07-30
"Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North has a lot of charming clans to discover, but the solo mode feels a bit limited with standalone scenarios." [SGOYT]
2024-07-29
"Skoventyr is a deceptively nuanced game that brings Danish folklore to life with clever set collection and action selection mechanics with Vogter, the badger." [SGOYT]
2024-07-28
"Sanssouci is a relaxing, delightful puzzle about building a garden of tiles and having visitors take in the sights with a simple set of rules." [SGOYT]
2024-07-27
"Expedition: Northwest Passage presents fun challenges to create a map and plot a course home with the help of a crew split up between a ship and sled." [SGOYT]
2024-07-26
"Journey Adventure Quest offers fun with collecting and stacking equipment for bonuses and neat names, but can be very random without a strong setting to feel attached to." [SGOYT]
2024-07-24
"For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game offers a wonderful solo experience with adorable artwork and thoughtful choices within a kind, peaceful sort of theme." [SGOYT]
2024-07-19
"Metrorunner offers a neat puzzle within a cyberpunk world where balancing multiple tracks is the key to success with a handful of nuanced strategies." [SGOYT]
2024-07-15
"Metrorunner presents an interesting challenge set in a cyberpunk world where movement and balancing various measures of success are the keys to success." [SGOYT]
2024-07-12
"Imperial Settlers is a fantastic experience that can be played in a number of different ways to get the most out of building up a faction's empire with lots of unique cards." [SGOYT]
2024-07-09
"Imperial Settlers offers an interesting and fairly quick experience of building up a civilization, particularly with all of the available expansion content." [SGOYT]
2024-07-07
"For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game is a fun and non-confrontational experience about conversing with animals in the woods with some very clever mechanics." [SGOYT]
2024-07-06
"Fort is a charming experience about being a kid, making friends, and building a fort against a solo opponent that introduces challenges without much overhead." [SGOYT]
2024-07-04
"The Fool's Journey is a wonderful game to use a Tarot deck, and provides plenty of variants to customize the experience for a greater challenge." [SGOYT]
2024-07-03
"Pan Am has a beautiful set of components and fantastic artwork, yet the mechanics and strategies feel a bit limited to want to return to play again and again." [SGOYT]
2024-07-01
"Captain Flip is a fun little puzzle about choosing characters and taking chances, all with a delightful ship's crew and plenty of laughs over a handful of minutes." [SGOYT]
2024-06-28
"I, Toaster is a delightful RPG where appliances come to life and head off on adventures guided by their emotional cores and many other functions." [SGOYT]
2024-06-19
"Wildlands offers a lot of variety with its multi-purpose cards and challenging decisions, all in a very reasonable play time for a skirmish-style solo experience." [SGOYT]
2024-06-16
"Wingspan features so many delightful bird illustrations with clear mechanics and a lot of different strategies to pursue in a relaxing sort of environment." [SGOYT]
2024-06-15
"Wingspan uses a straightforward ruleset that provides a relaxing sort of challenge all about attracting birds, appreciating the art, and enjoying nature." [SGOYT]
2024-06-11
"Wonderland's War provides a whimsical and beautiful experience of tea parties and battles, yet it requires a lot of setup effort and may feel a little too random." [SGOYT]
2024-06-02
"Yedo has some very interesting decisions about bidding, planning movement, and collecting mission requirements, yet it can get bogged down in bad luck and randomness." [SGOYT]
2024-06-01
"Yokohama is filled with meaningful choices based on planning routes through a city, but the solo experience can be ambiguous and a bit too haphazard to provide a challenge." [SGOYT]
2024-05-31
"Yokohama Duel offers a simple design with a rather deep strategic space where building and managing the power of actions create a wonderful challenge." [SGOYT]
2024-05-22
"Yokohama Duel focuses on action selection and worker placement in a very organized and challenging sort of experience with an unofficial solo mode." [SGOYT]
2024-05-21
"Yucatan features poorly edited rulebooks, including a very random solo mode, and a theme that feels quite uncomfortable and difficult to enjoy." [SGOYT]
2024-05-20
"Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef is absolutely enormous, but creates an immersive world of completing challenges and becoming a champion among the islands." [SGOYT]
2024-05-18
"Let's Go! To Japan is a delightful experience about planning a vacation with absolutely wonderful artwork, yet the solo mode sprawls out and feels unnecessarily huge." [SGOYT]
2024-05-17
"Coney features some of the cutest rabbits, yet the solo mode is confusing with a lot of sub-actions and elements that don't create a thematic or memorable experience." [SGOYT]
2024-05-15
"Leviathan Wilds provides engaging climbing puzzles with a variety of challenges across a series of 17 different leviathans with unique abilities and rules." [SGOYT]
2024-05-04
"Leviathan Wilds is all about working through a climbing puzzle with different climbers and leviathans, where victories are often hard-won and very satisfying." [SGOYT]
2024-04-28
"Leviathan Wilds provides interesting puzzles set atop giants where planning, climbing, and even falling are part of the strategy about how to use multi-purpose cards." [SGOYT]
2024-04-27
"Leviathan Wilds is an awesome and thematic experience about climbing and healing giants, where decisions are meaningful and multi-purpose cards create intriguing choices." [SGOYT]
2024-04-26
"Mining Colony is an interesting puzzle of bidding with initiative cards to fill in a board with polyomino tiles and trying to construct all of the required structures." [SGOYT]
2024-04-25
"Stonespine Architects is filled with interesting decisions about how to build a dungeon filled with paths, monsters, and traps with lots of different scoring goals." [SGOYT]
2024-04-24
"Expedition: Northwest Passage features a fun mapping challenge with plenty of decisions with the different ways the ship and sled teams can progress before turning home." [SGOYT]
2024-04-23
"Village Green is a delightful and pleasant experience about choosing cards and awards, although the artwork is always lovely to admire regardless of the final score." [SGOYT]
2024-04-22
"Palm Laboratory features a fun and quirky setting with clever mechanics, all in a very portable, compact, and durable deck of cards that can be played almost anywhere." [SGOYT]
2024-04-21
"Space Lion: Divide and Conquer features very unique armies and upgradeable units in a quick sort of battling experience, but the solo mode may fall a little flat as a practice mode." [SGOYT]
2024-04-20
"Palm Island is an excellent choice for a portable card game, yet its generic theme and somewhat repetitive gameplay may not make it a fun long-term experience." [SGOYT]
2024-04-16
"The Pursuit of Happiness is all about finding joy in life experiences and memories, all within a thematic story filled with challenging decisions during each life phase." [SGOYT]
2024-04-11
"The Pursuit of Happiness follows the life of a character and presents plenty of interesting decisions to use time to find the most joy and happiness, all while creating a story." [SGOYT]
2024-04-10
"Gearworks offers a puzzle reminiscent of Sudoku with a fantastic theme and plenty of decisions to make each play rather interesting with nuanced strategies." [SGOYT]
2024-04-04
"Worldbreakers features an alternative history set in Asia where mythium and guilds provide different ways to gain power in a chapter-based solo campaign with clear rules." [SGOYT]
2024-03-30
"Imperium: Classics caters to all different play styles with unique nations that simulate history and offer up plenty of neat combinations to discover through play." [SGOYT]
2024-03-25
"Imperium: Classics is filled with historical storytelling and interesting mechanics with a plethora of unique nations and strategies to discover." [SGOYT]
2024-03-24
"Imperium: Classics offers historical storytelling through nation-specific and common cards to create a wonderful and intricate challenge filled with nuanced strategies." [SGOYT]
2024-03-18
"Septima presents a wondrous theme and beautiful artwork with lots of potential, yet it feels rather repetitive, lengthy, and mechanical with an enormous play space." [SGOYT]
2024-03-10
"Tussie Mussie features beautiful art and some intriguing decisions, but the solo mode can feel a bit repetitive, tedious, and confusing with a lot of reliance on luck." [SGOYT]
2024-02-27
"Maple Valley is all about making friends to explore the valley with a charming theme about crafting and bringing joy within a set of interconnected mechanics." [SGOYT]
2024-02-25
"Songbirds offers a surprisingly challenging puzzle in a 5x5 grid with adorable artwork, meaningful choices, and simple math to find the loudest birds in the forest." [SGOYT]
2024-02-24
"Way Too Many Cats! features adorable cat artwork and some neat decisions, but is rather abstract with lots of scoring rules to keep in mind with each card placement." [SGOYT]
2024-02-22
"Ex Libris: Revised Edition features funny book titles and excellent custom meeples, but tiny text and mediocre gameplay can be major issues." [SGOYT]
2024-02-19
"Raising Robots offers interesting decisions and a real challenge with figuring out how to make the best decisions, plus it features amazingly detailed robot artwork." [SGOYT]
2024-02-16
"Raising Robots captures the magic of discovering science and technology in an interesting phase selection and tableau building combination with adorable robots." [SGOYT]
2024-02-15
"Hens is a simple but challenging sort of puzzle about arranging chickens in a barnyard with placement restrictions and a compact play area." [SGOYT]
2024-02-14
"Riverbend is a surprisingly enjoyable RPG with all sorts of unexpected discoveries, and a campaign that can be as short or long as desired for plenty of storytelling opportunities." [SGOYT]
2024-02-05
"Mists Over Carcassonne offers an interesting twist on the original tile-laying mechanics with ghosts and mist banks that present some very fun challenges." [SGOYT]
2024-01-18
"Creature Comforts is a wonderfully adorable game about preparing for winter by crafting comforts, and features some neat worker placement and dice mechanics." [SGOYT]
2024-01-12
"Riverbend offers a very neat way to create a river basin with dice, and the points of interest create a lot of potential stories amidst a fishing adventure RPG." [SGOYT]
2024-01-08
"Earthborne Rangers creates a living world full of surprises to discover and characters to connect with across a wonderful campaign, although some mechanics are a little rough." [SGOYT]
2024-01-06
"Arbortect offers a nice challenge around shaping a flowering tree with a short play time and plenty of different goal combinations to try out." [SGOYT]
2024-01-03
"Fishing Lessons offers a lovely puzzle with a programming sequence, where the memory element can be easily ignored and expansions used to add more variety." [SGOYT]
2024-01-02
"Fishing Lessons is a clever little programming puzzle about heading out on the lake, yet its poignant theme about remembering lost loved ones is its surprising strength." [SGOYT]
2024-01-01
"Earthborne Rangers offers an enormous open world to explore and enjoy the little moments, although the rulebook and introduction are a little hard to get through." [SGOYT]
2023-12-31
"Exit: Advent Calendar - The Silent Storm offers 24 daily puzzles to solve with varied challenges and a help book that make December a very fun month." [SGOYT]
2023-12-30
"The Crusoe Crew features a choice of 4 characters to play as with unqiue abilities and hidden numbers spread out across adventures and puzzles to play through once or twice." [SGOYT]
2023-12-29
"Guild Academies of Valeria is all about managing an academy with faculty, student, classes, in a fantastic, heavier solo experience than other Valeria games." [SGOYT]
2023-12-27
"Valeria: Card Kingdoms is a wonderful mixture of variety and mechanics, with dice that activate citizens and a number of different solo modes to explore." [SGOYT]
2023-12-26
"Villages of Valeria simulates building a new village with adventurers who may move in, all while making it fun to discover what building cards are available with each play." [SGOYT]
2023-12-25
"Siege of Valeria is an interesting tower defense game with a neat puzzle of defeating monsters and siege engines, although the campaign is pretty short and relatively static." [SGOYT]
2023-12-24
"Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria features an awesome theme, dice mechanics, and decisions, yet the solo opponent is pre-programmed and offers practically no challenge." [SGOYT]
2023-12-23
"Margraves of Valeria uses a neat influence mechanic with multi-purpose cards, yet the solo mode doesn't provide a lot of tension as everything is possible in a single play." [SGOYT]
2023-12-22
"Anunnaki: Dawn of the Gods presents a very interesting and engaging action selection puzzle with neat mechanics, yet the Kickstarter edition box is astoundingly enormous." [SGOYT]
2023-12-22
"December 2023 SGOYT Advent Calendar Giveaway." [SGOYT]
2023-12-21
"Keystone: North America is absolutely beautiful with lots of assignments to work through, yet it can feel quite repetitive quickly without any major elements that stand out." [SGOYT]
2023-12-18
"Verdant offers a lot of fun and is a beautiful solo experience, but there are a lot of decision layers and visuals that blend in a little too much to parse the details." [SGOYT]
2023-12-15
"Cascadia is a beautiful game about creating habitats and populating the area with wildlife, all with interesting scoring goals and a very rewarding experience." [SGOYT]
2023-12-14
"Calico is a beautiful and cozy sort of game with interesting scenario-based puzzles, although it has a fair amount of luck and some very busy, patterned artwork." [SGOYT]
2023-12-13
"Lilly Van Helsing is a fairly lighthearted, funny sort of adventure about earning money from hunting monsters and completing a handful of interesting missions." [SGOYT]
2023-12-12
"Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty: Associates presents a trio of interesting cases set aboard or near a train with a great storyline and ability to take on the role of Moriarty." [SGOYT]
2023-12-11
"Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars allows puzzles to be solved by using a character's strengths, although this might be best enjoyed with a group." [SGOYT]
2023-12-10
"Resist! offers an interesting look at the history of the Spanish Maquis with difficult decisions about completing missions with a dwindling supply of characters." [SGOYT]
2023-12-08
"Mercurial has some of the most beautiful artwork, yet suffers from a lack of theme and very repetitive gameplay that doesn't feel very interesting." [SGOYT]
2023-12-06
"Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective offers a lot of fun with excellent cases that unfold from clues and leads that can create some surprising twists and turns." [SGOYT]
2023-12-05
"The Royal Limited presents some interesting choices with multi-purpose cards in a puzzle all about arranging and boarding a train with passengers and VIP guests." [SGOYT]
2023-11-30
"For Northwood! is a delightful game about conversing with animal rulers by winning tricks and bringing in unique ally abilities to sway opinions." [SGOYT]
2023-11-29
"Paupers' Ladder is an immersive and charming adventure game with plenty of variety, cozy elements, and so much fun that never feels like work, thanks to fairly simple rules." [SGOYT]
2023-11-26
"Skoventyr offers an interesting theme set in Danish folklore where the puzzle is a challenging one with different allies to use and Vogter, the badger, as the main character." [SGOYT]
2023-11-23
"Dorfromantik: The Board Game is a lovely and relaxing tile-laying game with a campaign of unlockable content, although it may be a little too light for long-term play." [SGOYT]
2023-11-18
"Gourmet Popcorn Dice is very lightweight and reliant on luck, yet the experience is simply fun and entertaining with the simple rules and colorful dice." [SGOYT]
2023-11-18
"SGOYT November 2023 Activity #2." [SGOYT]
2023-11-17
"The Magnificent offers an excellent combination of familiar mechanics within a challenging optimization puzzle that may be devoid of a theme, but is still quite interesting." [SGOYT]
2023-11-05
"Mysthea is an interesting world of floating islands, card abilities, and area control, but the solo opponent requires a lot of effort to run in order to simulate realistic choices." [SGOYT]
2023-11-04
"Far Space Foundry introduces some neat concepts, but goes a little too heavy on pick-up-and-deliver with very random results in a generally static puzzle." [SGOYT]
2023-11-02
"SGOYT November 2023 Activity #1." [SGOYT]
2023-11-01
"Bad Company has some interesting concepts with activating characters with dice pairs and a car chase, yet bad luck and a lack of storyline can make it drag on a bit." [SGOYT]
2023-10-31
"SGOYT November 2023 Activity List." [SGOYT]
2023-10-30
"Awkward Guests introduces an interesting solo deduction puzzle, but the required app leads to some frustrating moments in a very repetitive case." [SGOYT]
2023-10-29
"Earth is a gorgeous game about growing plants on an island with soil, sprouts, and growth, yet it can feel very luck-based with scoring for practically everything." [SGOYT]
2023-10-28
"Oranienburger Kanal offers lots of variety in the buildings to construct along the banks of a canal where bridges and resources must be carefully managed." [SGOYT]
2023-10-26
"Dog Park is a simply adorable game all about walking dogs and enjoying a calm atmosphere, although there are plenty of meaningful choices to make along the way." [SGOYT]
2023-10-24
"Super Slopes is a fun and challenging path-building puzzle with an interesting market mechanism and paths designed to connect and criss-cross." [SGOYT]
2023-10-21
"Arkham Horror: The Card Game is firmly in the horror genre, yet it offers an amazing storytelling experience over the course of a connected campaign for the investigators." [SGOYT]
2023-10-13
"Arkham Horror: The Card Game provides a wonderful horror story to play through with different investigators, scenarios, and campaigns." [SGOYT]
2023-10-06
"Arkham Horror: The Card Game is an awesome storytelling experience made even better by the comedy to be discovered in the Barkham Horror scenario with cats and dogs." [SGOYT]
2023-10-05
"Village Green is a simply gorgeous little puzzle about creating a 3x3 grid to earn various awards, although it suffers from a few major iconography issues." [SGOYT]
2023-10-04
"Jump Drive features an awesome solo campaign with different kinds of victories as developments and worlds take shape in a straightforward and quick experience." [SGOYT]
2023-10-03
"The Fool's Journey is an enjoyable and pleasant way to see all of the artwork in a Tarot deck by overcoming challenges and making some interesting choices." [SGOYT]
2023-10-02
"Paper Tales offers an excellent solo card drafting mechanic with lovely paper craft artwork, although the solo opponent can sometimes feel too challenging and random." [SGOYT]
2023-10-01
"Expedition: Northwest Passage is all about mapping and exploring an area with the constant threat of changing temperatures as the crew works to make it back home safely." [SGOYT]
2023-09-30
"Imperial Settlers is a complete solo experience with the base game, but expansions add new mechanics to the various factions and building strategies." [SGOYT]
2023-09-27
"NEOM is a very quick and fun tile-laying experience about building a city complete with neighborhoods and districts amongst its many scoring objectives." [SGOYT]
2023-09-26
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game is all about overlapping cards and harvesting fruit with dice as point counters, and it offers a very enjoyable, puzzle-like challenge." [SGOYT]
2023-09-24
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game is all about overlapping cards and harvesting fruit with dice as point counters, and it offers a very enjoyable, puzzle-like challenge." [SGOYT]
2023-09-23
"Fields of Green offers a wonderfully relaxing atmosphere in a farming world filled with all sorts of cards and abilities that create quite the challenge." [SGOYT]
2023-09-20
"The Bogey is all about organizing a deck of cards into columns, and features a fantastic combination of simple rules and interesting strategies to try out." [SGOYT]
2023-09-19
"Thurn and Taxis is all about completing postal routes by connecting cities and planning how to place lots of wooden houses, which makes for a wonderful solo puzzle." [SGOYT]
2023-09-18
"Expeditions presents a mysterious world to explore with no combat but plenty of different cards to discover with all sorts of combinations and decisions." [SGOYT]
2023-09-16
"Reiner Knizia's Decathlon is a surprisingly fun print-and-play that feature simple dice rolls and just enough decisions to make the experience rather exciting." [SGOYT]
2023-09-15
"Samurai Spirit presents a very interesting strategy of deciding how to use cards and activate abilities with samurai who can transform into awesome animals." [SGOYT]
2023-09-14
"51st State: Ultimate Edition has an interesting setting with cards that can be used in different ways, but it feels a little less streamlined and has a rather ambiguous rulebook." [SGOYT]
2023-09-10
"Point City features a lovely set of artwork, but the overall challenge is pretty minimal with a single strategy to earn the most victory points." [SGOYT]
2023-09-09
"Ancient Realm puts a unique spin on overlapping cards with blocks that can be activated as resources are collected and the wonders of the world are constructed." [SGOYT]
2023-09-07
"Disney Villainous offers some interesting puzzles to work through with the different villains, but may not offer long-term staying power with limited variability." [SGOYT]
2023-09-06
"Deep Future is amazingly customizable and creates the foundation for crafting a one-of-a-kind galaxy in a unique make-as-you-play model with worlds and technologies." [SGOYT]
2023-09-03
"Shadows of Kilforth features the awesome potential for storytelling with personal sagas and journeys across a beautiful, dangerous world steeped in gloom." [SGOYT]
2023-09-02
"Cactus Town features excellent components, but gameplay is very simple and the single solo scenario is easy enough to complete after a couple of plays with no variability." [SGOYT]
2023-09-01
"The LOOP uses an awesome time travel theme and a clever shared deck to battle Dr. Faux and his clones in a very fun and challenging cooperative adventure." [SGOYT]
2023-08-31
"Vindication sets the stage for an interesting adventure, but the solo mode only uses part of the content and feels like an exercise in maximizing victory points without a story." [SGOYT]
2023-08-24
"Ticket to Ride can offer a nice puzzle of connecting routes with trains, yet it features a lot of luck and doesn't necessarily hold up over time." [SGOYT]
2023-08-22
"Charterstone offers some very unique legacy campaign elements that may take a little time to ramp up, yet the overall experience is filled with fun surprises and gameplay." [SGOYT]
2023-08-21
"Spots is a delightful little game that's very luck dependent with limited strategies, yet it's simply fun to play as dice are used to fill in the spot patterns on dogs." [SGOYT]
2023-08-20
"Concordia offers a simple ruleset with deep strategies in an official solo mode that creates an interesting challenge with plenty of meaningful decisions to make." [SGOYT]
2023-08-17
"Fox Curio's Floating Bookshop uses minimal rules to lay the groundwork for a charming world that takes shape through solo journaling across the days and seasons." [SGOYT]
2023-08-16
"Arbortect features a pleasant nature theme about creating a tree to a combination of specifications with overlapping cards that offer a fun and quick challenge." [SGOYT]
2023-08-14
"PaleoVet features a nice mix of dice and abilities to cure dinosaurs with lovely artwork, yet the solo experience isn't all that challenging after a couple of plays." [SGOYT]
2023-08-13
"Trickerion: Collector's Edition is a beautiful and excellent game about being a magician, but the level of planning required in the solo mode may be a little too intense." [SGOYT]
2023-08-10
"Dice Realms uses dice in a different way where strategically upgrading or specializing with dice faces is quite interesting, but swapping out the dice faces is very tedious." [SGOYT]
2023-08-09
"Lifeform features an awesome sci-fi horror setting and theme, but it ultimately falls flat with confusing rules, poor iconography, and a ship map covered with too many tokens." [SGOYT]
2023-08-07
"Food Chain Island features whimsical animals who must eat, and the puzzle of stacking cards and using abilities offers a very interesting and fun challenge." [SGOYT]
2023-08-06
"Habitats combines a simple ruleset with more challenging gameplay, all within a lovely theme of creating a wildlife preserve filled with different animals." [SGOYT]
2023-08-05
"Meadow features beautiful, detailed artwork to provide a relaxing challenge set against the atmosphere of taking a walk in nature and appreciating the little things." [SGOYT]
2023-08-04
"Witches of the Revolution is an interesting game, but ultimately comes down to matching icons and getting lucky with the order of the event cards." [SGOYT]
2023-08-03
"Fox Curio's Floating Bookshop offers a relaxing setting to keep a solo journal about selling books on the River and meeting all sorts of customers along the way." [SGOYT]
2023-08-02
"Fox Curio's Floating Bookshop is an absolutely delightful solo journaling RPG about cozy stories on the River selling books and meeting animalfolk." [SGOYT]
2023-07-29
"Maiden's Quest is a fun game about making one's own escape from a captor, yet the poor quality cards can make shuffling a chore in this entirely card-driven game." [SGOYT]
2023-07-28
"Obsession is a wonderful game that ties its theme and mechanics together perfectly, while presenting a memorable challenge against a solo opponent, like the Poldarks." [SGOYT]
2023-07-25
"Mythos Tales blends the horror and mystery genres with lots of interesting cases and plenty of terrifying surprises, although typos can spoil the immersion at times." [SGOYT]
2023-07-23
"Unlock!: Escape Adventures features a wonderful experience with Squeek & Sausage, but the required app and frustrating hidden elements can make it very difficult to enjoy." [SGOYT]
2023-07-21
"The Siblings Trouble creates a fun framework for telling adventures that feature all sorts of interesting encounters, events, and treasures to discover." [SGOYT]
2023-07-18
"Godsforge has some nice ideas, but issues with the deck setup and too much randomness can mean the solo mode isn't as much fun as the multiplayer game." [SGOYT]
2023-07-15
"Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory is an amazing way to explore a modern nation with politics and economics where policies shift and classes must work together." [SGOYT]
2023-07-14
"Nightlight is about stuffed animals guarding against nightmares, yet it boils down to pure luck, little variety, and some unsettling artwork for the denizens." [SGOYT]
2023-07-13
"Arboretum features beautiful tree artwork and an interesting challenge to create paths, while creating separate majorities in order to earn the ability to score." [SGOYT]
2023-07-12
"Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer is a very realistic and beautiful bee simulation game that can be overly complex or even repetitive during parts of each solo play." [SGOYT]
2023-07-11
"La Famiglia is an interesting set of puzzles focused more on words and numbers over elaborate options, yet it can be quite enjoyable for the right audience." [SGOYT]
2023-07-08
"Unicornus Knights is a challenging experience with a story that builds over the course of play as Princess Cornelia races to take back the capital amidst dangerous enemy lands." [SGOYT]
2023-07-04
"Unicornus Knights creates a story from the fated connections between kingdom and empire as a battle-ready princess is guided along a route through dangerous lands." [SGOYT]
2023-07-03
"Dice Kingdoms of Valeria has some fun elements, yet there isn't a lot of variety in the strategy and random solo events can be extremely punishing without any mitigation." [SGOYT]
2023-07-02
"Dice Kingdoms of Valeria offers some fun with cascading reward pips and dice decisions, but it's a fairly light experience that takes a long time to play with limited variety." [SGOYT]
2023-07-01
"Journey Adventure Quest is a very customizable and quick sort of adventure about making interesting choices about stacking cards on equipment slots for monster battles." [SGOYT]
2023-06-30
"Journey Adventure Quest features a fairly quick adventure about battling monsters with a clever and fun way of stacking equipment for added bonuses and descriptors." [SGOYT]
2023-06-29
"Anno 1800 has a fun solo campaign up to a point, yet some issues with sheer luck, lower quality components, and added setup time can make it a little problematic." [SGOYT]
2023-06-27
"Anno 1800 is all about producing resources and advancing technologies with inhabitants, and the solo campaign is an excellent way to learn all of the mechanics." [SGOYT]
2023-06-22
"Paperback Adventures can be a fun experience to create words from letters to battle bosses on a narrative adventure, yet lengthy rules and limited variety can be an issue." [SGOYT]
2023-06-21
"The Pursuit of Happiness offers a wonderful and positive opportunity to tell the life story of a character in a strategic and challenging way." [SGOYT]
2023-06-17
"The Pursuit of Happiness is a fantastic card-driven storytelling experience with lots of decisions made even better with its expansions and different modules." [SGOYT]
2023-06-16
"The Pursuit of Happiness creates wonderful life stories that can incorporate many new elements with expansions, such as dreaming, planning, kids, and services." [SGOYT]
2023-06-15
"The Pursuit of Happiness is a fun worker placement game about living the life of a character, which can be enhanced with deeper connections through expansions." [SGOYT]
2023-06-14
"The Pursuit of Happiness is a delightful game about taking a character through a lifetime with a focus on the story and memorable experiences to sum up a happy life." [SGOYT]
2023-06-13
"Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest offers interesting combinations with pirates and the order of activation during each voyage, but it doesn't stand out as a solo experience." [SGOYT]
2023-06-12
"Roar and Write! is a pleasant enough solo experience, but unclear rules and a limited amount of variety in strategies makes it one that may not stick around forever." [SGOYT]
2023-06-11
"Villages of Valeria offers a fun and quick experience around constructing a village and recruiting adventurers, especially with the added expansion content." [SGOYT]
2023-06-09
"Regicide presents a fun puzzle to play through all of the face cards and overcome variable challenges by using each card suit in a different way." [SGOYT]
2023-06-06
"Mazescape: Ariadne offers 7 interesting maze puzzles within folded booklets, yet it can be hard to keep track of progress with the visual style." [SGOYT]
2023-06-05
"The Red Cathedral has even more to enjoy with the expansion that adds contractors, specialists, new guilds, and brand new solo strategies." [SGOYT]
2023-06-04
"The Red Cathedral offers a midweight experience with shared construction, dice movement, and resource management for a very interesting sort of puzzle." [SGOYT]
2023-06-03
"Enchanted Plumes is a beautiful and quick game about stacking colorful feathers in plumes by using a variety of feather colors before the peahen arrives." [SGOYT]
2023-06-02
"Walking in Burano is an absolutely delightful and relaxing game about building a colorful neighborhood with a variety of characters and scoring conditions." [SGOYT]
2023-06-01
"Long Shot: The Dice Game is a very fun experience that captures the excitement of horse racing, but has a few issues with a very random solo opponent." [SGOYT]
2023-05-31
"Arcana Rising offers interesting choices about buying and casting spells, yet doesn't have anything to make it stand out with its mechanics or theme." [SGOYT]
2023-05-23
"Lizard Wizard has wonderful artwork and an interesting economy, yet the solo mode can drag on with far too many unanswered questions." [SGOYT]
2023-05-22
"Ashes Reborn: Rise of the Phoenixborn offers seemingly endless card combinations and dice to use as resources in a very engaging and challenging solo mode." [SGOYT]
2023-05-21
"Widget Ridge provides lots of interesting cards to combine into inventions, but a confusing rulebook and lackluster solo mode detract from the experience." [SGOYT]
2023-05-16
"Suspects: The MacGuffin Affair is a fantastic introduction to this mystery system of looking through cards and finding the most logical path forward." [SGOYT]
2023-05-15
"NMBR 9 is a fun solo puzzle that can be as relaxing or challenging as desired with the way the numbered tiles fit together and stack to form new levels." [SGOYT]
2023-05-13
"Rune is a quick solo game about overlapping cards, yet the different options and clear artwork make it an interesting challenge." [SGOYT]
2023-05-09
"Harsh Shadows simulates a tense chase between an agent and spy with evidence to collect and locations to visit, all in a very quick playtime." [SGOYT]
2023-05-07
"Project Dreamscape features unique, pastel artwork to traverse a dream as actions provide opportunities to create bigger icon chains." [SGOYT]
2023-05-05
"Under Falling Skies is a wonderful solo game about battling alien ships and using dice placement to make meaningful decisions." [SGOYT]
2023-05-03
"Under Falling Skies provides a fantastic experience of fighting off an alien invasion with meaningful and challenging dice placement choices." [SGOYT]
2023-05-01
"Blitzkrieg! offers a top-level view of World War Two with plenty of strategy and a straightforward set of rules for quick gameplay." [SGOYT]
2023-04-30
"ROVE creates a fun spatial puzzle of moving modules around to complete patterns with a limited number of movement points." [SGOYT]
2023-04-29
"For Northwood! provides a wonderful solo experience with cute animals, solo trick-taking, and a peaceful theme with plenty of challenges." [SGOYT]
2023-04-28
"Cave-In offers a straightforward set of rules with a mixture of hidden information, deduction, and push-your-luck in a mining setting." [SGOYT]
2023-04-26
"Ashes Reborn: Ashes 1.5 Upgrade Kit Giveaway" [SGOYT]
2023-04-24
"City of the Great Machine is an interesting steampunk game with lots of moving parts and a theme that doesn't involve death." [SGOYT]
2023-04-08
"City of the Great Machine combines a unique theme with interesting mechanics for a very engaging and challenging solo experience." [SGOYT]
2023-03-28
"City of the Great Machine offers a very engaging and challenging solo mode as heroes work to dismantle artificial intelligence in the steampunk age." [SGOYT]
2023-03-25
"Tiwanaku is a surprisingly excellent abstract deduction game that utilizes a unique wheel and feels like a game, not an activity." [SGOYT]
2023-03-24
"Hens is a fun game about creating a grid of chickens with simple placement restrictions and a very quick play time." [SGOYT]
2023-03-23
"ONUS! Pack offers historical campaigns and epic battles to play through with custom armies made from cards, not miniatures." [SGOYT]
2023-03-18
"Carcassonne provides an excellent official solo variant, and the different expansions can help enhance the quick and simple experience." [SGOYT]
2023-03-17
"Rolling Heights creates an awesome city that literally rises from the work of rolling meeples, yet may feel a little too random with the solo mode." [SGOYT]
2023-03-12
"Rolling Heights uses interesting concepts like rolling meeples and building a vertical skyline as a city takes shape with plenty of fun gameplay." [SGOYT]
2023-03-11
"Carcassonne is a simple puzzle game about tile placement that still stands the test of time with its official solo mode." [SGOYT]
2023-03-10
"Paupers' Ladder is an enjoyable adventure experience that plays quickly with a fixed, compact play space and simple rules." [SGOYT]
2023-03-08
"Paupers' Ladder offers even more to do with solo with the first major expansion, and continues to tell fun stories during an adventure." [SGOYT]
2023-03-05
"Paupers' Ladder is full of surprises to discover across region decks filled with enemies, events, and so much more on a quest to learn virtues." [SGOYT]
2023-03-04
"Paupers' Ladder is a quick and relatively cheerful sort of narrative adventure game that offers a wonderful experience." [SGOYT]
2023-03-01
"Paupers' Ladder offers memorable exploration on a fairly quick adventure that offers unexpected pivotal moments for the character." [SGOYT]
2023-02-28
"Far Away provides memorable experiences as explorers work through a campaign across alien planets for the Federation Alliance." [SGOYT]
2023-02-25
"Far Away is a unique, narrative adventure where alien creatures can produce interesting ecosystems and explorers must find ways to survive." [SGOYT]
2023-02-18
"Far Away provides the opportunity to roleplay an ecosystem of creatures, which brings alien planets to life during dangerous missions." [SGOYT]
2023-02-11
"Far Away offers a unique narrative experience as explorers survive on a planet filled with a living, breathing ecosystem." [SGOYT]
2023-02-02
"Far Away brings an other-worldly ecosystem to life with unique creatures as explorers must survive to complete the mission objectives." [SGOYT]
2023-01-31
"Far Away is a completely unique game about bringing an ecosystem of creatures to life while explorers try to complete mission objectives." [SGOYT]
2023-01-28
"Arkham Noir: Infinite Gulfs of Darkness looks excellent, yet is marred by tiny iconography and text, plus luck-based symbol matching." [SGOYT]
2023-01-27
"Siege of Valeria is a fun solo tower defense game that has a lot of variety with the campaign expansion, which is needed for the full game." [SGOYT]
2023-01-25
"Siege of Valeria gets a massive improvement with the campaign expansion, which adds variability, stories, and a short, ongoing trio of battles." [SGOYT]
2023-01-22
"Siege of Valeria is a fun tower defense game, but the base game is easily solved and the campaign expansion feels necessary for the full game." [SGOYT]
2023-01-21
"Hogs of War: The Miniatures Game is a fun skirmish game about ground and aerial combat across a 5-mission solo campaign." [SGOYT]
2023-01-14
"Hogs of War: The Miniatures Game adds new elements with each mission, but some rules can be a little murky at times." [SGOYT]
2023-01-08
"Hogs of War: The Miniatures Game combines thematic fun with the hogs and a lot of strategic battle planning across an interesting solo campaign." [SGOYT]
2022-12-31
"SGOYT After-Advent Calendar Puzzle." [SGOYT]
2022-12-31
"Hogs of War: The Miniatures Game provides a fun war game about battling with various pig units across a series of campaign missions." [SGOYT]
2022-12-31
"My Christmas 2022 board games and Calico Critters new arrivals." [SGOYT]
2022-12-29
"Spots is all about dice placement, action selection, and push-your-luck with some of the silliest, cutest dogs around." [SGOYT]
2022-12-28
"Twilight Inscription features some complex, fun decisions inside a straightforward ruleset, which is unexpected in the roll-and-write genre." [SGOYT]
2022-12-24
"Exit: Advent Calendar - The Hunt for the Golden Book is an awesome holiday experience with fun daily puzzles to solve." [SGOYT]
2022-12-19
"Roar and Write! focuses on getting just the right dice rolls, which is heavily reliant on luck, but can have some very fun turns." [SGOYT]
2022-12-18
"Roar and Write! is a fun enough roll-and-write game that lacks a few elements, yet still provides enough meaningful choices." [SGOYT]
2022-12-17
"Exit: Advent Calendar - The Hunt for the Golden Book provides daily fun with unique puzzles, fun chapters, and very nice artwork." [SGOYT]
2022-12-15
"Verdant is an interesting puzzle about organizing and growing houseplants within a 3x5 grid with rooms and different lighting conditions." [SGOYT]
2022-12-10
"Verdant is all about organizing and growing houseplants with plenty of decisions that improve immensely beyond the first tutorial scenarios." [SGOYT]
2022-12-08
"Exit: Advent Calendar - The Hunt for the Golden Book is a delightful set of daily puzzles that provides lots of fun and surprises with each reveal." [SGOYT]
2022-11-25
"Oak has a lot of fun gameplay concepts that often work well, yet the confusing iconography requires constantly checking the rulebook." [SGOYT]
2022-11-24
"Dog Park is a very relaxing game about walking dogs, yet it can offer an optional, fun challenge to be the top dog in the neighborhood." [SGOYT]
2022-11-23
"Dog Park features adorable artwork, thoughtful decisions, and a wonderful theme about dog walking that is an absolute joy to play solo." [SGOYT]
2022-11-20
"Paperback Adventures offers a lot of fun with forming words to battle through a trilogy of books, but falls a little flat with its trays and limited variability." [SGOYT]
2022-11-18
"The Little Flower Shop Dice Game is lovely to look at and provides some nice light mechanics, but may not be memorable or enjoyable enough to stick around." [SGOYT]
2022-11-16
"Open Ocean has a charming theme and gorgeous artwork, yet the solo mode lacks decisions and doesn't provide a satisfying experience." [SGOYT]
2022-11-15
"Seikatsu is a beautiful, relaxing solo game about placing tokens and creating patterns, yet its abstract nature may not be for everyone." [SGOYT]
2022-11-14
"Path of Light and Shadow is an excellent combination of area control, construction, deck building, and morality, but the solo mode is a disappointment." [SGOYT]
2022-11-06
"Backyard Builders Treehouse is a very simplistic solo experience, yet the art and theme can bring back that childhood sense of wonder." [SGOYT]
2022-11-05
"Mezo provides an excellent solo area control challenge against a random assortment of powerful gods across the ages." [SGOYT]
2022-11-02
"Mezo is about rising up against vengeful gods in a Mayan-inspired setting where solo area control works with a very interesting and challenging solo mode." [SGOYT]
2022-10-31
"Roll Camera! The Filmmaking Board Game takes a unique theme and offers plenty of fun through the entire movie production process." [SGOYT]
2022-10-30
"Crypt provides a comical journey into the king's tomb to collect treasures with a unique push-your-luck dice mechanic." [SGOYT]
2022-10-29
"Dune: Imperium presents lots of options, especially with the expansion, although the best card combinations can be very challenging to put together." [SGOYT]
2022-10-28
"Paper Tales offers excellent solo card drafting, but also includes an interesting aging mechanic to make every character count." [SGOYT]
2022-10-26
"Expedition: Northwest Passage combines tile-laying mechanics with exploration for a fun and challenging journey through ice and water with a small crew." [SGOYT]
2022-10-24
"Wizard's Academy offers an exciting adventure as a group of amateur magic users must cast spells and protect the academy from interactive threats." [SGOYT]
2022-10-23
"Mr. Cabbagehead's Garden provides a fun and interesting experience about planting vegetables and managing the visits from neighbors." [SGOYT]
2022-10-22
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Games features simple rules that can be memorized, yet it offers a surprising amount of strategic depth for a lighter game." [SGOYT]
2022-10-20
"Mazescape: Ariadne adds an interesting folding and unfolding mechanic to solving different mazes, which is surprisingly interesting and challenging." [SGOYT]
2022-10-17
"So, You've Been Eaten features an interesting theme, but offers a confusing set of rulebooks that take away from the enjoyment of exploring a stomach." [SGOYT]
2022-10-16
"HEXplore It: The Domain of Mirza Noctis creates building tension as heroes start off with almost nothing, then face off against the final vampire." [SGOYT]
2022-10-11
"HEXplore It: The Domain of Mirza Noctis is a sprawling narrative game with a lot of rules, yet it presents exciting choices and memorable characters." [SGOYT]
2022-10-08
"Wild Space offers some great opportunities for card combinations, but a lack of theme and too much randomness make it fall a bit flat." [SGOYT]
2022-10-07
"Vengeance: Roll and Fight is a unique take on a roll-and-write with timed dice rolling that simulates an action-packed movie scene." [SGOYT]
2022-10-06
"Obsession provides a fun challenge of managing elements like building tiles, staff, and guests all in a set of mechanics that work together amazingly well." [SGOYT]
2022-10-02
"Obsession offers an experience that brings together mechanics and theme into a challenge that offers plenty of variety, decisions, and stories." [SGOYT]
2022-09-27
"Tenpenny Parks features beautiful, vintage artwork as a theme park takes shape from polyominoes and exciting attractions." [SGOYT]
2022-09-25
"Sanssouci combines cards, tiles, and meeples to create a very cozy, lightweight experience of building a garden and moving meeples along paths." [SGOYT]
2022-09-24
"Sanssouci is a delightful tile-laying game with a simple sequence and plenty of choices for a fun, lightweight experience." [SGOYT]
2022-09-23
"Dead Reckoning is more about area control and production than adventure, yet the upgradeable cards can offer some fun combinations." [SGOYT]
2022-09-20
"Dead Reckoning offers an open ocean to explore, influence, and battle over, but falls short in its theme and features a very long play time for what it offers." [SGOYT]
2022-09-18
"Aquamarine is a fun print at home game that uses dice to plot dives deep into the ocean to make all sorts of discoveries." [SGOYT]
2022-09-17
"Pandemic: Rising Tide creates a challenge of water management as it flows through the regions, preferably in a controlled manner on the path to victory." [SGOYT]
2022-09-15
"Pandemic: Rising Tide offers a piece of history and interesting challenges to control the flow of water and prevent floods in the Netherlands." [SGOYT]
2022-09-14
"Oltréé offers an exciting narrative set in the midst of ongoing issues and an overarching story, complete with plenty of strategic decisions." [SGOYT]
2022-09-07
"Oltréé centers around a core chronicle, yet gameplay is mostly about managing the everyday issues that plague a land in need of hope." [SGOYT]
2022-09-06
"Oltréé tasks a team of rangers with protecting regions from all sorts of issues, following up on rumors, and successfully completing a chapter-based story." [SGOYT]
2022-09-05
"Oltréé provides an exciting narrative-based challenge across different chronicles as rangers protect a realm against all sorts of problems, great and small." [SGOYT]
2022-09-04
"Keystone: North America showcases beautiful animal artwork and offers a fun 20-scenario campaign with unique puzzles." [SGOYT]
2022-08-31
"Keystone: North America has a lovely combination of artwork, theme, and mechanics for a truly wonderful nature-themed experience." [SGOYT]
2022-08-30
"Keystone: North America features gorgeous artwork of plants and animals as ecosystems come together through unique solo assignments." [SGOYT]
2022-08-26
"Marvel Champions: The Card Game features all sorts of fun around building a deck and understanding it, while some villains can be a little tiresome." [SGOYT]
2022-08-25
"Marvel Champions: The Card Game creates exciting matchups, but is also excellent for building a deck and playing to find out what it can do." [SGOYT]
2022-08-13
"Marvel Champions: The Card Game offers almost endless combinations of superheroes, aspects, and villains for a very thematic and fun experience." [SGOYT]
2022-08-11
"Legendary: Buffy the Vampire Slayer includes lots of fun moments with familiar characters, but can be a little too luck-dependent." [SGOYT]
2022-08-01
"Koi-Koi combines simple set collection with push-your-luck elements for a pretty fun challenge with a unique set of Hanafuda cards." [SGOYT]
2022-07-31
"Sherlock Holmes: The Shadow of Jack the Ripper offers a fun, but not overly challenging, mystery to solve with clues and a map." [SGOYT]
2022-07-30
"In Too Deep introduces a fascinating theme about technology and morality, but gameplay feels a little too random and unpredictable." [SGOYT]
2022-07-28
"Cartographers Heroes offers a very fun and variable flip-and-write experience with lots of random elements and interesting heroes to utilize." [SGOYT]
2022-07-18
"Grove: A 9 Card Solitaire Game brings back some familiar concepts, yet expands on the idea of overlapping cards and tracking victory points with dice." [SGOYT]
2022-07-16
"Fort brings back the fun of childhood with friends, pizza, and toys in an intriguing deck management system with simple resources." [SGOYT]
2022-07-14
"Empires of the Void II looks amazing and has the makings of a narrative space-based game, yet falls a bit short and ends up being quite mechanical." [SGOYT]
2022-07-04
"Dune: Imperium is vastly improved with the expansion, which adds new choices but maintains the base game balance." [SGOYT]
2022-07-03
"Dune: Imperium is a thoroughly fun and interesting game, yet the base game can feel a little lacking in the overall challenge." [SGOYT]
2022-07-02
"Dune: Imperium offers a very fun challenge with a combination of cards and worker placement that create interesting choices." [SGOYT]
2022-06-25
"Dune: Imperium uses multi-purpose cards and complex decisions to provide a very fun and satisfying solo experience." [SGOYT]
2022-06-22
"Canopy brings a rainforest to life with spectacular artwork and an interesting decision system to add trees, flora, fauna, and more." [SGOYT]
2022-06-20
"Blackbrim: 1876 offers a fun mystery that's interesting to play solo with the optional website for hints to help get started with the puzzles." [SGOYT]
2022-06-19
"Blackbrim: 1876 presents a lot of different puzzles that can work well solo with the website hints and solutions." [SGOYT]
2022-06-12
"Above and Below provides an early iteration of a narrative adventure, complete with village building and mechanics that work together nicely." [SGOYT]
2022-06-04
"An overview and awards listing for my first completed alphabetical unplayed solo games challenge." [SGOYT]
2022-05-24
"Piepmatz requires a lot of simple mathematics, yet it all works quite well with a lot of challenging turns centered around beautiful birds." [SGOYT]
2022-05-22
"Your Theme Park features charming places to visit with plenty of puzzles, but the management side can feel like a lot of bookkeeping." [SGOYT]
2022-05-21
"HEXplore It: The Forests of Adrimon excels at exploration and interesting roleplaying elements, but is best enjoyed with some customizations." [SGOYT]
2022-05-14
"Winterhaven Woods features high-quality components and beautiful artwork, yet the solo mode offers neither challenges nor choices." [SGOYT]
2022-05-13
"Viscounts of the West Kingdom combines a lot of interesting actions and gameplay elements that can feel a little overwhelming at times." [SGOYT]
2022-05-03
"Unfair delivers a strongly thematic game with plenty of variety, but customizing the experience to maximize the fun can take a little trial and error." [SGOYT]
2022-04-30
"Tyrants of the Underdark combines managing a deck of cards and area control within a system that's both fun and challenging." [SGOYT]
2022-04-28
"Sorcerer City is an interesting tile-laying puzzle with many sorts of challenges, although it can feel like a little too much at times." [SGOYT]
2022-04-19
"Rune is a surprisingly fun and lightweight solo puzzle about placing cards to create areas of similar rune patterns." [SGOYT]
2022-04-16
"Quill features a unique medium to play a solo RPG by writing a letter as a chosen character type among many types of scenarios." [SGOYT]
2022-04-15
"Petrichor presents a very relaxing theme among the clouds with some complex mechanics that require careful planning." [SGOYT]
2022-04-10
"Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile tells the evolving storyline of a world where power struggles play out and unexpected events unfold." [SGOYT]
2022-04-06
"Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile is a simply amazing storytelling game that follows an empire throughout the eras over many plays." [SGOYT]
2022-04-02
"The Ninth World features amazing artwork and an interesting setting, yet it can feel very mechanical with a generally defined path forward." [SGOYT]
2022-03-31
"March of the Ants offers an intriguing 4X experience within a colony that must survive and defeat the centipede broodmother." [SGOYT]
2022-03-30
"Meadow provides a relaxing walk through nature with simple game mechanics and some of the most beautiful watercolor artwork." [SGOYT]
2022-03-27
"Meadow is visually stunning and replicates a relaxing nature walk with all sorts of sights and wildlife to enjoy." [SGOYT]
2022-03-26
"Lords of Hellas presents a fantastic setting and world of Greek mythology and science fiction, but has a somewhat limited and confusing solo mode." [SGOYT]
2022-03-06
"Knot Dice provides a world of games and puzzles with beautiful, unique dice, but the newer expansion dice introduce very different patterns." [SGOYT]
2022-02-20
"Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North features a fun and quick experience about building a civilization, but the solo scenarios can feel repetitive." [SGOYT]
2022-02-12
"Innovation features cards representing inventions through the ages, and although rather unbalanced, it provides a fun experience around discoveries." [SGOYT]
2022-02-06
"Hold-Up provides an interesting open-world with lots of missions, but its violent theme might be a little too much coupled with its limited reusability." [SGOYT]
2022-02-05
"Gùgōng provides a surprisingly complex experience of not just action selection, but card exchanges and planning on a beautiful board." [SGOYT]
2022-01-28
"The Funkoverse Strategy Game offers plenty of iconic characters to mix and match, but the system is very luck-based and not always thematic." [SGOYT]
2022-01-26
"Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne features interesting unit-based mechanics and short-lived battles, but is not quite suited as a solo game." [SGOYT]
2022-01-23
"Dice Throne Adventures is a lightweight system that combines cards and dice into a fun and relatively quick campaign." [SGOYT]
2022-01-21
"Dice Throne Adventures offers a fun combination of cards and dice within a campaign that alternates between portal crawls and boss battles." [SGOYT]
2022-01-16
"Dice Throne Adventures is quite expensive with huge boxes, yet it provides an awesome sense of exploration, discovery, and battling." [SGOYT]
2022-01-15
"Valeria: Card Kingdoms provides a great solo experience with the Darksworn expansion and its dice-based resource production and monster battles." [SGOYT]
2022-01-14
"Valeria: Card Kingdoms expands into a much better solo experience with the campaign offered in the Darksworn expansion." [SGOYT]
2022-01-12
"Valeria: Card Kingdoms features dice activation as an interesting mechanic surrounding resource production and monster battles." [SGOYT]
2022-01-09
"By Stealth and Sea provides an intriguing look at a piece of history with simulated faults and harbor defenses, but is a bit light on the story." [SGOYT]
2022-01-07
"Agropolis offers a surprising amount of variety with just 18 cards and plenty of potential scoring goal combinations." [SGOYT]
2022-01-06
"7 Wonders offers an excellent multiplayer experience with a card draft and neighboring opponents, but it wasn't designed to be a solo game." [SGOYT]
2022-01-05
"Roll Player Adventures offers a fantastic story where character choices are meaningful plus a set of mechanics that can break the immersion." [SGOYT]
2022-01-03
"Roll Player Adventures weaves an interconnected story that's well-written, but the dice mechanics may break a bit of the amazing immersion." [SGOYT]
2022-01-01
"Majesty: For the Realm introduces a lot of lightweight concepts that might be a bit too simple within a theme that turns into collecting icons." [SGOYT]
2021-12-31
"Pocket Mars presents some choices with the cards as prep modules, yet the solo mode turns into a game of blocking the solo opponent from acting." [SGOYT]
2021-12-30
"Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria presents some excellent ideas around dice selection and unlocked powers, yet the solo mode is underwhelming." [SGOYT]
2021-12-29
"Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor creates a challenging and cooperative 4X experience with a pair of enemy factions and many exciting moments." [SGOYT]
2021-12-25
"Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor offers a cooperative 4X game in an intriguing setting with lots of meaningful choices and variety." [SGOYT]
2021-12-23
"Architects of the West Kingdom brings out some very interesting card combinations, but suffers a bit from a very random solo opponent." [SGOYT]
2021-12-21
"Architects of the West Kingdom features some interesting mechanics with capturing or stacking workers, but the theme can get a little muddled." [SGOYT]
2021-12-18
"Guilds of London provides a fun way to chain together multi-purpose action cards to control a highly variable set of guild tiles." [SGOYT]
2021-12-12
"Black Sonata brings hidden movement and deduction to a solo game with clever mechanics and a fun, but slightly repetitive, mystery to unravel." [SGOYT]
2021-12-11
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game has one of the simplest set of rules, yet offers up an interesting challenge with overlapping cards." [SGOYT]
2021-12-08
"Legends of Andor weaves an exciting story as characters complete tasks and challenges across a variety of scenarios." [SGOYT]
2021-12-06
"The Siblings Trouble offers a structured system to create exciting stories reminiscent of childhood with plenty of variety." [SGOYT]
2021-12-03
"Trickerion offers a wonderful setting of magicians and tricks within a complex system that's very fun to play, but difficult to master." [SGOYT]
2021-11-30
"Imperium: Legends uses clever card mechanics to build a civilization into an empire, but the errata must be checked before playing." [SGOYT]
2021-11-29
"Usurper: A Game of Dark Factions features great artwork and interesting concepts, yet the solo mode feels very underwhelming and luck-based." [SGOYT]
2021-11-28
"Nusfjord is an amazing game that presents an optimization challenge with alternating discs to block actions all without feeling overwhelming." [SGOYT]
2021-11-24
"Fields of Green depicts a relaxing farm as it grows through resource production over the span of just 4 years." [SGOYT]
2021-11-23
"Millennium Blades is a chaotic world of all sorts of cards, yet the experience is very fun as a small tournament deck takes shape." [SGOYT]
2021-11-21
"Fantastic Factories provides an enjoyable challenge of dice placement and engine building, while the expansions add even more fun to the solo mode." [SGOYT]
2021-11-07
"Imperial Settlers features an excellent set of mechanics and unique factions with plenty of strategies to explore." [SGOYT]
2021-10-31
"SGOYT November 2021 Activity 2." [SGOYT]
2021-10-31
"SGOYT November 2021 Activity 1." [SGOYT]
2021-10-29
"Obsession combines its theme and mechanics beautifully to create a fun challenge of managing a country estate and social circle." [SGOYT]
2021-10-23
"NEOM offers an exciting but relaxing way to build a city with plenty of variety and many different ways to score victory points." [SGOYT]
2021-10-22
"Hunted: Kobayashi Tower simulates the original Die Hard movie in many ways with lots of exciting moments, though it may not have staying power." [SGOYT]
2021-10-10
"Renegade presents interesting puzzles set in a digital landscape where the terminology may be tricky, yet finding the solutions is exceptionally rewarding." [SGOYT]
2021-10-08
"Mr. Cabbagehead's Garden combines humor and strategy with quick gameplay where decisions feel important." [SGOYT]
2021-10-05
"Village Green presents a charming challenge set in a tranquil gardening atmosphere as awards take shape in a simple 4x4 grid." [SGOYT]
2021-10-04
"At the Gates of Loyang offers a farming challenge that uses simple concepts of economics to be rather enjoyable." [SGOYT]
2021-10-03
"The Fool's Journey ties its concepts into a Tarot deck in a way that provides an interesting, if slightly repetitive, experience." [SGOYT]
2021-10-02
"Paper Tales offers an excellent solo mode where card drafting works well and aging adds important choices about the units to recruit." [SGOYT]
2021-10-01
"Expedition: Northwest Passage offers a challenging tile-based journey in the Arctic with limited time and many decisions." [SGOYT]
2021-09-30
"Grimslingers looks amazing and has an intriguing campaign set in a mysterious world, yet its mechanics are sadly far from enjoyable." [SGOYT]
2021-09-28
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game features a simple set of rules and a challenging strategy around harvesting fruit." [SGOYT]
2021-09-27
"Codeword Cromwell is a unique simulation wargame that puts ordinary villagers into heroic roles and tells gripping stories." [SGOYT]
2021-09-25
"Codeword Cromwell is an amazing narrative-driven simulation that puts ordinary villagers in heroic roles as they defend their homes." [SGOYT]
2021-09-24
"Codeword Cromwell offers an excellent simulation of a small village forced to defend itself and accept the unwanted arrival of war." [SGOYT]
2021-09-18
"Codeword Cromwell brings a small village to life as it defends itself from an unexpected invasion with some very unconventional weapons." [SGOYT]
2021-09-14
"Codeword Cromwell is a simply delightful story about the fictional defense of a British village where non-combatants fight back against the odds." [SGOYT]
2021-09-07
"Crystallo provides a beautiful table presence with an interesting puzzle that may feel a bit repetitive, but can still be interesting." [SGOYT]
2021-09-06
"Bunny Kingdom is a random sort of experience, yet it works well with an unofficial solo variant to allow for area control without conflict." [SGOYT]
2021-09-05
"Calico is an outstanding combination of a stress-free theme with quilts and cats, plus an interesting strategic challenge with many scenarios." [SGOYT]
2021-09-04
"Shadows of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game offers practically endless possibilities for stories with all sorts of encounter and reward cards." [SGOYT]
2021-08-31
"Shadows of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game continues in the Kilforth world with more story potential and intriguing new elements." [SGOYT]
2021-08-27
"Gloom of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game creates amazing stories from a large amount of beautifully illustrated cards in a memorable world." [SGOYT]
2021-08-22
"Gloom of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game may rely on luck in many ways, yet it's a beautiful and fascinating game for amazing narratives." [SGOYT]
2021-08-21
"Death Valley is a beautiful concept, but gameplay feels repetitive and disconnected from the theme in a way that makes it difficult to enjoy." [SGOYT]
2021-08-18
"Tapestry always provides a fun challenge involving optimizing what's available and advancing a civilization in a multitude of ways." [SGOYT]
2021-08-16
"Tapestry provides a fun play experience that may be a little dry, yet removes a lot of micromanagement to make way for an enjoyable challenge." [SGOYT]
2021-08-13
"Tapestry may be a little dry and random, yet it presents a fun puzzle with many moving pieces for a great solo challenge." [SGOYT]
2021-08-12
"Tapestry features many different paths to victory along 4 different advancement tracks and all sorts of combinations to explore." [SGOYT]
2021-08-10
"Tapestry offers a sprawling civilization-style game with plenty of variety and paths forward, but the level 1 solo opponent may be too easy for most." [SGOYT]
2021-08-09
"Pocket Landship uses a dice-based action system and a simple set of rules for a fast-paced and interesting experience that takes very little time." [SGOYT]
2021-08-08
"Roll Camera! The Filmmaking Board Game provides a very unique theme with intuitive mechanics for a lighter sort of puzzle." [SGOYT]
2021-08-07
"Roll Camera! The Filmmaking Board Game combines a unique theme with mechanics in a way that creates a funny and light sort of experience." [SGOYT]
2021-08-06
"Pocket Landship offers plenty of decisions with the dice-based action system that's easy to learn with plenty of variety and multiple scenarios." [SGOYT]
2021-08-05
"Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game is an intricate sort of 2-player game that doesn't offer a great experience with the solo expansion." [SGOYT]
2021-08-03
"Wildlands plays out in a fun and challenging race across a map to collect crystals with an official solo expansion that introduces scenarios." [SGOYT]
2021-08-02
"Cascadia presents a relaxing nature-themed challenge as environments and animals must be placed in optimal patterns." [SGOYT]
2021-07-30
"Harsh Shadows creates an exciting spy adventure with deduction in a seamless way that provides the tension needed to be interesting." [SGOYT]
2021-07-26
"A bit of board game fun to celebrate my birthday!" [SGOYT]
2021-07-03
"Red Rising features completely unique cards and the strategy constantly changes to make the best combination before the game ends." [SGOYT]
2021-06-30
"HEXplore It: The Valley of the Dead King creates a sweeping tale of adventure with plenty of stories and challenges before the finale." [SGOYT]
2021-06-28
"New York Zoo provides a relaxing and charming sort of polyomino puzzle with animals and a little more than might be expected." [SGOYT]
2021-06-27
"Bargain Quest has some interesting elements, but ultimately falls flat as a solo experience with long play times and repetitive gameplay." [SGOYT]
2021-06-26
"Obsession provides an entertaining challenge as a country manor and social circle must be carefully managed over 4 seasons." [SGOYT]
2021-06-25
"Sprawlopolis provides a clever sort of puzzle with almost endless combinations of scoring goals that can be fun for the right player." [SGOYT]
2021-06-23
"Veilwraith: A Veil Odyssey Game offers a simple set of rules, unique black and white artwork, and a challenging campaign system." [SGOYT]
2021-06-20
"Veilwraith: A Veil Odyssey Game presents a simple set of actions, yet provides a nice array of challenges with different sets of threats across vignettes." [SGOYT]
2021-06-16
"Village Green depicts a tranquil countryside scene as various watercolor artwork must be added to a grid to earn specific awards." [SGOYT]
2021-06-08
"Maiden's Quest takes some time to learn with a confusing rulebook, yet it offers a humorous and strategic game played with a highly variable deck." [SGOYT]
2021-06-04
"Maiden's Quest has a fresh theme and large variety of cards, yet the reliance on luck and lack of decisions can feel overpowering." [SGOYT]
2021-05-23
"Roll Player features a surprising level of depth with its decisions that begin before play even begins, leading to very interesting characters." [SGOYT]
2021-05-09
"Calico presents an adorable theme about quilts and cats with a fairly straightforward but challenging set of tile-laying mechanics." [SGOYT]
2021-05-08
"Fantastic Factories includes very easy rules, yet opens up many decisions as dice are used and buildings are constructed." [SGOYT]
2021-05-02
"Seastead takes place in an interesting setting, yet the solo mode is very mechanical and has a definite single path to victory." [SGOYT]
2021-05-01
"Multiuniversum features a unique setting where portals to alternate realities must be closed with the clever use of multi-function cards." [SGOYT]
2021-04-29
"Obsession uses a charming theme to bring the world to life as families fight to win an intriguing game of prestige and reputation." [SGOYT]
2021-04-21
"Obsession has a thematic foundation that provides such stirring stories amidst a backdrop of high society and solid gameplay." [SGOYT]
2021-04-13
"Songbirds presents an adorable kind of puzzle as different types of birds fight for berry tokens with the volume of their songs." [SGOYT]
2021-04-07
"March of the Ants builds up exciting tension as a small colony fights for survival in the meadow against the broodmother." [SGOYT]
2021-04-05
"March of the Ants provides an interesting challenge as the race to find the broodmother in time to win intensifies over just 4 rounds." [SGOYT]
2021-03-22
"Floriferous is simply a joy to set up and play with lovely watercolor artwork and a relaxing theme that features a rather comical solo opponent." [SGOYT]
2021-03-21
"March of the Ants is quite challenging with the first expansion and features all sorts of important decisions over just 4 rounds." [SGOYT]
2021-03-20
"March of the Ants has a much fuller solo experience with the first expansion as things like aphids, nymphs, and predators add strategic layers." [SGOYT]
2021-03-17
"March of the Ants presents a difficult survival challenge for an ant colony against a horde of centipedes." [SGOYT]
2021-03-09
"Expedition: Northwest Passage presents a tense struggle to create a map and ensure the crew makes it back home after exploring." [SGOYT]
2021-03-07
"Maquis presents interesting decisions and challenges with various missions, although ti takes careful planning to do well." [SGOYT]
2021-02-27
"Obsession presents the dual challenge of improving a country estate and managing a family's social circule within an endearing sort of theme." [SGOYT]
2021-02-20
"Floriferous includes beautiful artwork in a setting that's very relaxing but far from easy to master." [SGOYT]
2021-02-18
"The Whatnot Cabinet plays quickly but with plenty of decisions with different ways to score victory points with a collection of objects." [SGOYT]
2021-02-14
"Floriferous uses beautiful artwork during a short but challenging stroll through the garden as a pesky guest provides unexpected hurdles." [SGOYT]
2021-02-13
"The Whatnot Cabinet presents beautiful artwork with a variety of tiles that must be collected and displayed carefully with lighter, strategic decisions." [SGOYT]
2021-02-06
"At the Gates of Loyang rewards multiple plays with consistent scores in an optimization puzzle about harvesting and selling vegetables." [SGOYT]
2021-02-03
"At the Gates of Loyang provides a classic sort of game that doesn't do too much, yet offers a very consistent kind of economic challenge." [SGOYT]
2021-02-01
"At the Gates of Loyang creates a fun and challenging environment to grow vegetables and fulfill customer orders." [SGOYT]
2021-01-31
"Fields of Green is a relaxing farming game about creating an engine and finding the optimal paths to victory points." [SGOYT]
2021-01-30
"Fields of Green allows a small farm to take shape from almost nothing with plenty of unique cards within a very relaxing atmosphere." [SGOYT]
2021-01-29
"Fields of Green is a wonderful farming game with an interesting solo card draft, although some of the attractions may not work as will in solo." [SGOYT]
2021-01-25
"Fields of Green uses a wide variety of location cards to create a unique farm over the course of just 4 rounds with an excellent solo card draft." [SGOYT]
2021-01-23
"Fields of Green presents a farming challenge set in a very relaxing environment where card variety provides unique plays." [SGOYT]
2021-01-22
"Pavlov's House provides a 3-tiered system to manage a defensive position, yet plays very smoothly with no unnecessary complexity." [SGOYT]
2021-01-18
"Castle Itter brings an historic battle to life in a sort of tower defense experience with easy-to-understand mechanics." [SGOYT]
2021-01-17
"Obsession can seem rather random and unfair at times, yet the challenge is irresistable and the elements all work together nearly perfectly." [SGOYT]
2021-01-10
"Obsession provides a wonderfully entertaining experience in the Victorian countryside and managing a family's social circle and estate." [SGOYT]
2021-01-09
"Obsession combines a Victorian setting with challenging and enjoyable mechanics to create a memorable and fun experience." [SGOYT]
2021-01-05
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game provides a very simple set of rules and more intricate strategies within a nature-based theme." [SGOYT]
2021-01-03
"Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower includes an interesting campaign with fun scenarios that offer a challenge to the custom heroes." [SGOYT]
2021-01-02
"Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower uses an interesting class leveling system to create unique heroes within a fun campaign system." [SGOYT]
2021-01-01
"Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower offers diverse scenarios that act as puzzles to solve with highly customizable heroes." [SGOYT]
2020-12-31
"Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower allows each hero to advance in unique ways during an interesting campaign of strategic skirmishes." [SGOYT]
2020-12-30
"Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower provides very challenging scenarios, but doesn't punish the heroes for failures early on." [SGOYT]
2020-12-28
"Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower is a fun and lighter sort of campaign-style, battle-based game with intriguing leveling up elements." [SGOYT]
2020-12-26
"Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower provides a very deep and interesting character class system, along with an intriguing campaign with simple rules." [SGOYT]
2020-12-24
"Warp's Edge provides interesting puzzles to work through, although the overall novelty and variety may not stand the test of time." [SGOYT]
2020-12-23
"Warp's Edge uses a token bag to present different actions every round as a lone ship races to destroy an ominous mothership." [SGOYT]
2020-12-22
"Warp's Edge merges an interesting theme with plenty of variety, important decisions, and enjoyable mechanics for an excellent experience." [SGOYT]
2020-12-04
"Honey Buzz presents a cute setting but includes interesting elements of supply chain management and a market economy with a lot of variety." [SGOYT]
2020-11-29
"Tussie Mussie combines flower arranging with logic and deduction in the solo mode, but just misses the mark in a few key ways." [SGOYT]
2020-11-27
"Food Chain Island presents an interesting puzzle that combines the theme and mechanics in logical and challenging ways." [SGOYT]
2020-11-20
"Lift Off! Get Me Off This Planet! features an interesting challenge to save aliens by launching them into space with whimsical and unique devices." [SGOYT]
2020-10-31
"SGOYT November 2020 Activity 2." [SGOYT]
2020-10-31
"SGOYT November 2020 Activity 1." [SGOYT]
2020-10-22
"Barkham Horror combines humor and horror in an interesting way as dogs investigate and fight back against menacing cats." [SGOYT]
2020-10-21
"Barkham Horror takes the mechanics of Arkham Horror: The Card Game into a unique and comical setting with dogs against cats." [SGOYT]
2020-10-19
"Witches of the Revolution melds history and fantasy in a unique setting with interesting mechanics that often feel disconnected from the theme." [SGOYT]
2020-10-17
"Mr. Cabbagehead's Garden presents a comical theme inside a very difficult and enjoyable kind of gardening challenge." [SGOYT]
2020-10-13
"AuZtralia presents Lovecraft horror in an interesting setting with railroads and resource gathering in Australia." [SGOYT]
2020-10-11
"Journey: Wrath of Demons offers some unique concepts with its campaign and karma system, yet it ultimately suffers from generic luck-dependence." [SGOYT]
2020-10-10
"Marrying Mr. Darcy creates hilarious situations with the random events, but relies almost entirely on lucky draws or rolls." [SGOYT]
2020-10-09
"Crypt presents an interesting puzzle where the odds of dice rolls help create bidding situations to collect unique treasures." [SGOYT]
2020-10-06
"Disney Villainous may be enjoyed as a solo experience as an optimization puzzle with plenty of variety between the different characters." [SGOYT]
2020-10-04
"Machina Arcana may look like a standard dungeon crawler, yet it contains plenty of variety, scrolling map tiles, and a unique inventory system." [SGOYT]
2020-10-03
"Machina Arcana features a unique map system, an engaging storyline, and plenty of dark horror to last a long time." [SGOYT]
2020-10-02
"Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu presents an interesting setting where strategies are much deeper than they might initially seem." [SGOYT]
2020-10-01
"Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu takes some familiar concepts and adds horror elements in a logical and entertaining way." [SGOYT]
2020-09-28
"Mystery presents a fun superhero storyline with comedic moments, yet the adventure is over rather quickly with no branching storylines." [SGOYT]
2020-09-27
"Fabled Lands provides an excellent and unique open-world concept with a set of intertwined gamebooks filled with quests and mysteries." [SGOYT]
2020-09-25
"Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North is a relatively quick-to-play challenge that includes many different clans and several solo scenarios." [SGOYT]
2020-09-23
"Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North presents an interesting solo challenge across multiple scenarios with many unique clans to play as." [SGOYT]
2020-09-21
"Sherlock Holmes: The Challenge of Irene Adler presents a pair of mysteries to solve, yet misses the excitement of the investigation." [SGOYT]
2020-09-20
"Dairyman provides a simple and fun exercise in dice rolling and making sets of 10 on the road to turning milk into cheese, ice cream, and more." [SGOYT]
2020-09-19
"In the Hall of the Mountain King features interesting concepts like card cascades and spells, yet may shine brightest multiplayer." [SGOYT]
2020-09-16
"Obsession offes multiple levels of difficulty within a theme that's competitive, yet still very enjoyable without direct confrontations." [SGOYT]
2020-09-14
"Obsession combines excellent mechanics with a wonderful theme in a way that creates a challenge within a Victorian age story." [SGOYT]
2020-09-13
"Lockup: A Roll Player Tale places an imprisoned crew at the center of a strategic challenge to form alliances and craft unique items." [SGOYT]
2020-09-11
"Lockup: A Roll Player Tale presents a strategic puzzle of working inside a prison against corrupt guards for the most victory points." [SGOYT]
2020-09-10
"Crystallo creates a spatial puzzle within a cave where trapped creature spirits must be freed before facing a dragon." [SGOYT]
2020-09-09
"Tiny Epic Dinosaurs offers a fun challenge of running a dinosaur ranch, although the solo mode may require some house rules to truly shine." [SGOYT]
2020-09-08
"Helionox combines movement with deckbuilding as a dying solar system begins to crumble, all while the Shadow Syndicate continues to operate." [SGOYT]
2020-09-07
"Thurn and Taxis presents a relaxing but difficult challenge of setting up postal routes between many Bavarian cities and provinces." [SGOYT]
2020-09-06
"Thurn and Taxis sticks with a simple formula, yet creates plenty of variety and strategic decisions as postal routes take shape in Bavaria." [SGOYT]
2020-09-02
"Expedition: Northwest Passage simulates a tense and challenging adventure through the frozen, empty expanses of the Arctic." [SGOYT]
2020-09-01
"Gloom of Kilforth offers almost endless variety with different solo characters and a plethora of potential story arcs." [SGOYT]
2020-08-30
"Deep Future is a make-as-you-play game that allows for customization within a rather challenging kind of card-based system." [SGOYT]
2020-08-29
"Gloom of Kilforth creates the foundation for a deep storyline with beautiful artwork and evocative story threads, complete with a serious threat." [SGOYT]
2020-08-28
"Calico creates a calm and relaxing atmosphere while still being rather challenging with a number of different goals and ways to score." [SGOYT]
2020-08-27
"Deep Future provides the basis for creating an entirely unique galaxy and deck of cards that evolves over the course of play." [SGOYT]
2020-08-24
"Deep Future is a surprisingly complex print-and-play game that weaves a narrative as a custom galaxy evolves over time." [SGOYT]
2020-08-22
"Calico is both beautiful and challenging in a lightweight sense with a relaxing theme and high-quality components." [SGOYT]
2020-08-21
"Calico provides a relaxing, lightweight experience with quilting, cats, and plenty of interesting decisions." [SGOYT]
2020-08-20
"Fantastic Factories offers many different ways to generate resources and produce goods with dice that act as workers." [SGOYT]
2020-08-19
"Fantastic Factories provides a simple-to-run solo opponent, multiple difficulty levels, and a plethora of ways to build up a productive factory." [SGOYT]
2020-08-15
"Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale creates a mapmaking challenge with beautiful artwork and a surprising level of variety." [SGOYT]
2020-08-12
"Marvel Champions: The Card Game allows for many different hero decks that can be customized, yet the fun is in mastering the use of each one." [SGOYT]
2020-08-09
"Marvel Champions: The Card Game presents a lot of variability and challenges that reward repeated plays within a popular theme." [SGOYT]
2020-08-09
"Legacy of Dragonholt manages to create an exciting adventure that not only causes one to think, but also to feel with amazing writing." [SGOYT]
2020-08-07
"Legacy of Dragonholt offers many heartwarming moments with a cast of interesting characters and plenty of discoveries to make." [SGOYT]
2020-08-06
"Legacy of Dragonholt creates a memorable experience with a paragraph-based adventure that benefits from excellent writing and intriguing characters." [SGOYT]
2020-08-06
"Legacy of Dragonholt features a cheerful village, but also creates an emotional kind of experience with the outcomes of the quests." [SGOYT]
2020-08-05
"Legacy of Dragonholt weaves together several quests to create an adventure that features an immersive world and a diverse cast of characters." [SGOYT]
2020-08-04
"Legacy of Dragonholt presents a fun introduction to an adventure with a customizable sort of RPG character." [SGOYT]
2020-08-02
"Sunset Over Water creates a relaxing gaming experience that offers up a challenge in a beautiful world of natural landscapes." [SGOYT]
2020-08-01
"Roll Player offers an interesting challenge that begins during the setup process with the choice of dice and the cascading effects of the first decisions." [SGOYT]
2020-07-31
"Roll Player provides the basis for a surprisingly enjoyable character creation process, and the first expansion adds rewarding minion conflicts." [SGOYT]
2020-07-29
"Roll Player offers a wonderful experience with the base game, and further expands on character development with its first expansion." [SGOYT]
2020-07-27
"Roll Player manages to create fascinating characters through the process of drafting dice and buying cards with a simple set of mechanics." [SGOYT]
2020-07-27
"Roll Player utilizes a fairly simple set of dice drafting mechanics to create complete characters and a very satisfying sort of puzzle." [SGOYT]
2020-07-25
"Millennium Blades offers almost endless possibilities with an enormous pool of cards and multiple strategies as it simulates the CCG world." [SGOYT]
2020-07-24
"Millennium Blades creates an excellent solo challenge as one builds a deck of just 8 cards to go up against a tricky boss deck." [SGOYT]
2020-07-22
"Millennium Blades offers an amazing amount of variety within a challenging but uniquely humorous card game experience." [SGOYT]
2020-07-20
"A Feast for Odin may be solvable, yet it takes a lot of careful strategizing and optimizing to score well." [SGOYT]
2020-07-19
"30 Rails presents an interesting puzzle of placing railroad tracks and connecting various stations on a small, compact map." [SGOYT]
2020-07-18
"Margraves of Valeria: Kickstarter Edition features beautiful components and an interesting puzzle that might be a little too easy to solve for a solo game." [SGOYT]
2020-07-15
"Margraves of Valeria: Kickstarter Edition provides plenty of choices, but the solo mode lacks the conflict that often leads to a challenging experience." [SGOYT]
2020-07-13
"NEOM is a straightforward tile-laying game about building a city, yet it's very enjoyable and often relaxing." [SGOYT]
2020-07-12
"NEOM features a set of straightforward rules and challenging decisions that make it feel like a city actually takes shape over the course of play." [SGOYT]
2020-07-11
"Ada Lovelace: Consulting Mathematician presents surprisingly interesting decisions and simple mechanics with just a handful of components." [SGOYT]
2020-07-10
"A look back at my board game and Calico Critters wedding with a reserved place for everyone from the guild and SGOYT." [SGOYT]
2020-06-29
"Trickerion: Collector's Edition features unique magicians and a solo opponent that takes a little work, but provides a very challenging experience." [SGOYT]
2020-06-27
"Trickerion: Collector's Edition utilizes a deep but not overly complex set of mechanics as magicians learn and perform daring tricks." [SGOYT]
2020-06-20
"Trickerion: Collector's Edition creates a rivalry between magicians as they perform tricks and work to be labeled the greatest." [SGOYT]
2020-06-17
"Trickerion: Collector's Edition features beautiful components and a unique magician theme about learning tricks and putting on magic shows." [SGOYT]
2020-06-13
"The Big Book of Madness creates a unique challenge of controlled failures on the path to close the book for good and triumph." [SGOYT]
2020-06-10
"The Big Book of Madness may be a little more of an abstract puzzle, yet it provides plenty of variety and a truly challenging experience." [SGOYT]
2020-06-08
"The Big Book of Madness centers around a book in a magical academy, where students must work together to defeat curses and close the book forever." [SGOYT]
2020-06-07
"A Feast for Odin offers a challenging puzzle about managing a village of Vikings, yet it encourages exploration and diversification of resources." [SGOYT]
2020-06-06
"The Isle of Cats presents a relaxing challenge as the goal is to simply rescue cats, but the strategies of placement and choice create difficult choices." [SGOYT]
2020-06-04
"The Isle of Cats is an absolutely beautiful and colorful delight to puzzle through with an enormous amount of variety in strategies and discoveries." [SGOYT]
2020-06-01
"The Isle of Cats offers a charming visual style and theme within the framework of a challenging puzzle filled with multiple, meaningful decisions." [SGOYT]
2020-05-31
"NEOM presents a unique city-building puzzle with plenty of unique tiles and the ability to try out all sorts of strategies." [SGOYT]
2020-05-29
"NEOM centers around the challenge of building a futuristic city from nothing as plenty of decisions and disasters pop up throughout the short play time." [SGOYT]
2020-05-25
"Maquis simulates the tension of managing a group of resistance fighters in the fight for freedom with an interesting puzzle that stirs up emotions." [SGOYT]
2020-05-24
"Aether Captains: Clockwork Cabal creates a race against time as a collection of parts must be found within a variable city layout." [SGOYT]
2020-05-22
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game presents a very simple ruleset that creates interesting challenges as cards are overlapped for more and more points." [SGOYT]
2020-05-19
"Mechs vs. Minions weaves together a handful of missions to create an interesting campaign built around programming and puzzles." [SGOYT]
2020-05-18
"Mechs vs. Minions creates a challenging puzzle with every mission, but allows for all sorts of solutions to be programmed with the unique command cards." [SGOYT]
2020-05-17
"Mechs vs. Minions has plenty of ways to advance through a mission, although there are rare times when the challenge can be a little frustrating." [SGOYT]
2020-05-16
"Mechs vs. Minions introduces rules over the course of a 10-mission campaign to ease into the concepts and create a highly enjoyable experience." [SGOYT]
2020-05-14
"Mechs vs. Minions builds upon each mission's rules to create more and more challenging puzzles while still avoiding too much complexity." [SGOYT]
2020-05-11
"Mechs vs. Minions offers up unique puzzles and challenging situations, complete with a dash of humor to make plenty of fun memories." [SGOYT]
2020-05-08
"Mechs vs. Minions mixes an appropriate bit of humor in with interesting programming gameplay that ranges from simple to very complex puzzles." [SGOYT]
2020-05-04
"Mechs vs. Minions creates an interesting atmosphere of programming, humor, and unique missions with high quality components." [SGOYT]
2020-05-01
"Mechs vs. Minions features a campaign-style system with sealed envelopes and a plethora of unique and reusable puzzles to work through." [SGOYT]
2020-04-24
"Mechs vs. Minions has all manner of missions and plenty of surprises in a realm of quirky programming and challenging puzzles." [SGOYT]
2020-04-22
"Mechs vs. Minions offers a campaign-style setting with multiple missions and plenty of variety to create interesting challenges." [SGOYT]
2020-04-21
"Mechs vs. Minions includes challenging programming concepts within a humorous setting that makes failures seem interesting and worthwhile." [SGOYT]
2020-04-19
"Mechs vs. Minions offers the ability to program various command lines to work through different missions and experience increasingly complex mechanics." [SGOYT]
2020-04-18
"Mechs vs. Minions includes a robust programming opportunity within an endearing world with humor and increasingly complex missions." [SGOYT]
2020-04-17
"Obsession creates the foundation for endlessly interesting stories about Victorian British society and the families within a small county." [SGOYT]
2020-04-16
"Obsession features narrative-driven gameplay that presents the challenge of managing a social circle, staff, and country estate." [SGOYT]
2020-04-13
"Obsession presents a unique blend of Victorian era society and estate management to create a highly thematic, memorable, and challenging experience." [SGOYT]
2020-04-12
"A Feast for Odin presents dozens of actions and many paths to earn victory points, yet the joy comes from experimenting and trying new combinations." [SGOYT]
2020-04-10
"Your Town features an intriguing western adventure, but the excessive bookkeeping can weigh down gameplay and take away from the enjoyment." [SGOYT]
2020-04-09
"Your Town mixes an adventure with bookkeeping in a way that may not work seamlessly, yet it still offers up an interesting western world to explore." [SGOYT]
2020-04-08
"A Feast for Odin has all sorts of possible actions, yet the challenge is to figure out how to make the most of what's available and possible." [SGOYT]
2020-04-07
"A Feast for Odin rewards experience over time as underused actions are tried out and new synergies are found to create a rewarding experience." [SGOYT]
2020-04-06
"A Feast for Odin offers a challenging puzzle with plenty of actions, yet rewards repeated plays with improved scores and the discovery of nuanced synergies." [SGOYT]
2020-04-04
"Gloomhaven focuses on the micro-management side of battle through a large amount of scenarios and content, yet it may not work for every solo player." [SGOYT]
2020-04-03
"Gloomhaven offers up interesting card mechanics and character interaction within an enormous amount of content that may not work solo for everyone." [SGOYT]
2020-04-02
"Gloom of Kilforth features a plethora of story possibilities with practically endless encounters and unique characters to play as." [SGOYT]
2020-04-01
"Loup Garou presents a story that may have limited reusability, yet the mystery behind the events is interesting and engrossing." [SGOYT]
2020-03-31
"Millennium Blades includes laugh-out-loud hilarious card flavor text and a surprisingly challenging system of building a small but effective deck." [SGOYT]
2020-03-31
"Loup Garou uses a unique character progression system with randomized combat values to advance through a gamebook mystery." [SGOYT]
2020-03-30
"Tears of a Goddess follows the adventure of a bounty hunty on the trail of a trio of thieves, complete with hidden numbers and several choices." [SGOYT]
2020-03-29
"Millennium Blades features some fantastic humor in its hundreds of cards and creates a real challenge in the construction of a tournament deck." [SGOYT]
2020-03-28
"Herbaceous features beautiful artwork and simple mechanics that create an amazingly relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere." [SGOYT]
2020-03-28
"Millennium Blades combines deckbuilding with a final tournament to create all sorts of strategies and an excellent challenge." [SGOYT]
2020-03-27
"Millennium Blades simulates the world of collectible card games with humor and challenging deckbuilding mechanics." [SGOYT]
2020-03-27
"March of the Ants may require a lot of losses in order to record a victory over the broodmother, yet the challenge is immensely interesting." [SGOYT]
2020-03-26
"March of the Ants is a very challenging game that requires careful resource management and exploration on the path to defeating the broodmother." [SGOYT]
2020-03-26
"Sherlock Holmes: Four Investigations contains multiple cases and puzzles that provide interesting challenges." [SGOYT]
2020-03-25
"Sherlock Holmes: Four Investigations introduces multiple mysteries that require real deductive thinking to solve, along with hidden puzzles." [SGOYT]
2020-03-24
"Captive offers up a chilling and terrifying experience during the initial play or so, but has a rather finite lifespan." [SGOYT]
2020-03-24
"Gloom of Kilforth creates exciting and interesting stories over the course of an interesting card-based quest." [SGOYT]
2020-03-22
"March of the Ants features a challenging mix of resource management, exploration, and battle with a colony of ants." [SGOYT]
2020-03-22
"March of the Ants benefits from a much more strategic and challenging solo mode included with its expansion, Minions of the Meadow." [SGOYT]
2020-03-20
"March of the Ants features a continuous battle between a colony of ants and invading centipedes with interesting mechanics." [SGOYT]
2020-03-20
"Gloom of Kilforth has a wide range of characters whose stories are memorable as they travel across the land in search of keywords to complete a saga." [SGOYT]
2020-03-18
"Lost Ship simulates the journey of a single stranded spaceship as it searches for a new home planet amidst enemy aliens." [SGOYT]
2020-03-18
"The Fool's Journey takes a deck of Tarot cards and turns it into an adventure, complete with an optional story and plenty of choices." [SGOYT]
2020-03-17
"Gloom of Kilforth creates a challenging narrative that develops over the course of play where the journey is often very memorable." [SGOYT]
2020-03-12
"Gloom of Kilforth creates memorable stories as a character travels across the land to complete a saga and fight off an ancient enemy." [SGOYT]
2020-03-09
"Awkward Guests presents an app-driven solo experience that works surprisingly well with a challenging murder mystery case to solve." [SGOYT]
2020-03-08
"March of the Ants is a challenging sort of solo game that likely benefits from the addition of the new modules in the expansions." [SGOYT]
2020-03-05
"March of the Ants is a challenging experience about resource management in an ant colony with the ever-present threat of invading centipedes." [SGOYT]
2020-03-04
"March of the Ants calls for careful resource planning as invading centipedes threaten the existence of an ant colony." [SGOYT]
2020-03-03
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game presents one of the simplest rulesets in a strategic environment that works wonderfully for a smaller, lightweight game." [SGOYT]
2020-02-28
"Awkward Guests uses a simple app to bridge the gap between the digital and physical to create an enjoyable solo murder mystery experience." [SGOYT]
2020-02-24
"Paper Tales finds a way to make a solo card draft work against an opponent who can be quite challenging." [SGOYT]
2020-02-23
"Paper Tales presents a challenging opponent with the Lich King, as well as an interesting way to use a solo drafting mechanic." [SGOYT]
2020-02-21
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire game combines a simple set of rules with interesting decisions to create an enjoyable experience with pun-filled scoring tiers." [SGOYT]
2020-02-17
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game presents a simple set of rules and an interesting puzzle to create a fun sort of challenge." [SGOYT]
2020-02-13
"Newton is an optimization puzzle with limited randomness, yet features a highly variable setup process and an interesting sort of challenge." [SGOYT]
2020-02-12
"Newton offers up a challenging puzzle that spans multiple elements that can vary greatly from one play to the next." [SGOYT]
2020-02-11
"Newton offers up an interesting challenge with a set of partially connected mini-games that require efficient actions and optimized turns." [SGOYT]
2020-02-09
"Newton presents a challenging puzzle across multiple mini-games on the path to innovative discoveries." [SGOYT]
2020-02-09
"Newton presents a challenging puzzle that may have a lot of moving parts with the randomized setup, yet it's simple to keep some static elements between plays." [SGOYT]
2020-02-08
"Newton utilizes a series of separate mini-games that come together in a way to create a satisfyingly challenging experience." [SGOYT]
2020-02-07
"The One Hundred Torii crafts a unique and relaxing experience as a journey through a Japanese garden takes shape." [SGOYT]
2020-02-06
"The One Hundred Torii offers up a relaxing experience about laying tiles out in a Japanese garden and following paths on a journey." [SGOYT]
2020-02-05
"The One Hundred Torii features a wonderfully relaxing Japanese garden that slowly takes shape in an enjoyably challenging sort of way." [SGOYT]
2020-02-05
"Crystallo presents an intricate puzzle of crystals, gems, and treasures that may overstay its welcome or feel overly complex at times." [SGOYT]
2020-02-04
"Book 1: The War-Torn Kingdom offers up an excellent introduction to the Fabled Lands Gamebooks with interesting discoveries." [SGOYT]
2020-02-04
"NEOM awards victory points for a multitude of strategies involved with planning and building a compact sort of city." [SGOYT]
2020-02-03
"NEOM offers up an interesting city building challenge with a wide variety of tiles and many ways to score victory points." [SGOYT]
2020-02-02
"NEOM offers up an even more interesting experience when more building tiles are added into the mix as a small city takes shape." [SGOYT]
2020-02-01
"NEOM offers up an interesting city-building experience with many variable tiles in a compact play area." [SGOYT]
2020-01-31
"Plenty of noisy birds made for an interesting experience and an excellent final score in Songbirds." [SGOYT]
2020-01-30
"A simple sort of exercise in daydreaming resulted in a hilarious moment in Top Ten Games You Can Play In Your Head By Yourself." [SGOYT]
2020-01-30
"A return to a lightweight classic was met with mediocre dream scores in Project Dreamscape." [SGOYT]
2020-01-29
"A sampling of most the factions resulted in interesting combinations and an impressive score in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-28
"The Japanese faction grew tremendously with a combination of useful production locations and deals involving plenty of food in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-27
"An initial outing with the Japanese faction turned out to be quite exciting and successful in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-26
"Early production finally paid off the Barbarians as their civilization came to life in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-26
"A glimmer of hope and excellent planning brought the Barbarians a rare victory in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-26
"Continued practice with the Barbarians led to several strong combinations that were still eventual losses in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-23
"Small victories helped lead the Barbarians to a more respectable final tableau in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-21
"A change in factions resulted in a rather dismal initial performance from the Barbarians in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-19
"Production locations multiplied resources to allow for expansive building as the Romans proved to be quite successful in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-18
"A small Roman settlement slowly took shape and transformed into a formidable civilization in Imperial Settlers." [SGOYT]
2020-01-17
"Postal routes appeared throughout Bavaria as a small mail service grew into something rather impressive in Thurn and Taxis." [SGOYT]
2020-01-16
"Although the characters were on the right track, the final showdown with a rather brutal nemesis proved to be the end of the campaign in Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game." [SGOYT]
2020-01-15
"A tricky situation turned into an unfortunate defeat as the adventuring party took on back-to-back quests in Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game." [SGOYT]
2020-01-14
"A full party of four characters made quick work of Odious Grump's lair and earned a rare victory in Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game." [SGOYT]
2020-01-13
"The continuing saga of Bright Wizard and Ironbreaker ended in another quest defeat as a rat-man triumphed in Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game." [SGOYT]
2020-01-08
"A rather smelly descent into the sewers proved to be a little too daunting for Bright Wizard and Ironbreaker in Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game." [SGOYT]
2020-01-07
"A basic introduction to a dungeon proved to be a slight challenge for Bright Wizard and Ironbreaker in Warhammer Quest: The Adventure Card Game." [SGOYT]
2020-01-06
"With the forest under siege, the Eyrie had no luck against the strong forces of the Mechanical Marquise in Root." [SGOYT]
2020-01-05
"The Mechanical Marquise took over the forest as the Eyrie were powerless to stop her advances in Root." [SGOYT]
2020-01-04
"The queen's journey came to an abrupt end as she was ambushed and only a portion of her retinue defended her in For the Queen." [SGOYT]
2020-01-03
"A small retinue of supposedly loyal subjects began a narrative journey with their leader in For the Queen." [SGOYT]
2020-01-02
"A set of unusual buildings and elders led the way in protecting the forests, yet made for quite a challenging experience for the fishing operation nestled in Nusfjord." [SGOYT]
2020-01-02
"The arrival of the unexpected elders from Solo Challenge #1 led to interesting opportunities for a burgeoning fishing company in Nusfjord." [SGOYT]
2020-01-01
"With the help of the elders and sizable fleet of ships, a little fishing operation turned into a successful campaign in Nusfjord." [SGOYT]
2019-12-31
"A simple but interesting foray into the campaign mode proved to be just shy of an overall victory in Nusfjord." [SGOYT]
2019-12-29
"With a bit of luck with the fish and buildings, a small outfit grew into a maritime empire nestled in the woods of Nusfjord." [SGOYT]
2019-12-26
"As the Lich King grew in power at higher difficulty levels, the tiny kingdoms struggled to recruit and construct enough to thwart his efforts in Paper Tales." [SGOYT]
2019-12-24
"With a handful of helpful mythological units, a tiny kingdom rose up to defeat the Lich King in Paper Tales." [SGOYT]
2019-12-24
"A holiday gift opportunity to continue delving deeper into the world of Arkham Horror: The Card Game." [SGOYT]
2019-12-23
"The creation of a legend took quite a bit of effort as the Lich King proved to be a tricky adversary in Paper Tales." [SGOYT]
2019-12-23
"A wintry-themed journey with a beautiful Tarot deck proved to be a little too challenging in The Fool's Journey." [SGOYT]
2019-12-22
"A comical raid on a father's tomb led to a small number of collected treasures in Crypt." [SGOYT]
2019-12-22
"A return to a classic little game led to a fairly nice outing with Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game." [SGOYT]
2019-12-22
"With a modified strategy, Carapace Queen was nearly taken down at the normal difficulty level in Aeon's End." [SGOYT]
2019-12-22
"With a slight increase in difficulty, Jian and Kadir struggled to do much damage against the diabolical Carapace Queen in Aeon's End." [SGOYT]
2019-12-20
"Robinson breezed through the lower difficulty levels, then struggled to reach the final hazards and pirates at level 4 in Friday." [SGOYT]
2019-12-20
"A seemingly easy battle against Carapace Queen turned into a challenging fight as Jian and Kadir nearly surrendered to the husks in Aeon's End." [SGOYT]
2019-12-18
"A closer inspection of the rules for Rageborne led to a triumphant solution to the puzzle at the expert difficulty level in Aeon's End." [SGOYT]
2019-12-17
"Escalating difficulty levels against Rageborne proved to be a mixed sort of experience for the duo of Jian and Kadir in Aeon's End." [SGOYT]
2019-12-16
"A rather simple first outing against Rageborne turned into quite the battle with a narrow victory in Aeon's End." [SGOYT]
2019-12-13
"A comical sort of training montage led Robinson to finally face and defeat the pirates in Friday." [SGOYT]
2019-12-12
"The final requirements for a campaign victory were met as Grumple, Meziah, Ringr, and Whisper reached important story milestones in Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-12-11
"A surprising ally and a new form of transportation were discovered as the rodents continued to explore the city in Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-12-11
"Another journey into uncharted territory led to a near failure for the small but determined rodents of Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-12-08
"A trio of related missions took the rodents down new and old paths as several members were badly hurt for the first time in Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-12-06
"Although an interesting method of travel saved some time, the party of rodents was delayed during an important mission in Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-12-05
"A simple search for supplies turned into a tricky battle as a former enemy tracked down the vulnerable party in Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-12-04
"The long and winding journey to complete a mission for clean water finally came to an end, though not without its challenges, in Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-12-04
"Unexpected events and a heartbreaking sort of encounter created a number of challenging situations for the determined rodents of Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-12-02
"A return to E Street proved to be a worthwhile route for the brave rodents of Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-12-01
"The Outside In map provides an interesting and challenging sort of puzzle for the cast of furry characters in Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-11-30
"Missions and goals must be completed as a colony of small critters tries to survive in the post-apocalyptic world of Aftermath." [SGOYT]
2019-11-27
"All manner of events occur as one builds up character points on the path to find the best bachelor in Marrying Mr. Darcy." [SGOYT]
2019-11-22
"A world of agriculture and mechs is open for the taking as various factions claim territories on the way to the central Factory in Scythe." [SGOYT]
2019-11-22
"A perilous and challenging journey to locate the Northwest Passage features a unique map of ice and water over the course of several seasons in Expedition: Northwest Passage." [SGOYT]
2019-11-19
"A trio of deadly bosses and other opponents must be faced in gladiatorial combat with a unique set of city units in Hoplomachus: The Lost Cities." [SGOYT]
2019-11-19
"Cities, cloisters, farms, and roads take shape as one creates a lovely little map of the countryside with Carcassonne." [SGOYT]
2019-11-19
"A selection of lovely herbs must be sorted and potted in a relaxing manner with Herbaceous." [SGOYT]
2019-11-19
"Puzzles and hidden clues of all different difficulty levels abound as one explores and hunts for treasure in The Crusoe Crew." [SGOYT]
2019-11-17
"Resistance fighters in France must work in secret around the city to avoid the dangerous patrols in Maquis." [SGOYT]
2019-11-17
"Hidden parts of a mysterious clockwork device must be located before time runs out in Aether Captains: Clockwork Cabal." [SGOYT]
2019-11-13
"Exploration and the interesting puzzle of working out the best way to advance across the land and defeat enemies combine brilliantly in Mage Knight." [SGOYT]
2019-11-12
"Tough decisions and hidden elements create a tense atmosphere in the World War II battle highlighted in Crowbar!: The Rangers at Pointe Du Hoc." [SGOYT]
2019-11-11
"One must guide a group of Rangers up the sheer cliffs to locate and destroy hidden German guns in Crowbar!: The Rangers at Pointe Du Hoc." [SGOYT]
2019-11-07
"Suspects abound as one must work out the who, why, and how of a murder mystery in Awkward Guests." [SGOYT]
2019-11-06
"An entire galaxy is ready to be explored and colonized with a variety of pilots in Tiny Epic Galaxies." [SGOYT]
2019-11-05
"The Australian outback provides the scene for resource gathering and railroad building before the Old Ones begin to attack in AuZtralia." [SGOYT]
2019-11-04
"A civilization must grow and prosper as it advances and expands in multiple ways in Tapestry." [SGOYT]
2019-11-04
"Various birds of different types and volumes compete in the forest to sing the loudest in Songbirds." [SGOYT]
2019-11-02
"A variety of building tiles and activities in Victorian England are available to build up a family's social standing in Obsession." [SGOYT]
2019-11-01
"Elephants and tiles are used to build a festival platform of different colors with Kerala: The Way of the Elephant." [SGOYT]
2019-10-31
"SGOYT November 2019 Activity 6." [SGOYT]
2019-10-31
"SGOYT November 2019 Activity 5." [SGOYT]
2019-10-31
"SGOYT November 2019 Activity 4." [SGOYT]
2019-10-31
"SGOYT November 2019 Activity 3." [SGOYT]
2019-10-31
"SGOYT November 2019 Activity 2." [SGOYT]
2019-10-31
"SGOYT November 2019 Activity 1." [SGOYT]
2019-10-31
"One must guide a coven of witches on the path to victory over tyranny in Witches of the Revolution." [SGOYT]
2019-10-23
"Tedious components and a very random sort of solo mode hamper the enjoyment in Tiny Epic Mechs." [SGOYT]
2019-10-23
"One has a multitude of strategic decisions to make, ranging from simple movement to blind combat, as each round progresses in the excellent game of Mage Knight." [SGOYT]
2019-10-23
"With plenty of variability, randomness, and choices, there are a staggering number of enjoyable possibilities as one travels through the world of Mage Knight." [SGOYT]
2019-10-18
"Realistic baseball elements and statistics come into play to create memorable stories with the dice-based and highly modular game of Deadball." [SGOYT]
2019-10-18
"In a relaxing sort of atmosphere, one builds up a thriving farm filled with everything from fields to livestock in Fields of Green." [SGOYT]
2019-10-18
"Managing a beehive presents a number of realistic challenges as one tries to utilize the bee workers and expand the hive in Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer." [SGOYT]
2019-10-17
"One must manage a realistic hive complete with a queen and workers in the rather challenging game of Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer." [SGOYT]
2019-10-16
"Rising tension in the seas forces one to plan strategically in the very exciting narrative experience created by Nemo's War." [SGOYT]
2019-10-16
"One must follow leads and read between the lines to solve the mysteries in Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective." [SGOYT]
2019-10-16
"A wide selection of available heroes create unique ways to fight off villains and masterminds in Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game." [SGOYT]
2019-10-16
"Simplified concepts from Race for the Galaxy make for a different and lighter sort of experience with Jump Drive." [SGOYT]
2019-10-16
"One must manage the location of a scientist meeple to take advantage of unique actions as portals to other dimensions are closed in Multiuniversum." [SGOYT]
2019-10-15
"A small town quickly grows to contain more and more available actions as one competes against challenging solo opponents in New Bedford." [SGOYT]
2019-10-15
"With a staggering amount of variety in characters, disasters, and spells, one will almost never experience the same sort of interesting puzzle with Wizard's Academy." [SGOYT]
2019-10-14
"Fields must be planted and harvested to complete specific orders for various customers in the very interesting and challenging game of At the Gates of Loyang." [SGOYT]
2019-10-13
"A challenging situation of building a pair of Alhambras, including one for the solo opponent, creates an interesting experience with Alhambra: Big Box." [SGOYT]
2019-10-13
"A vast amount of different birds may be attracted to one's habitats in the interesting but sometimes luck-dependent game of Wingspan." [SGOYT]
2019-10-13
"As one orders different suit columns in a fairly simple system, the randomness of the turn's final step adds a challenging layer to The Bogey." [SGOYT]
2019-10-12
"With a tableau of different cards, one must build up a spacefaring civilization against a difficult solo opponent in Race for the Galaxy." [SGOYT]
2019-10-11
"Using an almost identical ruleset, an unofficial variant allows one to create a 7x7 map of cities, roads, farms, cloisters, and more with Carcassonne." [SGOYT]
2019-10-11
"A cheery field of various fruits comes to life to be harvested with simple but challenging gameplay in Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game." [SGOYT]
2019-10-08
"A sobering historical time is represented with excellent mechanics and an emotional sort of experience in Freedom: The Underground Railroad." [SGOYT]
2019-10-08
"One must build postal routes across Bavaria with an excellent unofficial solo variant that creates a unique puzzle with every play of Thurn and Taxis." [SGOYT]
2019-10-08
"Adorable birds must be placed in a forest grid to collect berry tokens of different values in Songbirds." [SGOYT]
2019-10-08
"With a uniquely charming and whimsical style, one must create a vegetable garden while fending off the thieving neighbors in Mr. Cabbagehead's Garden." [SGOYT]
2019-10-06
"With a high amount of variety from unique characters, SMCs, countermeasures, and cards, there is always a different and challenging puzzle to solve in Renegade." [SGOYT]
2019-10-05
"With a market of cards to purchase from, one must carefully create chains of icons and choose between pairs of actions in Project Dreamscape." [SGOYT]
2019-10-05
"Icons must be matched to seal off portals to other dimensions as one works against a challenging solo opponent in Multiuniversum." [SGOYT]
2019-10-04
"One must manage a crew aboard a ship and sled during the exploration of a map created with tiles of ice and water in Expedition: Northwest Passage." [SGOYT]
2019-10-03
"A thoroughly thematic narrative experience mingles with all sorts of strategy as one builds up a British country estate and maintains a family's social circle in Obsession." [SGOYT]
2019-10-02
"A standard sort of battle allows one to play as a hero and recruit various champions and allies in order to win in Shards of Infinity." [SGOYT]
2019-10-02
"Beautifully illustrated landscapes create the basis for one to complete commissions and earn points in Sunset Over Water." [SGOYT]
2019-10-02
"One must create avenues of trees and form a surprisingly deep strategy to win with an unofficial solo variant for Arboretum." [SGOYT]
2019-10-02
"A unique set of dice and assortment of games and puzzles create interesting but somewhat repetitive challenges with Knot Dice." [SGOYT]
2019-10-01
"A full Tarot deck can be enjoyed as one guides an individual through the many challenges presented with The Fool's Journey." [SGOYT]
2019-10-01
"Hidden movement and solo deduction work surprisingly well in the historical mystery depicted within Black Sonata." [SGOYT]
2019-09-30
"Project Dreamscape takes one on a journey through a dream with the goal of chaining icons and purchasing new cards." [SGOYT]
2019-09-30
"Race for the Galaxy features a very difficult solo opponent and a challenging game experience as one builds up a tableau of various cards." [SGOYT]
2019-09-29
"Carcassonne is a classic tile-laying puzzle that works well with an unofficial solo variant to present a surprisingly challenging but straightforward experience." [SGOYT]
2019-09-29
"Icarus is an interesting solo RPG experience that examines the fall of a civilization and allows one to build a robust sort of setting or world to use in other RPGs." [SGOYT]
2019-09-27
"Freedom: The Underground Railroad presents a sensitive historical period with respect and offers one a heartbreaking experience filled with smooth gameplay elements." [SGOYT]
2019-09-26
"Triplock features an interesting cast of characters who are tasked with cracking open locks, yet an official solo variant might be the only way to truly enjoy strategic gameplay." [SGOYT]
2019-09-25
"Awkward Guests integrates an app with the physical components to create an interesting and enjoyable experience as one tries to solve a murder mystery." [SGOYT]
2019-09-25
"Emberwind: The Skis of Axia Campaign does not provide a satisfying solo experience, and falls short in many regards." [SGOYT]
2019-09-25
"Nightlight features an adorable cast of stuffed animals who must battle the denizens of nightmares, although gameplay is clunky and unpolished with a lot of dice rolling." [SGOYT]
2019-09-24
"Dingo's Dreams provides an adorable and somewhat strategic take on Bingo, but is not suited to a solo mode." [SGOYT]
2019-09-24
"Scoundrel presents one with a fairly standard dungeon crawl, yet gameplay works well and can be even more entertaining with the right theme variant and deck." [SGOYT]
2019-09-24
"The Bogey is a simple and quick card game that presents interesting decisions and a surprising amount of enjoyable depth." [SGOYT]
2019-09-23
"Cottage Garden features an interesting unofficial solo variant that simulates a solo opponent and creates a highly enjoyable sort of experience." [SGOYT]
2019-09-22
"Awkward Guests requires an app to enjoy the solo mode, yet it provides a surprisingly enjoyable deductive experience as one solves a reusable sort of mystery." [SGOYT]
2019-09-22
"The Fool's Journey utilizes an entire Tarot deck to tell an intriguing story with interesting but simple gameplay that works very well." [SGOYT]
2019-09-20
"Thurn and Taxis may not be anything amazingly special, yet it creates a cozy sort of challenge that can be enjoyed at multiple difficulty levels." [SGOYT]
2019-09-20
"Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective provides a wide selection of mysteries to solve with intriguing storylines, but has limited gameplay value." [SGOYT]
2019-09-20
"The Crusoe Crew presents a series of almost identical gamebooks to highlight unique character abilities and give one a chance to enjoy a surprising amount of puzzles and hidden clues." [SGOYT]
2019-09-18
"Nemo's War presents one with an interesting narrative and rising tension that can be a little too random, yet it still delivers a very enjoyable solo experience." [SGOYT]
2019-09-17
"At the Gates of Loyang is a fantastic solo experience that challenges one to manage fields of vegetables and a steady stream of customers." [SGOYT]
2019-09-17
"The Big Book of Madness may lose its theme during gameplay, yet it offers up an immensely challenging and satisfying sort of puzzle." [SGOYT]
2019-09-17
"Herbaceous Sprouts presents one with decisions in regards to choosing dice and cards, yet can feel a little underwhelming as a solo experience." [SGOYT]
2019-09-17
"Mr. Cabbagehead's Garden includes a fun challenge as one populates a vegetable garden and tries to avoid the rude stealing abilities of the neighbors." [SGOYT]
2019-09-17
"Marrying Mr. Darcy offers up plenty of laughs as one works towards attracting eligible bachelors in the world of Jane Austen, though the narrative is better than the gameplay." [SGOYT]
2019-09-15
"Emberwind: The Skis of Axia Campaign presents a combination of choose-your-own-adventure and combat that may not flow as smoothly as one might expect." [SGOYT]
2019-09-15
"Songbirds presents one with a challenging sort of mathematical puzzle that can be enjoyable, but is also rather tough." [SGOYT]
2019-09-14
"Wingspan features a beautiful selection of birds and solid engine building mechanics, yet it may not be unique enough to have long-term staying power." [SGOYT]
2019-09-13
"Fields of Green simulates a very relaxing farming life with a wide variety of cards and combinations ranging from buildings and constructions to fields and livestock." [SGOYT]
2019-09-12
"Spirit Island presents a highly variable selection of challenges as one wards off invading settlers in an interesting game of role reversal." [SGOYT]
2019-09-11
"Expedition: Northwest Passage challenges one to traverse the unknown tundra and provides many ways to customize the game to one's liking." [SGOYT]
2019-09-11
"Crypt includes an interesting bidding mechanic with dice as one collects various treasures, though it may not have long-term staying power." [SGOYT]
2019-09-10
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game uses a simple ruleset and minimal components to create a challenging and enjoyable sort of puzzle." [SGOYT]
2019-09-09
"Obsession is a highly thematic and enjoyable game about managing a British family and estate in the 1800s, complete with all sorts of building tiles and guests." [SGOYT]
2019-09-08
"Undaunted: Normandy features a scenario system and card play as one guides both sides towards victory with a very smooth and intriguing system." [SGOYT]
2019-09-06
"Helionox places one in the midst of a failing solar system with challenging events that must be overcome with a myriad of cards." [SGOYT]
2019-09-06
"Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer includes resource and worker management as one expands a hive and prepares for its winter survival." [SGOYT]
2019-09-05
"Mythos Tales presents multiple cases of the occult variety as one follows leads and uncovers clue of a macabre nature." [SGOYT]
2019-09-05
"New Bedford allows one to build up a seaside town with new buildings, thereby allowing for many new actions in a very challenging and fun experience." [SGOYT]
2019-09-03
"Wizard's Academy is a unique game that features unknown information about the threats and spells one will encounter over the course of play." [SGOYT]
2019-09-02
"Penciltown is a surprisingly deep exercise into the creation and expansion of a town, complete with an amazing narrative experience." [SGOYT]
2019-09-02
"Witches of the Revolution presents an interesting challenge about deck size and power as one guides a coven of witches during the Revolutionary War." [SGOYT]
2019-09-01
"Ticket to Ride can be played with an unofficial solo variant, yet the random luck may not make it a very strategic sort of experience." [SGOYT]
2019-09-01
"City of Iron lacks variety, yet still provides a decent experience as one expands and builds to produce a number of different resources." [SGOYT]
2019-09-01
"Kerala: The Way of the Elephant combines vertical building options with simple tile placement to create a relaxing sort of experience." [SGOYT]
2019-08-31
"Renegade is an excellent sort of puzzle that challenges one to find solutions in a highly variable experience." [SGOYT]
2019-08-30
"The Bogey is a simple but enjoyable game that can be enjoyed with a standard deck of cards." [SGOYT]
2019-08-30
"Kerala: The Way of the Elephant provides a pleasant and lightweight experience about building horizontally and vertically." [SGOYT]
2019-08-30
"The Crusoe Crew is a unique set of gamebooks that allows one to play as a unique character on the path to solving various puzzles and riddles." [SGOYT]
2019-08-30
"Arboretum features an unofficial solo variant that includes some elements of deduction as one tries to earn the ability to score certain paths of trees." [SGOYT]
2019-08-29
"Lifeform challenges one to survive through a nightmarish attack from an alien creature, yet falls short in a narrative and thematic sense." [SGOYT]
2019-08-21
"Freedom: The Underground Railroad is a difficult and emotional sort of experience that respectfully combines excellent mechanics with a somber historical theme." [SGOYT]
2019-08-20
"Penciltown allows one to experience the life of a growing town with plenty of decisions and the potential for an interesting narrative adventure." [SGOYT]
2019-08-20
"Mr Cabbagehead's Garden challenges one to plant a vegetable garden and guard against the world's most meddlesome neighbors in a humorous way." [SGOYT]
2019-08-18
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game combines a fun and simple ruleset with a rather interesting sort of challenge as one creates a small orchard." [SGOYT]
2019-08-15
"The Fool's Journey utilizes an entire Tarot deck as one guides an individual on a journey complete with challenges, wisdom, helpers, and more." [SGOYT]
2019-08-15
"Expedition: Northwest Passage is an enjoyable tile-laying adventure about creating a map of sea and ice, all while planning ahead to return home safely." [SGOYT]
2019-08-15
"Witches of the Revolution presents the American Revolutionary War in a unique light as one guides a coven of witches in the fight against tyranny." [SGOYT]
2019-08-14
"Wizard's Academy is a wonderful and unique game that features variable spells and threats one must puzzle through on the path to protecting the academy." [SGOYT]
2019-08-14
"At the Gates of Loyang is a challenging puzzle that incorporates realistic supply and demand concepts as one grows and sells vegetables." [SGOYT]
2019-08-13
"Crypt is a mediocre set collection game about humorously raiding the tomb of the king and trying to acquire various objects." [SGOYT]
2019-08-13
"Orchard: A 9 Card Solitaire Game is simple in many ways but offers up a clever challenge as one overlaps identical fruit trees." [SGOYT]
2019-08-13
"Wingspan is a beautiful game about attracting various birds that works well, and is appealing in a safe sort of way." [SGOYT]
2019-08-12
"Spirit Island presents a unique challenge as one uses fear to ward off invaders and protect an island." [SGOYT]
2019-08-12
"The Big Book of Madness is an excellent cooperative game about banishing curses brought about by various monsters released from the pages of a forbidden book." [SGOYT]
2019-08-12
"Project Dreamscape is a quick and lightweight card game that combines a charming dream-related theme with an interesting challenge." [SGOYT]
2019-08-09
"Carcassonne offers up a simple and classic sort of tile-laying puzzle with an excellent solo variant." [SGOYT]
2019-08-09
"Obsession offers up a highly enjoyable experience as one manages a family household, estate, and social circle in 1800s Britain." [SGOYT]
2019-08-09
"Herbaceous is a simple and straightforward set collection game about planting beautifully illustrated herbs." [SGOYT]
2019-08-08
"Penciltown is a wonderful game about building a town, managing its growth, and experiencing all manner of events over 100 rounds of play." [SGOYT]
2019-08-08
"Penciltown provides an enjoyable way to build a town and watch it literally take shape on paper with very few required components." [SGOYT]
2019-08-06
"Mechs vs. Minions challenges one to create programmable command lines in progressively more complex missions with high quality components." [SGOYT]
2019-08-06
"Penciltown provides a mix of resource management, town building, and an ongoing story with very few required components." [SGOYT]
2019-08-04
"Scythe offers up an immensely variable and enjoyable experience that includes minimal combat and many paths to victory." [SGOYT]
2019-08-04
"Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer challenges one to manage a hive internally and externally over the course of a year." [SGOYT]
2019-08-02
"Scoundrel takes a standard deck of cards on a dungeon crawl in a fairly formulaic model that still works well, especially when modified with a theme variant." [SGOYT]
2019-08-02
"Renegade offers a unique challenge through the use of variable countermeasures and a wide selection of available paths to victory." [SGOYT]
2019-08-01
"Anachrony features an interesting world steeped in time travel and a multitude of choices that take careful thought and planning to save the past and future." [SGOYT]
2019-07-31
"Anachrony is a stunning and complex game about time travel that features a challenging solo opponent and plenty of variety." [SGOYT]
2019-07-31
"Multiuniversum presents a unique time traveling theme with multi-purpose cards to offer up a challenging and enjoyable solo experience." [SGOYT]
2019-07-31
"Arboretum features a lovely selection of trees one can grow against a rather challenging unofficial solo opponent." [SGOYT]
2019-07-31
"The Crusoe Crew allows one to enjoy a gamebook system with 1 of 4 characters in a very relaxed sort of treasure hunt, filled with challenging puzzles." [SGOYT]
2019-07-30
"Obsession combines the possibility for excellent stories with enjoyable and challenging gameplay as one manages a country estate in the 1800s." [SGOYT]
2019-07-29
"Sunset Over Water features beautiful landscapes as one works towards collecting and painting various scenes." [SGOYT]
2019-07-29
"The Fool's Journey uses a deck of Tarot cards to create a story about the journey of an individual character." [SGOYT]
2019-07-28
"Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer continues to be an interesting hive management game that presents a very challenging sort of puzzle." [SGOYT]
2019-07-28
"Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer focuses on managing a hive internally and externally, and includes multiple ways to play solo." [SGOYT]