Category: Solo Variant

Cascadia – Standard and Solo Variant Reviews

Name: Cascadia Year of Release: 2021 Player Count: 1 – 4 Players Playing Time: 30 – 45 minutes Designer: Randy Flynn Publisher: Flatout Games Primary Mechanisms: Tile Placement, Open Drafting, Pattern Building Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 1.88 This post contains two reviews, beginning with the general overview of Cascadia and discussing, in detail, thoughts on […]

Tzolk’in – The Mayan Calendar Solo Variant Review

Name: Tzolk’in – The Mayan Calendar Year of Release: 2012 Player Count: 2 – 4 Players (1 Player with fan-made variant) Playing Time: 90 minutes Designer: Simone Luciani, Daniele Tascini Publisher: Czech Games Edition Primary Mechanisms: Worker Placement, Rondel Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 3.67 Overview For this review, I played the 1-player variant posted by […]

Tapestry Review

Name: Tapestry Year of Release: 2019 Player Count: 1 – 5 Players Playing Time: 90 – 120 minutes Designer: Jamey Stegmaier Publisher: Stonemaier Games Primary Mechanisms: Variable Player Powers, Area Majority, Income, Tile Placement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.91 Overview I received Tapestry as a Christmas present from my wife last year but until the other night, […]

Notre Dame Solo Variant Review

Name: Notre Dame Year of Release: 2007 Player Count: 2 – 1 Players (1 Player with Fan-Made Variant) Playing Time: 45 – 75 minutes Designer: Stefan Feld Publisher: Ravensburger Primary Mechanisms: Area Majority, Open Drafting, Point to Point Movement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.75 Overview For this review, I’ve chosen to try out a solo […]

Evolution Solo Variant Review

Name: Evolution Year of Release: 2014 Player Count: 2 – 6 Players Playing Time: 60 minutes Designer: Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre, Sergey Machin Publisher: Northstar Games Primary Mechanisms: Hand Management, Secret Unit Deployment, Take That Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.43 Overview Today I am trying out the solo variant for Evolution posted by AndAgainMA posted […]

Dinosaur Island Solo Variant Review

Name: Dinosaur Island Year of Release: 2017 Player Count: 1 – 4 Players Playing Time: 90 – 120 minutes Designer: Jonathan Gilmour, Brian Lewis Publisher: Pandasaurus Games Primary Mechanisms: Dice Rolling, Set Collection, Worker Placement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 3.03 Overview For this review, I’ve decided to break out Pandasaurus Games’ dino-creating, attraction-building, and patron-eating […]