Well, for my first episode I'm going to talk about
playing board games solo.
I think it is great and hits on exactly what I think about
playing board game solo.
Not exact matches
This
game uses images from the
board game and can be
played solo or with groups for more starting sound / grapheme matching fun.
One of the best professional development experiences on
games and GBL is to
play a digital
game like Civilization
solo or a
board game like Settlers of Catan with a group of friends.
Of course if you can't gather some people together who are at least willing to try a
game or two then that can leave you stumped; there's some truly great
games that can be
played solo, like the Firefly
board game that I enjoyed so much or even something like Elder Sign or Legendary, but let's face it
board games are a social thing and having a group that will
play a variety of
games is what it's about.
This is a damn good time to get into
board games, and if you can't convince some friends to give it a whirl then don't feel ashamed to head to a local shop and pick up something that can be
played solo, or check out one of the many articles or videos that chat about the best singleplayer
games out there.
As someone who
plays videogames all the time, and spends massive amounts of time embroiled in epic singleplayer campaigns, it baffles me that people would see sitting down to
play something like XCOM: The
Board game solo as being any different to sitting down and
playing XCOM: Enemy Within
solo.
There's still a strange stigma surrounding the idea of sitting down and
playing something like XCOM: The
Board Game or Robinson Crusoe alone, despite them clearly having
solo modes listed on the box.
There are lots of
board games that can only be
played with two or people, but there are also numerous examples with
solo modes, too.
Unlike the
board game version, players will also have the ability to
play solo with the
game's AI.
Many features can also be enjoyed
solo, from
playing against computer controlled characters across many of the
game boards to the brand new single player Bowser's Tower mode, which challenges you to reach the top as you try your hand at minigames of ever - increasing difficulty: succeed to advance up one floor, else it's
game over.
Many people
play board games especially strategic war / battle simulations
solo where as euro style or building
games are much more difficult to
play solo.
To me (and maybe it's just because I'm not a native English speaker) the phrase «
solo board gamers» means people who
play solo games, not players who prefer to
play solo gamers over multiplayer
games and the data only tells us about the latter, not the former (unless I'm misreading it).