Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Martin and Michael take a dive (PUN INTENDED, even though it's a bad one) into the wargame By Stealth and Sea, designed by David Thompson and published by DVG.   Intro and Exposition (0:00) Solo Game News (01:08) Review Begins (8:36) Components (10:39) Rules (41:53) Gameplay (48:47) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (53:37) Stomp Discussion (1:02:49) Conclusion (1:05:35)   You can find great...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Martin and Michael speak with game designer and solo mode creator Drake Villareal about his experiences.   Intro and Exposition (0:00) Solo Game News (03:41) Interview (10:22) Wrap Up and Final Thoughts (50:05)   You can find great solo games (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best online gaming store for solo gamers: Stone Valley Games...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Martin and Michael talk about a why Acheron, otherwise known as LV-426, is not quite the vacation spot you may think it is. We also pontificate about other things.   Intro and Exposition (0:00) Solo Game News (03:41) Review Overview (15:42) Rules (41:12) Gameplay (44:29) Winning (59:23) Combat (1:02:00) Marine Special Abilities (1:06:00) The Good, Bad, and Ugly (1:09:41) Stomp Discussion...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Martin and Michael talk about a board game (go figure!). We also pontificate about other things.   Intro and Exposition (0:00) Solo Game News (07:32) Components (27:10) Rules (36:10) The Good, Bad, and Ugly (38:07) Stomp Discussion (51:45) Wrap Up and Final Thoughts (52:49)   You can find great solo games (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best online gaming...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Martin and Michael host for the first time (thanks again to Brandon and Carter for helping us get acclimated!). We talk about a lot of things to introduce ourselves, and hope you will enjoy this long(ish) episode!   Intro and Exposition (0:00) Solo Game News (03:41) Thank You! (11:16) Our Gaming Backgrounds (13:34) Our Perspectives on Solo Games (24:00) Our Top 5 (Current) Solo Games (37:35) Wrap...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this special episode of the podcast,  Brandon and Carter hand over the reigns to the show's new hosts: Martin Gonzalvez and Michael Eckenfels. Join all four hosts for a mega-review of one of the most mega-popular solo games of all time:  Mage Knight!   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   You can find great solo games (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode,  Brandon and special guest Martin Gonzalvez (!!!) cover the latest solo games news before reviewing an oft-requested game from our listeners: Arkham Horror: The Card Game!   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Review (12:31) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (1:00:41) Big Announcement (1:26:50)   You can find great solo games (and a community...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing a tiny game about being as close as possible to Final Fantasy Tactics without getting a cease and desist letter:  Tiny Epic Tactics.   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Review (6:20) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (29:53)   You can find great solo games (and a community...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Brandon is flying solo, because Carter's just become a father! He soldiers on without his counterpart to cover the latest solo games news before reviewing a historical/war game about conquering Europe for Catholicism, Charlemagne: Master of Europe.   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Review (7:49) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (37:35)   ...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing a gigantic game about winemaking: Vinhos from Vital Lacerda!   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Review (7:43) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (31:08)   You can find great solo games (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best online gaming...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing an older title from Stonemaier Games, Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia!   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Review (7:14) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (35:59)   You can find great solo games (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best...

NOTE: We had an unexpected hard drive crash and had to record this episode without our usual presets. As a result, Brandon's volume is much lower than normal. That should be fixed by next episode. Sorry about that! Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Brandon and Carter cover the latest solo games news from tableforone.me before doing our first ever double-header review for two Button Shy games: Tussie Mussie and Sprawlopolis!   ...

NOTE: Yeah, we know we said the wrong episode number at the beginning. Sorry about that! We recorded this episode a while ago and ultimately decided to save it for a rainy day. Brandon's on vacation this week, so this is that rainy day! Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Brandon and special guest Will Hedrick  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing a much-requested games.   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon skip the news section and head straight into our top 10 introductory solo games!   You can find great solo games (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best online gaming store for solo gamers: Stone Valley Games (www.stonevalleygames.com). Check them out, and tell them we sent you   To see more from Solosaurus, like us on Facebook at...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing our most-requested game of the year: Maracaibo!   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Review (6:44) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (41:10) Giveaway Announcement (49:32)   Deep Blue official solo mode: https://tinyurl.com/y8hced9n Adrenaline solo play DLC:...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing a legacy game about building a village: Charterstone!   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Giveaway Announcement (7:21) Review (8:49) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (43:11)   Carcassonne solo variant: https://bit.ly/3f9gYrJ Warcry solo variant: https://rb.gy/mtqnhx ...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing Brass: Birmingham and three(!) user-created solo variants for it!   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Review (9:10) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (45:31)   George Variant: https://bit.ly/2XSs6D9 Mautoma Variant: https://bit.ly/2RJzpJh Mautoma Variant (digital version):...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing a game about the strangest battle of World War II: Castle Itter!   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Review (4:37) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (34:11)     You can find great solo games (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best online gaming...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing a game about becoming famous (or infamous) at the edge of the galaxy, Star Wars: Outer Rim.   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   Intro and News (0:00) Review (6:01) Final Assessment and Stomp Discussion (32:08)   Outer Rim variant from BGG:  https://bit.ly/3a5D1wr   You can find great solo games (and...

** NOTE: We forgot to mention one *very* important piece of information. To play solo, you can play with ONE or more characters. Brandon sometimes plays with one, other times with a clan of two. It's fun either way, but (as you might expect) a lot easier to manage with just the one.  ***   Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon  cover the latest solo games news before reviewing a game that looks great under a black...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter is back (!!!), so we cover the latest solo games news before reviewing a game about building underwater cities:  ...it's Underwater Cities. That's the name of the game. Sorry, not feeling clever today, folks.    Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   You can find great solo games like Underwater Cities (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter is out of town, so Brandon is joined by the illustrious Will Hedrick to announce the winners of our Paladins of the West Kingdom and Underwater Cities giveaways and to review a game about shooting gods in the face:  Cthulhu: Death May Die!   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   You can find great solo games like Death May Die (and a community to talk about them with...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon discuss the latest solo news (aggregated by the wonderful Frederik Shulz at tableforone.me) and review a game about *the* big hulky armor boys of West Europe: Paladins of the West Kingdom, from Garphill Games.    Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   You can find great solo games like Paladins of the West Kingdom (and a community to talk about them with...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon discuss the latest solo news (aggregated by the wonderful Frederik Shulz at tableforone.me) and review a game about building the smallest and biggest galaxy you can: Tiny Epic Galaxies.   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   You can find great solo games like Tiny Epic Galaxies (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best online...

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Carter and Brandon discuss the latest solo news (aggregated by the wonderful Frederik Shulz at tableforone.me), announce a partnership with Stone Valley Games (stonevalleygames.com), and review a game that both gives you fish *and* teaches you how to fish: Nusfjord from designer Uwe Rosenberg and Lookout Games.   Wondering how this one plays solo? Check out our review!   To see more from Solosaurus,...