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Category: Solo Gaming

These posts are for my impressions of trying the solitaire mode on games.

Solo Gaming Posted onJune 10, 2023June 1, 2023

Solo Gaming: Circadians First Light

Circadians: First Light is a dice worker-placement game where players are allocating dice to upgrade their bases, move their harvester around the planet, trade for […] Read More

Solo Gaming Posted onMay 13, 2023March 30, 2023

Solo Gaming: Stardew Valley

I’m going to be honest … I wasn’t very good at the Stardew Valley video game. But, when I saw this cooperative board game, I […] Read More

Solo Gaming Posted onApril 8, 2023February 27, 2023

Solo Gaming: Planet Unknown

Planet Unknown has been hitting my table quite a bit as I’ve discovered I love the combination of polyomino-placement and track movement this one offers. […] Read More

Solo Gaming Posted onMarch 11, 2023February 16, 2023

Solo Gaming: Flamecraft

Flamecraft is the cutest game I think I’ve ever seen, but under that cuteness is a really good game. The game takes place in a […] Read More

Solo Gaming Posted onFebruary 11, 2023January 26, 2023

Solo Gaming: The LOOP

The LOOP became one of my favorite co-op games last year. I was drawn in by the art and stayed for the theme — a […] Read More

A section of the main Ark Nova board with the outer track showing tickets that increase in number counter clock-wise around the board and larger green chevrons below those that increase in a clockwise order. Two yellow tokens are on the board, one at 58 on the tickets, the other on 16 on the green marks (around the 76 ticket). This indicates a negative score.
Solo Gaming Posted onJanuary 14, 2023January 2, 2023

Solo Gaming: Ark Nova

Ark Nova has quickly become one of my favorite games. I love zoo-themed games and to have one that’s on the heavier side is right […] Read More

Solo Gaming Posted onSeptember 15, 2022August 4, 2022

Solo Gaming: Meadow

Meadow was released last year, and quickly became a favorite. I was completely pulled in by the art of this game — every card is […] Read More

Mystic Vale
Solo Gaming Posted onAugust 18, 2022July 23, 2022

Solo Gaming: Mystic Vale

Mystic Vale is one of my most-played games. I love this card-crafting game where you have this deck of cards that you continually upgrade throughout […] Read More

Wingspan player board with three birds in the top two rows and two int he bottom. One bird has a stack of wheat tokens, another has a few rat tokens and an egg, and two other birds have eggs.
Solo Gaming Posted onJuly 21, 2022July 19, 2022

Solo Gaming: Wingspan

I have lost to the Wingspan solo automa more times that I want to admit. Wingspan is a card-driven engine building game where players are […] Read More

Solo Gaming Posted onMay 4, 2021May 1, 2021

Solo Gaming: Factory Funner

I don’t think it’s a secret that I love a good puzzle game and one of my faves has to be Factory Funner. In this […] Read More

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I’ve been a lifelong gamer and an astronomer — I see the universe in everything I do.

Here I’ll be posting a collection of reviews, game night re-caps, and anything gaming I feel like writing about. I also create content for a YouTube channel, including videos where I connect astronomy and board games.

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