Who Needs Friends When You’ve Got These Six Fantastic Solo Board Games?
Friends are overrated; friends mean needing to share the Twizzlers. With these solo board games, you’ll never want for companionship again.
Whether you’d prefer a quiet game night by yourself or everyone you know is busy, you’re going to find plenty of opportunities to jump into some solo gaming. Luckily, these solo board games are so fun you’ll be happy to be on your own.
Lost Ruins of Arnak
Lost Ruins of Arnak is a game us discovery and exploration on an uninhabited island in an uncharted seas. Explorers have found traces of an ancient civilization, and now you will explore the island, find artifacts, and face the guardians to uncover the island’s secrets. It’s an Indiana Jones level of archeology, but in board-game form. This is a game that you can play with up to four players, but it’s also great solo.
Horizons of Spirit Island
Spirit Island is great no matter the number of players. Still, the game can be a bit daunting to get into, espeically for people new to the board game hobby. Horizons of Spirit Island offer a simplified version of the game with the same basic mechanics. A great option for newer players.
As a powerful spirit controlling as aspect of nature itself, protect your island from nasty colonizers through power, cunning, and fear. Each of the spirits (of which there are many), have their own unique playstyle and strategy. It’s a game you can play over and over and won’t ever play the same game twice.
Tales From the Red Dragon Inn
Yet another solo board game I won’t shut up about. Tales From The Red Dragon Inn is essentially Gloomhaven if you cut out all the chaff. But, Tales still has the depth and variety to keep even the most hardcore strategist engaged. Plus, there’s so many sensible quality of life improvements that just make it a more enjoyable campaign over all.
Read more about why I love Tales From The Red Dragon Inn right here.
Friday
When a game is specifically designed to be only a solo board game, it’s obviously worth looking at for this list. And no good list of solo board games is complete without Friday. Even if you had friends, they can only watch with misery in their hearts that you don’t need them anymore. But Friday plays quick, so it’ll only be about a half hour of torment for them.
You play as Friday, companion to the stranded Robinson Crusoe on a deserted island. By successfully navigating hazards you’ll improve your deck and gain new abilities. But failure can mean losing precious life points. Survive long enough to ensure Crusoe’s escape and get back to whatever you were doing before he washed ashore.
Tiny Epic Tactics
I love the Tiny Epic series from Gamelyn Games. In fact, Tiny Epic Tactics and Tiny Epic Dungeons, are easily my favorite in the Tiny Epic series. Listen, I like dungeon crawlers, okay? Sue me. (plz don’t). And if you’re like me, you might enjoy reading about five other great dungeon crawling board games.
Play through multiple different game modes, including multiple player (gross) or play solo. Using a grid-based movement, run across fields, over mountains, and through towns to find the caves containing the crystals. Shatter them all before time runs out using powerful abilities and careful planning. It’s much easier said than done!
Final Girl
Final Girl is a immersive horror game for one that explores all of the tropes that you know and love. Players step into the life of their favorite scream queens and do everything you can to explore, learn, fight, and survive the night. Final Girl also has about a zillion expansions. So, if you’re a fan of solo-gaming, you’ll have tons of opportunities to do it here between replayability and expanding out to other tropes and horror movies.
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