Solo board games and RPGs are something which has always interested me but I've never actually sat down to try. Does anybody who plays them regularly have any insights?
Solo board games and RPGs are something which has always interested me but I've never actually sat down to try. Does anybody who plays them regularly have any insights?
I haven't played a lot of board games solo, but I think it's a neat possibility. I like it when games include official rules for it, since it shows that they've probably at least tested it out and...
I haven't played a lot of board games solo, but I think it's a neat possibility. I like it when games include official rules for it, since it shows that they've probably at least tested it out and tried to make it work decently.
I felt a bit weird about the idea for a while, and I think it helped me to think of it as being like a "manual video game". When you play a video game, the computer goes through processes to set everything up, move systems forward, make random choices, and so on. When you're playing a board game solo, you do exactly the same sort of things manually, and use cards/dice/etc. to handle the random aspects.
When you think about it that way, it's honestly kind of surprising that the concept of solo board games never really seemed to appear until recently. It's a form of entertainment that could have existed long before video games were possible.
Solo board games and RPGs are something which has always interested me but I've never actually sat down to try. Does anybody who plays them regularly have any insights?
I haven't played a lot of board games solo, but I think it's a neat possibility. I like it when games include official rules for it, since it shows that they've probably at least tested it out and tried to make it work decently.
I felt a bit weird about the idea for a while, and I think it helped me to think of it as being like a "manual video game". When you play a video game, the computer goes through processes to set everything up, move systems forward, make random choices, and so on. When you're playing a board game solo, you do exactly the same sort of things manually, and use cards/dice/etc. to handle the random aspects.
When you think about it that way, it's honestly kind of surprising that the concept of solo board games never really seemed to appear until recently. It's a form of entertainment that could have existed long before video games were possible.
It is especially surprising given that solo card games have been around for centuries.