End Times 2021: Solitarot
Solitarot is one of the simplest games you can play with a deck of cards. It's almost embarrassing to admit I like it as much as I do......
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Athena
- Dec 24, 2021
End Times 2021: The Shooting Party
I imagine it must be hard for designers to infuse theme into a solitaire/patience variant. These are, after all, games that rely on...
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Athena
- Dec 23, 2021
End Times 2021: Adaman
In spite of my love for card games, I had never looked into printing the Decktet deck because I mistakenly thought it would be a hassle....
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Athena
- Dec 22, 2021
End Times 2021: Joker Jailbreak
As 2021 is drawing to a close, JW and I decided to do another End Times countdown to the final day of December. For my part of the...
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JW
- May 11, 2021
What I played on Mother's Day
When I was young, my mother and I had a ritual. When I got home from school, she would have tea ready, and we'd play a game. One of the...
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Athena
- Apr 19, 2021
Clear the Dungeon
This quick solitaire game with a standard playing card deck doesn't have a BGG entry. In fact, I accidentally found it on YouTube, on a...
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JW
- Apr 3, 2021
Move the mountain
Patience. The poor person's passtime. I played it lots growing up. The one that's called Solitaire or Klondike abroad, I guess? You deal...
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Athena
- Mar 28, 2021
Questeros: The goblin's journey
Questeros is a soloable game -currently on Kickstarter- about a goblin's quest through the 21 challenges of the Major Arcana. As the...
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Athena
- Mar 12, 2021
The Isaludo Series - Dead Center
We are continuing our venture into the Isaludo set of games with a standard deck of cards, this time with a zombie game. In Dead Center,...
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JW
- Mar 5, 2021
The Isaludo Series - Trick-taking with royalty
The Emissary is a trick-taking game in which you visit eight kingdoms, trying to win their support for your case. You'll have discussions...
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JW
- Feb 20, 2021
The Isaludo Series - Alien Strike Simulation
Listen up! The landing of Perseverence seems to have annoyed some of the local bugs, and they have left the Red Planet, heading towards...
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JW
- Feb 12, 2021
The Isaludo Series - The Sandwich Guy
Recently, 1 Player Guild member Wil Su posted a free PDF with games he has designed himself called Isaludo (Ten modern solo games using a...
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Athena
- Feb 8, 2021
The Isaludo Series - Loot the Loop
If you've been following us for a while, you know that I love card games. Even those that are played with a standard poker deck, as they...
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Athena
- Jan 18, 2021
Deck building 101
If you have a standard deck of 54 cards and enjoy deck building games, you may want to try Card Capture: a set of very simple rules that...
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Athena
- Sep 14, 2020
Judgement and Wheel of Fortune
Even though I don't use the Tarot deck for divination (what would be the point? I would draw The Fool every time), I like the...
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Athena
- Jun 4, 2020
Bountiful dungeons
When Theo Peters, co-designer of Dungeon Bounty, sent us a mail the other day suggesting that we give his game a try, I thought about it...
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Athena
- Apr 27, 2020
Regicide on a King's birthday
JW told me that today is the birthday of the King of the Netherlands (a national holiday there). What better occasion than to play...
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