But wait, there's more! (Bare Essen-tials, part 2)
Yeah. Another year we’re not going. But if I was, these are some of the games I’d check out at Essen Spiel 2022. I am not someone who...
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Athena
- Sep 21
Bare Essen-tials
JW reminded me that Essen Spiel is going to take place at the very beginning of October this year, so I went through the BGG preview list...
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JW
- Aug 14
Three Cheers for our Baby
Three years! Who'd have thought our hobby website would last this long. Who'd thought the world would last this long, for that matter....
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JW
- Jul 11
Grove is the New Agropolis
Stop the presses! This just in. The Solitaire Times Official Revisioned Recommendation for 18-card tile laying games. I know it's just...
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JW
- Dec 30, 2021
End Times 2021: The Best of Solitaire Times
2021 is the year our website turned in on itself. Kind of fitting for another year of curfews and lockdowns and rain over here in Europe....
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JW
- Nov 17, 2021
Solitaire Times, they are a-changing
It's been a long time coming, so to most of you this won't be a surprise. We cannot keep up the website according to our vision....
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Athena
- Nov 14, 2021
Hit and miss
"Oh, crap. Now I'm stuck with it", I uttered as soon as I saw the Kickstarter email that notified me Senjutsu has successfully funded and...
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Athena
- Oct 10, 2021
Essener Delikatessen
Since neither JW nor I are going to Essen this year, we decided to do some online Spielunking and unearth the games we might be...
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JW
- Aug 22, 2021
Celebrating two magical years
Update August 22: You may wonder by now who has won the contest. After an exhaustive discussion, the jury unanimously came to the...
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JW
- Aug 4, 2021
Closed for holidays
It's time for us to take a summer break and recharge. We'll be back with renewed energy on August 13, just in time to celebrate the 2nd...
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JW
- Jun 27, 2021
1.000 Posts Old
At the beginning of this week we published our 1.000th post. And our website has not even been live for 100 weeks yet. Athena wrote 72%...
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JW
- Jun 17, 2021
Mid-year raiders
How time flies. Six months left in 2021, and I'm still not broke. I need to try harder. Inspired by Athena's radar post, I'll see what...
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Athena
- Jun 16, 2021
Mid-year radar
It is the middle of 2021 already, which means, time to pause, look back on the games acquired so far, but mainly look forward at what is...
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JW
- May 6, 2021
Best of the Best (2020 Edition)
This week, the 1 Player Guild Gaming Awards for 2020 were announced. As were the Golden Geek Awards on Board Game Geek. Wingspan won in...
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JW
- Feb 1, 2021
You're no rock 'n' roll fun
I'm an impulsive buyer. I don't like watching videos, most written reviews are way too long (no, I don't need you to copy the publisher's...
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Athena
- Feb 1, 2021
Since I left you / I found the world so new
I don't have the collector's mentality with regard to my games collection. Lack of space is a decisive factor and also a will to...
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JW
- Dec 22, 2020
Greatest Hits 2020
At Solitaire Times we know what we like, and we do as we like. But one day every year, we listen to you. What do you like, dear reader?...
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Athena
- Dec 11, 2020
Games of 2021 I'm curious about
One of these days I'm going to post a list of games that are expected to launch on Kickstarter next year, both here and in the 1PG. For...
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Athena
- Dec 9, 2020
Five small card games for compulsive play
I didn't compile a list of favourite solo games this year. My top ones are Spirit Island and Terraforming Mars which makes said list the...
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JW
- Oct 10, 2020
Sign o' the Times - JW's Top Solo Games in 20/20
Every year solo gamers are asked to send in their twenty all time favourite games, so a Top-200 can be compiled. You'll find my selection...
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