AthenaDec 31, 2021End Times 2021: A Gentle 2022Take a deep breath and relax... Get comfortable... Change into some loose clothing if you can. Perhaps turn on soft music or make...
JWDec 30, 2021End Times 2021: The Best of Solitaire Times2021 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....
AthenaDec 29, 2021End Times 2021: Crowdfunding list 2022The time has come to post our annual list of solo and soloable games that have been scheduled to launch on crowdfunding platforms. This...
JWDec 29, 2021End Times 2021: JW's PlaylistEverybody had a hard year Everybody had a good time Oh yeah Oh yeah Well, I don't know about you of course, but I sure had. 2021 was a...
JWDec 27, 2021End Times 2021: The Art of ShoppingI like to play games that are new to me. I am not a chess player who gets his kick out of improving himself at a game. I absolutely suck...
AthenaDec 26, 2021End Times 2021: On collecting cardsEver since I started board gaming, I realized I have a fascination with cards. The games I enjoy the most are card-driven, even though I...
AthenaDec 25, 2021End Times 2021: SolitarotSolitarot 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......
AthenaDec 24, 2021End Times 2021: The Shooting PartyI imagine it must be hard for designers to infuse theme into a solitaire/patience variant. These are, after all, games that rely on...
AthenaDec 23, 2021End Times 2021: AdamanIn 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....
AthenaDec 22, 2021End Times 2021: Joker JailbreakAs 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...
JWDec 31, 2020Happy New YearAthena and I wish you all a healthy and sparkling New Year. Enjoy your gaming in 2021!
JWDec 31, 2020Famous last words 2020: R. Eric Reuss2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
JWDec 30, 2020Famous last words 2020: Tom Russell2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
JWDec 29, 2020Famous last words 2020: Shadi Torbey2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
JWDec 28, 2020Famous last words 2020: Jacob Fryxelius 2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
JWDec 27, 2020Famous last words 2020: Brady Sadler2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
JWDec 26, 2020Famous last words 2020: Friedemann Friese 2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
JWDec 25, 2020Famous last words 2020: Todd Sanders2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
AthenaDec 24, 2020Season's GreetingsJW and I would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to all our readers! We hope you have a nice, relaxing time and play some games too....
JWDec 24, 2020Famous last words 2020: Tristan Hall2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
JWDec 23, 2020Famous last words 2020: Hermann Luttmann2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
JWDec 22, 2020Greatest Hits 2020At 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?...
JWDec 21, 2020Guess the designer!2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...
AthenaDec 21, 2020The Great ConjunctionToday, December 21, is the day of the Great Conjunction: Jupiter aligns with Saturn. The conjunction of the two planets happens once...
AthenaDec 9, 2020Five small card games for compulsive playI 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...
AthenaDec 3, 2020Solo stocking stuffers 2020Christmas has traditionally been all about consumption. If you live with family and you know they are looking for a small gift to put in...
AthenaNov 20, 2020Etsy window shoppingAn article called Ten Handmade Gifts for the Tabletop Fan in Your Life, published in Tabletop Gaming magazine, inspired me to search Etsy...
JWOct 10, 2020Sign o' the Times - JW's Top Solo Games in 20/20Every 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...
-Dec 31, 2019The best of timesThis Summer I asked Athena if she could start a website as I would like to find all solitaire board game news in one place. She agreed,...
-Dec 30, 2019Cream of the crop 2019We look ahead most of the time, and think of what next to buy or drool over. But at the end of the year it's kind of nice to look back...
-Dec 23, 2019Closed for the holidaysThe darkest nights are over and we've seen the first rays of light. Let them warm your heart and brighten your day. We hope you spend the...
-Dec 22, 2019The Festival of DeathAnd 0. Winter solstice. Today was the shortest day of the year over here, but it can be worse. Inside the polar circle it has been dark a...
-Dec 21, 2019On the Yeti's tracksJust one day until winter solstice. Today was not only dark, but cold as well. I put on another sweater and played the Qinghai-Tibet...
AthenaDec 20, 2019Christmas in CreepypointWhen I bought Apocrypha Adventure Card Game several months ago, I made the mistake of playing the first 5 missions back-to-back. And with...
AthenaDec 19, 2019Monsters kiss under the mistletoe tooChris Hansen, the designer of Franky's 1st Christmas, is also the man behind the must-follow blog Print and Play Games News. In my quest...
-Dec 18, 2019Deck the Viking hallsYule, as you may know, was A Feast for Odin in the old days. The eponymous board game has some special seasonal tiles available as an...
AthenaDec 17, 2019Nils Holgersson didn't make it to the SouthNumber 5 in our winter-themed countdown... If you grew up in Europe in the '80s like me, you may remember an anime TV series for kids...
-Dec 16, 2019Snow-covered tracksWinter time is for playing family games by the Christmas tree. So why not play some family games solo? I've retreated to Santa's Workshop...
-Dec 15, 2019Questing for presentsIf you like to print-and-play games without spending hours constructing them, A4 Quest is for you. Every quest fits on one A4-sized...
AthenaDec 14, 2019Rudolph, the bazooka-carrying reindeerAs I was rummaging through my PnP collection, I came across Elves Under Hoof. This is a print-and-play wargame with a Christmas theme,...
-Dec 13, 2019Santa's Little Secret OneAfter suggesting 12 solo games for Christmas you might like to buy for yourself, on day #9 we're taking a look at games you could have...
AthenaDec 12, 201912 Solo Games for ChristmasBeginning our Solstice Countdown! I know we buy games for ourselves all year round but... it's Christmas! And Christmas is all about...
Lazy AuthorDec 11, 2019The Advent of SolsticeAdvent Calendars usually count down the days from the first of December to Christmas. Here at Solitaire Times we love opening a paper...