End Times

Take a deep breath and relax... Get comfortable... Change into some loose clothing if you can. Perhaps turn on soft music or make...

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....

The time has come to post our annual list of solo and soloable games that have been scheduled to launch on crowdfunding platforms. This...

Everybody 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...

I 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...

Ever 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...

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......

I imagine it must be hard for designers to infuse theme into a solitaire/patience variant. These are, after all, games that rely on...

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....

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...

Athena and I wish you all a healthy and sparkling New Year. Enjoy your gaming in 2021!

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

JW 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....

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

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?...

2020 brought us a global pandemic and, along with it, social distancing, masks, financial uncertainty and postponed delivery dates. For...

Today, December 21, is the day of the Great Conjunction: Jupiter aligns with Saturn. The conjunction of the two planets happens once...

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...

Christmas has traditionally been all about consumption. If you live with family and you know they are looking for a small gift to put in...

An article called Ten Handmade Gifts for the Tabletop Fan in Your Life, published in Tabletop Gaming magazine, inspired me to search Etsy...

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...

This 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,...

We 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...

The 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...

And 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...

Just one day until winter solstice. Today was not only dark, but cold as well. I put on another sweater and played the Qinghai-Tibet...

When I bought Apocrypha Adventure Card Game several months ago, I made the mistake of playing the first 5 missions back-to-back. And with...

Chris 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...

Yule, 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...

Number 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...

Winter 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...

If you like to print-and-play games without spending hours constructing them, A4 Quest is for you. Every quest fits on one A4-sized...

As I was rummaging through my PnP collection, I came across Elves Under Hoof. This is a print-and-play wargame with a Christmas theme,...

After 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...

Beginning our Solstice Countdown! I know we buy games for ourselves all year round but... it's Christmas! And Christmas is all about...

Advent Calendars usually count down the days from the first of December to Christmas. Here at Solitaire Times we love opening a paper...