Not all of us have actually played board games all their life. I happen to do so, albeit with big cycles of playing a lot versus playing not at all for a couple of years. My gaming rebirth started some 15 years ago to become a more serious hobby, gradually evolving into more and more cooperative games including solo only. Some of my current favorites are Aeon's End, Too Many Bones, Legendary Encounters Aliens etc. There is actually one solo game which I happen to play on an almost daily basis: Friday by Friedeman Friese. I have to admit I mainly play the digital version, because it is fast and you don't have to shuffle all the time. So far I was lucky to win the King of the Island tournament twice which make me believe I know quite well how to play this game and still do like it a lot, even after 1000+ games...
Now Looking back I guess most of us started with the usual suspects like Game of the Goose, Ludo, Monopoly, Risk etc. Me too, but there is actually one game which I remember I liked a lot and I still do, but it has been a long time since I played it last. Eventually I played it with my daughters, but they didn't like it because I won all the time. The game is called Tribulation (1974) and I would like to call this my Guilty Pleasure...