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....
JWNov 17, 2021Solitaire Times, they are a-changingIt'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....
AthenaNov 14, 2021Hit 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...
AthenaOct 10, 2021Essener DelikatessenSince neither JW nor I are going to Essen this year, we decided to do some online Spielunking and unearth the games we might be...
JWAug 22, 2021Celebrating two magical yearsUpdate August 22: You may wonder by now who has won the contest. After an exhaustive discussion, the jury unanimously came to the...
JWAug 4, 2021Closed for holidaysIt'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...
JWJun 27, 20211.000 Posts OldAt 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%...
JWJun 17, 2021Mid-year raidersHow 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...
AthenaJun 16, 2021Mid-year radarIt 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...
JWMay 6, 2021Best 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...
JWJan 31, 2021You're no rock 'n' roll funI'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...
AthenaJan 31, 2021Since I left you / I found the world so newI 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...
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?...
AthenaDec 11, 2020Games of 2021 I'm curious aboutOne 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...
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...
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...
JWAug 21, 2020Anniversary contest winnersFor our first anniversary, we held a giveaway last week. Entrants on this website and on Facebook were asked to post their favourite solo...
AthenaAug 15, 2020Solitaire Times is one year old! Celebrate with us and win games!It was around this time last year that I semi-jokingly discussed the idea of a solo games website with JW, and he didn't change the...
JWAug 15, 2020Year One StatsThe first year is over, first 600 posts done! Writing took us about 24 hrs a week, then there's the research and the playing of games in...
JWJul 31, 2020The Mob RulesIn With a Smile & a Gun you play the leader of a criminal gang during the Prohibition Era. You try to control parts of the city's illegal...
AthenaJul 18, 2020Mid-year RadarHalf of this horrible year is thankfully gone, with still another 5 months of uncertainty ahead of us. I had compiled a similar 'Radar'...
AthenaJul 13, 2020Welcoming you to Loners LoungeAfter some consideration, JW and I decided to create a separate area in our website where members can interact with each other and post...
JWMay 20, 2020Hot Zone in my PocketThe portable Pandemic: Hot Zone - North America is available right now, and timing couldn't be better. Fight the spread of a dangerous...
-Apr 23, 2020The new blackThis month Marvel Champions helped me through lockdown. To be honest, I was more in the DC camp growing up. But the films are good fun...
-Mar 12, 2020It's good to be backGloom of Kilforth was one of the very first Kickstarter games I bought. It looked like a cool adventure game, but the stunning artwork...
AthenaFeb 26, 2020Don't let me down, KukuritoTestament features an unlikely set of heroes. Kukurito is a little boy cleric who looks uncannily like a little girl. Together with a boy...
-Jan 21, 2020The Diversity of LifeOur Solitaire Select for January is APEX Theropod Deck Building Game: Collected Edition. The reprint campaign is on Kickstarter right now...
-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...
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...
AthenaDec 8, 2019Not a cup of sorrow (spoiler-free)I am sharing my impressions on Tainted Grail mid-campaign. It will probably take me another week to finish the 15 chapters, I am...
-Nov 20, 2019Intruder's happy in the darkNemesis is available in shops now, and those patient enough to wait until the second wave of shipping also received their Kickstarter...
-Oct 11, 2019Hitting a perfect strikeIt's here! A second expansion for my top-3 favourite Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game: Legendary Encounters: Alien...
-Sep 26, 2019The short life of an emperor in 193 A.D.This month's Solitaire Select goes to the Donning the Purple: Votes & Virtue expansion, that is currently on Kickstarter. It adds fun new...
AthenaAug 18, 2019The charms of the third timeYou already own Dungeon Degenerates: Hand of Doom, the Mean Streets expansion, and possibly some extra characters. So is there anything...