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It might come as a surprise, but lots of board games can be played by one person now. Stories, automated opponents, and beating your own score are common themes.

Tenpenny Parks Review

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My chosen board game world is one of muted beige and dry themes, so Tenpenny Parks stands out like a neon helter-skelter in the middle of it. I love it for that.

Civolution Review

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Slamming into 2025 with a portmanteau then. A game about the evolution of your civilisation – that’d be Civolution then! It’s a heavily abstracted game about exploring and exploiting a fictional continent while your civilisation evolves and improves. It’s from…

Shackleton Base Review

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Shackleton base is built around some seemingly simple actions which belie how deep and malleable the game is. Like a drainpipe full of play-doh, maybe.

Ironwood Review

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The struggle between nature and progress is delivered beautifully in the best two-player board game I've played in a long time.

Cosmoctopus Review

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Fans of lighter games, families dipping their toes in the waters of modern board games, and those of you who are part of a group that welcomes new members from time to time will take a lot from it

Windmill Valley Review

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This is a great example of everything a modern Euro game should be. Clean design, clear rules, bright boards, and just the right amount of mental overhead.

Roll Player Review

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A game about making a character for another game. Is that really a game? It turns out that yes, it most definitely is a game, and a fun game at that.

Luthier Preview

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The blind bidding clack-clack-clack of the worker disc placement adds a rich, bright counterpoint to the by-the-books Euro format of collecting resources to fulfil goals. A toccata to its fugue, if you like.

Rats Of Wistar Review

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The luck elements in the game might lead you to house rule it or straight up not enjoy it, but if you don't mind a bit of a gamble, Rats of Wistar is another great game from the Simone Luciani stable.