by Alex McKenzie | Jun 26, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Journal: I Am Not A Solo Gamer
Calico by Kevin Russ is the first physical board game that I purchased since the COVID-19 pandemic ended my in-person gaming group in March 2020. It’s also the first game I’ve purchased since I launched MeepleandtheMoose.com and started playing my physical games solo....
by Alex McKenzie | May 15, 2021 | Journal: I Am Not A Solo Gamer, Reviews
Number of Plays: 6 Game Length: ~60 minutes (per book) Mechanics: Deck building, word building Designer: Tim Fowers and Skye Larsen Artist: Ryan Goldsberry Logo Design: Andrew Beck Introduction – I am not a Solo Gamer by Choice I’ve said before that I am not a solo...
by Alex McKenzie | May 8, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Journal: I Am Not A Solo Gamer, Reviews
Bullet♥︎ exploded into into my life from seemingly nowhere and consumed my soul for nearly 3 weeks. I was drawn in by the promise of fast paced shoot-em-up (SHMUP) action and a gorgeous anime aesthetic. What I got instead was a compelling puzzle game where the player...
by Alex McKenzie | Feb 26, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Journal: I Am Not A Solo Gamer
The question that comes up when I make the choice to play a solo game is ‘what differentiates a game from a puzzle’? I could also question why do we even play games in the first place, but I’m here to write, not to think. I tried the Solo mode for Sagrada the other...
by Alex McKenzie | Feb 8, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Journal: I Am Not A Solo Gamer
Number of Plays: 1 Solo Game Length: 30 minutes – 60 minutes Mechanics: Area Majority Release Year: 2019 Designer: Scott Almes Artist: Nikoletta Vaszi, Naomi Robinson, Benjamin Shulman Publisher: Gamelyn Games Banana for scale One of the games I spent over 100 hours...