Dorfromantik – a solo review

Imagine you’re in charge of the spatial planning of a picturesque village in a nondescript region. You have your villages to go with your lush forests, rolling plains, and babbling brooks. Even the train tracks – the footsteps of humming steam engines – don’t feel half as invasive as you thought they would. Build your settlement – your dorf – one hexagonal tile at a time.

Apiary – a solo review

Bees are busy beings, buzzing about in the great beyond. They conceal the details of humanity’s demise, or do they just forget to mention it? They are now the winged overlords flying to infinity and beyond, but instead of being motivated by greed and expansion, they have set out to make their immediate surroundings (grown as they have, the result of being capable of space travel) a better place. Because that’s what being a bee is all about!

Grove – a solo review

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life gives you limes and oranges as well, it might be best to put dice on them instead. Because Grove doesn’t just give you lemons – it gives you limes and oranges too, and a squirrel, and a wheelbarrow, and two goals you need to achieve. So don’t let life get you down; you’ve got a grove to tend to!

Planet Unknown – a solo review

Earth is too crowded, but there’s a whole universe to explore! You have been recruited for an interstellar effort to make unknown planets habitable. So fasten your seatbelt and load up those rovers and polyomino pieces (who knew alien planets were so suited for squared pieces of terrain). It’s time to get out there and secure the future of humanity!

A Feast for Odin – a solo review

Hoist your sails, raise your ales, tonight we feast for Odin! Grind your axe, weave your flax, tonight we feast for Odin! Place a tile, goods to stockpile, tonight we feast for Odin!

Sprawlopolis – a solo review

The city of Sprawlopolis is growing faster than its supervisors can keep up with. That’s why you have been called in to help save the day and make Sprawlopolis a worthy city that achieves all its goals. It’s no easy task, but clearly they have faith in you – it looks like you are managing everything with just a set of 18 cards you can carry in your back pocket!