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A podcast dedicated to solitaire board gaming.
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Jun 4, 2019
Jun 4, 2019
54 min
Wow, it's been a while, huh? Life is busy lately and there just isn't much time to game, not even solo. Still, here we are with another episode and this time we cover two games! Well, both are pretty similar. Actually, both are about the same game with a different setting.
Dec 28, 2018
Dec 28, 2018
43 min
Albert spent some time playing Discover: Lands Unknown from FFG. We get back together to discuss the game.
Sep 30, 2018
Sep 30, 2018
45 min
Welcome to another instalment of the 1 Player Podcast. In this episode we look at the official solo variant for Five Tribes. This is a fantastic game published by Days of Wonder
- News
- (13:08) Five Tribes (bgg, solo rules)
Aug 13, 2018
Aug 13, 2018
51 min
In this episode we look at the game New Bedford, published by Greater Than Games.
Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018
38 min
Another episode another game! This time we talk some brief news including Albert's new fountain pen podcast and the new Snowdownia Kickstarter. Then we take a deep look at Four Against Darkness, the solo RPG dungeon crawl in which you take for intrepid adventures in a quest for fame and fortune.
Jun 27, 2018
Jun 27, 2018
57 min
Julius and Albert travel through time to review Anachrony, from Mindclash games. Let's admit,Julius spends a lot of time talking about the solo mode for this one, so tune in and travel.
Extended show notes:
- Banter and geenral discussion
- Review of Anachrony (06:04)
Jun 12, 2018
May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018
1 hr 27 min
Do you like Arkham Horror the card game? Do you continue to purchase the new expansions as they come out? Well, Julius does. Albert doesn't, so we are leaving him behind as Julius and guest co-host Tyler Moore review over the entire Path to Carcosa cycle for Arkham Horror the card game. Join us for a full review of each scenario across the cycle.
May 6, 2018
May 6, 2018
49 min
Welcome to episode #148 of the 1 Player Podcast. This month, Albert and Julius talk about the game, Terraforming Mars. See what we like and what we don't like about this game from Stronghold Games.
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018
1 hr 21 min
Journey into the depths of the libraries of the 1 Player Podcast. Join us on the couch as we chat about some of our favorite books of late, including the "Traps Hidden Books" and "You Don't Want to Know."
We also talk about Victory Point Games' recent kickstarter for their Graphic Novel Adventures, and about Gem Rush. We then review Ex Libris, a library building worker-placement game. We then return for an extended interview with Taran Kratz, the designer of Helionox (by listener request).
So pull up a nice book, your favorite podcast feed, and listen in.
Graphic Novel Adventures (01:45)
Gem Rush (10:07)
Ex Libris review (14:15)
Taran Kratz, designer of Helionox, interview (51:45)
Mar 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018
1 hr 5 min
After chatting about some recent games they've played, Albert and Julius review two Pandemic games today, Pandemic Reign of Cthulhu and Pandmic Iberia. Afterwards, Julius talks with the designer of Unbroken, currently on Kickstarter.
- General Discussion:
- Stuffed Fables and the Every Night is Game Night Podcast (01:55)
- CoOp Cast (05:55)
- Ex Libris, Architects of the West Kingdom, by Renegade Games (6:40)
- Reviews:
- Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu (10:38)
- Pandemic Iberia (24:38)
- Unbroken interview (35:20)
Mar 3, 2018
Mar 3, 2018
1 hr 1 sec
Hi folks, in this episode Julius and Albert go over some news and a rant or two, then we talk about the "Big In Japan" game from AEG, Unicornus Knights.
- 01:17 News (Portal Games)
- 01:34 Detective: A Modern Crime Boardgame (BGG)
- 02:32 Imperial Settlers: Amazons (BGG)
- 03:29 Imperial Settlers: We Didn't Start the Fire (BGG)
- 04:03 Robinson Crusoe: Mystery Tales (BGG)
- 06:06 Rant! Flash Point
- 12:00 Kickstarter
- 12:11 Rant: The Reckoners (BGG, KS)
- 16:05 Edge of Darkness (BGG, KS)
- 18:54 Nights of Fire: Battle For Budapest (BGG, KS)
- 22;20 Space Park (BGG, KS)
- 24:02 Unicornus Knights (BGG)
Feb 14, 2018
Feb 14, 2018
1 hr 24 min
Albert and Julius have a packed episode today. Not only do we announce the winners of the Lords of the Rings contest, but we also have an extended interview with AJ Porfirio about upcoming Van Ryder Games titles, including the Big Score, graphic novel adventures, and the Hostage Negotiator campaign. Then we review and discuss Flee, the innovated rules-less small box game from Friedemann Friese.
Extended show notes:
- Contest winners (01:54)
- Interview with AJ Porfirio (04:21)
- Review of Flee (60:15)
Jan 29, 2018
Jan 29, 2018
49 min
In episode #143 we look at the new game for Creativity Hub, now known as Hub Games. The game is Untold: Adventures Await. This is a cooperative storytelling game that uses Rory's Story Cubes and is really a light RPG in disguise. We also have a small segment interviewing Rory O'Conner of Rory's Story Cubes fame. For the rest of the really interesting cube, head on over to the Every Night is Game Night podcast (episode #71)!
News
02:50 Forbidden Sky (BGG)
05:00 The Big Score (correction) (BGG)
09:46 Contest
10:21 StuffedFables (BGG)
12:50 1 Player Guild user poll (BGG)
14:43 Hostage Negotiator app beta (BGG)
Feature
15:41 Untold: Adventures Await (BGG)
Other
40:00 Solo RPGing (BGG)
41:16 Rory O'Conner on the Extraordinaires Design Studio (BGG)
Jan 24, 2018
Jan 24, 2018
1 hr 14 min
After a winter break, the 1 Player Podcast is back to review a big game, Too Many Bones, and a little game, Triplock. Both are published by Chip Theory Games, so the episode is dedicated to discussions of chips (for at least a minute, but we never do decide on a favorite chip). As usual, we chat about a bunch of other games and a bit about general life happenings before getting into the game discussions.
Full show notes:
- Miscellaneous chat:
- Escape and Flatline (01:54)
- AD30 (03:52)
- Charterstone (04:40)
- Lord of the Rings Giveaway (07:14)
- Mice and Mystics (10:04)
- Van Ryder Games release (13:10)
- The Big Score
- Gamebooks (14:40)
- Dresden Files app version (17:05)
- Too Many Bones review (18:32)
- Triplock (52:39)