Singlemeeple
Board games from a solo gamer's perspective
Building a dungeon is serious business. So serious in fact, that after spending years studying for it, you need to prove your mastery in a final test: building a dungeon in the Stonespine Mountains. Do you have what it takes to please Master Hortgully and earn your degree as a dungeon architect?
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Saxony, 19th century. The recent discovery of nuclear energy has led to the rise of uranium powered power plants called Nucleums. The booming industry is demanding more and more energy. Will you become the most successful industrialist by building out a network of railways to transport uranium and coal to power plants and electricity to the buildings waiting to be energized?
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Japan, 1761. You’re the leader of one of the many minor clans near Himeji Castle. To secure the future of your clan, you will need to make sure you gain influence with Daimyo Sakai Tadazumi. More influence than the other clans. Of course they won’t just give you free reign; they want exactly the same. Will you succeed and lead your clan to victory?
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I’ve always been a big fan of video games like The Settlers 3 and Knights and Merchants. In those games you had to build up a village and get a basic economy up and running. Build a woodcutter’s hut so someone could chop down trees. Build a sawmill to turn the logs from the woodcutter into planks. Use the planks to construct more buildings. Watching your villagers transport goods from here to there was so satisfying. When Mighty Boards announced they were creating a board game that looked like it would recreate the feeling of those old video games, they immediately had my interest. Did they succeed? Read on and find out.
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Ancient China, Xia Dynasty. The regularly flooding Yellow River makes this a difficult time and place to live. Emperor Yao has ordered you to come with a solution to these floods. Oh, and could you please deal with the barbarians as well? Are you pragmatic and flexible enough to cope with the dynamic circumstances and go with the… flow? Let’s find out in this spoiler free review.
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