I love a good deck builder. Once I get a deck I like, I can't repeat the same objective/goal/scenario everytime and not have to buy new packs anymore? I own Thunderstone and love it. I actually own friday and played It a ton. Thanks for your input. Pandemic: The Cure is one of my favorite solo games. See the sidebar for why it exists and how to use it. Card Game Solitaire.com has tons of free online solitaire card games that are both available for download and playable directly out of your browser. Friday is another I looked at but some people say it gets stale really fast so I dunno. I might have to see if I can find a copy. I am looking for games with a good solo player aspect or work well for 2 players. Therefore, you constantly have new content to play with ensuring the game will always stay fresh so long as you have the desire to play it. I also play ascension on my iPhone now and then. The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. It's a quicker, lighter game, and (unlike what you suggest) it's well balanced to be often quite tense till the end if you play well. It would help if the rules were easy to learn. Come discuss games like Codenames, Arkham Horror, Terra Mystica, and all your other favorite games! This thread has been locked by the moderators of r/PersonalizedGameRecs, More posts from the PersonalizedGameRecs community, Continue browsing in r/PersonalizedGameRecs. How much space/mobility will you have? Legendary Marvel (I assume the other iterations would be equally good) is nice as a solo game, too, if you're looking for another deck builder. Game of the Week discussion; Mice and Mystics. It's an abstract, but I find that it is tense as you're hoping for certain cards to appear in your hand and they just don't seem to come. This entire subreddit is locked. I have been intrigued by freedom. I am looking to diminish my screen time while recovering. It's not quite what you are looking for, but it's a nice and cheap solitaire game to have. It's a little pricey, so find some playthroughs on YouTube to see if you'd enjoy it. Between space hulk death angel and shadow run crossfire, which one would you recommend? Do you guys have any recommendations for simple/easy games that aren't based on reading a lot of rules and is fairly quick to pick up. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. After the first surgery, I will not be walking around much. Ghost Stories, Arkham Horror and / or Elder Sign, and Mage Knight. This is just game requests from /r/boardgames. I actually own friday and played it a ton. Also someone mentioned you are shuffling cards half the game. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Because I don't like the idea of having to keep buying new packs, I was looking at onirim but I really hate solitaire type of game cuz win/lose is already set when you start. Press J to jump to the feed. It's a more tactical, dice-based version of Pandemic that's fun with other players and works just as well solo. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I second the vote for space hulk:DA, partly because it doesn't take up a lot of real estate, like arkham horror does. Come discuss games like Codenames, Arkham Horror, Terra Mystica, and all your other favorite games! The packs give you additional cards to build a deck (keep in mind you build a deck before the game starts). I though about an LCG but I feel like I would need someone to play with to fully enjoy it. Bonus if you don't have a cat so you can leave the basic setup out without it ending up everywhere. I'm looking for something more simple; a card game I can just play on a whim without moving parts and boards. Solo card game? I quite like Ghost Stories and Freedom: the Underground Railroad for their solo play. This is exactly what I needed to know but I still don't understand the scenario and why I need new ones. You become stronger and you add spells, skills, artifacts etc. For mage knight example, I just do the same scenario over and over again and I still enjoy it everytime. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. It sounds interesting but hard time visualizing how solo play works. Hello, I've recently got into solo gaming alot and enjoyed playing pandemic and mage knight but these take a bit of time to set up and play. One of the mechanics is actually deck-building. I saw some expansion sets of onirim and they look a lot more interesting than the base game that I wasn't too sold on. Games I will look in to are: Onirim Legendary encounter Shadow run Space hulk death angle. A lot of great expansions, but a lot of fun straight out the box too. Join our community! It's definitely worth checking out for something quick to just bring out on a whim for 15-20 minutes, which sounds like it might be the sort of thing that you're looking for. Join our community! I haven't tried that one yet. Because mage knight is already similar to lotr theme, I was interested in arkham horror card game or shadow run crossfire. Why do I need to keep buying packs? The king of hermetic card games; Solitaire is a staple of office workers and computer idlers worldwide. Is that not possible with lcg games? The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. Pandemic: The Cure is one of my favorite solo games. The advanced game features a really fun draft which, even without playing the actual game, is a great exercise in risk versus reward. (I only ever played this solitaire.). Same with pandemic, I have the same goal each game. Come discuss games like Codenames, Arkham Horror, Terra Mystica, and all your other favorite games! And my third suggestion is Friday - a brutal deck-builder that has super simple rules and has clever mechanics in the deck-building aspect of the game. Lol. Thanks! Game of the Week discussion; Lord of the Rings: The Card Game /r/lotrlcg; Mage Knight. I'm looking for something more simple; a card game I can just play on a whim without moving parts and boards. I play star realm and ascension on my phone. Press J to jump to the feed. Probably should just download some board game apps on your mobile device. It has an element of push your luck, so as long as you're OK with that then you should definitely check it out. Onirim is really great, simple, relaxing. 3-4 players I don't recommend as it'll get too long. I also like Robinson Crusoe, but it's worker placement and difficult to obtain. The second will be vice versa. Finally, if you want a pure solo deck builder, Friday is a classic and very affordable. 2nded. There also cards that allow you to reorder the first 4-5 cards of the deck. Or is it more like walking dead PC game episodes? Progressively buy the deluxe expansion (s) and it's corresponding adventure packs that form part of a cycle. But I keep hearing good things about encounter. Buy the core, play through the adventures. [/r/boardgames PGR] I'm having people over but the caveat is there is a slight language barrier between some. I might have to but the bullet and get it. The #1 reddit source for news, information, and discussion about modern board games and board game culture. Subscribe to put the personalized game recommendation requests back in your list of posts. I especially like Elder Sign but the tokens can get messy! I will be out of work for 3 weeks after each surgery. Each post here is an autogenerated link to a personalized game recommendation request in /r/boardgames. It's a more tactical, dice-based version of Pandemic that's fun with other players and works just as well solo. Also, onirim and sylvion both look very fun too. Any other recommendations would be fantastic also. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I'm highly interested in one of these after much debate. It's so interesting and in no time you'll become very efficient at setting it up and playing it.