Singlemeeple
Board games from a solo gamer's perspective
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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There’s never a dull moment in Aughmoore. You’ve barely returned from cleaning out a few dungeons and all the regions around the capital city are being attacked by harpies, giant wasps and dragons. Unfortunately there’s only two of you to defend the realm. Will you succeed?
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In the category of very aptly named games, I present to you Messina 1347, which takes place in—you guessed it—Messina in—yup, you guessed it again—1347, at the start of the outbreak of the black death plague epidemic. The disease came to Europe via merchant ships bringing not only luxury goods, but also rats infested with infected fleas. Do you have what it takes to survive this horrible period and secure the city?
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Just as you want to take a first sip of your ale, a man stumbles into the inn, panic in his eyes. “The g-g-goblins,” he stutters, “they’re c-c-coming closer!”. Not really a surprise, this region is called The Goblin’s Coast after all, but you have to agree the creatures have been coming closer to the village than ever before. You sigh, push back your ale and grab your axe. “Enough of this… I’ll go settle it once and for all,” you say while tossing a coin to the barkeep. As the doors close behind you, you hear someone mumble “Isn’t that what the last one said as well?”
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The people are starting to lose faith in the king ever since his actions caused the kingdom to slowly collapse into poverty. As one of his trusted viscounts, you might go down with the king in case a shift in power ever occurs. You can’t let that happen now, can you? You want to gain favor with the people in case someone else takes over the reigns, but you also want to keep showing loyalty to the king in case he manages to stay in power after all. Will you succeed in preparing for whatever comes?
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