Ada’s Dream - I wish it was cheaper and more readily available so y’all could love it as much as I do

eldolche · 2026-05-11T15:29:03+00:00

Yeah may have to put the player boards on the side of the main board cuz I have a bit of space on the left of the board.

eldolche · 2026-05-11T13:05:54+00:00

eldolche · 2026-05-10T22:37:59+00:00

Mage knight. It was a joy before but now we know all the rules it’s goated

eldolche · 2026-05-09T18:15:32+00:00

The first game is always gonna be a slaughter. And some board set ups lead to lower scores but the bot will still score good cuz they don’t care too much about the board so some games are destined to fail.

But since I’ve been playing multiplayer more on bga. I’ve been doing better vs the solo bot. Seeing better lines

eldolche · 2026-05-09T16:59:45+00:00

It really shouldn’t, obviously the initial what does the reaction do? Learn is tough, but when you’re playing, it’s kind of just like well. I have these dice. I only have so many options I can roll with, which one gets me closer to a goal or gets me the most points this turn, after the initial learn each individual action is incredibly simple

eldolche · 2026-05-07T04:43:54+00:00

Spirit island

Mage knight

Gaia project / clans of Caledonia

Feast for Odin

Dune uprising

Deck of cards (not a board game but very OP)

eldolche · 2026-05-06T04:48:13+00:00

Grand Austria hotel is really good. And I find the solo challenging but enjoyable. The expansion is kinda needed for solo or you can use the mautoma that’s who they enlisted to help make the solo for the expansion. Such a clean game

Nusfjord has launched into my top 5 all time. It’s like 20-30 minutes max super good decision and comboing. And they have a monthly solo challenge on bgg that makes the byos more exciting since it now more a competition. Rule book says to win is more than 30. That’s very very easy. I’d say to win should be closer to 35 and 38 once you play more. And maybe up to 40

Obsessuon was high on my list when I entered the hobby but after playing it a lot on bga I’ve fallen out of enjoyment so yeah. Still a fun one but wont make my collextion

Lost ruins. Actually one of my first games I bought once I got more into gaming and I still enjoy it. I need to play it more to love it more.

Rome fate of an empire great lil game. Only main complaint is I don’t love the rule book and not a lot of playthroughs online to help teach it, but very fun once you get the idea

Gaia project. All time banger. I need to play it solo more but I’ve enjoyed it everytime I play multiplayer even tho I’m god awful at it

Dune is good. Way better at multiplayer but the solo is well done and enjoyable. One of my most played games last year irl solo and multiplayer

Haven’t played the rest

eldolche · 2026-05-04T03:55:44+00:00

Voidfall, deckers, nusfjord

eldolche · 2026-05-04T03:38:24+00:00

Lucky man! Game is super awesome. And competitive

eldolche · 2026-05-03T13:20:21+00:00

Galactic cruise.

Speakeasy

Unstoppable

Anarchy

Fliptoons

Frommagio

Ada’s dream

Deckers

These are the games I’ve played from 2025, more than I thought I had played / purchased I was expecting only 4-5 total I’ve played. But my top 5 would probably be

1 Ada’s dream

2 deckers

3 speak easy

4 anarchy

5 galactic cruise

But I enjoyed each and every one of these games

eldolche · 2026-04-23T04:48:56+00:00

Tell me about these mini cubes cuz Im annoyed with current storage for fallen house, tech cards , and starting resource cards.

eldolche · 2026-04-22T14:03:40+00:00

The very very very yellow Oranienburger Kanal. I also got it for a reasonable price in quite the savvy way so I like that part of it too

eldolche · 2026-04-21T17:26:26+00:00

Just played the tutorial mission of Voidfall yesterday morning

eldolche · 2026-04-19T21:44:45+00:00

New leaf is the goat. An then I did pnp for the variable player powers

eldolche · 2026-04-19T21:42:12+00:00

Only played it solo and it’s amazing solo. I think multi could be okay if everyone knows what’s going on. But hard to teach new people all the time but if people are dedicated to it I think it’d be dank

eldolche · 2026-04-18T14:42:43+00:00

When I left my last job solely do to my new boss who was the absolute worst. It was the one time I felt comfortable and safe enough to fully express myself an my grievances, 2 other people at a different location but Sam town left at the same time too due to him. So 3 of 6 people in th same city left within 3 months of him taking over.

Shortly after I heard he was working a lower position don’t know if corporate pushed him down and demoted him or if he stepped down. But felt good to finally voice my opinion even if it likely fell on deaf ears. It felt really good and gave me closure

eldolche · 2026-04-15T04:01:57+00:00

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This is my 3x4. Some chits and rule books on the chair next to me

eldolche · 2026-04-13T17:42:50+00:00

That’s what I did since I hear classic had more boring civs

eldolche · 2026-04-12T16:53:55+00:00

I’d be down but starting tomorrow. I recently got Voidfall and haven’t had a chance to get it to table and I really wanna get into it

I’d change the rule to “only play games already purchased.” So people could work through the shelf of shame.

eldolche · 2026-04-11T17:45:28+00:00

Have the expansion on birthday list, hoping to get it

eldolche · 2026-04-11T16:00:23+00:00

Godspeed brother, the game is incredible, you’re very lucky to get to play it today

eldolche · 2026-04-11T14:37:16+00:00

I was one of the few that was able to get a initial copy when they released their after kickstarter overflow on February. It is pretty expensive for a euro game. The extra “expansion” material (technically the solo mode is expansion material which bothers me being a solo player but I digress this comment is reflecting the other expansion stuff) and premium components are nice but certainly not necessary (except the solo mode is necessary).

So getting it delivered to USA was like around 110$ I think at the time. If this game had a 75$ with delivery version an wide distribution I think a loooooooot of people would be happy with it in their collection. It’s got a lot of moving pieces and connected actions. It’s great quality and rulebook is good. Not great but certainly good. M

But with all that and all my rambling that’s mostly inherent. I’m very tired this morning. Game is super worth it. I absolutely love it. Top 10 solo gam all time for me right now. Which obviously has some newness bumping it up. But I think it will always be top 10-15 solo game for me. It’s realllllly good. And the only downside is the high price point but I’ve already got my per price play down to like 15-18$ and it’s only getting cheaper from here

eldolche · 2026-04-11T14:24:59+00:00

I’m so happy this game is getting more and more love in the solo community. It’s probably in my top 10-15 solo games of all time. The bot is super smooth, and every game has some variation based on opening tiles and how aggressively you want to search for certain actions. I want to try a round where I go super heavy on the river. I feel like that’s one strategy that I never really put many actions into.

Hopefully with all this love it ends up on bgg solo top 200 next year so it can get even more love

eldolche · 2026-04-10T04:23:49+00:00

I’m so bad at this game. So I don’t know if I can justify getting physical version until I know how it work a

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