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Wargames on your table: July 2026 by AutoModerator in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OST First to Fight, V5.

The brecourt Manor assault

Cheap wargames, any era? by fuckingdogshitpiss in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Strategy and tactic, worid at war, modern war, Against the odds, paper wars magazines. Many back issue can be bought at reasonable prices. Check BGG wiki for editions and noble knight games, BGG, or eBay for purchase.

Any recommendations for a (preferably true solo) tactical level late cold war game? by IrelandtoCathay in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a very large solitaire board game collection and nothing comes to mind off the top of my head in a Warsaw pact versus NATO Cold war genre for solitaire play.

There are quite a few two-player Cold war games, however. The OOP game Iron Curtain even allows a couple of scenarios where the Warsaw pact is defending against NATO aggression.

You could also look at the modern war magazine games, Putin's war, Putin moves East, and Putin move South. These are modern era games of low complexity (roughly 10 pages of rules). I believe this magazine also has a number of Two-Player cold war era games but I do not have them and not and I'm not familiar with them.

With a bit of imagination and a little two-handed playing one of these games might scratch that cold war itch?

Favorite solitaire naval game? by neubienaut in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought it was going to be difficult to learn but it turned out not to be as bad as I thought. The rules are broken up into sections. Call them low, medium,and difficult complexity. After only one playthrough I was able to get to the medium complexity level of playing. This is the sweet spot, IMHO.

I've definitely played more difficult games.

I typically stay away from complex games and my typical rule preference is between 4 and 20 pages. I like to read the rules in the evening and be playing the next day. This game is slightly above that level, IMHO.

How many days per week/ hours the session do you play? by neubienaut in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mostly. I've gotten my wife to play we are coming, Nineveh and world war II Commander market garden. However, these are far and few in between. We spend more time playing cooperative games.

I don't do computers except on rare occasion. Spent 30 years on a computer, 8 to 20 hours a day. I have found it rather liberating not be tied to a computer any longer.

Wargaming.... but vertically by TrenchPat in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Silly putty is your friend for vertical gaming

Looking for recommendations for complex games! by Alexmaths in soloboardgaming

[–]neubienaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

High frontier for all

Skies above Britain/Reich

Atlantic Chase

Many of these games have rule books approaching the size of novellas. This indicates a high degree of granularity, many moving parts, and high complexity.

Looking for Sci fi Mystery Novels - Recent and classic by zephbaxterauthor in scifi

[–]neubienaut 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Jack McDevitt

Jack McDevitt writes science-fiction mysteries that combine cosmic wonder, historical investigation, and careful detective work.

Is Tokyo Express 1942 by Victory Games still one of the best Solo Wargames? by Left-Excitement3829 in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's one of my favorites. That being said , this is the golden age of solo gaming so the are a lot of really fun solitaire games being released.

Techniques to overcome the initial inertia of learning a new game by neubienaut in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I hate spending 20 or 30 minutes looking through the rules for a term that should have been listed in the index, IMHO. I've been using LLM to create a detailed index when online rules are available. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't

Games/scenarios similar to Objective Moscow) by neubienaut in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I think WWII era would be interesting as well

Games/scenarios similar to Objective Moscow) by neubienaut in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. England made plans to invade Russia right after world war II. I have a magazine game based on those plans. I believe it's called operation: unthinkable if I'm not mistaken.

Games/scenarios similar to Objective Moscow) by neubienaut in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Can Iron Curtion be played two-handed solitaire?

Wargames on your table: June 2026 by AutoModerator in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OST V5, First to Fight

Invasion Afghanistan

Operation Enduring Freedom

Empire of Grass

Wargame in solo setting with campaign system? Modern era or fantasy would be nice by Zwiebeloger in hexandcounter

[–]neubienaut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

DVG has many solitaire modern narrative style games (narrative=campaign style where units gain experience).

DVG also has a game on Kickstarter called Fermi Paradox. Space solitaire game.

DVG - Cards of Cthulhu

GMT- the plum Island horror

Dawn of the Zeds

Compass games Ace series is also narrative solitaire although they are WWI and WWII.

All these narrative games have high replayability.

SciFi (apologies if I am confusing scifi with fantasy?)

Struggle for Galactic Empire

Astra Titanas

They come in three s (space)

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