I really like how you include so many other RU-vidrs to be inclusive and build the community. A lot of people don’t do this because they are afraid of diluting their viewers but I really appreciate your views and content so I’ll remain subscribed for sure. You’re excellent. Warm Regards.
Hey thank you. You get it. While we are solo games, we are strongest when we build each other up and share our love for the hobby. No smoke, I give a shit
Hey Jeremy, great to see lots of different voices highlighted. Daniel from The Dungeon Dive is one of the most unique and authentic voices in board games. Definitely one to check out.
Both are special. I'm happy to hear people really deep diving into titles. For me it's hard to stop and appreciate games as much as I want to but this year I made a point to.
Was a lot of fun joining the list this year, thanks again. Great choice @TheBoardGameGarden! Lots of great games in here and so many I haven't tried yet that I really need to get into. Great year for action/adventure games for sure!
Isofarian Guard is great. Looking forward to the new components. As mentioned great organization. It eats a lot of table space, but for the size it is easy to setup and take down. The weight is crazy, but when you see what is all in there it makes sense.
@@buddhawasrightI just wanted to say thank you for all the rent free space inside your head you’ve given me! I’m absolutely thrilled by how often you think of me and post about me across multiple platforms. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bigger fan. Hugs and kisses. ❤❤❤
Thanks for this top 10! I feel that we have a lot of tastes in common :D. I have loved Tales from the Dragon Inn, Earthborn Rangers and Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies, I have backed the 2nd printing of Isofarian Guard and I am waiting Kinfire Chronicles to be shipped. I feel so much validated! You've gained a new subscriber.
First, your hair is GREAT. That's definitely the style for you. Secondly, the two games that I just bought on your list are Fallen Lands (because I love Eldritch Horror and heard it's similar to that) and Deliverance. I had to get Deliverance because the angels vs demons theme is extremely relevant today. Lord knows just how many demonic human beings are being exposed in American society today! It's gonna be great playing as angels and smiting them back to the bowels of Hell. :)
What a great video to watch on a snowy winters day. In fact, I immediately restarted it so I could watch it again (after I do some work around the house) and write down some of the games that peaked my interest for further research. The one dungeon crawler/adventure game I am most looking forward to playing this year when it arrives in the summer is Weirdwood Manor by Greyridge games. Technically it takes place in a mansion but you are still fighting monsters and rescuing people so I figure that's close enough to count. In keeping with the theme of this channel the game is co-op.
Fantastic list, thank you Jeremy! I typically live in a world a year behind the hotness, partly because I want to see how the game end up a year later, and mostly because I dont have the time to stay ontop of everything haha. This list is great, a lot of games I have heard praise from already this year, and having you talk through them will really help my decisions on what I would like to get next year.
Great video! Loved the format. One of your Earthborne is special, and I can't wait to see where it goes in the future. Happy new year, and thank you for all the great content in 2023 that helped me make better decisions (ie, spend more money) ;)
Good to see Mike delisio and you both having 20 strong on there. I hadn't played it enough when you were asking for videos but it is now my number one solo of the year. Probably in my top 3 for the year in general. Brilliant system and looking forward to the future as they expand and grow the available decks.
Great list and awesome delivery, man! It was good to see some others tossed in there, including my main go-to, Alex. I've got Isofarian Guard coming in the next few months :)
Interesting to see 20 Strong on so many lists. I haven't even played my copy because the majority of my dice had severe factory errors (chips, pitting, missing corners, missing paint) that it killed any desire to play it. I have recently been promised replacements, but who knows when that will happen. As my first Chip Theory Game purchase, it was not a good impression. I'll join the chorus lauding Deep Rock Galactic as an amazing board game at any player count. For solo or works well with true solo and running multiple characters. As an added bonus, it is a fantastic adaptation of the video game too!
That really sucks. What I will say is chip theory will make it right. Some of the best customer service out there. Just make sure you put in a ticket through their website.
Thanks for sharing. Kinfire and EBR were two of my top games for 2023 too. Kinfire had a lot to like and I played the whole campaign, but I didn't care for the town visits. Having that aspect in decks of cards was difficult for me to work with. EBR is extremely unique and a lot of fun too. I finished the campaign, but the travel got old after awhile, especially when there was nothing new to learn.
I actually agree on both your takes but I chalk that up to me just wanting to get the most exciting parts. It's good to hear such positive things about the titles I enjoyed too. thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for inviting me to contribute this year (Aaron Rotsinger from Solo Board Gamers)! Really sorry I wasn't able to get a video together in time. Maybe next year's video?
I only started in the hobby in October - and Earthborne Rangers is exactly what I was hoping for from modern board games... so it was a bit of a surprise to me that it was the first of its kind (in terms of adventure and challenges, versus combative and conflict-laden) so I'll be buying everything for it and hoping other publishers create similar games with different themes .
The publisher really stick to their guns in the making of this game in all facets. Design and manufacturing. I'm definitely supporting future projects.
Loved this video format with the other RU-vidrs giving their favorites, and LOVE to see Resident Evil being mentioned as it was my favorite game of 2023 as the series is among my very top, love what SFG has done with the games!
WOW! That is such a great news for CoD! We definitely worked hard to improve the game. Learning a lot on our end to keep moving forward. Let see how DANTE turns out.
@@erictighe2381 Ya it is a hidden gem! And I have some older playthroughs on my channel using TTS and I just finally finished painting them, so I am going to get a playthrough done soon!
Colton, I hope this gives you more exposure. I not only enjoy the video content but also your interaction and helpfulness on the different gaming pages.
I'm playing Tales off the red dragon inn as my first solo game and both kinfire and earthborne are on the top of my list to get after I finish the campaign. Seems you have the same taste in games. I just subbed!
The Witcher Old World would have been my top vote from last year. Multi use cards that you cycle through often, adventuring in the form of encounter cards as well as movement around the map and a fast paced combat system using your same deck of cards. Deckbuilding is easy and impactful and the game is just tons of fun to play through.
Deliverance is criminally overlooked. ive played all the way through the campaign, you may want to pick that campaign up again. towards the end you can do some pretty epic stuff. one turn i moved 11 spaces, killed 2 demons, healed 4 health, and gained a courage for my trouble. those character builds really sing later on
I realy tried to like this, and at first i realy did! The problem for me was the grind broke the immersion for me. I know the reprint have fixed this somehow, just too bad it wasnt fixed from the start because this isnt a kind of game i got the money or time to give a second chance. Great video tho!
Very good video. But I’m a little confused. Title says “top solo games”, while in the video “top adventure/dungeoncrawler” is mentioned several times. Are we excluding genres from this list? (e.g. euro, abstract, … )
Earthborne Rangers looks cool! I love Lord of the Rings LCG and like Arkham Horror LCG so far, but they are money pits and have their downsides for sure. I like that Earthborne Rangers was produced with sustainable materials.
thanks so much Jeremy! as a solo player, I really appreciate this content. and man, ...with the others YTer you've including in this video, sooooo joyful to see thanks again Jeremy! 👍👍
With Primal: The Awakening delivering later this year, are you still as excited for the game as you were before? I remember reading your AMA on BGG after you guys played the prototype. Do you think it has the potential to make this list next year? Has your opinion changed on the game since then?
Don’t really agree with the praise 20 Strong gets. Backed it after I played Hoplomachus Victorum a lot. It feels way to luck-dependent and swingy. Especially solar sentinels feels a bit boring cause it’s essentially always the same every game.
Even with 20 dice it's still a luck fest game with cards that help with luck. For me that's OK because of thematic ties to some of my favorite games. Works for me, totally understand how people bounce off that. Thanks for watching
Did I miss it - what’s name of #1? Maybe just editing, but 4-5 minutes and no mention of name or publisher and only one glimpsing, nonidentifiable picture. Was it Witcher? Something else? Please someone update!
@@williecallison8706 No problem. I don't really solo, but Isofarian Guard was easily my game of the year for 2023. My friend and I have logged over 100 hours playing it co-op.
I sold my isofarian guard, couldnt get past the slog of the first campaign. Spent more time setting up the fights than actually fighting. Didnt feel like there was much choice aswell on where to use the chips, it was all pretty obvious when you had your "combo". Huge disappointment.
It's more to it than that but I respect when any publisher takes their time to make the best product possible. Monster Hunter is fantastic and I forsee Primal being the same
@@meeple I strongly disagree with that one, because Steamforged is not very professional when it comes to playtesting imo. But if you enjoy the game than good for you :)
Small complaint. The video says Top 10 solo games, yet some of the content creators were talking about best Dungeon Crawlers and Action/Adventure. Still good content, but inconsistent.
If you listen at the beginning of the video, this year’s theme was action/adventure games, but they should have been our top solo action/adventure game of the year, so while different people used different terms, everyone was on the same page.
@@jhowd78 Not sweating the small stuff. Saw the title.....formed my own expectations.....got something other than what I expected but still enjoyed it.
