Solosaurus Episode #90 - Solitaire Wargames, Part 1 of 3

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Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Michael dives into solo wargaming, talking about a LOT of different games. Plus, he discusses what makes a solo game solitaire, as well as what makes a wargame, a wargame. Plus, he goes down various gaming rabbit holes as a bonus.

• Intro and Exposition (0:00)
• Solo2 News (from Solitaire Times) (3:44)
• What Is Solo Gaming? (11:18)
• What Is a Wargame? (18:20)
• New Solo Wargaming Player Recommendations (22:16)
• Classic Solo Wargames and More (46:53)
• Outro/Wrap Up (1:01:48)

To see more from Solosaurus, like us on Facebook at (facebook.com/solosaurus), follow us on Instagram (@solosauruspodcast), or shoot as an email at [e-mail]. To read more of our favorite solo news page, head over to https://www.solitairetimes.net/, or visit them on BGG at https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/9349/solitaire-times-solo-board-games-news. You can also find our work shared on the Armchair Dragoons website, where all kinds of games are discussed, even solo games! Games mentioned in this episode: In Solo News:

• Creature Caravan
• Bone Wars
• Sirens
• Defrag
• Forage
• Orchard
• Grove

Recommendations:

• Pavlov's House
• Castle Itter: The Strangest Battle of World War II
• Soldiers in Postmen's Uniforms
• Lanzerath Ridge
• Pacific Tide
• Interceptor Ace
• Interceptor Ace Volume 2
• Nightfighter Ace
• B-17 Queen of the Skies (mentioned because of Greg Smith's design, Amerika Bomber: Evil Queen of the Skies, which I failed to follow through with - sorry!)
• Aurelian: Restorer of the World
• Charlemagne, Master of Europe
• Escape from Hades
• Endurance
• NATO Air Commander
• That Others May Live: Combat Search and Rescue, Vietnam
• The Hunters
• The Hunted
• Beneath the Med
• Skies Above the Reich
• Storm Above the Reich
• Skies Above Britain
• Fire in the Lake
• Pendragon
• All Bridges Burning
• Colonial Twilight
• Enemy Coast Ahead: Operation Chastise – The Dambuster Raid
• Enemy Coast Ahead: The Doolittle Raid
• Fields of Fire
• Fields of Fire 2
• Combat!
• Ambush!
• Battle Hymn
• Mosby's Raiders
• RAF: The Battle of Britain, 1940 (Decision Games edition)
• D-Day at Omaha Beach
• D-Day at Tarawa
• In Magnificent Style
• Crowbar! The Rangers at Pointe Du Hoc
• Dawn of the Zeds