1 Player Podcast

It's the Solitaire PnP Design contest time of the year.  We have a long chat with Chris Hansen regarding the contest.  First we look at the normal news and Kickstarter stuff.  After we do the normal game review stuff.  This time, we look at Samurai Spirit by Antoine Bauza.  It's a neat little co-op game for the math lover & film buff in you.

GenCantSoloCon is right around the corner. Julius comes back to announce the opening of the official geeklist and the start of the pre-registration event. For more details listen to the podcast, or follow the links to the official geeklist:

Albert and Julius (who arrived a bit late) are joined by Mikolaj, designer of a Hostage Negotiator expansion and long time listener. Everyone talks about Mikolaj’s gaming history, some kickstarter games, and all about Castle Panic and its expansions and rethemes. And there’s a contest at the end.

Show notes:

• News (00:02)
  • 1 Player Guild grows in membership
  • Spiel predictions (00:03)
• About Mikolaj and upcoming Hostage Negotiator expansions (00:05)
• Kickstarter (00:40)
  • Crisis (00:41)
  • Hero: Prepare your champion (00:48)
  • Dungeon Time (00:52)
  • Darkness Sabotage (00:57)
• Castle Panic Review (01:01)
• What’s It Missing (01:38)
• Contest: Maquis for iOS and Android release (01:44)

We're launching #GenCantSoloCon 2016 in this episode. Travis from the Low Player Count joins Julius to introduce the next annual GenCantSoloCon and lay out some of the basic details for the event. More details are going to be published as we draw closer to the date, but circle your calendars for the biggest solo convention of the year: August 4-7. We'll see you there.

The shadow drifts over the podcast, as Albert and Julius review the Shadow over Westminster. We also chat some about the Barnes and Nobles sale, upcoming conventions, and games we've been playing.

Episode 104 is here!  This time we have a good PnP report, an interview with the designer of Dungeon Crusade: Book 1 Genesis of Evil, which is currently in Kickstarter.  Then we discuss the merits of owning your own lawn mowing business.

In this latest long episode of the podcast, we cover a LOT of stuff!  Our main game is Burgle Bros, a heist game similar in theme to the movie Oceans 11, but with the austerity of Austin Powers.  In this game, players break into a museum and try to escape with loot. We also discuss the all important question, does every game need to support solitaire? The easy answer is well, off course, but we hash it out nonetheless.  You can also get the latest (week old) scoop on the 1 Player Guild Challenge coin.

The year of wargaming continues, with our second game of the year. Granted, we're almost halfway through the year, but at least we got another one. Albert and Julius discuss Conflict of Heroes Awakening the Bear and its solo expansion this episode as well as talking about other games and topics.

Show notes:

• Opening Chatter
  • Flash Point
  • AJ’s thread on the Guild
  • Update on the Challenge Coin (Live now!)
• Kickstarter (17)
• Dresden Files
  • Escape and Escape Zombie City big boxes
  • Virus
  • Dreamwars 
• Conflict of Heroes review (32) 
• The Great Debate (104): Money v Jellyfish

In this latest issue of our Podcast Julius has gone missing.  Albert & Chris talk about PnP & return to the Oniverse to defend their Castellions.

Albert and Julius celebrate episode 100 with a review of an older game, Pax. We also interview Ian Zang about the Expedition RPG and listen to Chris talk about Austerity. Plus, there's a contest!

Welcome to the 99th episode of the 1 Player podcast.  Yup, we are nearly at 100; but, for now let's focus on 99.  This episode is one of the biggest yet at almost 144 minutes!!  It's got a lot.  There is the normal KS news, and a discussion on games whose solo experience killed the multiplayer game and games whose multiplayer experience killed the solo game.  Then, Chris has his solo report on Mr. CabbageHead's Garden Game by Todd Sanders.  Then Julius talks about Project Dreamscape by Will & Sara Reed.  We have a Great Debate and finally Julius finishes up with an interview with Sara Reed.

The leaders of the podcast are here. Julius and Albert are joined this episode by Kevin Erskine, organizer of the Top 100 Solo Games and a prominent member of the 1 Player Guild. Everyone chats about some current games and reviews Thunderbolt Apache Leader and the Leader series in general.

Another long episode.  This one features singing, comedy routines and baseball!  It's late so let's just list the links.

Albert and Julius quench their thirsts for an animal adventure with a review of Agricola All Creatures Big and Small. But before that, they talk about some news, and some kickstarter releases. Plus, Julius interviews the creators of Cthulu: A Deck Building Game and talks about his experiences with the demo.