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People's Choice Top 100: It's Time!

10/5/2018

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I have some big decisions ahead of me—Nov. 4 is the due date for this year's submissions to the People's Choice Top 100 solo games list! Kevin Erskine remains a hero among men for putting all of this together, and has started his annual submissions thread in the 1 Player Guild on BGG. 

Here's how it works: Everyone who wants to participate needs to send their top 20 list (you can send a shorter list if you want). Kevin Erskine then works some magic, which I am pretty sure means that he puts all the games into a spreadsheet, assigns points, and sorts out the Top 100 solo games of the year. 

I will have a rough time with this. I am a game reviewer and I rate games all the time, but my top games list is constantly in flux. I can name some of my all-time favorite games in no particular order, but when it comes to hammering out an organized list of 20 games...? Yikes. Also, I haven't gotten to play all of the solo games I think might be in my Top 20 if I could get some quality time with them.

​But this is all in good fun, and everyone can submit a different list every year, etc., so there's no harm in giving it a shot. I don't have a ranked list of 20 yet, but here, in no particular order, are a few solo games you'd have to pry from my cold, dead hands. 

Mage Knight
The Lord of the RIngs LCG
Sentinels of the Multiverse
Spirit Island
Hoplomachus: The Lost Cities
Baseball Highlights 2045
Gloomhaven
Street Masters: Rise of the Kingdom
Roll Player
Aeon's End 
Hostage Negotiator
Viticulture

Limes
Nations
The Cards of Cthulhu
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game


There are still so many solo games I need to spend more time with, including Scythe, Too Many Bones, A Feast for Odin, Anachrony, and more. How will I ever play them all? More importantly, how will I ever play them all enough? And war games are still in my future—I've started really eyeing stuff like Comancheria and Liberty or Death. In a few more years, my list could have a totally different flavor to it! But for now, I'll be spending the month of October trying to get some more plays in so that I can come up with a snapshot of my ever-evolving Top 20 list, just in time for November 4. 

Who else is submitting votes for People's Choice this year? What are some of the games on your short list? 

7 Comments
Kerrin
10/7/2018 05:01:02 am

Not sure if I'm going to submit a list or not. I only recently got into solo gaming myself and only have a few games in my collection. I'm glad to see that Mage Knight is on your list since I just bought it myself. I'm looking forward to the list this year. I know I've already spent way too much on games this year.

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Liz Davidson link
10/7/2018 06:40:53 pm

If you ask me, once you start playing solo, you are a solo player and your opinion counts! Go ahead and submit a list!

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Leigh
10/7/2018 03:39:22 pm

The three stand outs this year for me are Gaia Project, Scythe (particularly with Rise of Fenris campaign), and Terraforming Mars.

I wish i could have played Street Masters this year, i'm confident it would have ranked highly, but there's a spot for it next year.

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Liz Davidson link
10/7/2018 06:39:37 pm

Those games are all either on my to-play shelf or on my wishlist. Thanks for the reminder that I should bump those up on my to-do list!

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Theo
10/8/2018 05:23:25 am

This will be my third year doing a top 20 list. Last year I must've had lots of time on my hands because I played through all of my solo games and ranked/rated them. This year I have not been that crazy! Some games that will for sure be in the top 20 somewhere:
- Spirit Island
- Friday
- Gears of War
- Gloomhaven
- Zombicide: Black Plague
- Baseball Highlights 2045
- Flash Point

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Geoff
10/24/2018 06:34:47 pm

Thanks for inspiring me. Here is my list off the top of my head.

1 Too Many Bones
2 Aeons End
3 Gloomhaven
4 Hoplomachus: Rise to Rome
5 Kingdom Death: Monster
6 Dungeon Alliance
7 Spirit Island
8 A Feast for Odin
9 Nemos War
10 Lord of the Rings Lcg
11 7th Continent
12 Street Masters
13 Mage Knight
14 Sword and Sorcery
15 Glass Road
16 Eldritch Horror
17 Baseball Highlights 2045
18 Legendary Encounters Alien
20 Scythe
21 Arkham Horror: The Card Game
22 Mechs vs. Minions
23 Near and Far
24 Roll Player
25 Gloom of Kilforth

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Geoff
10/24/2018 06:38:06 pm

Oop missed 19: Spring Meadow

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