Solo board games, much like their video counterparts, can also be enjoyed in part for the visual and tactile pleasures that they provide. It's no more peculiar than doing a jigsaw puzzle.

This list, rounding up some of our absolute favourite solo board games, should help you get started on that quest. Good luck—if nothing else, you'll definitely find the scheduling easier.

The first solo board games emerged from the wargaming scene of the ’80s and ’90s. Seemingly inaccessible by design, these early one-player games typically centered on micromanaging units ...

Despite them normally being very much a stay-at-home thing, it’s going to be difficult to play board games over the next few months because they tend to involve getting people over and getting ...

Solo board games have experienced a massive rise in popularity over the last few years, with more and more players coveted multiple ways to play their favourite tabletop experiences. Whether it ...

Liz Davidson, who has been reviewing solo games on her site Beyond Solitaire and on Dice Tower since 2016, says that one-player games are actually a very popular gaming category: Board Game Geek ...

Evan Derrick, creative director at Van Ryder Games and the co-designer of Final Girl, a popular board game meant for solo play, credited his own game for some of that shift.

Conservas, a solo board game about commercial fishing, understands that the sea can be a lonely and solitary place.

Unlike the games we’ve extolled thus far, this board game was designed specifically for solo play, and solo play alone. If you’ve ever read Daniel Defoe’s Robinson’s Crusoe, you’ll ...

The Crypt of Chronos is an upcoming board game that lets you play through treasure hunting adventures either solo or with ...