Episode #84 - Donning the Purple

11/02/21 • 74 min

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Martin and Michael spend time discussing how not to get stabbed in the back like Caesar, and succeed just as well as he, in Donning the Purple, from Tompet Games!

Intro and Exposition (0:00)
Special Announcement (5:58) - go check out Stone Valley Games' front page for a new FREE GAME giveaway (actually, TWO games!), good through November 12th, 2021!
What Have You Played, Lately? (7:09)
Solo Gaming News (25:42)
Review Begins; Initial Thoughts (35:38)
Components (41:34)
Rules (49:09)
Gameplay (54:00)
What Does This Do Differently/Who Is This For? (59:30)
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1:03:53)
Stomp Discussion (1:08:52)
Outro and Ending (1:11:47)

You can find great solo games (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best online gaming store for solo gamers: Stone Valley Games (www.stonevalleygames.com). Check them out, and tell them we sent you! To see more from Solosaurus, like us on Facebook at (facebook.com/solosaurus), follow us on Instagram (@solosauruspodcast), or shoot as an email at [email protected]. To read more of our favorite solo news page, head over to www.tableforone.me, or visit them on BGG at https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/9292. You can also find our work shared on the Armchair Dragoons website, where all kinds of games are discussed, even solo games! The games mentioned (at least, all the ones Michael could catch!) are listed here:

Intro and Exposition (0:00)
Special Announcement (5:58) - go check out Stone Valley Games' front page for a new FREE GAME giveaway (actually, TWO games!), good through November 12th, 2021!
What Have You Played, Lately? (7:09)
Solo Gaming News (25:42)
Review Begins; Initial Thoughts (35:38)
Components (41:34)
Rules (49:09)
Gameplay (54:00)
What Does This Do Differently/Who Is This For? (59:30)
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1:03:53)
Stomp Discussion (1:08:52)
Outro and Ending (1:11:47)

Previous Episode

Solosaurus #83 - Special Guest Joe Slack / Relics of Rajavihara

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Martin and Michael have game designer Joe Slack on, of Relics of Rajavihara fame! We discuss his game as well as his upcoming expansion, Montalo's Revenge (which juuuuuust finished on Kickstarter, but you can still late pledge and support - just click that link!).

Intro and Exposition (0:00)
What Have You Played, Lately? (5:27)
Solo Gaming News (16:08)
Relics of Rajavihara Discussion (28:50)
Joe Slack Q&A (42:30)
Outro and Ending (1:10:22)

You can find great solo games (and a community to talk about them with like-minded folks) at the best online gaming store for solo gamers: Stone Valley Games (www.stonevalleygames.com). Check them out, and tell them we sent you! To see more from Solosaurus, like us on Facebook at (facebook.com/solosaurus), follow us on Instagram (@solosauruspodcast), or shoot as an email at [email protected]. To read more of our favorite solo news page, head over to www.tableforone.me, or visit them on BGG at https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/9292. You can also find our work shared on the Armchair Dragoons website, where all kinds of games are discussed, even solo games! The games mentioned go well north of 20, so there's lots of discussion here! But that's every episode, pretty much.

Next Episode

Episode #85 - A Show About Nothing

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Martin and Michael pine about games and fjords and such...no particular game is the focus here, but there's lots of discussion!

Intro and Exposition (0:00)
Nothing About Marvel Movies (00:35)
Nothing About Show Outlines and Old PC Games (02:48)
Nothing About Finally Starting This Episode (05:51)
Nothing About How Michael Needs a Board Game Intervention (or, His First Purchases from Stone Valley Games) (08:47)
Nothing About Martin Selling Games (21:10)
Nothing About Solo Gaming News (24:14)
Nothing About What Have We Been Playing Lately (37:46)
Nothing About an Outro and Ending (1:17:54)