EN World's Online Generic Randomizer Engine

Morrus is bringing back EN World better than ever! Check out the Online Generic Randomizer Engine, perfect for solo gaming! It's got eve...

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How can impermanent terrain be justified?

I've been participating in the No Man's Land Heroclix tournament series for the past three months so I can get my greedy gaming han...

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Tony Bath vs. Santa Claus

Make babysitting night a solo gaming night by turning that little one into your Press Gang (see Donald Featherstone's Solo Wargaming )!...

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The Intersection of Secrets

I attended a playtest session of “D&D Next” this week. About that game, I’ve nothing to add that hasn’t already glutted the maw of the b...

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ADVICE NEEDED: Best Virtual Tabletop?

New reader Daniel W. asked: I was wondering if you use any virtual tabletop programs to play with others or for solo play. Can you recommend...

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Time Pressure as a Solo Challenge Mechanism

In Boaz Yakin's ingenious 1994 film Fresh, Samuel L. Jackson plays an urban chess hustler estranged from his son "Fresh." The ...

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Solo Skirmish War Game/Mythic Rules

Curt L. recently e-mailed me about adding more "story" to his skirmish war gaming. He wrote, "I won't be playing both sid...

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Rally Round the Fridge

If January was all about finding a system for my Warring States Project, February was meant to be a time for testing the system's limits...

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Follow Solo Battles

Dale's new 2012 blog Solo Battles is an incredible read that articulates solo war game rules development in the most erudite manner I...

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The Solo "Tournament"

In my post to newbies about what I believe to be the two primary styles of solo wargaming skirmish play, I differentiated between (1) compl...

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Why solo? To maximize creativity...

The inspiration for this post came from a "lively" discussion that I had with a fellow gamer this past weekend. He had heard about...

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For Newbies: The Solo Skirmishing Big Picture

Solo-newbie Ricardo over at Fantalonia recently posted his thoughts on solo skirmishing with minis. His post is a terrific articulation of ...

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On Being Your Own Gracious Host

Solo gamers are not antisocial people. We are deeply passionate connoisseurs of our hobby who require periods of solitary, contemplative pla...

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Narrative Imperatives in Solo Skirmishing

My friend Scott has recently seen his war gaming time significantly diminished by the demands of a new job, a new mortgage, and, most especi...

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Lone Warrior - The Official Blog!

For so many years, Lone Warrior has been THE publication providing some of the best advice in solo wargaming that has ever been written. Now...

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David Heading on Fairness

David Heading, founder of the Yahoo SoloWarGame group and solo player extraordinaire, has posted an intriguing and insightful article on his...

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