Eight Solo Miniature Wargames You Should Try!

[@eckenrok]

A shout out to Core Space from Battle Systems. This is my ultimate solo miniatures game. Excellent video by the way :)

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll have to look at it!

[@agrayday7816]

thanks for covering some of these. I know your not capturing everything, but i am going to list great games i think you missed. I would say that Elder Scrolls has Solo options as a "mode", i don't believe its a dedicated solo game. I could list about 10 more, but the below are really great games (look at games from: Snarling Badger, Black Site Studios, the "28M" Games and Patrick Todoroff they are creators of a lot of solo miniature skirmish games). 1) Fear The Dark: Excellent Mythos style Solo Game 2) Sellswords and Spellslingers: Fantasy solo (I like it more than ROSD). 3) Space Station Zero: Solo Sci-Fi Spaceship exploration (Snarling Badger Games). 4) County Road Z: Zombie Solo (picked up by Modiphius). 5) Hametsu: Solo Japanese Monster Hunting (Black Site Studios). 6) Nightwatch: Fantasy Solo. 7) Blood in Space & Blood on the Blade: Sci-fi & Fantasy Games. 8) Chrome Hammer Ascension: Cyberpunk Solo. 9) Exploit Zero: Cyberpunk Solo. 10) DAK Attack: Much better than Nuts. Spec Ops North Africa game. 11) Dont Look Back: 80s Slasher Movie Solo Game (Blacksite Studios). 12) Horizon Wars: Zero Dark: Sci-Fi Solo. 13) The Doomed! Solo Kitbash Game. 14) Farthest Star: Solo Sci-Fi. 15) Perilous Tales: Solo Pulp. (this game is Free from the "Gaslands" creator.)

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

The main reason I make these is so I get suggestion like this, I will definitely be looking into these!

[@agrayday7816]

@@Wargamerofalltrades More: 16) Spectre Ops: Modern Special Ops Warfare. 17) Weasel-Tech: Solo Giant robot Game 18) Space Weirdos & Sword Weirdos: Fantasy & Sci-Fi. 19) Warlord Ascendant: Solo OSR RPG heavy fantasy skirmish. 20) Lasting Tales: Fantasy Solo 21) The Woods: Fantasy Fairy Solo RPG style 22) Brutality: Any Setting Solo 23) Renegades: Near Future Warbands Solo 24) Prehistoric Settlement: solo Paleolithic Village game (Rick Barber Game) 25) Tusk: solo Paleolithic Hunting Game

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

You've given me at least one if not two other videos, thank you!

[@shaneannigans]

Wow... you've given me some research to do!! I have Brutality Skirmish Wargame. Haven't played it yet but love what I've read and seen with regards to the rules and lore!! (I also have many that appear in this video).

[@agrayday7816]

@@shaneannigans Also 26) Brutal Quest: Solo Fantasy Version of Planet 28 27) Planet 28: Sci-fi Miniature solo Game spawned many of the "28" miniature games and the "28M" creator community. 28) Battlespace: Modern War solo skirmish 29) Frontline Heroes: WWII Solo Skirmish 30) Majestic 13: Alien Hunting Solo (Snarling Badger) 31) Zone Raiders: Far Future Skirmish Solo game 32) Fade Beyond the Veil: Souls/bloodborne Like Solo game. 33) Dungeon Scum: Dungeon Crawl Solo 34) Operation Last Train: Sci-fi Humans vs Bugs Solo Game (Joseph McCullough) 35) Slugfest: Super Hero Solo Skirmish Game. 36) This is not a Test: Solo nuclear apocalypse fallout style game.

[@franciscopina2899]

Killer list! The #1 is another one where you could've "cheated", since pretty much every single game based on Ed's Chain Reaction system can be played solo, co-op and head to head 🙂

[@shaneannigans]

YES!!!! SOLO GAMES!!!! Solo modes are like an insurance policy. If your friends hate it, you can STILL get your money and time's worth. I've bought so many of these because I know I can play them long after everyone else moves on (and I live in a country where pretty much everyone only plays Legion, 40k, and maybe some AoS). I do not why more designers make these.

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

Yeah Solo games are an amazing resource!

[@adzi6164]

worth mentioning is Nuts! is but one of many games made by Two Hour Wargames on the same core ruleset - they have lots of games like this, in various flavours and styles.

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

I should have out two and two together that Nuts! WW2 was not the only Nuts! System... thanks for pointing that out I'll have to look into the others!

[@adzi6164]

@@Wargamerofalltrades Close... Nuts! Is the WW2 system. There are others, sometimes maintained, sometimes replaced, sometimes already abandoned how they were at some point... The core system is known as Chain Reaction. Other games in the "family" would be, for example, FNG (about Vietnam) and the 5150 series (games about various parts of their own sci-fi setting - from being a Blade Runner ripoff, to commanding squads of marines)

[@car_tag]

Great list! Other notable solo games are the offerings by Snarling Badger Studios. Their first game, Reign in Hell, only had solo play tacked on as an afterthought, but their other games have had solo and multiplayer in mind from the ground up.

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

Thanks, I'll have to look into them!

[@SpentAmbitionDrain]

3d Printing on demand is a thing. It's reasonably priced (especially vs GW and the like). I would include it with that caveat.

[@thescienceofghosts]

Great list. I've put Mutant Year Zero in my cart at least a dozen times. Just haven't pulled the trigger yet. I'd also add The Silver Bayonet to the list.

[@danwallace4745]

I recommend The Doomed. Brutal solo play, can be pvp, or even pvpve/coop. Easy, minimalist rules, and a *ton* of monsters to fight, with good AI rules.

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@fallenswan1670]

Just as idea for anyone who is interested about solo miniature games, but do not have (all?) needed miniatures: You can just have bases, add text like "error: graphics not found" and "ranger" and arrow to point direction where the character is facing. And maybe later buy and/or paint the miniatures (except if you are totally fine with this kind of way to play).

[@Seth9809]

Junior general made images for printing and cutting to put in stands.

[@supachigga]

Great list! But you are missing all of the Horizon Wars games. Zero Dark in particular has excellent solo rules

[@srpyle]

I would love it if you took a look at a few of my games from Four-Color Studios. Great list! Love the Five series!

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

I'll check them out for sure!

[@lordanthrax2417]

The add-on of zona alfa (which has allready a solomode) contains much new stuff for a solo-gamer. It is called "kontraband".

[@theLazyPragmatic]

Thank you for this list, I learned something from it. However - if #1 is not the best, just the last one you added to the list, then please number your list from 1 - 8 ... the other way round implies some kind of increasing quality.

[@lordanthrax2417]

A cool solo/co-op game called "when nightmares come" exists. Needs just a few miniatures, a 2x2 playing area and two sets of rpg-dice.

[@rmfberry261]

i totaly forgot opr had a solo game mode. I've heard people mention it in the past.

[@Uluelsomalien]

Great work on these videos. Could you please add links in the description (maybe edit previous ones) to publisher/reseller/main website for each game. That would add a lot of value and help when looking for a particular games when showing your vids to others people. Thanks

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

Sure! I'll start working on that to update the old videos

[@Uluelsomalien]

Thank you for taking the time to read and answer comments. 😊

[@axanax2534]

The Five Series is a solid bet for certain. Another great solo game from Nordic Weasel Games is Weasel-Tech; a solo fast paced mecha experience whose procedural generarion is very anime themed. Currently also available on Wargame Vault but the IP was purchssed by Modiphius and will likely be relesead under a new name.

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

I'll have to look for it!

[@mythrando]

I've been looking for a solo wargames (ideally miniatures) that can you can fit and play on your work desk. 2'x2' max, but also fitting most cards or other things you need on the table. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them!

[@ChrisSmith-yw6tn]

Had some of the two hour wargames books forever but never played them. They look super "automated" if that makes sense, as in the player has very little input as to what happens.

[@Tremezy]

How about Deth Wizards? I bought a book but haven't have chance to play yet

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

Mainly because I did not realize that was a solo game, I have it on my list to look into but didn't get a chance before the video had to come out

[@joegassmann2361]

I would've liked to know a bit more about what the games are about, tbh. It's nice to know that they're good, but i still know nothing aboit the games per se. Why does #8 need so many miniatures? Why are there 3 different games bundled up, are they the same, just different lore? Otherwise, links eould've helped with answering those questions too

[@alphanerdgames9417]

The solo aspect brought me to opr. It is almost impossible to find a Warhammer fantasy game where I live

[@mattyouyou2590]

❤️

[@s2korpionic]

If you wanna put more emphasis that this is not a tiered/ranked list, then consider using "Option A, Option B, etc" instead of #8 to #1.

[@dagdamar2000]

I Second Snarling Badger.!! Mini agnostic and just fun!

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

I'll for sure have to try it out!

[@RichardJRussell]

Bear in mind that in the 'Five' series, 'Five Leagues From the Borderlands' and 'Five Parsecs From Home' are originals from Modiphius, 'Five Clicks From The Zone', while based on Modiphius' system, is from Nordic Weasel Games. Another reason to shop for Wargames Atlantic minis is the wide range of customisation options in the box. For a squad of 10 for example, instead of 10 bodies, 10 heads, 10 pairs of arms, etc; you get a good number of surplus arms and heads to give you more variety (handy if you're army building) plus plenty of fodder left over to fill your bits box 😎👍

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

It's still all done by the same writer so I figured grouping them would be good, also I love Wargames Atlantic for the customization as well!

[@axanax2534]

Five Parsecs and Five Leagues were originally released from Nordic Weasel Games before Ivan entered partnership with Modiphius. He eventually sold the IP rights to those two games as well as a few other IP's he had been releasing on his own.

[@Pugggle]

Timestamps would be good

[@Wargamerofalltrades]

They are being worked on! By the end of the week all recent videos and everything going forward should have them