Thunder Alley | Solo Variant || gameplay brief

[@WojennikTV]

Thank you for this video. I did not know that this game has a solo variant! I'm thrilled!

[@snow69413]

I love the car models, great job on painting them.

[@OnesUponaGame]

Thank you very much!

[@Warriorking.1963]

I know nothing about NASCAR, but those cars you made look amazing! It's a shame the page on BGG in which you explained how you made them, no longer exists, as I'd be interested in learning more about that. No, NASCAR isn't too big in Northern Ireland, but you've got a good looking game there.

[@OnesUponaGame]

I appreciate that! I thought I'd reposted that on the blog at some point, but it does not appear so. The Board Game Gulag purges have really hurt boardgaming and the community.

[@TheWarmupLap]

Great video. I noticed could have used solo movement with a failed displacement at the end to be the leader of the inside line. I love the game and I'm very jealous of your custom cars!

[@TheWarmupLap]

Oops I meant 41 could have done that. (2nd turn)

[@mpsg4659]

hi super video, just buy the game and play only solo. The best solo mode i think but 7 years after... how pit works ?

[@joeperez3520]

Excellent video. Been wondering how to play solo once I get around to this game, and now I know!! ^_^

[@OnesUponaGame]

Joe Perez there's another gamer making an AI deck for each team too.

[@joeperez3520]

Intersting. Will it be offered for sale, like the *Crew Chief Expansion* I just purchased?

[@OnesUponaGame]

Joe Perez boardgamegeek.com/article/26199448#26199448

[@joeperez3520]

Promising. I have some questions, such as does the color of the deck correspond to the color of the AI team? Some decks don't contain certain types of movement, and a human player could "game" the AI knowing what type of move they know will/will not occur. AI shuffles after each move? There are only 4 cards per AI deck. An AI team keeps its assigned deck for the entire game?

[@OnesUponaGame]

You'd have to read the rules on that. Not by me and I've not had a chance to make a copy to try (though I'm close!)

[@vampdiesel]

Hi I was just wondering if you could tell the numbers on cars ... are those stickers? painted on or something else? thank you!

[@OnesUponaGame]

Replied before, but KZbin ate it it seems... I cut the numbers from label paper with my cutting machine. Then used a marker/highlighter to go over them before peeling them off and adhering them.

[@manarak100]

hi and thanks for demo . where can we download the solo variant . i would like buy this games but i will be alone to play with .?

[@OnesUponaGame]

No download required... just follow my lead in the video.

[@jacquesfuster2759]

bonjour super ta video elle de 4 ans mai je vien de decouvrir le jeu qui est super je voudrais savoir si tu peux me dire ou je pourrais acheter sur quelle site les voitures merci pour le renseignement

[@OnesUponaGame]

non désolé. Je les ai fabriqués moi-même il y a des années.

[@WikkitKlown17]

Do you have any videos on making your cars?

[@OnesUponaGame]

They were mostly blog posts on BGG before they starting purging users. You can see a quick time lapse of the molding process here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqG1mYelftSSjLs. Will try to get the process reposted on my blog soon.

[@tonij.9138]

Interesting! but the link to bgg doesn't work, can you redirect ? thank you

[@OnesUponaGame]

Thanks for checking. No, my content was removed from BGG when I had my account deleted from the site (onesuponagame.com/2021/01/27/i-survived-covid-but-not-the-bgg-purges/). I'll see if I have the original files and can repost on my blog. Stay tuned!

[@supercommando440]

So this "solo" mode is just you controlling 4 teams of cars? I wouldn't call this "solo" at all if that's the case. 4 teams, 6 cars.. also curious how long does this take to complete?

[@OnesUponaGame]

Takes no longer really than the same number of teams would be multiplayer. It's definitely "true solo" as there is only a single human player. Controlling more than one team does not negate a game being solo. No there is no AI for the other teams (there is an "ok" fan-made AI on board game gulag I believe), but I found that simply playing to the best of your ability and limiting the card draws made for an exciting game that's fun to play.

[@supercommando440]

Have you thought about drawing 3 but just randomly select 1 to use. Then you are not making decisions for the opponents. I like parts of this but I dont like playing myself against myself. What you’re doing is like playing chess for both sides. Thats fine but I’d rather try to play against a “dummy” ai that makes certain choices based on a strict rule set or a random die roll. I like how you do the drawing of cards but you’re just playing against yourself here. Thats fine. I’ve seen some of the fan-made variants and they’ll all too complex imho. Some even have you print custom ai cards. Its just too many extra rules imho. I might just cook up my own solo mode.

[@kralsaa]

Hi What are these cars models ? Thanks

[@OnesUponaGame]

+S Duval These are ones I made myself from casting resin. You can read the whole process here: boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/50697/send-clones-diy-thunder-alley-miniatures-part-i

[@tiborgyulai5208]

The post is missing, Pls send me the link for the process. @@OnesUponaGame

[@Crucio710]

So youre not playing as any one particular team right?

[@OnesUponaGame]

Correct. As with wargames, just try to do my best for each team and see where it plays out.

[@Crucio710]

I get it. I have the expansion tracks and crew chief expansion cards. id like to check this out see how it plays. This is one of my top 3 favorite table top games. Nothing like a good race.

[@chucktelschow]

If you made and sold the cars I’d be a buyer

[@OnesUponaGame]

I'm surprised GMT didn't do a P500 for a set of plastic cars for this and Grand Prix. It would take me a long time to make and sell those and the quality is good enough for me, but I wouldn't feel right selling them lol. I'm sure there are plenty available on thingiverse that would work and using a site like www.treatstock.com/ to print them would be very affordable. You could even order each set in the correct plastic color to minimize painting. :)

[@chucktelschow]

@@OnesUponaGame yeah I’ll see if my son can print some!