![]() ![]() The experience of gaming with family members and friends (or by myself when playing solo) is more important than who wins and loses. Since I’ve been playing with her, I’ve really renewed my focus on the fun of playing a game rather than the victory or loss aspect. As I’ve explained to her that she needs to be gracious in victory (she tends to make fun of me when she wins a game), I’ve found myself focusing on that more as well. ![]() Even a game as simple as Candyland can be used to teach a child the importance of taking turns and being a good winner or loser. GD: What new things have you learned about gaming from playing games with your daughters?ĬH: There isn’t a lot of strategy or decision-making in most children’s games, but I still value the time we spend playing them. My two-year-old still mostly values games for the small pieces that she tries to sneak into her mouth, but my oldest is really getting into playing. The oldest, Samantha, is six, and the youngest, Sabrina, is two. ![]() I still enjoy solitaire gaming, but I usually have to wait until she goes to bed because she can’t stand seeing me play a game without her.ĬH: I have two daughters. If she sees me playing a solo game she tells me it is stupid to play a game by myself because she can’t play with me. My gaming time is going more towards children’s games and simple Eurogames with her. ![]() How do you balance playing solo games with being a parent?ĬH: I have probably cut down on solitaire games in 2015 just because my daughter is finally old enough to start playing games with me. GD: One of the main reasons I have fallen in love with solo play is because I’m now a father of a two-year-old, and it’s tough to find time to play with friends. Before long, most of my gaming was being done solo. I also started buying some of the classic Avalon Hill solo games such as Ambushand Raid on St. I discovered Victory Point Games and was excited that many of their games were solitaire specific and usually very affordable too. While I really enjoy a face-to-face gaming experience, I found that a well-designed solitaire design could offer many of the same experiences and several unique ones. I really don’t enjoy playing both sides of a two-player game by myself so I was glad to discover that there were several games specifically designed for one player. Most of my gaming buddies eventually moved or got married to non-gaming spouses so I had a shelf full of games that I never played. I think I probably got into it originally simply due to the lack of a gaming partner. GeekDad: How did you first get into playing solo games?Ĭhris Hansen: I probably started solo gaming around 2006 or 2007. Please head over to BoardGameGeek and check out the games. I love solitaire games, and this contest is just an amazing opportunity for creators and gamers alike. Not only do you get to play a bunch of games for free, but you get to contribute to helping the creators make them. This means you can already download and play them. 28 of the current 51 entrants are posted as components ready. There are 14 categories in the contest like Best Wargame, Best Artwork, and Best Game with No Board. At that point, anybody with a registered BoardGameGeek account can vote on the games. After that, entrants are given one week, until August 7th, to make any corrections to the materials. The entry deadline is midnight August 2nd. The gist of the contest is that a game must be freely available to print and play and must be designed for solo play. This is the fifth year in a row for the contest and there are already 51 games that have been submitted to the competition. I’ll also be talking to some solitaire game designers and covering the 2015 Solitaire Print and Play Contest as it progresses.īefore jumping into the interview, I wanted to give readers a high level overview of the contest. The series will cover two flavors of solo games–games designed to be played by a single person exclusively and games that are multi-player but have a solo version. Table for One is a new series focusing on solo table top gaming. I recently interviewed Chris Hansen, the creator and moderator of the Solitaire Print and Play Contest on BoardGameGeek. Not to mention there are plenty of us who just like some alone time but still want to game. Time constraints, especially with children, and difficulty getting a gaming group together has made the popularity of solo tabletop gaming soar in recent years. ![]()
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