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Top Strategy Games for Solo Play

One doesn't have to be the loneliest number! Many strategy games have optional rules or variants that allow for dealing the time away all by yourself.

Here are a few of our favourites for when solitaire's the only game in town.




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£38.99
Agricola Agricola
In Agricola (Latin for 'farmer'), you're a farmer living in a wooden hut with your spouse and little else. You start with a lot of barren land, no building materials and limited time to build a farm for your family - who need feeding!
£39.99
Arkham  Horror Arkham Horror
The year is 1926, and it is the height of the Roaring Twenties. - It's a celebration in the aftermath of the war to end all wars. Yet a dark shadow grows in the city of Arkham
£20.99
Blokus Blokus
Blokus is a clever strategy game played by between 2 and 4 players, and the rules take less than 1 minute to explain
£41.99
Castle Ravenloft Dungeons and Dragons Board Game Castle Ravenloft Dungeons and Dragons Board Game
A solo or co-operative adventure board game from the masters of role - playing ; Wizards of the Coast.
£31.99
Dawn of the Zeds Dawn of the Zeds
Zombie attack! A single player coordinates a town's defence against the zombie horde.
£15.99
Death Angel Death Angel
Dare you face the genestealers again? Space Hulk stripped down into a co-operative card game.
£9.99
Equilibrion Equilibrion
a solitaire or 2 player co operative card game
£12.99
Friday Friday
A solo adventure as you, Friday, must help Robinson survive and last two battle against the pirates.
£31.99
Ghost Stories Ghost Stories
Wu-Feng, the Lord of the Nine Hells has found where the funeral urn containing his ashes is kept. His hordes are already marching upon the small village of the Middle Kingdom hiding them
£21.99
Hero of Weehawken Hero of Weehawken
This great solitaire game has the player tracking down Aaron Burr, the renegade former Vice President of the US, and gathering evidence to charge him with treason
£27.99
K2 K2
In this game, you can conquer the most hazardous mountain climb in the world from the comfort of your own armchair.
£39.99
Le Havre Le Havre
Uwe Rosenberg's follow up to Agricola, this is a classic development game inspired by Caylus and Agricola - and it's just as good as both of these master pieces! This 2012 edition Includes the expansion Le Grand Hameau!
£18.99
Locke & Key Locke & Key
A solitaire or Co-operative game based on the Graphic novel series.
£32.99
Runebound Second Edition Runebound Second Edition
Runebound is a huge fantasy game that can be played equally well solo or multi player. With (almost) infinite expansions,Runebound has become a standard bearer for fantasy adventure
£26.99
Thunderstone Thunderstone
Thunderstone takes the 'build a deck' mechanic of Dominion and creates a whole new adventure!