r/soloboardgaming

I picked up Voidfall today at my LGS and now it’s sitting here staring back at me. I watched a ton of videos on the game and played the online app several times, and despite not really being a euro gamer, something about it completely captured me.

But now that I physically have the game, I’m a bit intimidated and worried about actually setting it up and playing on my table without all the convenient auto-calculations done by the online version.

I’m intimidated but also excited to jump in. If anyone has any tips, I’m all ears.

I’ll go first. In learning to play viticulture I misunderstood the rule that says you can only play one worker per turn and thought I could only play one worker per season. So my first few playthroughs I got absolutely obliterated by the bot and couldn’t figure out how I could ever possibly win with so few actions taken per round. I started to wonder what was so great about this impossibly difficult game and was honestly quite disappointed and ready to throw in the towel, until I looked up some FAQs and realized my mistake. Now that I’m playing correctly the game is still challenging but definitely doable and much more fun.

Pictured is my high score of 9 while playing on impossible mode 😂

Anyone else have a similarly frustrating experience with messing up a rule that almost made you quit a game?

Been playing since I got it last weekend. Haven't made it past 4 damage to Boss before dying. Tried with Kai first few games. Switched to Julida and did better. Finally today was able to steamroll threats and bring down The Harbinger.

This was my #1 solo game for a while until Voidfall knocked it out. But I’ll happily return to my #2. I’m pumped about the newly announced Paladins of Highcrown which is supposedly a spiritual successor or remake or something.

Paladins just scratches an itch in my brain for what I’m looking for in a solo game. Lots of different paths to take, nothing is clearly optimal, easily manageable solo bot to compete against (with difficulty adjusters), and each round has me mulling over what I can/should do. It’s a similar vibe to Voidfall, although mechanically and thematically much different.

Pictured is Paladins + City of Crowns expansion with meeple stickers. Coins and provisions are substituted with coins/food from Scythe’s realistic resources. And Andromeda’s Edge gametopper mat.

Once the Revenant is revealed and then enters your creature deck... is there any way to permanently defeat it?

Yes, I understand the concept given its name... but, come on... really???

I'm currently stuck in a loop where I'm getting slammed because it's a high HP enemy that I keep having to spend resource on... but it can never go to the graveyard... so it just loops around at the top of the creature deck, rearing its ugly head every single draw.

Is the only way to break the loop actually to just let it go into the horde? That doesn't seem right.

Got it brand new for $50. I figured it well worth it at that price. It’s right up my alley in terms of crawlers (big fan of Fateforge). Anyhow, just thought I’d share and I’m looking forward to playing it.

I just tried the Expeditions level 2 automa with the corrupted mech. Managed to beat it 68 to 62 which is worryingly close considering how high the levels go.

The basic automa is straightforward to run but not particularly exciting. I'm pleased to say that it is easy to managed the corrupted mech and its varying movement makes it feel like another player.

I haven't played Expeditions enough to be fluent but it was enjoyable. It's definitely easier to handle than Scythe automa - even with the expansion.

Does anyone here play this regularly?