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Looking for a solo, heavy strategy game that rewards players who are willing to learn the complex ruleset and decision space? Here are our recommendations.

⭐️ Top Picks

Our top recommendations in this category, and games that we personally own to fill this niche.

Mage Knight: Ultimate Edition

🟢 Ryan’s #6 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #4 All-Time

Release Year: 2018 Complexity: High

  👥  1-5 Players

  ⏰  150-480 min

  💸 ~$140

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Summary: Build your hero’s spells, abilities, and artifacts as you explore and conquer through strategic deck-building and card play.

You Might Like If… you enjoy deck-building games and a strong sense of “leveling up” over time, and are looking for an epic experience with a lot of variability from session that plays best solo, or cooperatively with 2-3 players.

Too Many Bones

🟢 Ryan’s #21 All-Time

Release Year: 2017 Complexity: High

  👥  1-4 Players

  ⏰  120-240 min

  💸 ~$150

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Summary: Work as a team and manage your the dice of your unique character as you adventure towards an epic boss showdown.

You Might Like If… you enjoy cooperative games with a lot of strategic customization, and want an epic experience with a lot of progression that plays best with 1-3 players.

👍 Honorable Mentions

Games that missed being top picks, but that we still think are great choices for a lot of people.

Spirit Island

Release Year: 2017 Complexity: High

  👥  1-4 Players

  ⏰  90-150 min

  💸 ~$70

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  🔗  Buy

Summary: Take on the role of Island Spirits joining forces to use their elemental powers to defend their home from invaders.

You Might Like If… you enjoy cooperative games with low amounts of luck, and like the idea of a complex puzzle where the interest comes less from surprises from the opposition and more from how you can combo your cards and abilities together to best clear invaders and manage the board state.

Age of Innovation

🟢 Ryan’s #7 All-Time 🔴 Daniel’s #10 All-Time

Release Year: 2023 Complexity: High

  👥  1-5 Players

  ⏰  120-180 min

  💸 ~$90

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  🔗  Buy

Summary: Strategically expand on the map, build and upgrade to produce more resources, and take advantage of powerful innovations in the third iteration of the battle-tested Terra Mystica game system.

You Might Like If… you enjoy deep strategic games with a balance between building your own things and cutthroat player interaction and you want a heavy game of resource management that has a ton of variability from game to game.

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