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Many wargames in decades past were rated for solitaire play - you versus the game - with some even coming with solo play rules included in the box. Unfortunately some of these ratings were a triumph of marketing over reality and these days it seems less common to see solo play as a design consideration.

So, as a test of the new poll system, rate these top wargames by their suitability for solo play. Since this is a test poll, any comments about structure, wording or other improvements are welcome.

The order of the games is by their current wargame rank. (I wanted to do this in alphabetical order, but there's no preview option when designing a poll and trying to sort the information outside BGG is too laborious.)

(Also, I'd have preferred to only use 2-player wargames, but I couldn't find a quick/easy way to get games with 2 as the maximum number of players (and still include games for 1-2 players).

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How Suitable Are These Wargames For Solo Play?
  2-Players+ Only Only With A Lot Of Work With Some Effort With Minor Changes Good As Is
Devil's Cauldron: The Battles for Arnhem and Nijmegen
Iron Tide:Panzers in the Ardennes
Case Blue
WestFront II
Napoleon's Triumph
EastFront II
Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) Starter Kit #3
Asia Engulfed
Berlin - Red Victory
This Terrible Sound
Twilight Struggle
Whistling Death
World at War: Eisenbach Gap
Field Commander: Rommel
FAB: The Bulge
Hannibal Barkas
Classic Battletech Introductory Box Set
This Hallowed Ground
DAK2
Red Star Rising: The War in Russia, 1941-1944
Burning Blue
Bitter Woods (4th Edition)
Grant Takes Command
Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) Starter Kit #2
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
Downtown: Air War Over Hanoi, 1965-1972
Paths of Glory
Gustav Adolf the Great: With God and Victorious Arms
Combat Commander: Europe
Canvas Eagles
Commands & Colors: Ancients
Barbarossa Army Group North, 1941
Korea: The Forgotten War
Federation Commander: Romulan Border
Panther Line: Army Group North 1944
ATS Stalingrad: Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works 1942
ESPAÑA 1936
Hordes
Clash Along the Psel: The Battle of Kursk 1943
A Victory Lost
RAN
Three Battles of Manassas
Here I Stand
Wings of War - Miniatures
A Fearful Slaughter: The Battle of Shiloh
On To Richmond
Silent War
EastFront
Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) Starter Kit #1
Barbarossa: Army Group Center, 1941
War of the Ring
Under the Lily Banners
Darkest December: Battle of the Bulge 1944
Kolin 1757 - Frederick's First Defeat
Advanced Squad Leader (ASL)
Russia Besieged
Europe Engulfed
Ardennes '44
Up Front
BattleLore
Barbarossa Army Group South, 1941
Harpoon: South Atlantic War
DAK
Tide of Iron
La Grande Guerre 14-18
Air & Armor
Blitzkrieg Commander
Bitter End - Attack to Budapest, 1945
Guderian's Blitzkrieg II
Wilderness War
Aerodrome
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Andrew Tullsen
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Any war game that doesn't have hidden info can be played solitaire. (I do a lot of that :D )
Richard Irving
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Howitzer_120mm wrote:
Any war game that doesn't have hidden info can be played solitaire. (I do a lot of that :D )


Actually there are three non-starters when if come to solitaire suitability:
- Hidden information, like cards or blocks.
- Games where there are reaction moves, where a player can pre-empt his opponent for opportunity fire or similar action.
- Games that require simultaneous choices by each opponent.
Tom Grant
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The ASL entry is ambiguous. Do you mean, playing standard ASL scenarios, or playing the ASL Solitaire module?
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This opinion poll is simply aimed at allowing people to express their opinion on how suitable a given game is for solo play.

If a game comes with 49 2-player scenarios and 1 solitaire scenario but that scenario showed how 2-player scenarios could be easily converted to solo play then I'd say "With Minor Changes" is the best option.

If the single scenario is the only solo option without making a lot of changes, then I'd go for either "With Some Effort" or "Only With A Lot of Work" (but it's a matter of individual judgement).

If the game came with rules for generating solo scenarios then I'd go with "Good As Is".

In the end, it's just a a best guess/gut feeling/snap opinion on each user's part.