A lot of people don’t understand what we’re talking about when we mention solo wargames.
Playing always has a social component, getting together with friends or acquaintances to have fun around a table, but we don’t always have opponents against whom to deploy our miniatures.
There can be several reasons why we end up turning to solo wargames or games with a solo option:
There are no players around you; nobody collects miniatures or loves rolling dice while making gunfire noises with their mouth… Pew, pew… (yes, we’ve all done it at some point).
No other player wants to play THAT particular wargame you love so much (“my My Little Pony skirmish battles… why on earth does no one want to play this?”).
You want to try new rules or variants in games and no one else seems to care (“Who says my paratroopers can’t fight werewolves? Okay, the stats aren’t in the Chain of Command rulebook, but…”).
To know a particular rulebook perfectly (“they’ve been playing Flames of War for two years, and I’m just starting now and haven’t even read the rules yet, but they’re not going to beat me”).
You don’t have time to meet up with friends because of real-life responsibilities (work, kids… damn real life).
You simply like playing solo; some may see it as odd, but we see plenty of people playing video games or computer games alone and no one finds it strange… Often we like to play our way, at our own pace, taking our time…
