Dr. Finn’s Book of Solo Strategy and Word Games Game Review

Thanks to my side gig writing a weekly column for BoardGameGeek, I recently got a note from Steve Finn, the designer of Biblios as well as the co-designer of Cities and Cities USA. Steve saw that I do a ton of business travel, so he was kind enough to send a review copy of his recent release Dr. Finn’s Book of Solo Strategy and Word Games.

The book really is a book—it’s basically a workbook that includes eight titles, each of which features a short rules write-up along with worksheets to play each game eight times. In that way, this book has 64 total plays available, and for this review, I tried four of the games twice each.

The setup is very simple: you have to be able to read basic English, possess a pen or a pencil, and have access to as many as four normal six-sided dice. If you don’t like to read, Steve’s got you covered—each game’s rules include a QR code that links to a teach video for each of the eight games. And if you don’t have dice, Steve STILL has you covered, with an online dice simulator that takes care of the die rolls for you.

Some thoughts on those individual games are below, as well as a few closing…

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