Tired of old-fashioned solitaire? Here is my list of the top ten board games you can play by your lonesome. The honorable mentions are games that I have not played but heard good things about them or games just didn’t quite make the cut.

Here are my top 10 solo play board games:

10. Level 7 Escape – This semi-cooperative board game can be played solitaire. It has a strong theme and solid mechanics. You need to manage your fear while you avoid guards and aliens and escape a subterranean laboratory.

9. Space Hulk: Death Angel – You need some luck to win this game. You start with a team of marines but keeping them alive is tough.

8. Thunderstone or Thunderstone: Advance – The official solo rules are fun, and will help you learn the cards and play better against opponents.

7. Pathfinder Adventure Card Game – While not as difficult to win as some of the other games on this list building a character with the campaign mode is fun. If you didn’t have to keep buying expansions to grow your character this would be higher.

6. Dungeon Crawler – This is a solo dungeon crawl card game. You build a deck that caters to your heroes, fight monsters and finish quests for the win.

5. Sentinels of the Multiverse Enhanced Edition or Sentinels of the Multiverse – Another co-op that plays very well with one player. The theme is great and you can play multiple heroes to defeat the evil villain.

4. Defenders of the Realm – You’ll have more success if you take multiple heroes. This is yet another cooperative game that is a fun solo experience.

3. Thunderbolt Apache Leader – You pick your pilots, outfit your squadron and fly missions. Your pilots gain experience and you get to blow stuff up.

2. The Lord of the Rings Card Game – Great theme and mechanics. If more was included in the base set it could have held its former position.

1. Mage Knight Board Game – This game has character building, dungeon crawling and even some deck-building in it. And it all combines in an excellent solo experience. People had told me I needed to try it solo and they were right. Now you should…

Honorable Mentions:
Agricola, Battle Star Galactica, Castle Panic, Dawn of the Zeds, Friday, Gears of War, Ghost Stories, Legions of Darkness, Pizza Box Football, World of Warcraft: the Board Game, Wrath of Ashardalon

As always feel free to tell me your Top Ten, add suggestions or hate on my choices in the comments section below.