Expert: Dante - 12/11/2011

Question
After many researches I found that list of games , I want to aid me in differentiate between them , need your comments
1-dungeon plungins
2-world of war craft
3- alexander
4- dream factory (Hollywood block buster)
5- rune wars
6- dominion
7- rigramole
8- zithro
9- jumanji ( is this game is rate race) ?
2- the second thing I want from you to recommend me some best solo games (I can play and jpy with myself) I researched websites , the game description not sufficient to let me can take decision for purchasing , I need expert recommendation ?

Thanks
Best regards

Answer
I'm not familiar with each of these games, but you can find more information at http://www.boardgamegeek.com/. That said, let me try to answer where I can.

1 - I'm not familiar with this game at all... sorry.

2 - There are actually two World of Warcraft board games. One is in a much larger box and is a team-based race game. I find this game quite amusing, but it is on the long side. The smaller game is the "Adventure Game", and is similar to the Runebound series. It has much less player interaction.

3 - Sorry, I don't know this one either.

4 - Dream Factory is a tile-based auction game where you're trying to collect actors to complete movies. It's particularly interesting since it's a "zero-sum" game, meaning that any time you spend money, your opponents get that money. I've always been a big fan of this game.

5 - Rune Wars is a simpler version of Twilight Imperium, based in the Runebound universe, but when I say simpler, I mean "A slightly simpler game than a very complex game". Rune Wars is a fairly complex and deep war game. I haven't actually played it myself, but it's a pretty deep and long game.

6 - Dominion is the first of the deck building games to catch on. It has tremendous replayability and multiple expansions to add depth to the game. It's extremely popular right now, and I highly recommended it.

7 - I do not know this game.

8 - Another game that I'm not familiar with.

9 - Unfortunately, another that I'm not familiar with.

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As for solo games, none of the games that you've listed above are good for solo play. My personal expertise is in group games, so I don't have too much information on exemplary solitaire games. You could try heading up to BoardGameGeek and doing an advanced search for games that play with 1 player. I'd love to give you a link, but AllExperts won't let me paste a link of the length that BGG produces :(

Hope this helps!