Hello!
My name is Sam and I write Solitary Quest.
Board Games are a big part of my life. I enjoy playing them, thinking about their rules and mechanisms, connecting with new people over them, and dabbling in designing them.
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Solitary Quest started in 2023 when I began writing down my thoughts on 1-player-friendly tabletop gaming. I write in-depth reviews of new and classic games, and will normally focus on the game's 1-player experience.
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​The reviews on this blog are not first impressions of the games I play. Instead, I deeply consider each game I write about as a unique cultural artifact, assessing it's playability, mechanics, theme in the context of its design and genre. Designers and publishers spend countless impassioned hours crafting their games and I believe a review, as a critique of that product, should likewise express a just investment of time and attention on my part.
I also write about board games in K-12 education, event wrap-ups, and other topics.
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Content Policy
Primarily, I write about games that I am interested in playing. This means I'm typically writing with a some sort of tentative, baseline-positive predisposition to any given game. But I am also always interested in trying new things. Use the contact form to get in touch if you would like me to play and ponder your game for review. I do not write explicitly promotional material for games or other products and I typically do not write about games with active crowdfunding campaigns.​
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I will not review games that promote hate, bigotry, harassment, transphobia, misogyny, racist views, or other forms of discrimination.​​
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Art
The blog's logo and banners were designed by Jo Veres. You can find her art on Instagram. All other artists' works are credited in image metadata and caption. Otherwise all images are my own.