This list was started as a personal service offered to the readers of CONSIM-L back in 1991. Members contributed to building this list. After my sudden departure from the web, it was taken over and maintained by Markus Stumptner and eventually posted on WEB GROGNARD. I have decided to take the list back and complete it with new additions. I have added the list of all articles I have found either from my own info, or culled from Web-Grognard, with the idea that any information or variant about a game can help the solitaire player. Furthermore, I received a list of games with solitaire potential from Daniel U. Thibault, and I have incorporated the "wargames" in this list. A further list of mostly Wargamer and S&T games was provided by Keith Ian Miller. I would heartily recommend that users of this list refer also to the information which can be found at Web Grognard with respect to most of these games, offering errata, variants, etc. This page is also available through Web Grognard, for better access by gamers.

Lutz Pietschker has informed me that he has pages devoted to specific solitaire games as well as utilities for some of these games. These will be indicated below.

Anyone interested in obtaining copies of these games, most of which are out-of-print or hard to obtain, would be well advised to frequent online auction sites such as eBay. Those who are interested in obtaining gameboxes for Cyberboard, can check on Skip Franklin's availability page. Games which are known to have a Cyberboard gamebox are indicated by an asterisk (*). Those gamers who are not familiar with Cyberboard may wish to join the CyberboardML discussion group at Yahoo!Groups.

As well, there are a number of solo games by Lloyd Krassner and others for the computer PBEM card game program called Thoth. This page gives you access to card sets, and solo games are available. They are also listed here. You need to install the Thoth program to use the cardsets. Thanks to Michael Huang for this excellent suggestion.

If someone knows any newer games that are either solitaire or have solitaire-only scenarios, please tell Markus or myself.

Michel Boucher
Markus Stumptner

NOTE: Magazine names are in bold characters. This list does *not* include solitaire paragraph adventures except where they are related to a game system).

Minden Games publishes bi-annually Panzerschreck Magazine which includes both solitaire games and variants in each issue. Well worth checking out. The solitaire games are not listed here separately.

2001-09-24: Fixed a problem of old coding that was causing some lines to be double-spaced in Opera.

2004-08-09: Added information on the availability of computer-based modules for the games listed here. Indications shall be listed in red.

Legend:

CB = Cyberboard
ADC2 = Aide de Camp 2
VSL = VASSAL game engine
BWG = Bruce Wigdor games (they can be played solo by being both server and client)

Games designed as a solo game

Fallschirmjaeger, Battleplan 2: 29-38

Mission 17: Block Party, Battleplan 4: 25-39/insert

His Majesty's Soldiers, Adding the British to Ambush, General (VG6)

Special Scenario, Traffic Control, General 21-6: VI 4-13

see my Ambush! Mission 1 log

see also Lutz Pietschker's eAmbush project

Ambush!: Move Out! - Victory Games 1983
Ambush!: Purple Heart - Victory Games 1985
Ambush!: Silver Star - Victory Games 1987
Antietam - Command 22
B-17 - Avalon Hill 1983 [CB - VSL]

Playing the Odds in B-17, General 20-6

Saga of the Memphis Belle, Simulating a Survivor, General 20-6

Raid on Detroit (Series Replay), General 20-6

Rest of the Royal Family (Variant Models for B-17), General 20-6

15th Air Force, a Variant for B-17, General 23-1: 16-18

Filling the Skies, The Woes of B-17 Addiction, General 23-1

The Queen in Germany, More Targets for B-17, General 23-5: 29

Theater Modifications, More Expansions for B-17, General 24-6

Operation Porcupine, General 26-5: 46-47

see my B-17 mission logs

see also Lutz Pietschker's eAmbush project

The Battle of Rennell Island, General 27-6: 49-50

see also Lutz Pietschker's London's Burning web page

Riding With the Best, A Commander's Eye View of Patton's Best, General 25-3

Canada's Best, The Saga of the Canadian 4th Armored, General 25-3

Wheels of Democracy, The Development of the M4 Sherman, General 25-3

Improving on Patton's Best, Realism in the Solitaire Game, General 25-3

Pegasus Bridge - Strategy & Tactics 122
Phaseline Smash - GDW 1992
R.A.F. - West End Games [CB]
Raid on St. Nazaire - Avalon Hill [CB - ADC2 - VSL]

Operation Chariot, General 24-4: 5-9

A Travel Guide to St. Nazaire, Your Very First Raid, General 24-4

Running the Gauntlet, The Royal Navy in ROSN, General 24-4

Series Replay, General 24-4

Variations on a Raid, General 24-4: 22/27

But Not Alone, Two-Player St. Nazaire - General 25-6

see also Lutz Pietschker's Raid on St. Nazaire web page

Ranger - Omega Games 1988

Victor Bravo (or some such)

Alpha Tango (or some such)

see also Lutz Pietschker's Wings over France web page

Games with one or more solo scenarios

R.A.A.F., Random Appearance Air Force, General 26-5/38

Air Superiority - GDW 1987 [CB - VSL]
Air Superiority: Air Strike - GDW 1987
Air Superiority: Desert Falcons - GDW 1988

Eagles of the Gulf, Pt. 1, Battleplan 9: 17-49

Blackbeard - Avalon Hill

Series Replay, Solitaire Blackbeard, General 27-6: 6-14

A Scoundrel's Log, Helpful Suggestions for Beginners, General 27-6: 15

Odyssey on the High Seas, Designer's Notes for Blackbeard, General 27-6: 19

Derelict, Fractal Spectrum 16

Guns for Firepower, The Modern Infantryman in Theory & Practice, General 21-6

A Firepower Campaign, Whiling Away Those Long Winter Evenings, General 21-6

Series Replay, Ambush Scenario, General 21-6

Struggle for El Salvador, The FMLN and Firepower, General 22-6

Revolution Against the Revolution, The Nicaraguan Contra War and Firepower, General 23-6

The Pact, Central European Conflict and Firepower, General 24-1

The Laager, South Africa's War & Firepower, General 25-2

Scenario Seven, It Was a 'Great' Depression, Wasn't It?, General 25-5

Special Air Service, The SAS and Firepower, General 25-6

A Flame in the Gulf, The Iran-Iraq War and Firepower, General 26-3

Over the Fence, Covert Missions in SE Asia, General 26-5

Hammer's Slammers - Mayfair 1984
Harvest of Death: The 2nd Day at Gettysburg - Strategy & Tactics 129
Intruder - Task Force 1980
Ironclads - Yaquinto 1979
Italian Campaign: Sicily - Strategy & Tactics 146
Italian Campaign: Salerno - Strategy & Tactics 150
Italian Campaign: Anzio - Strategy & Tactics 155

NOTE: Need the rules from Anzio for the scenario rules and set up for Sicily and Salerno southern Campaign

Knights Of The Air - Avalon Hill 1986

Plane Facts, The Design of KOTA, General 23-5

Beyond the War to End All Wars, Hypothetical Scenarios for KOTA, General 23-5

Merchant of Venus - Avalon Hill 1988

Putting Spice in Space, The Strange Tale of MOV, General 25-1

Tramp Starship, A Look at Merchant of Venus, General 26-1

Fun & Profit in the 32nd Century, Designer's Notes and Variant for MOV, General 26-1

Series Replay, Solitaire Merchant of Venus, General 26-1: 14-17

Venus Smuggler, The Black Market in Merchant of Venus, General 27-6

Monsters Ravage America - Avalon Hill 1998
Outdoor Survival - Avalon Hill
Pacific War - Victory Games 1985

The Pacific War, A Grand Strategy Perspective, General 24-3

Peloponnesian War - Victory Games 1991
Red Baron - Wargamer 48
Republic of Rome - Avalon Hill

Coming Attractions, Designer's Notes, General 26-1

Not in Kansas Anymore, An Analysis of Republic of Rome, General 27-4

Series Replay, PBEM Republic of Rome, General 27-4

Princeps, The Design of Republic of Rome, General 27-4

Series Replay, PBEM Republic of Rome, Part 2, General 27-5

Richthofen's War - Avalon Hill 1972

Breaking Par, General 10-5

Advanced Richthofen's War, Combining Si-Move, Maneuvers, & Excitement in RW, General 17-5

Advanced Richthofen's War Again, Yet Another Variant to Jazz Up the Baron, General 18-5

Rickenbacker's War, Historical Scenarios for RW, General 19-3

The Five-Second Game, Richthofen's War, the 2nd, General 23-1

Flying Lessons from the Baron, Updating Richthofen's War, General 23-5

Rise and Fall - EMS
Roads to Gettysburg - Avalon Hill
Scratch One Flat Top! - 3W
Seven Seas To Victory - XTR 1994
Siege of Constantinople - SPI 1978
Siege of Jerusalem - Avalon Hill 1989
Sniper: Bug Hunter - TSR/SPI 1988
Sticks and Stones - Metagaming 1978 [CB]
Struggle for Stalingrad - Wargamer 47 (1985)
Submarine - Avalon Hill 1977 [CB]

Strategic Submarine, General 15-4

More Submarine Scenarios, General 15-4

Fleet Boat, American Pacific Operations for Submarine, General 18-6

Soviet Submarine, Scenarios for the Forgotten Counters, General 19-6

Up-Scope!, Increased Realism in Submarine, General 19-6

Torpedo Junction,Scenario, New Pacific Scenarios for Submarine, General 22-2

On Patrol, Solitaire Rules, General 22-4: 35-38

War in the Shallow Seas, Adding the Little Ships to Submarine, General 23-3

The Lone Wolves, The British in Submarine, General 23-3

Survival - Task Force 1979 [CB]
Sword and the Stars - SPI 1981 [CB]
Tokyo Express - Victory Games

Riding the Express, An Introduction to Tokyo Express, General 25-4

Savo Island solo scen., in General 25-4: 52-53

Campaign Game, in General 28-5

Valkenburg Castle - Task Force 1980
Victory at Midway - Command 14 [VSL]
Wings - Yaquinto
Wings of War: Burning Drachens - Fantasy Flight 2005

Although not specifically intended as a solo game, quite playable

Alone in the Lost World, General 26-1: 26-30

The Magical Mystery Tour, General 16-4

Additional Rules Systems For Magic Realm, General 16-4

Magic Realm Errata & Additions, Designer's Notes, General 16-4

My Son, the Berserker, An Inside Tour of the Magic Realm, General 17-5

What am I Bid For ..., Varying Prices in Magic Realm, General 20-2

Which Way the Witch King, A Magic Realm Seminar, General 21-5

A Little Help from Friends, Giving Suckers an Even Break in Magic Realm, General 23-6

Monster Mash, Playing St. George in Magic Realm, General 24-5

The Legendary, Lost Index, An Index for 2nd Edition Magic Realm, General 26-4

Ogre - Steve Jackson Games 1977 [CB]

Solitaire Ogre, Spacegamer 35: 4

On To Moscow - Strategy & Tactics 171
Princess Ryan's Star Marines - Avalon Hill 1997
Seven Years War In Europe - Strategy & Tactics 163
Siege At Peking - Wargamer 21
Source Of The Nile - Avalon Hill n.d. (original: Discovery Games 1978) [CB]

Tributary--A Supplement to Source of the Nile - Discovery Games

Native Policy in the Source of the Nile, Analysing the Probabilities in SOTN, General 18-6

Source of Strength, Source of the Nile With a Vengeance, General 21-3

Star Probe - TSR 1975 (and Star Empires, expansion, 1977)
Starfall - Yaquinto 1979
Time Tripper - SPI 1980 [CB]
Viceroys! - Task Force 1986
Wellington vs Massena - Wargamer 43 [CB]
Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora - SPI 1980 [CB]
Zeppelin - Strategy & Tactics 159

Not designed as solo, variant later addition

Taking Another Road to Moscow, Battleplan 4: 57-58

Rescue from the Hive on Your Own, Moves 56 (4/81): 30-32

Starship Troopers - Avalon Hill 1976 [CB - ADC2- VSL]

Alone Against the Bugs, A Solitaire System for Starship Troopers, General 20-4

Stellar Conquest - Avalon Hill

How to Crack a Planetary Force Field, Variants for Stellar Conquest, General 22-5

Fate of the Empire, Solo variant, General 23-4: 30-34

Stellar Empire, Empire-Building in Stellar Conquest, General 26-1

Alone in Outer Space, Solitaire Stellar Conquest, General 32-1

Task Force - SPI 1980
Titan - Avalon Hill [CB]

Shadowtitan, a solitaire system for Titan, General 23-1: 32-35

Turning Point: Stalingrad - Avalon Hill [CD - ADC2]

Travelin' to the Turning Point, A Look at Strategy for TP: Stalingrad, General 26-2

A New View of Stalingrad, Designer's Notes for Turning Point, General 26-2

Stalingradskaia Borba, Critiquing Turning Point, General 26-2

Alone in the Streets, Solitaire Turning Point, General 26-2: 19-20

Series Replay, General 26-2

Stalingrad Defended, The Russian Defense in TP:S, General 27-1

Up Front - Avalon Hill [CB - BWG]

Play Your Cards Up Front, An Old Fashioned Card Playing Lesson, General 21-1

Up Front by the Numbers, An Analysis of the Odds, General 21-1

Series Replay, General 21-1

Design Analysis, 2nd Edition Up Front, General 21-1

Return to the Front, A Look at the Scenarios, General 22-2

Moving Up Front, A Study of Movement Options, General 23-2

Up Front With Sgt. Rock, American Problems in the Patrol Scenario, General 25-3

Cold Front, The Winter War for Up Front, General 26-2

501 City-Fight-In-Four, DYO for Up Front, General 26-5

The Long Campaign, Polishing Up the Up Front Campaign Game, General 26-5

Odd Man In, Three-Player Up Front, General 26-5

Moving Up Front, A Study of Movement Options, General 23-2 (Special)

Solitaire Up Front, Flamethrower defense scenario, Battleplan 1: 6-7

Wooden Ships & Iron Men - Avalon Hill [CB - ADC2]

The French Are In!, Design-Your-Own Scenarios for WS&IM, General 14-5

In Defense of Linear Tactics, General 15-4

Wooden Ships & Iron Men of the Baltic, The Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790, General 15-5

Fire as Your Guns Bear, Bold & Resourceful Maneuver in Fleet Actions, General 16-2

Hoisting the Jolly Roger, Pirates in WS&IM, General 17-6

Strachan vs. Dumanoir, A WS&IM Series Replay, General 18-3

Wooden Ships By Mail, A PBM System for WS&IM, General 18-3

Wooden Ships & Iron Men of the Levant, The Russo-Turkish Wars on the Seas, General 19-5

A King's Officer, The Battles of Richard Bolitho, General 20-5

The Royal Navy Triumphant, The Wooden Wall of Empire, General 23-4

Signal Close Action, The Development of British Naval Tactics, General 25-4

The Age of Sail, Choosing Sides in Wooden Ships & Iron Men, General 25-4

The Continentals, The Americans in Wooden Ships & Iron Men, General 25-4

The Frigates Fight, WS&IM in the War of 1812, General 26-6

The China Trade, Chinese Vessels for WS&IM, General 27-2

Wooden Ships for One: solitaire system for WS&IM, General 27-6: 51-55

Fighting Sails, Tactics as Applied to WS&IM, General 13-2 (Special)

Computer modules

Africa

Borderkeep

Pomerium

Rolling Thunder

Space Hole

Space Scouts

Winter War

Zulu Spears Solo