Solo Board Games You Can Play Without Running an Automa

These solo board games put the work into your own turns. You might manage a hand of cards, defend against a scripted enemy, solve a puzzle, or try to beat a previous score. Some games have an enemy phase, but none here asks you to run a substitute player through the choices a human would make. Try Friday for a small deck-building game, Under Falling Skies for a tense dice puzzle, or A Gentle Rain for a gentler tile game. The entries explain how each game supplies pressure and what you control.