Chip Theory Games20 Strong Solar Sentinels Base Strategy Game 1 Player Solo Game for Adults, Teens Ages 14+

What a great little game. So much fun if you like chucking dice. Good quality, good price, and a whole lot of fun.

Grandson and friends love it!

Very cool... all about the dice, baby. I personally could use a bit more "stuff" in my games, but this is fun to play and I can't knock it stars since I knew quite well the components before getting it, lol... Sometimes less is just fine, and this is a great example. Monster combat ahoy! I dig the 'base game' style with expansions, too. High quality components, beautiful art and such a compact box... you're not losing much shelf space here.AS FOR THE BIZARRE REVIEW SAYING IT "SMELLS SO BAD"... errr, yeah. "Afraid to breathe it in"?? "Washed the dice"?? What in the living chocolate flavored CHICKEN happened to your box?!?!? EGADS! There's NONE OF THAT. It's got a slightly plastic smell due to the fuzzy lining in the box likely made of acrylic fibers... but you have to jam your nose in the box to catch it. I've got a SERIOUSLY sensitive nose, too (once when working in a restaurant I detected a single glass of wine from across the entire building full of eating patrons, cooking foods and baked goods, and I hardly ever drink LOL). I think you got a copy that perhaps something had been spilled on, mang (yes, mang). Sad to hear, but it's not right to discourage people from this game on one strange, out of the ordinary experience, so I just wanted to say IT SMELLS FINE. lolGIDDYUP.

I haven't played this yet... It just smells so bad. It's a very chemical-ly smell, though, like moth balls or gasoline, so I was afraid to play it before airing it out because it's not something I wanted to spend too much time breathing in. I have washed the dice but EVERYTHING in the box had the smell. It's currently airing out in my office.I have over 150 games in my collection and i've never had a game smell this bad or this strong. Yes, it's really that bad.The components, though, I was pretty happy with the quality. The box was neat and even had felt in the top and bottom if you wanted to roll the dice in it. The chip with the spinning dial part was a cool touch and felt good quality. The cards are magnificent. I think they're plastic and even have foil on them. Very cool. The dice, though, were a nice try. They're metallic with flake in them but unfortunately the flake comes through on a few of the dice and gives it a rough texture (or even chipped look on some faces) and it's so light on some faces that it makes the object on the face hard to make out what symbol it is. I can tell they were trying to go with a premium product with the dice but it just looks like they were not done properly. I think the dice may be the smell problem, though.I just opened this today so if the smell goes away completely soon, I will update my review. I was very excited to get my first Chip Theory Game and had my eye on Too Many Bones for a long time, but this was a terrible first impression.

The good:1. It's cool idea...a modular solo game with dice and interchangeable card decks. Largely it works from a gaming standpoint and is challenging enough.2. Small and easily taken with you on the road3. High quality - Cards are very high quality and you shouldn't need to sleeve them. Dice are nice too. The box is solid and sturdy.The bad:1. Don't know what ink they used but the cards smell horrible. Like petroleum smell, almost headache-inducing. Seems to be going away over time but big turn off. Takes me a few minutes each time to get over the smell.2. Price. $40 for a deck of cards and 20 dice? That's a bit steep. Quality is nice, though, but the price for this is on par with a full size board game like Agueda or First in Flight.

This is an interesting idea of a base system of components that can drive different card games. For the intent of keeping everything small and transportable with a reduction in waste, I wanted to work for. For some background, this is my first foray into solo gaming and I can’t say it left me wanting more. The production quality of components (reflective dice are stunning and easy to read) and the cards for Solar Sentinels looked great with some foil accents (although one card had a typo missing a space between words). However, you need to have patience with learning the game and a lot of time. Two play throughs (the second one adding missions) left me more than 2 hours occupied, but confused as to what I was doing wrong for the time to take a while and both times dying before starting the boss battle. I think you may need to contribute significant time alone to understand the rules for the game. Also, I feel that the phrasing used on the cards was sometimes confusing (e.g., banishing dice is not explicitly explained). I really appreciate the suggested layout in the Solar Sentinels instruction page. Also, while the product page emphasizes this is easy to play wherever you go, it requires a fairly expansive flat surface to play. Overall, if you are willing to put in the time to learn the many steps to each round of play and OK with losing a lot, this looks like a quality option for the solo player. Unfortunately, I just don’t think I am patient enough at the moment to play this solo game enough to become proficient.

Absolutely brilliant game, loads of fun, caused a full argument between my husband and my oldest son, which honestly is the sign of a great game! It was easy to learn and so much fun to play! Loved it!!