Episode #86 - Days of Ire Budapest 1956

Feb 13, 2022

Welcome to Solosaurus, a podcast about one player board and card games. In this episode, Martin and Michael spend time plotting to overthrow the Communist leadership of Hungary, circa 1956, in the board game Days of Ire: Budapest 1956. 

 

Michael also took a look at an expansion, Days & Nights: Red Army Pack.

• Intro and Exposition (0:00)
• Solo Gaming News (2:03)
  • Purple Haze (on Gamefound as of this recording)
  • Final Girl Season 2 (already funded on Kickstarter as of this recording)
  • Solar 175 (launching on Kickstarter on March 1, 2022, as of this recording)
• What Have You Played, Lately? (19:01)
• Game Review: Overview (37:51)
• Components (41:33)
• Rules (49:07)
• Gameplay (53:49)
• The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1:003:14)
• Stomp Discussion (1:03:11)
• Outro and Ending (1:03:59)

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The games mentioned (at least, all the ones Michael could catch!) are listed here:

 

Martin's Play List:

• It's a Wonderful World
• Cascadia
• Rise to Nobility

Michael's Play List:

• Coffee Roaster
• HeroQuest
• Mini Rogue
• Hunted: Mining Colony 415
• Absolute War! The Russian Front, 1941-45

Other Games Mentioned:

• Operations Olympic & Coronet
• Gato Leader
• Nights of Fire