Some games get called “the best solo game ever made” as a compliment. Mage Knight gets called it as a statement of fact - and then immediately followed by a warning. This is a game that will eat your entire Saturday, make you feel like a genius, leave you staring at a table covered in tiles and tokens at 1am, and make you want to do it all again next weekend. ...
You own Mage Knight. You bought it because someone on Reddit called it the greatest solo board game ever made. You opened the box once, stared at the rulebook, maybe punched the tokens, lined up the miniatures on your desk, felt very good about yourself, and then slid the lid back on. That was months ago. Maybe years. The box is still there, slightly too large for its shelf, radiating guilt every time you walk past it. ...
