Solo Spotlight: Final Girl
Most “solo-friendly” board games are really multiplayer games with a bot module bolted on. You can tell because the solo rules live at the back of the rulebook, the art always shows four smiling friends, and the BGG poll for “Best with 1 player” gets a sympathy vote from twelve people who bought the deluxe edition. Final Girl is the opposite. It’s a solo-only game. Not “plays well with one.” Not “recommended for one.” Solo only. The box says so. The rulebook says so. There is no multiplayer mode to retrofit and no AI opponent to simulate a friend. It is a horror movie in a box, designed from the ground up for exactly one person sitting at the table sweating. ...
