Solo gamers, this one is calling your name. Towers of Sifnos, a new Garphill Games strategy game about defending a Greek island from pirate raids, is up for retail pre-order via Renegade Game Studios for a September 2026 release, and it ships with a full solo mode.
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Start organising for freeRevealed at Renegade's June reveal stream, Towers of Sifnos puts you in charge of the island's defences. You build a network of beacon towers, forts and dice-driven garrisons to protect three mining operations, for gold, silver and lead, while raising your influence. Score comes from defending those mines and growing your standing on the island.
The clever bit is the invasion system. Across a series of waves, the pirates will either swell in number or be met by allied reinforcements arriving just in time, so the threat level keeps shifting and you are never quite safe. The box packs 23 ships and 108 cards, plus player boards bristling with towers, beacons, forts and dice. Solo players get a dedicated mode with 18 different schemes to beat, a generous amount of replay for a single-player setup. According to BoardGameGeek it plays 1 to 4 and runs 60 to 90 minutes.
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Set up your group for freeThis is the work of Garphill Games, the studio behind the West Kingdom and South Tigris euro trilogies, and it forms one half of their new Ancient Anthology alongside the maritime trade game The Great Sea. Both were funded on Kickstarter earlier this year, with Renegade now handling the retail edition at $60 in the US.
If your group leans tactical, or you simply want a meaty game to play on your own, pencil this in for September.
Sources: Renegade Game Studios | BoardGameGeek | Renegade Con recap
