The Sandwich Guy serves the ingredients he's dealt

Originally published on Board Game Geek. I’m a fan of Wil Su’s excellent For Northwood! that uses a custom deck of cards to build a solo trick-taking game. The cards are lovely, but I wondered if they were strictly necessary. As a fan of solo games and the designer of USS Lox, a solo game using a standard deck, I wondered if there were a way to play the game without printing or buying a copy. It turns out Wil designed The Emissary, which is a solo trick-taking game that “holds the core” of For Northwood! It’s collected in Isaludo a book of 10 solo games for a standard deck. I decided to play through the games in no particular order to review them. So far I’ve only played The Sandwich Guy, which is the second in book order and, according to the handy guide in the front of the book, ranks lowest in Complexity, Weight and Footprint. The Sandwich Guy starts with a hand of 8 ingredients, AKA cards. Each day he needs to create a new sandwich for his customers. To quote the rules: A sandwich…