{"id":1192867,"date":"2026-02-17T12:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=597744"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:58:43","slug":"citizen-sleeper-is-also-a-solo-board-game-now-and-its-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/citizen-sleeper-is-also-a-solo-board-game-now-and-its-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Sleeper is also a solo board game now \u2014 and it\u2019s free"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/citizen-sleeper-is-also-a-solo-board-game-now-and-its-free.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/23053260\/citizen-sleeper-review-cyberpunk-sci-fi-rpg-tabletop\">Citizen Sleeper<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/review\/515847\/citizen-sleeper-2-starward-vector-review\">Citizen Sleeper 2<\/a><\/em> already have the feel of a tabletop role-playing game, or maybe just a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/opinion\/527712\/citizen-sleeper-2-novel-book-game\">really good book<\/a> with some choose-your-own-adventure elements. Now, series maker Jump Over the Age has made it official: Citizen Sleeper has a solo board game version, downloadable for free on <a href=\"https:\/\/jump-over-the-age.itch.io\/citizen-sleeper-spindlejack\">itch.io<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/citizen-sleeper-is-also-a-solo-board-game-now-and-its-free-1.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of the Citizen Sleeper board game pieces, which include a manual and ten six-sided dice\" title=\"A photograph of the Citizen Sleeper board game pieces, which include a manual and ten six-sided dice\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: Jump Over The Age\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Called <em>Citizen Sleeper: Spindlejack<\/em>, the game requires 10 six-sided dice to play, plus a pencil and eraser. The game\u2019s itch.io page includes two documents for players to download and print out; the first is a pamphlet with the game\u2019s rules, and the second document includes a map and a playsheet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The game doesn\u2019t appear to be quite as story-heavy as the video games, as it focuses more on the mechanics of being a Spindlejack \u2014 which is a futuristic delivery courier from the series\u2019 sci-fi world of space stations and intergalactic adventures. (<em>Citizen Sleeper 2<\/em> players will recall the character Kadet, the Spindlejack who serves as the inspiration for this game.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Here\u2019s the official description from Jump Over The Age:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">On the Far Spindle, in the Starward Belt, Spindlejacks are notorious. Slicing across the station with their custom airbikes, they courier messages, packages, and anything else too sensitive to be fed into the station&#8217;s crumbling and haunted networks. Sharing the cavernous transit tunnels with hulking cargo haulers, they are also widely assumed to have some kind of deathwish. But, as one of their number, you know it&#8217;s the rush, the competition, and the community that keeps you riding.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Again, this is a solo game, so you don\u2019t even need to deal with the typical adulthood nightmare of scheduling a board game night with your friends to enjoy it. You can just dive right in and \u201cnavigate randomly rolled intersections, run deliveries, upgrade your bike and become a legend on the station of the Far Spindle.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tabletop-games\/597744\/citizen-sleeper-spindlejack-solo-board-game\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizen Sleeper and Citizen Sleeper 2 already have the feel of a tabletop role-playing game, or maybe just a really good book with some choose-your-own-adventure elements. Now, series maker Jump Over the Age has made it official: Citizen Sleeper has a solo board game version, downloadable for free on itch.io. Called Citizen Sleeper: Spindlejack, the game requires 10 six-sided dice to play, plus a pencil and eraser. The game\u2019s itch.io page includes two documents for players to download and print out; the first is a pamphlet with the game\u2019s rules, and the second document includes a map and a playsheet. The game doesn\u2019t appear to be quite as story-heavy as the video games, as it focuses more on the mechanics of being a Spindlejack \u2014&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/citizen-sleeper-is-also-a-solo-board-game-now-and-its-free\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1192868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1192867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Citizen Sleeper is also a solo board game now \u2014 and it\u2019s free | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen Sleeper and Citizen Sleeper 2 already 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