2023Francisco Gradaille
- Videos
- 41
- Creators
- 16
1 - 2 players60 - 900 minHeavy weight

2025Francisco Gradaille
Mostly unboxings and reviews. Onoda is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, and 6 unboxings.
From BoardGameGeek
Recreate the experiences of soldier Hiroo Onoda during his stay on Lubang Island - thirty years of adventures, danger, comical situations and tragic moments, life and death and, above all, a demonstration of the resilience of human beings in adverse conditions - in the solitaire game Onoda. During six rounds of variable duration, you have to obtain a number of resources that will allow you to finish the turn without suffering penalties. In each round, you will also undertake a mission, earning honor points for it. During your adventures, you will experience some of the events that the real-life Onoda had during his stay in Lubang. If you manage to overcome the six rounds without going insane due to paranoia or dying due to ill health, it will be time to see whether you will be recognized a hero or fade into oblivion. Onoda will get different results depending on the amount of honor you have accumulated solving missions, keeping your comrades alive, and keeping your squad in good shape. -description from the publisher
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Onoda has 15 videos from 14 creators: 4 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs and 6 unboxings. They date from 2024 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play ONODA | Solo Board Game | Designed Francisco Gradaille | Publishers Salt & Pepper Games" by Fun With Boxes, which runs 22 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Onoda Gameplay & Review | Solo World War 2 Survival Wargame | Board Game | Salt & Pepper Games" by Zilla Blitz. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Playthrough | Onoda | Salt & Pepper Games | The Players' Aid" by The Players Aid, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Plantagenet: Cousins' War for England, 1459 - 1485, Habemus Papam and Cuius Regio: The Thirty Years War, also by Francisco Gradaille, or Kingdom Legacy: Feudal Kingdom, which shares several of its mechanics.
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2023Francisco Gradaille
1 - 2 players60 - 900 minHeavy weight
2025Francisco Gradaille
3 - 6 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
2026Francisco Gradaille
2 players60 - 360 minHeavy weight
2024Jonathan Fryxelius
1 players360 - 480 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Recreate the experiences of soldier Hiroo Onoda during his stay on Lubang Island - thirty years of adventures, danger, comical situations and tragic moments, life and death and, above all, a demonstration of the resilience of human beings in adverse conditions - in the solitaire game Onoda. During six rounds of variable duration, you have to obtain a number of resources that will allow you to finish the turn without suffering penalties. In each round, you will also undertake a mission, earning honor points for it. During your adventures, you will experience some of the events that the real-life Onoda had during his stay in Lubang. If you manage to overcome the six rounds without going insane due to paranoia or dying due to ill health, it will be time to see whether you will be recognized a hero or fade into oblivion. Onoda will get different results depending on the amount of honor you have accumulated solving missions, keeping your comrades alive, and keeping your squad in good shape. -description from the publisher
Designer
Francisco Gradaille
Artist
Javi de Castro
Publisher
Salt & Pepper Games
Mechanics