Normally, being a solo player means you are limited by the kind of card and board games you can enjoy - but not with 42 All-Time Classics. Each game (apart from a few Single-Player only games) features intelligent computer-controlled opponents with various difficulty levels to choose from.

When you first play 42 All-Time Classics, some of the games will be locked. In order to unlock them for play, you'll need to complete games under certain conditions.

There are three modes made especially for the solo player: Free Play, Stamp and Mission.

Free Play
An open house where you're free to play any unlocked games with the rules of your choice. You can choose the number of computer players and their difficulty level, and change various rules settings. By winning games a number of times you can unlock new designs for them.

Stamp
Play through all available games and collect stamps for winning. Once you earn three stamps in a game, you move on to the next game. Stamp mode is where you can unlock new games and new chat features (see Chat section for more details).

Mission
Play through 30 specific missions; each with certain objectives to complete, such as winning a set number of chips in Black Jack. For each mission that you clear, you unlock a new icon. You can choose an icon to represent yourself when playing multiplayer games.