Solo RPG has been there from the beginning (Evidence #2):
"The Solitaire Game: One player undertakes some journey or adventure alone. He or she handles the effects of the rules as the situation progresses. Solitaire is ideal for players who are isolated by situation or geography.
In addition, there are many aspects ideally suited to solitaire consideration. A single player can spend the time generating characters, designing starships, generating worlds and subsectors, planning situations, and mapping out ideas to use in
later group adventures"
(Traveller Book 1, 2nd ed. 1981)
Indeed, Tunnels and Trolls Buffalo Castle (solo adventure) came out in 1976.
ReplyDeleteTodd Zircher yes it did but buffalo castle was a gamebook played with an rpg (I played many T&T gamebooks). I think there is some confusion about solo-rpg, gamebook and solitaire adventure (gamebook+rpg). They are close but not the same IMHO.
ReplyDeleteFair enough, but given the long series of solo adventures for T&T, they were well aware of the solo potential even if they expressed that standalone books.
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