Coming back around to some freeform (as well as trying to move forward soon with the Whitehack character I pieced together recently) and I'm kicking it off with Storymatic, which I haven't touched in at least 6 months.
Hoping something inspirational falls out of the magic hat and sticks as something fun, believable enough, and inspirational/energetic enough to encourage me to suss out additional details via more Storymatic, Backstory Cards, Game Mastery cards (I have both Plot Twists and Flashbacks now) GM's Apprentice, Mythic and other oracles.
I need a setting that's familiar, essentially modern but involves the fantastic, on either grand or small scale, I'm not sure what'll be more fun. I'm thinking WoD, the Mad City, the Sandman's Dreaming during Dream's absence/captivity, Nobilis, something weird for sure.
Maybe something inspired by Clive Barker, particularly Weaveworld or Imajica. A multiverse like Everway, MTG, Myst, Planescape - hell, Narnia would be awesome.
I dunno. What existing settings have you used/tweaked/customized, in solo games or for other players, that turned out really well? How much customizing did you do?
Really the point in using an existing setting for me here is saving time, comfortable familiarity, and ease of shake and bake random one-off encounters/characters/locations that may or may not tie into the established canon.
Thanks for your time.
I used the setting of Testament, though mostly in Babylon lore. It turned into a pretty enjoyable game and I didn't do a lot of customizing.
ReplyDeleteHave you looked at something like Heroine? It seems like it would be a good starting point for a solo game that begins in the normal world and takes a left turn at Weird
ReplyDeleteTodd Zircher never heard of it!
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