an improvised adventure begins

an improvised adventure begins
https://lostpangolin.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/an-impromptu-adventure/

https://lostpangolin.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/an-impromptu-adventure/

Thinking about visual storytelling. Began looking at Cinematography. Setting up shots, the use of depth, lighting, color, and sound to create mood and pacing.

Thinking about visual storytelling. Began looking at Cinematography. Setting up shots, the use of depth, lighting, color, and sound to create mood and pacing.
In a solo crawl like Ruins of the Undercity, you'll want to determine marching order. But if you were directing a movie, you'd want to determine if you shoot the opening door from behind (with the party looking in) or from the room. If it's a big room, you could pull back to the far end and zoom in, show the reactions of characters as they see this wondrous room.
Maybe your characters are strolling through wilderness. Do a few stock image rolls in your head to indicate the scale of their journey. Like a helicopter shot over a forest canopy or an angled shot down a mountain.

I'm thinking to maximize the impact of design and presentation of the story. Encounters are scenes and scenes have to serve the narrative or be cut.

Another Scarlet Heroes urban adventure in which Yao Meihui attempts to deal with the Heat that she acquired in her previous adventure.

Another Scarlet Heroes urban adventure in which Yao Meihui attempts to deal with the Heat that she acquired in her previous adventure.


https://dansgamingblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/31/the-scroll-of-wen-tengfei

Today I stumbled upon a fantastic example of Solo RPG play in BGG from the "use of minis when soloing" perspective.

Today I stumbled upon a fantastic example of Solo RPG play in BGG from the "use of minis when soloing" perspective.
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/242878/item/6278609#item6278609

Originally shared by Lunar Gin

Originally shared by Lunar Gin

Here is a little solo adventure that focuses on 3 to 4 scenes. Scheduled to be played in 10/20 minutes. You lead a team of adventurers in search of an epic treasure. But each adventurer has his own motivation... Feel free to test it, it's very easy to read.

https://lbrpg.blogspot.com/2018/07/saalt1-everyone-wants-ring-micro-solo.html?m=0

Here is a neat little random story generator (uses game-icons.net). Apologies if it has already been posted here, I've not been very active lately.

Here is a neat little random story generator (uses game-icons.net). Apologies if it has already been posted here, I've not been very active lately.

Originally shared by Jens Hölderle

Another day, another script. I've seen you folks using the story cubes a lot and I like the idea. While I love rolling dice, I thought I might as well check if I can do a script. And lo and behold: I did.

http://www.lustigesrollenspiel.de/storyconstructor/story_roller.php

So here is my answer to the story cubes. The "story scripty thingy". While I only use 139 symbols at the moment, the script has the advantage of being able to use all of them, while when one symbol on a d6 story cube is shown, the other five can not. So there's that.

If you like the script and if I can get my lazy ass moved, I will add more icons (the script will then automatically add them).

What do you think? Is it good? Is it fun? What function are you missing?

Another cool video about turning a board game into a solo adventure.

Another cool video about turning a board game into a solo adventure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-wXevlrKOQ

These are some rough doodles of Dungeon tiles from Tables of Doom. Some of them are interesting. Most are pretty familiar.

These are some rough doodles of Dungeon tiles from Tables of Doom. Some of them are interesting. Most are pretty familiar.
The Facets are Trap, Random, SD (Secret Door) Enemy, Loot, and Clue. The secret door table has a variety of described rooms, probably with loot or a clue. Clues help you fight monsters or find good loot.
Some rooms are also labeled SR or Safe Rest. If you clear it of traps and monsters, you are Safe to Rest.
The scores are between 6 and 11, to be rolled on a d12.

These are the pieces. You can write your own fiction, traps, loot, clues, enemies, secret rooms, and random encounters.

Randoms are the coolest. Many of them are of two parts though you could easily extend their influence into multiple story arcs.
Like, you see a shadow dart out of the room. Have it reappear during your next combat, help then flee. Then introduce themselves next time a random is rolled.

The Undercity - Session 10. The next leg of the party's journey to the ruins called the Bridge of Light. A labyrinth lord + AEC solo campaign.

The Undercity - Session 10. The next leg of the party's journey to the ruins called the Bridge of Light. A labyrinth lord + AEC solo campaign.
https://adventurematerials.wordpress.com/2018/07/28/the-undercity-session-10/

I finally finished my German How-To guide as an introduction to solo role-playing. It is aimed at the German solo rpg community members to "spread the word".

I finally finished my German How-To guide as an introduction to solo role-playing. It is aimed at the German solo rpg community members to "spread the word".

I hope it is not against the rules to post a link to a non-englisch document. If so, please let me know and remove the post

I check out every solo dungeon crawl I find. I feel like I'm on a journey to find the perfect one or, having g studied the crafts and procedures, design my own.

I check out every solo dungeon crawl I find. I feel like I'm on a journey to find the perfect one or, having g studied the crafts and procedures, design my own.
I got Tables of Doom a couple days ago, a Fifth Edition solo crawl. Like Four Against Darkness and Ruins of the Undercity (and it's variants) you roll for the room, determine if it has traps, monsters, traps, and treasures. I like the way it does this.

There is a whole additional book of map tiles. You roll a d10 and get random results based on the direction of your exit. Ten results for north, ten results for east, ten west and south. And each room has it's own likelihood of having traps, monsters, and randomness.
I like the random effects. Many of them are of two parts.

So you smell a bad smell. The next time you roll a random, you discover the source of that smell. Or you hear a scream. The next time you see who is screaming.
It has clues which could make secret rooms easier to find or enemies easier to beat, like in FAD.

I haven't played it yet. I spent some time reading it today. I kept thinking about how I could improve it. 🤔

In the first quest, there's only one NPC and he will join your One Guy. Monsters are just attack sprites. I would fill dungeons with exotic randomized enemies (roll for skin color, roll for fur, feathers, flesh, scales, or exotic anatomy) with reaction rolls. Do they have an enemy? An objective? Are they afraid? Curious? Furious?

I don't want spiders goblins and skeletons. I want Cyborgs and energy beings. Insectoids and Octopoids. And traps to do more than damage. They could draw attention (shrieking fungus, laughing gas) or freak characters out (bad trip magic) or just do weird stuff (eyes shoot beams of light, sounds characters make become colored smoke)

Title

Barodan the Ranger - Session 1. A little solo role playing in Middle Earth using Labyrinth Lord and the AEC.

Barodan the Ranger - Session 1. A little solo role playing in Middle Earth using Labyrinth Lord and the AEC.
https://adventurematerials.wordpress.com/2018/07/27/barodan-the-ranger-session-1/

A bit of something I posted in Calypso Island:

A bit of something I posted in Calypso Island:

Originally shared by Ovy Ortega

Behold another page in THE DUNGEON BOOK!

While my son took a nap I sailed to Calypso Island and descended into the “Tomb of Faces” in the guise of my dungeoneer Murkstav.

The entire dungeon took about 30 minutes!

The next session of my Forgotten Realms solo game. I fear that I am in over my head but see for yourself. I hope Vincent does not die. It is always sad to have a char die after a few sessions. Need to make a quick tactical retreat...

The next session of my Forgotten Realms solo game. I fear that I am in over my head but see for yourself. I hope Vincent does not die. It is always sad to have a char die after a few sessions. Need to make a quick tactical retreat...

Here's part 2 to the essential list. Dice. Don't let an app take away from the realness of throwing some dice around.

Here's part 2 to the essential list. Dice. Don't let an app take away from the realness of throwing some dice around.

https://adrinkinhandgaming.blogspot.com/2018/07/gaming-essentials-dice.html
https://adrinkinhandgaming.blogspot.com/2018/07/gaming-essentials-dice.html

Click-bait title but it has a free emulator for 5e and a playthrough. #dnd5e #dnd

Click-bait title but it has a free emulator for 5e and a playthrough. #dnd5e #dnd
https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/91x6g9/playing_dd_solo_is_pretty_silly/


https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/91x6g9/playing_dd_solo_is_pretty_silly

The next installment of of my Other Dust campaign is now up. Ewa 's adventures take her through a ghoul-infested landscape, and then to the very Gates of Hell.

The next installment of of my Other Dust campaign is now up. Ewa 's adventures take her through a ghoul-infested landscape, and then to the very Gates of Hell.

So I'm trying to learn more about the website Roll20, how easy it it to play a solo game one there? Also how is it to learn and then teach someone that knows nothing about it or games that wants to get into it? I want to learn it to play games on it solo because I heard it makes games super simple from just paper and pen. My Brother wants to get into games and I want to teach him as well but he lives in another state. Then maybe we can both play the same game without a GM. Has anyone done this before?

Part 2 of Chapter 3 in my solo DCC RPG campaign is up! Thanks for reading!

Part 2 of Chapter 3 in my solo DCC RPG campaign is up! Thanks for reading!
https://aerzyk.weebly.com/home/solo-dcc-rpg-chapter-3-part-2
https://aerzyk.weebly.com/home/solo-dcc-rpg-chapter-3-part-2

I continued my FR/Undermountain game. Some nice encounters. I use red dice for the enemies and GM rolls and I roll damage with the attack roll. That nat 20 crit for max damage nearly killed me, but I made short work of the gnolls. When running large battles I only zoom in on the action of my PC and use my result as an indication for the overall battle. So in the gnoll encounter I was fighting two of seven gnolls and the other NPCs fought the other gnolls "of camera". I might promote an NPC to a companion and run them myself later (looking at you Vanessa...).

I continued my FR/Undermountain game. Some nice encounters. I use red dice for the enemies and GM rolls and I roll damage with the attack roll. That nat 20 crit for max damage nearly killed me, but I made short work of the gnolls. When running large battles I only zoom in on the action of my PC and use my result as an indication for the overall battle. So in the gnoll encounter I was fighting two of seven gnolls and the other NPCs fought the other gnolls "of camera". I might promote an NPC to a companion and run them myself later (looking at you Vanessa...).

Originally shared by John Feldman

Originally shared by John Feldman

Thane paused a moment from his work at the forge. Arden was approaching and Thane could see the young warrior was wearing his chain and greatsword strapped to his back. Thane knew every link of that armor, almost as much as his own. He had repaired the…
http://damnelfpress.wordpress.com/2018/07/23/day-37-beyond-the-river/

I continued my solo game I started during my vacation as a dungeon crawl game. I came to like the character and I want to explore the setting some more. So I didn't return to the halls of Undermountain just yet but took a job as caravan guard. After some cinematic town action we are underway and I am looking forward to the next sessions.

I continued my solo game I started during my vacation as a dungeon crawl game. I came to like the character and I want to explore the setting some more. So I didn't return to the halls of Undermountain just yet but took a job as caravan guard. After some cinematic town action we are underway and I am looking forward to the next sessions.

On a sidenote: I really like Microlite20 and I think it will become my go to solo system. I have tried a fair share of systems but something about d20 just clicks with me. And Microlite20 for me strikes the perfect balance between rules light and crunchy, it is easily adaptable and expandable, so I will stick with it for now.

Also, I just love my all-rolled-up gaming roll. I can roll a small gridded vinyl map up with it and with the generic tokens and a wet erase marker I am able to run tactical encounters if I want.

Yay! it’s been ‘published’ – The Gazetteer to Eilean Dubh: The Black Isle.

Yay! it’s been ‘published’ – The Gazetteer to Eilean Dubh: The Black Isle.

Why are you interested? I contributed a 6 mile hex on the Southeastern tip of the Island. The village of Eridholm and the surrounding area – the PDF for my hex is here Eridholm.…

Originally shared by Malcolm Iggleden

Yay! it’s been ‘published’ – The Gazetteer to Eilean Dubh: The Black Isle. Why are you interested? I contributed a 6 mile hex on the Southeastern tip of the Island. The village of Eridholm and the surrounding area – the PDF for my hex is here Eridholm.…
http://malciggrpg.wordpress.com/2018/07/23/the-island-of-eilean-a-sandbox-setting/

Session 9 of my Undercity Labyrinth Lord solo game. The party begins its hex crawl. A short-ish session this time.

Session 9 of my Undercity Labyrinth Lord solo game. The party begins its hex crawl. A short-ish session this time.
https://adventurematerials.wordpress.com/2018/07/22/the-undercity-session-9/

Heya, folks! If anyone is interested, I'm putting the finishing touches on what I hope to be the last content update to the ALONe beta, before I dive in and reorganize the whole thing (right now there are WAY too many appendices) prior to editing, copy-editing, and a layout effort!

Heya, folks! If anyone is interested, I'm putting the finishing touches on what I hope to be the last content update to the ALONe beta, before I dive in and reorganize the whole thing (right now there are WAY too many appendices) prior to editing, copy-editing, and a layout effort!

I've added sections on using prepublished adventures, managing worldbuilding and setting/campaign evolution with tables, generating NPC conversations/responses to common questions, and adventure creation frameworks. They all need to be stitched together better, but right now I'm hoping to get feedback on parts that are missing or content people would like to see in the finished version!

If you have any thoughts, feel free to comment here, comment on the google doc in the link, or email me at larcenousdesigns@gmail.com!

Suggestions for a modern-day, mystery/drama type system/setting that works well with solo play? Support for magic/supernatural type stuff would be a plus. I find it hard to put into words, but in movie terms think Winter's Bone (gritty, investigative drama) perhaps with elements of Constantine (angels/demons) or the Supernatural TV series (a little bit of everything mythology/magic/divine)?

Suggestions for a modern-day, mystery/drama type system/setting that works well with solo play? Support for magic/supernatural type stuff would be a plus. I find it hard to put into words, but in movie terms think Winter's Bone (gritty, investigative drama) perhaps with elements of Constantine (angels/demons) or the Supernatural TV series (a little bit of everything mythology/magic/divine)?

I've mostly stuck to OSR titles, but I've read a few universal systems like FATE/Fudge and played some Changeling/Storyteller games. Gumshoe system might work from initial research, but I'm not well versed in non-OSR titles.

I'm playing a loose hack of The Black Hack with a sci-fi skin, set in a universe that a friend and I developed during a game of Microscope. (I'll write up my oracle system in greater detail in another post, but it's essentially a system of questions with YES/NO and BUT/AND attached to it.)

I'm playing a loose hack of The Black Hack with a sci-fi skin, set in a universe that a friend and I developed during a game of Microscope. (I'll write up my oracle system in greater detail in another post, but it's essentially a system of questions with YES/NO and BUT/AND attached to it.)

This was the second session of a short SF dungeon bash, where Appollyon Wave was sent as a Creed enforcer to a warehouse where the overseers have willingly let the site be compromised by somebody unknowingly influenced by the symbiotic Breath (a symbiosis the Creed turned its back on thousands of years ago).

- Previously, Appollyon had failed to sneak in, but had taken out two sentries after she's failed to bluff her way past, though not before one of the sentries brought the (HD5!) autocannons online.

- This time, Appollyon managed to slowly creep her way into the guardhouse and took some time to turn off the autocannons, though she couldn't permanently disable them. She did have a bit of time to catch her breath and also found a vibro-shield she could use.

- She took a bit of time making sure she had a defensible spot, but a troupe of three sentries approached from a vulnerable direction. Appollyon was unable to land any shots from her pulse-SMG, but similarly the sentries couldn't land any shots on her, but when they managed to close in Appollyon fell under some particularly heavy blows from stiff truncheons.

- Appollyon woke up badly shackled in a simple cell, with none of her equipment and with a heavy ache across the whole of her body.


SESSION ENDS

The next installment of my Other Dust / Scarlet Heroes campaign is up. Ewa and her new friend meet the mysterious Coast Guardians, and are sent on a dangerous reconnaissance mission across the cliffs of Dover.

The next installment of my Other Dust / Scarlet Heroes campaign is up. Ewa and her new friend meet the mysterious Coast Guardians, and are sent on a dangerous reconnaissance mission across the cliffs of Dover.

Keep on the Shadowfell Solo - Session 12

Keep on the Shadowfell Solo - Session 12

I returned to my Shadowfell solo game and again I survived a very close call. Actually I enjoy it more running only two characters solo. Everything else is too much bookkeeping for my taste as you know I prefer to run only one char. So far I have not adjusted the encounters but I probably need to going forward.

TDE Guildless - Session 2. My guildless mage meets with the captain in charge of the soldiers in Eldham until a surprising event upends things.

TDE Guildless - Session 2. My guildless mage meets with the captain in charge of the soldiers in Eldham until a surprising event upends things.
https://adventurematerials.wordpress.com/2018/07/20/tde-guildless-session-2/

Originally shared by Lunar Gin

Originally shared by Lunar Gin

HexMap Macro for Excel
She's ready! Following the last exchanges with Todd Zircher, I realized the macro which allows to draw hexmap with excel.
Select your zone and launch the macro
It's still homemade...

"Greetings,brave Heroes! ~Dungeon Master"

"Greetings,brave Heroes! ~Dungeon Master"
Does anyone still care about band of characters from 1983's D&D cartoon?
#Ranger #Cavalier #Acrobat #Magician #Thief #Barbarian

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The Roster for The Roadwarden

The Roster for The Roadwarden

A Solo Session

Hey, Lone Wolves!

Hey, Lone Wolves!
DriveThruRPG is celebrating Christmas in July with lots of discounts.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/xmas_in_july.php

Having recently received my PDFs of the new Numenera rules, I've got the Ninth World on the brain. Have any of you done solo play using Numenera (or the Cypher System generally)? How did it go? Do you know of any play reports?

So I'm thinking about this hack of Amazing Tales, ICRPG, and Risus.

So I'm thinking about this hack of Amazing Tales, ICRPG, and Risus.
Characters can have a cliche or core concept which help fill out details, and three or four abilities assigned D6 d8 d10 and d12
The target to beat any given challenge can be assigned to the room (or scene) and a special score for a special challenge.

It looks like this:
Yorik, Knight of the Realm
Sword fighting d12
Hunting/tracking d10
Persuasion d8

Cyril, Cyberdecker
Data extraction d12
Underworld contacts d10
Cooking Italian food d8
Dirty fighting d6

You could decide someone is really bad or disadvantaged and take the lower of two or just use one fewer die.

I just received my two new dice sets.

I just received my two new dice sets.

Polyhedral 7-Die Gemini Dice Set Black & Red with Gold (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20 & d00) CHX-26433

Polyhedral 7-Die Gemini Chessex Dice Set - Black-Blue w/gold (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20 & d00) CHX-2643

I ran a test with both sugar & water and also sugar & salt on a bunch of my old dice. They were from different games throughout the years. A lot of them where not true. I threw them out.

I had two choices recommended to me if I wanted true dice: chessex or GameScience. GameScience was more expensive and I could only buy one set so I bought the above two sets for under $20 dollars. That way I could use a true white set as my base die for FU rolls and add the red & black for disadvantage and blue and black for advantage.

The new Chessex sets are noticably lighter. I also noticed they tend to roll around the same numbers. I'm afraid to do a true die test on both sets just to find out that the recommended dice are not true and thus wasted my money. They are pretty but I wanted true die.

What brand of dice do you buy for true dice?

NOTE True = BALANCED. Salt water balance tested for a perfectly randomized and true roll every time.

The Undercity - Session 8. The first session where the party begins adventuring aboveground between crawls.

The Undercity - Session 8. The first session where the party begins adventuring aboveground between crawls.
https://adventurematerials.wordpress.com/2018/07/18/the-undercity-session-8/

I'm happy to be able to post session 7 of my Labyrinth Lord/Ruins of the Undercity crawl campaign. This will probably be the party's last delve for a while--after earning a bit of gold this session they're looking to do a little adventuring above ground.

I'm happy to be able to post session 7 of my Labyrinth Lord/Ruins of the Undercity crawl campaign. This will probably be the party's last delve for a while--after earning a bit of gold this session they're looking to do a little adventuring above ground.
https://adventurematerials.wordpress.com/2018/07/16/the-undercity-session-7/

Working on an idea and I thought I'd share it with you guys. It's the rough draft of what I hope will become my solo play tiddlywiki. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Working on an idea and I thought I'd share it with you guys. It's the rough draft of what I hope will become my solo play tiddlywiki. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

If the tiddlywiki format is new to you, download the HTML file and open it in your browser.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yNL-EqbeyTwpT4DsmRKCZGOFSRg5SUVG/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yNL-EqbeyTwpT4DsmRKCZGOFSRg5SUVG/view?usp=sharing

Is anyone here familiar with Tiddlywiki? It's a personal wiki app with a lot of functionality and customization options stuffed into a very small package

Is anyone here familiar with Tiddlywiki? It's a personal wiki app with a lot of functionality and customization options stuffed into a very small package

I started using it for work notes, but as I've gotten more familiar with it I see a lot of potential for incorporating it into my solo gaming.

https://tiddlywiki.com
https://tiddlywiki.com

Yet another chapter begins in my solo Dungeon Crawl Classics campaign, in which I use Miso and Adventuresmith to drive the story. This post turned into more of a creative writing exercise, but it picked up and ended on a cliffhanger! Thanks for reading!

Yet another chapter begins in my solo Dungeon Crawl Classics campaign, in which I use Miso and Adventuresmith to drive the story. This post turned into more of a creative writing exercise, but it picked up and ended on a cliffhanger! Thanks for reading!
https://aerzyk.weebly.com/home/even-more-solo-dcc-rpg
https://aerzyk.weebly.com/home/even-more-solo-dcc-rpg

Been trying out Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG...

Been trying out Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG...
http://ubiquitousrat.net/?p=4653

Hi yar

Hi yar
I’m new so any tips?

Just a quick question about armor in ICRPG: is it like in the Black Hack, as just another set of hit points? I'm asking because a d6 damage isn't going to do much against a static 10 points of armor.

Just a quick question about armor in ICRPG: is it like in the Black Hack, as just another set of hit points? I'm asking because a d6 damage isn't going to do much against a static 10 points of armor.

If it's like the Black Hack, does it make much sense to put stat points into the armor?

Progress on my Beloved game. Horgus is king of a tribe of beastment called the Lamooga. They want to be equal to human tribes and captured my beloved Mehgena to integrate her into the tribe. Through the use of an enchanted Amulet of Submission (requires ritual)

Progress on my Beloved game. Horgus is king of a tribe of beastment called the Lamooga. They want to be equal to human tribes and captured my beloved Mehgena to integrate her into the tribe. Through the use of an enchanted Amulet of Submission (requires ritual)

Horgus knows this is an evil act but he thinks it's the right thing for his people.
Mehgena is in a cage after trying to escape.
She is from the great city of Druz, whose buildings stretch across the desert to the horizon.
Massive floating crystals represent communication and power.

There are a race of lizard men I haven't fleshed out and a city called Olib which is the last human territory before entering.the sprawling Bambuki Jungle.

Wasn't sure what category to put this in but I wanted to share here for the potential for solo play. The first edition/set and rules are free to download on the website. I haven't played but looked through the rules and cards and while some of the races and things are a little silly I could see this as a fun way to play a random solo game when perhaps one gets bored or bogged down from more serious/long term games. I plan on giving it a shot for sure.

Wasn't sure what category to put this in but I wanted to share here for the potential for solo play. The first edition/set and rules are free to download on the website. I haven't played but looked through the rules and cards and while some of the races and things are a little silly I could see this as a fun way to play a random solo game when perhaps one gets bored or bogged down from more serious/long term games. I plan on giving it a shot for sure.

Originally shared by Matt Knicl

Hello! My name is Matt Knicl. I used to work at Wizards as a writer for Magic: the Gathering and even contributed to some of the Underdark stuff for 5E. I made a card-based RPG called Tales of Arcana in 2015 and funded it through Kickstarter. The elevator pitch is that this is meant for casual, intro, one-shot play where players made their characters randomly from cards. You play through a session just like you would with D&D or Pathfinder, but all you need are the cards. The comprehensive rules can be found at www.talesofarcana.com. The first game had 43 fully illustrated races and the second game (the one currently on Kickstarter) currently has 30. The illustrations are done by artists that have worked on other RPGs like D&D and Pathfinder. A lot of D20 veterans have been hesitant about this game but once they play they've found the fun with the randomness and the cleanness of the rules. Thank you for your time!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1383113518/tales-of-arcana-roleplaying-card-game-the-second-s

The next installment of my Other Dust campaign is up. Ewa finally makes it to the coast. Or does she...?

The next installment of my Other Dust campaign is up. Ewa finally makes it to the coast. Or does she...?

Playing Beloved. The first things to do are draw a Beloved, the fortress where she is being held, and the monster who keeps her there.

Playing Beloved. The first things to do are draw a Beloved, the fortress where she is being held, and the monster who keeps her there.
I have Mehgena (meg-EN-na) who's smile refreshes and reassures people. She would do anything for those she loves. The world is more beautiful because she exists.

The beast called Horgus is the largest of a tribe of beastmen. He claimed her and had her brought.to him. She has resisted.him but he insists they will be married on the night of.the full moon.

His bamboo fortress has one door in front and four guards in turrets and three .or at the entrance.
Horgus can regenerate minor wounds in seconds.

Kail is my hero character. He has a few assets. A reasonably sharp sword, a good strong horse named Darling, and a wizard acquaintance who owes him a favor (if he can be trusted)

The next phase of this game is to carry it around in my pocket and think about it for a while. Will update after the next phase.

Originally shared by Lunar Gin

Originally shared by Lunar Gin

Bugs fixed. While waiting for the Excel file, I come to put on line 5 different versions of my mini notebooks a6 in pdf format. Feel free to test them and let me know what you think.
Private message for Todd: there will be no hexmap, not with Excel

Reposting from Goblin Emporium, rpg's and gamebooks for sale along with some appendix N novels

Originally shared by John Feldman

Originally shared by John Feldman

  This is a continuation of my solo game called Perils on the Borderlands. My goal is to run the Keep on the Borderlands module using the Pits & Perils rules. Playing solo has been a welcome addition to complement my other gaming pursuits. Many of you can…
http://damnelfpress.wordpress.com/2018/07/12/day-37-continued-martin-in-the-woods/

Guildless - Session 1. Adeptus Wilhelm must head into town to solve a (randomly generated) mystery in the first part of my new The Dark Eye campaign.

Guildless - Session 1. Adeptus Wilhelm must head into town to solve a (randomly generated) mystery in the first part of my new The Dark Eye campaign.
https://adventurematerials.wordpress.com/2018/07/12/guildless-session-1/

Hey all, I've been looking recently for something to help me during solo play, but I've been coming up blank.

Hey all, I've been looking recently for something to help me during solo play, but I've been coming up blank.
I'm currently playing a demigod scale game using a year/month timeframe format. The idea goes something like this:

Year X
Goals for Year: x, y, z.

Month 1
Action: Pursue goal x. Explain methods.
Complications?: Determine some logical complication. Resolve using plot or game mechanics.
Results/Consequences : Stuff that happened as result.


.....and so forth for consecutive months and years. My question is whether anyone has read, played, created or knows of a... framework(?) for game play of a different time span than day-to-day.

Solo game on the Deal of the Day

Solo game on the Deal of the Day

Originally shared by Richard Rogers (orklord)


Ooh! How to Host a Dungeon is the Deal of the Day today! $2 for a very fun solo experience to create a dungeon with a history and some fun stories. I don't even like dungeon crawling and this game was interesting.


http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/63696/How-to-Host-a-Dungeon
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/63696/How-to-Host-a-Dungeon

I know a lot of you are into portable solutions. I know I could find a use for these!

I know a lot of you are into portable solutions. I know I could find a use for these!

Originally shared by Jon Salway

Dungeon Cut-Ups by Inked Adventures

Here's something fun for your holidays. If you're like me and like to travel light, these mini dungeon layout cards might be just what you need. They are playing card sized tiles with 1x1cm squares and include doors, pits, chairs, tables, statues, chests and all of the other dungeon decor you know and love, ready to be cut out for use on the table.
It's a simple idea and done well. I'm wondering if I can stick some of them onto those nice magnetic sheets that wargamers use.
Inked Adventures is a small British producer and I really appreciated the personal service I got from Will Meddis, the owner.
Just point your browser in the direction of Inkedadventures.

Part 2 of my Ice Age (-ish) Fate Core/FAE adventure

Part 2 of my Ice Age (-ish) Fate Core/FAE adventure
http://firstfox2.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-ice-age-session-2.html

It's a little shorter than the first one and didn't go how I thought it would, but I learned a lot.

My BELOVED actual play

My BELOVED actual play

BELOVED is a very light rules solo RPG by Ben Lehman. The system doesn't use any kind of random factor; all is decided analysing possibilities, and all solutions come to life when we find a way to defeat an (almost) undefeatable monster. We must create a Monster in a way that seems the most powerful and invencible one.
In Beloved you are the HERO , from whom a powerful MONSTER has taken his BELOVED ONE.
I am playing the Hero ALVIGAN III, a noble warrior from the Kingdom of Autumnlore. The princess, his BELOVED JHAVI, beautiful as the stars, was taken by the evil dragon , The MONSTER OF THE WINTER. Now She is imprisioned in the Cold Winter Castle.
The MONSTER has the power to control the Winter forces and Water. It can be as big as the Castle itself, ou small as a snowflake.
I am trying hard to beat the Monster...but I can't find its weakness...Does anyone here has a good idea on how can I fight against this Monster?

Originally shared by Charles Swann

Originally shared by Charles Swann

The Dark Eye: Guildless - Session 0. Character creation for a guildless mage using fifth edition The Dark Eye rules for a coming solo campaign.

Inspired by Alea Iactanda Est’s outstanding (but too short) solo adventure using the fifth edition Das Schwarze Auge rules, I picked up the English translation of The Dark Eye and decided to use it for my next solo game. To get started, I grabbed…
http://adventurematerials.wordpress.com/2018/07/10/the-dark-eye-guildless-session-0/

Busy week last week and going to be another busy one this week. Frustrating that I can't get at least one episode out, but I am whittling at it lol.

Busy week last week and going to be another busy one this week. Frustrating that I can't get at least one episode out, but I am whittling at it lol.

Swinging by to drop off a battle scene. This was written on April 21, 2018, but I never uploaded it. It was simply another one of those quickies to settle angst from the failures of past group plays (e.g. "War Vet vs Rage Zombie" lol).

This one ended rather quickly than originally anticipated. I was in a party of seven: a giant, a dragon, a wood elf, a dogperson (dogfolk?), a dark elf, and myself, a human. This particular scene was a against a roc. Now, looking at the first two parties members in this line-up you would think that we'd have this in the bag, right? We were playing this in GURPS, and my GM didn't want to pull any punches on our first combat encounter. So... we never actually got to fight it. The dwarven mercenaries with gun took care of /everything/. The GM didn't want us to die, because I think to them death equals not fun? (If my character cannot run the risk of dying during an encounter. Then I didn't have fun lol.) So, here I am re-playing that fight in Savage Worlds. Enjoy~! :D

I've decided to create a blog in which to share some of the ideas this group has inspired me. So far, I've got three entries, one of them being a revised version of the Fate/Fudge dice Oracle system. I hope you enjoy it!

I've decided to create a blog in which to share some of the ideas this group has inspired me. So far, I've got three entries, one of them being a revised version of the Fate/Fudge dice Oracle system. I hope you enjoy it!
https://eryssel.blogspot.com/2018/07/fatefudge-dice-oracle-system.html

Originally shared by Lunar Gin

Originally shared by Lunar Gin

My personal A6 notebook to play at lunchtime. Still need to improve it...

I've been thinking a lot about social combat and how to add it to systems that don't have it. It's particularly useful when doing solo RPGing as an alternative to asking yes/no questions, even when the answer is slightly modified such as a 'yes, and' or whatever.

I've been thinking a lot about social combat and how to add it to systems that don't have it. It's particularly useful when doing solo RPGing as an alternative to asking yes/no questions, even when the answer is slightly modified such as a 'yes, and' or whatever.

An unlikely source (SPI's Dallas RPG from back in the day) has a cool social combat system that can be easily imported to other systems. I talk about it in this vlog entry on social combat.


https://youtu.be/wpFU5qwLufI

Since people seem to be posting their travel kits, here's my on-the-go dice solution: a set of mini chessex dice + a spare clear plastic poker deck case. For quick rolling, just give the case a shake and read from the appropriate die!

Since people seem to be posting their travel kits, here's my on-the-go dice solution: a set of mini chessex dice + a spare clear plastic poker deck case. For quick rolling, just give the case a shake and read from the appropriate die!

Originally shared by John Feldman

Originally shared by John Feldman

  The day is cloudy and the winds are brisk. The air is cool but not cold, it being mid-fall. Arden is glad that he will not be sweltering in his chainmail. Egg pulls at his armor and scratches, “Perhaps, I’d cook better in a leather jerkin…” Arden…
http://damnelfpress.wordpress.com/2018/07/08/day-37-arden-and-egg-travel-to-coots-mill-and-fisticuffs-ensue/

Sometimes things sit in my notes forever before get round to posting them. But inspiration finally strikes, and I get them in a fit state to post.

Sometimes things sit in my notes forever before get round to posting them. But inspiration finally strikes, and I get them in a fit state to post.

Here, then, is the continuation of my Other Dust / Scarlet Heroes hexcrawl.

I wanted to share with you my solo gaming kit. I've been collecting all components little by little. It's a zip binder in which I keep my Scarlet Heroes book [1], tons of paper sheets of all varieties (lined, gridded and hexagonal [2]), a pencil, and a mini stack of adhesive paper bookmarks. I also include a foldable dice rolling tray, a small bag of dice, GM's Apprentice decks [3], and a set of pigma pens (I'm learning how to draw maps thanks to Dyson Logos online tutorial [4]).

I wanted to share with you my solo gaming kit. I've been collecting all components little by little. It's a zip binder in which I keep my Scarlet Heroes book [1], tons of paper sheets of all varieties (lined, gridded and hexagonal [2]), a pencil, and a mini stack of adhesive paper bookmarks. I also include a foldable dice rolling tray, a small bag of dice, GM's Apprentice decks [3], and a set of pigma pens (I'm learning how to draw maps thanks to Dyson Logos online tutorial [4]).

If I'm feeling greedy, I include my dice bag of devouring because there's nothing more satisfying than holding handfuls of dice for no other good reason than just doing it... and if my cat is feeling nosy, he includes himself too!

[1] This is my current favorite. Once Ironsworn becomes available as a POD, I know I'll include it too!
[2] The hexagonal gridded paper is actually graph paper used for organic and bio chemistry. If you search it like that in Amazon, you'll find lots of options to choose from.
[3] I'm currently using the generic and fantasy decks.
[4] https://rpgcharacters.wordpress.com/maps/tutorials-help/