So I've been thinking about a solo Spy thing again. In particular I was thinking of learning the James Bond RPG. It has a lot of old school reaction & encounter tables that I think would be great in Solo. While looking around online I found a series of blog posts where someone did that very thing back in 2010.
The 2nd & 3rd posts in the series in particular I think would be a great illustration for a n00b to Solo RPG'ing of how it's done. It features Mythic & UNE in action, & does a good job of illustrating of how a few die rolls & interpreting a few results on some random tables turns into a cool story, with a little imagination. I also like how minimal the die rolling is vs the amount of narrative they yield.
Shame the blogger didn't finish the adventure. Looks like they'd gone dark for a couple years, but just posted again last month, so who knows...?
https://rpgnouns.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/elisha-zheng-double-oh-one/
https://rpgnouns.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/with-royal-sanction-pre-credit-sequence/
https://rpgnouns.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/with-royal-sanction-part-1/
https://rpgnouns.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/with-royal-sanction-part-2/
https://rpgnouns.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/elisha-zheng-double-oh-one/
I'm surprised this game wasn't mentioned as it's playable solo: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/224720/Cold-Shadows?term=Cold+shadows&test_epoch=0
ReplyDeleteThis can be played solo. But it's played with cards. rpgnow.com - Spy Master
ReplyDeleteI picked up BlackSeven to see how those rules work out. Lots of good stuff in this thread to look in to.
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