I FINALLY convinced one of my friends to try a GMless game with me, powered by Mythic. We started around 8:30 with me explaining how Mythic worked, and called it for the night 2 hours later, our investigators (we decided on Call of Cthulhu) collapsed in our hotel room after a thrilling car chase and escape from the strange cult we had stumbled upon after looking into potential insurance fraud from a university professor.
For an absolutely ZERO prep game, it was glorious. I took me years of trying to convince my friends to try it out, now we're playing it again tomorrow. This may not technically be a "Solo" post, but the tools and skill I've learned in Solo playing have opened up an entirely new way to play. And, damn, is it fun.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
I FINALLY convinced one of my friends to try a GMless game with me, powered by Mythic. We started around 8:30 with me explaining how Mythic worked, and called it for the night 2 hours later, our investigators (we decided on Call of Cthulhu) collapsed in our hotel room after a thrilling car chase and escape from the strange cult we had stumbled upon after looking into potential insurance fraud from a university professor.
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Mythic rocks. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI would love a little bit more of a synopsis, at some point :-) it sounds like a wonderful experiment.
ReplyDeleteZachary Kline I’ll try and write an after-action report tomorrow!
ReplyDelete.sub - Be sure to comment here when you do. :) Just so we are sure to see it.
ReplyDeleteDid you use a different rules system and then use Mythic as the emulator or did you go all out Mythic? As James Shields mentioned, yes, please comment here when/if you do an AAR! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCoolness. I figure if you're using tools of solo gaming for your GM-less fun, I have no problems with you posting in this group. (And based on the support of others, it appears to be a shared sentiment.)
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ReplyDeleteThese are the kind of heart-warming tales solo rpg enthusiasts love :) I'm glad you were able to bring your people around, Todd, and convince them to try it. I look forward to reading your adventure too, you had me at "Call of Cthulhu".
ReplyDeleteTodd Rokely Sounds exactly the same as the way we play our weekly game (a heavily modified version of 7th Sea, 1st edition). We switched when I got Gaming burn out. Now we use the Mythic GM Emulator via a windows program and a random generator for other elements. If you'd like a copy of the tools we use let me know.
ReplyDeletefergus Crawford I'd be interested in seeing those tools if you wouldn't mind.
ReplyDeleteJeff Bernstein Sure, np. Lemme update Dropbox and post a link when I'm on my pc later.
ReplyDeleteif you want to recruit players for a GM-less rpg I suggest to "prepare/lure" them with Fiasco, if they like it then they are ready for a proper GM-less rpg :)
ReplyDeletefergus Crawford Are you actually using Mythic Rpg rules or just the GM Emulator?
ReplyDeleteTom Domanski Just the emulator.
ReplyDeleteThe dropbox for the tools is:
dropbox.com - QT_Test
It will not autorun, you do need to do a little bit of configuring - which should be noted in the User Manuals. Please let me know how you get on.
Also for updates to these tools more generally, I have a google+ community for them. It is invite only and very low traffic - but anyone who wants access just needs to ask.
ReplyDeleteRPG Tools by FC
fergus Crawford awesome. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCoolness. I also do the tools thing (in a more or less random fashion.) Please throw me an invite, I love to see how other folks handle the design challenges.
ReplyDeleteI started a new post for my AAR, but the link is here:
ReplyDeleteOh, and fergus Crawford, I'd love to check out your tools, but the link it telling me I need an invite. Is that right?
chimericalrealm.com - Experiment in GMless roleplaying
Ok invites should have been sent
ReplyDeleteCall of Cthulhu and your investigators escaped????? I think you might be playing it wrong. ;-)
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