Originally shared by Zach Best

Originally shared by Zach Best

A little early, but with the Halloween weekend I wanted to make sure that the first week of 3 Ingredient Solo Play! for #SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 was available ASAP.

The first three ingredients are:
 (1) an airliner,
(2) a bindle (hobo travel sack on a stick), and
(3) a rat. 

The bonus world event is:
22 Shipwrecks Found in the Same Location 
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/22-shipwrecks-found-in-single-greek-location-in-greece-151028.htm

In your play report please note that you are using the Week 1 ingredients, and I will try and maintain this post with links to those play reports.

#SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 GroupIs looking for a new owner

#SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 GroupIs looking for a new owner

Due to life circumstances, I have not been able to do a good job hyping  #SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015. Sadly, I might not even be able to participate, so I don't feel like I should be the owner of that group. I'm looking for an enthusiastic person to step up and take ownership of the group, the organizing and the hype job.

If that seems too daunting for one person, Chris Stieha has suggested that each sub event have an owner in the group. In that case, I would make each person a moderator of that group (though I'd still like someone else to own the group).

Any takers?

With #SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 approaching, I want throw out an idea and see what people think.

With #SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 approaching, I want throw out an idea and see what people think.

I can make one page encounter maps, like the one in the photo.  The map contains the locations of encounters and three icons for each encounter to help you describe it.  I'm thinking of making one for SGAM2015 and would like many people to use it, interpret it however they would like to interpret it, use whatever system they would like to use, and then post an actual play.  I'm interested in how the same inspiration would lead to different results.  The plan would be to send physical copies to people who are interested, because getting mail is fun.  I could be convinced to send a pdf, but that isn't as fun.

Thoughts?  Interested?

In the photo, icons are from game-icons.net (Delapouite and Lorc) and the map is from Dyson Logos .  I wrote the algorithm.  This should look familiar to Noah Stevens .

#SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 #SGAM2015

#SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015   #SGAM2015  

This is what I've got for the description of the group. If anyone wants to tinker with it, offer some suggestions, or write it differently, please be my guest as I've been abusing the exclamation point!(!!!)

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Welcome to the Solo Appreciation Gaming Month 2015 site on G+! This is a group effort to revive the efforts of +John Fiore to get people to show solo gaming a little love. The Lone Wolf Roleplaying community has voted to have the following activities this year:

-Freeformpalooza: Post your SGAM2015 RPG and wargaming actual plays! Do them your way!  

-1 Page DYI Tools Challenge: Got a great idea for a solo tool? Share it here, and get feedback!  

-3 Ingredient Solo Play:  For each week of SGAM2015, three Story Cubes will be chosen randomly for you to use in your solo games. They could be main themes, plots, NPCs, locations or anything you can think of. As a bonus, a major real life event will be chosen at the start of the month for you to include in your games.

With the poll closed, we're now a step closer to making #SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 will happen!

With the poll closed, we're now a step closer to making  #SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 will happen!

The results suggest that the weakest response was received by the Solo RPG Design Challenge Revival, but there wasn't really that much difference between the various choices.

Here are two ways I can see things going:

- Include each separate event (leaving aside combinations)

or

-focus exclusively on the top three choices of the poll this year, then focusing on the next top three choices of this poll next year, and so on. 

I am completely sold on having different themes each week, though, for people to use if they want. I also think Freeformpalooza should be a permanent event, since people will always do their own thing if they want to.

What do you think? Should I set another poll with these two choices?

Below are the results of the original poll:

Total votes: 146   Voters: 38

Freeformpalooza (Anything goes acutal plays for RPGs and Wargames) 14%

One Page DIY Solo Tools Challenge (as its own event) 12%

3 Ingredient Solo Play (using Story Cubes + major real life global event) 12%

Shared Setting Extravaganza (create shared setting using Microscope or free equivalent) 10%

One Page Solo RPG Design Challenge Revival + DIY Solo Tools for RPG or Wargames included) 10%

One Page DIY Solo Tools Challenge + Solo Santicore (DIY Solo Tools creation based on Santicore requests) 11%

Solo Santicore (Requests for Solo tools as its own event) 9%

Solo RPG Round Robin (One player plays X scenes of an RPG solo, then passes it to another solo player) 8%

Arrange all or some of these options into weekly events that build on each other (we would need to brainstorm the what’s and how’s) 8%

Solo RPG Design Challenge Revival (as it’s own event) 6%


Previous discussion posts here:

https://plus.google.com/108749159622507269204/posts/ZvZ9UinnESK
https://plus.google.com/108395059461267285712/posts/JXHYrUWxkpx
https://plus.google.com/108395059461267285712/posts/XnaLsdw4unK

Hi!

Hi!

Just a friendly reminder that the poll for #SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 will be closing tomorrow at 5pm EST. If you haven't gotten your vote in yet, make sure to get it in now!

Previous discussion posts here:

https://plus.google.com/108749159622507269204/posts/ZvZ9UinnESK
https://plus.google.com/108395059461267285712/posts/JXHYrUWxkpx
https://plus.google.com/108395059461267285712/posts/XnaLsdw4unK
http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=55d49596e4b0c3d16faa63ec

Quick poll

Hi Folks!

Just reposting the link for the  #SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 poll. Make sure to get your vote in and also provide feedback if you're so inclined. The poll will be considered closed by the end of 8/28/2015 EST time.

Finally, if you'd like to volunteer to spearhead some of the ideas in the poll, let me know. I'm guessing that much of the effort will be hyping the events, and helping to lead them when the time comes!

Thanks!



Previous discussion posts here:

https://plus.google.com/108749159622507269204/posts/ZvZ9UinnESK
https://plus.google.com/108395059461267285712/posts/JXHYrUWxkpx
http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=55d49596e4b0c3d16faa63ec

A placeholder community for the #SoloGamingAppreciationMonth2015 event.