Saturday, April 4, 2015

Hi, all :)

Hi, all :)

I just wanted to drop a line and say that I'm happy to finally be here. Google Plus honestly isn't my thing, mostly because it isn't very accessible, but I guess one goes where one must.

I haven't done much successful solo RP yet—I always seem to have trouble getting started. But I've a soft spot for Lovecraftian horror, among other genres, so hopefully something can come of that soon. Thanks for keeping up such a friendly community.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Hi, all

Hi, all,
Just wanted to say I'm happy to have stumbled across this group. Thanks for starting it, Sophia Brandt !  Since gaming is such a social event, I went for years never finding anyone else who also solo games, and suddenly here you all are, under one roof. Too cool. Looking forward to discussions here!

Friday, March 27, 2015

Planning on starting my first actual play session of Spies Like Them tomorrow.

Planning on starting my first actual play session of Spies Like Them tomorrow.

Still planning on going with Primetime Adventures for the main story-driver/ task resolution system, backed by Mythic and a bevy of backup inspiration/scrying tools should I need/desire them.

Seen here: Mythic tables, Amazing Story Generator, The Storymatic, Rory's Story Cubes original and Actions cubes, Paizo GameMastery Plot Twist Cards, (not for the D20/rules stuff, though that's cool too) Everway fortune deck (will always love this, may need to laminate or sleeve one day soon...) Deck of Fate for aspects and possibly for rolls, though I won't explicitly be using any Fate system (surely I'll borrow ideas like fractal aspects to full blown characters and one hit/low description mooks though...) RPG Inspiration Cards for similar reasons to the other gaming card tools... And the tower with a standard selection of poly dice just for kicks.

And a moleskine for quickly taking notes on rapid fire situations, dialogue outlines and gameplay.

Ironically not seen here: a standard deck of playing cards, as I'll be going all digital with those. Using a free iOS app called Card Flip. Seems to work pretty well, no ads.

Still need to print out some of the tables/cheat sheets from PTA!

At this point I'm leaning toward using a wiki for the eventual conversion into straight fiction while linking chapters of fiction to mechanical/sketchy fiction notes. Thanks to the folks who tipped me in that direction, it really does make more sense than simply blogging. I may still blog my session notes, but the resultant fiction will be much more rich (not to mention navigable!) in wiki format. If it actually ends up being worth the effort it would also likely be easier to convert to epub or kindle format, or likewise for any similar future project that derives process from this experiment.


Monday, March 23, 2015

Check this out, you may find it helpful.

Check this out, you may find it helpful.
Description from Mythic group:
I would like to share with you the Google Documents add-on that I created. It is called "Solo Roleplay Tools".
It is based on some of the tools found in the files section of the group but instead it adds the answers directly into the document. You can use it either for writing out your solo roleplay, writing help or for use during your brainstorming or session prep.

It is made by James Regan
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/solo-roleplay-tools/ihkaageibnflklkfegijfcjmkebmgbnl?utm_source=permalink

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Okay, here's the link to what I'm now just calling the Wanderer System. I got creatively sidetracked and am now applying the system to a setting that's reminiscent of Dragonball Z. This document isn't complete, but it has everything you need to run combats and explore a lot of the game.

Okay, here's the link to what I'm now just calling the Wanderer System. I got creatively sidetracked and am now applying the system to a setting that's reminiscent of Dragonball Z. This document isn't complete, but it has everything you need to run combats and explore a lot of the game.

I hope you like it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6TDnVU8jLDIRnB4VFg4S1JLdW8/view?usp=sharing

Definitely gonna use Mythic/Rory's/various other divination-inspiration/RPG tools in the near future. If I wanna post stories generated with these tools (as narrative rather than play by play with mechanics on display)...

Definitely gonna use Mythic/Rory's/various other divination-inspiration/RPG tools in the near future. If I wanna post stories generated with these tools (as narrative rather than play by play with mechanics on display)...

Is there a good place to post these things semi regular in G+? I imagine I'll just post several comments in a single thread as I expand a story. Can you lock down comments from others but still comment yourself on your own post?

I would just blog it but I really feel leveraging the community here (any community, not necessarily Lone Wolf) or someplace similar would be very informative to me as a writer, as well as just getting it in front if more people.

Thanks for any advice. It is appreciated.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

I am working on a dungeon generator based on the random tables in OSRIC and the DMG. You decide what type of area you need and it creates it. Bust out your graph paper, because you will need it.

I am working on a dungeon generator based on the random tables in OSRIC and the DMG.  You decide what type of area you need and it creates it.  Bust out your graph paper, because you will need it.
https://bmarkslash7.shinyapps.io/solo-dungeon-shinyapp/

It's a work in progress with error codes, bugs, and notes left in.  It logs out pretty quickly to preserve server time.  Just hit refresh on your browser.

Ovy Ortega 's post inspired this.

Edit on 11 March 2015: I changed the name and the link.
https://bmarkslash7.shinyapps.io/dungeon-osric-shinyapp