So I ran a successful solo session of "generic monster-of-the-week hunter" with Mini Six. It went great & was a lot of fun, & I'll probably get back to it at some point.

So I ran a successful solo session of "generic monster-of-the-week hunter" with Mini Six. It went great & was a lot of fun, & I'll probably get back to it at some point.

HOWEVER, I'm having the itch right now to play some "Star Trek" (either FASA or Far Trek most likely). My only concern is the nature of a Trek themed game: the ensemble cast. In the past the longest running & most successful RPG campaign that I ever played in was FASA Trek, adapted to Next Gen. Just myself & one player, we divided up the crew in 1/2 & took turns GM'ing for each other, running our PC's as NPC's as needed.

BUT FOR SOLO, I find the idea of running a whole crew a bit daunting. The Classic model of one main character (Kirk), a supporting character or two (Spock, McCoy) & the rest as "minor" characters (NPC's) would probably be a better fit, but I dunno... :\

My original intention was to run ONE character & ALL the rest of the crew as NPC's, but I have mixed feelings.

Anyone done an "ensemble cast" type game/campaign solo? Manage a whole cast of characters? Run one PC w/ a whole cast of recurring NPC's?

Just curious as to others experiences. :)

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Finding really good use for Bananagram tiles. (Also the banana makes for a dead-sexy dice bag.)

Finding really good use for Bananagram tiles. (Also the banana makes for a dead-sexy dice bag.)

Originally shared by Ray Otus

Doing a little solo dungeon crawl in my hotel room.

I just got my copy of Mage 20th Anniversary edition. I'd backed it mostly because some friends I trust have told me it's an awesome setting. I'm largely unfamiliar with it or the White Wolf games in general.

I just got my copy of Mage 20th Anniversary edition. I'd backed it mostly because some friends I trust have told me it's an awesome setting. I'm largely unfamiliar with it or the White Wolf games in general.

I wonder if anybody's ever done anything with these solo? Is it different from the more action-oriented games like D&D, Traveller, etc? I am curious how well the system would work. Any first hand experiences?

Here's your chance to be immortalized... Submit a chieftain and be credited on the component card at publish time. NO ART WORK REQUIRED. Just a stat block.  Its for a solo/coop D&D game that Im working on.

I need something to build customizable cards. I saw a blog mention inDesign but that seems to be something you have to buy. id like to do nicely graphic cards with nice fonts. not just black and white stick figures. Ideas?

Quite a few entries in the 200 Word RPG Challenge could make for an interesting solo session.

Quite a few entries in the 200 Word RPG Challenge could make for an interesting solo session.

http://schirduans.com/david/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/The-Duel.pdf

http://schirduans.com/david/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Ring.pdf

http://schirduans.com/david/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Road-Running.pdf


I think  the first I am going to try is World Builder Dice Killer :) 
http://schirduans.com/david/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/World-Builder-Dice-Killer-1.pdf


http://schirduans.com/david/2015/04/200-word-rpg-challenge.html
http://schirduans.com/david/2015/04/200-word-rpg-challenge.html

Here's a blog post about solo role-playing. It will be nothing new for you seasoned folks but I hope I can inspire some of my not-solo-rpg-readers. Plus, mention of some bloggers from here so perhaps that'll grow your audience.