Hi, I am new to solo RPGs but I find them fascinating. I have a question: There have been a lot of references to Solo Nexus, a blog that apparently has a lot of great articles about solo Roleplaying. Everytime I tried to enter it said it is restricted and I am not allowed. Is there a way to access it or maybe an archive of old articles? Thank you very much!

A quick entry I typed up this afternoon. Mostly, I suggest using real life as a trigger/generator for progressing through in-game goals, which could even be run in real-time. Shout out to a few familiar folks in the crowd. ;)

My (early) draft for a Solo Story System which uses the Otherkind dice mechanic. (I don't know how I'll name the system, it's just a placeholder right now.)

My (early) draft for a Solo Story System which uses the Otherkind dice mechanic. (I don't know how I'll name the system, it's just a placeholder right now.)

I worked on it several months ago but somehow lost momentum. I somehow want to incorporate a cool solo mechanic into it that makes uses of randomizers (image generators, i.e. Rory's Story Cubes) obsolete. But I have no idea how.

We know that we can play almost every RPG solo but I want a system which already does incorporate a solo mechanic. So far, my system is a re-hash of Otherkind Dice and the system by Tiny Solitary Soldiers.

Anyway, although I'm NOT happy with it, I just thought I'd share in the hopes of a) getting feedback and b) inspiring other folks.

While on vacation this last week I visited a FLGS in Duluth, Mn. Among my other finds, I finally picked up two I've been wanting for a while, a copy of The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse and Fiasco. While friends and family have shown an interest in playing Fiasco, I couldn't wait. So I made up quick solo play booklet and some simple solo play rules.

While on vacation this last week I visited a FLGS in Duluth, Mn. Among my other finds, I finally picked up two I've been wanting for a while, a copy of The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse and  Fiasco. While friends and family have shown an interest in playing Fiasco, I couldn't wait.  So I made up quick solo play booklet and some simple solo play rules.

First, I put all the required dice into a bag. During set up I pull them out and roll them for the relationships, needs, objects and locations the characters share. After set up I put the dice back in the bag.

The first scene I choose whoever seems most interesting and put them in a scene together. I also choose a question I want answered during the scene. As I write out the scene in brief, I pull a random die when questions with unknown answers arise (using standard yes/no formation). If it is a white die then the answer is yes, if it's a black die then the answer is no.  It's quick and easy and hardly interrupts the narrative at all. Once it seems I'm getting close to answering the scenes arching question I pull another random die from the bag, assigning a positive or negative ending to the scene according to Fiasco's rules.

Now, since keeping the dice constant is important for my randomization process, I always put any dice drawn back into the bag. However I mark how many dice of each type the characters have on my solo booklet. When I have a total of 8 dice assigned, I stop and play through the Tilt as per the rules. I choose two Tilt items myself and randomize the other two. 

I have yet to make it through Act 2 in my solo play, so I can't say how I'll handle the aftermath but I imagine it'll be in list form since it's the closest I can get to Fiasco's montage closing.

Like most of my solo rule workups, this one more than bridges the game/writing gap. With Fiasco being a narrative game by design it makes the transition very well. It's also started the wheels grinding away on way to incorporate some of the mechanics into my other solo gaming projects.

So far I'm having a good deal of fun with it. I'll add the link to my solo booklet for anyone that might find it useful. For printing, I used the booklet option in Foxit Reader. 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByVeZxlFO74FOWx2VTdjdEZodlU/view?usp=sharing

This might be of interest to the group here. The OP is asking for people's experiences in solo play. Want to share yours there? :)

This might be of interest to the group here. The OP is asking for people's experiences in solo play. Want to share yours there? :)
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?762626-Is-solo-play-underrated

Well it's up - on-line and ready for public consumption...

Well it's up - on-line and ready for public consumption...
My solo blog; One Player - Many Stages
https://malciggrpg.wordpress.com/

I want you folk to see it first, have a dig & find that one link that doesn't work etc and let me know what you think, what you want to see more of.

I have some ideas - but need motivation! 
https://malciggrpg.wordpress.com

So a while back, I did a challenge where I played a solo game with only one Rory Story Cube as my driver, no engines or anything. Today, I share this challenge to you all.

So a while back, I did a challenge where I played a solo game with only one Rory Story Cube as my driver, no engines or anything. Today, I share this challenge to you all.
https://solorpgvoyages.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/the-one-cube-challenge/