Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Here is my third and final session of my first adventure of 4AD. I like the way that a story emerged during this third session, which led me to fudge the dungeon generation rules a little as I explain on my blog. At the end of the adventure I had an important question to ask for which I consulted the Answer Oracle at the end of the Covetous Poet's Adventure Creator and Solo GM Guidebook. I find this oracle useful for when I just need a simple yes/no answer (in contrast to the Scarlet Heroes oracle which can give you a 'yes, but' or a 'no, but' answer). I've used it a bit while playing Ruins of the Undercity but haven't used any other parts of the Covetous Poet's Adventure Creator.

Here is my third and final session of my first adventure of 4AD. I like the way that a story emerged during this third session, which led me to fudge the dungeon generation rules a little as I explain on my blog. At the end of the adventure I had an important question to ask for which I consulted the Answer Oracle at the end of the Covetous Poet's Adventure Creator and Solo GM Guidebook. I find this oracle useful for when I just need a simple yes/no answer (in contrast to the Scarlet Heroes oracle which can give you a 'yes, but' or a 'no, but' answer). I've used it a bit while playing Ruins of the Undercity but haven't used any other parts of the Covetous Poet's Adventure Creator.
https://dansgamingblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/4ad-dungeon-part-three-four-against-ekzor

Monday, May 9, 2016

I'm jumping in feet first with 4AD. Find my play-through write-up at my blog to see how it turned out. I'm really enjoying this little game and reading others' adventures! And yes, I'm as mercenary as my characters, posting this for the possible reward! :-)

Here is my second session of 4AD, Lord of the Dungeon

Here is my second session of 4AD, Lord of the Dungeon
https://dansgamingblog.wordpress.com/

Sunday, May 8, 2016

I'm trying to locate a session write up where the person plays D&D but used Mythic GME to control the PCs while they run the module. Lost the pdf on my computer. Thanks!

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Found some time to play some more solo Mythras Classic Fantasy...

Found some time to play some more solo Mythras Classic Fantasy...
http://ubiquitousrat.net/?p=3367

Solo RPG has been there from the beginning (Evidence #2):

Solo RPG has been there from the beginning (Evidence #2):

"The Solitaire Game: One player undertakes some journey or adventure alone. He or she handles the effects of the rules as the situation progresses. Solitaire is ideal for players who are isolated by situation or geography.
In addition, there are many aspects ideally suited to solitaire consideration. A single player can spend the time generating characters, designing starships, generating worlds and subsectors, planning situations, and mapping out ideas to use in
later group adventures"
(Traveller Book 1, 2nd ed. 1981)

This is what I want:

This is what I want:

A game inspired by XCOM where you're the leader of a group, organisation or community. Every day in real life, a set time passes in the game and you spend 15 - 30 minutes playing through the content and deal with daily random events like accidents, opportunities, internal conflicts or external threats.

On the long term you're managing resources, planning, training, expanding, upgrading - nothing too fancy though. But the core of the game is the missions. You choose who to send and make "tactical" decisions where you have to gamble with your people's lives, the success of the mission or bonus rewards.

Example:
You've rolled on the mission table and the outcome is that one of your people have been pinned down on a supply raid. You describe how. Based on your people and equipment you have several choices with a probability of success, partial success or failure.

* Retreat and leave them. (100%)
* Use the distraction to grab the supplies, but leave them. (80%)
* Use valuable explosives to blow up the enemy, but it might also destroys vital supplies. (70%)
* etc...

Think FTL without combat or Out there OMEGA.

The setting could be a post apocalyptic Fallout vault, an XCOM clone, New World settlers, space exploration, a criminal organisation and so on.

Do you know if there is anything like this? Or something that could be used as a framework to make a hack.