So, I wrote up the rules for running a solo game using GME and Once Upon A Time and I figured I'd share it here. I put it through a few more playtests, though I haven't updated the ruleset to reflect that.

So, I wrote up the rules for running a solo game using GME and Once Upon A Time and I figured I'd share it here. I put it through a few more playtests, though I haven't updated the ruleset to reflect that.
http://boardgamegeek.com/article/16115673#16115673

I am looking for beta testers and commentators for my next release BOLD - book of legends and deeds. It's a generator that creates "waylays" which are essentially discrete story elements, usually a conflict. I've been using it in solo play to create an adventure using three waylays arced under a common theme, and it's worked quite well so far.

I am looking for beta testers and commentators for my next release BOLD - book of legends and deeds. It's a generator that creates "waylays" which are essentially discrete story elements, usually a conflict. I've been using it in solo play to create an adventure using three waylays arced under a common theme, and it's worked quite well so far.

Anyway I want to keep the document private for now. So if you are interested email me at zach dot best shift-2 gmail dot com. I'd really appreciate the feedback.

This is a post that I put on RPG.net and Thunderegg's Facebook page. You guys have all been supportive, so I'm posting it here, too.

This is a post that I put on RPG.net and Thunderegg's Facebook page. You guys have all been supportive, so I'm posting it here, too.

So I'm hard at work writing Species and Societies. It's going to follow the same general format as Character Webs. There is a section for rolling up new species, which can be sentient or animal. There is a section for detailing cultures and their governments. There is a section for creating the local political context by defining the relationships between two or more cultures. I will include a section showing it in play, of course.

I'm opening the forum to you, reader. What would you like to see in this book? I'm considering adding a section of OGL text, showing how the species rolled can be made into PC races (it's already sort of easy to do that). Is this something that you want to see? If so, which game systems would you like included in that section? Note that even with the inclusion of game rules, this book is still going to be universally useful, no matter which system you run. Is there anything else that you want? I'm easy; I like feedback and I like satisfying customers.

Also, is there anything that you can think of that would facilitate your solo adventures?

Solo RPG and "Just Writing": A thought experiment

Solo RPG and "Just Writing": A thought experiment

I wonder if some of you would indulge me and carry out this thought experiment for me:

Imagine you have an RPG group, and that you play regularly. You actually gather physically in one place to game on an actual table. It can be any RPG you like.

Here's the twist: there are a couple of restrictions on how you can communicate.

1. You have all agreed that you will only roleplay and communicate by writing stuff down in one notebook (or electronic device) you all share at the table.

2. You can only write things in character or in an authorial voice.

3. The only OOC communication allowed are written questions to the GM. Only questions about the world and NPCs that can be answered with a 'yes' or a 'no'.

4. The GM is an actual human but wish only contribution will be to answer yes or no questions. This is the only way in which you get to know what happens in the GM controlled world. (Basically, if an idea embedded in your question matches what the GM has in mind or appeals to her, you get a 'yes' and that means the idea is true in the fictional world)


Does this still feel like role playing? Has it crossed into the realm of a collaborative writing exercise? Is that in itself not roleplaying?

Tell me what you think.

I set up a new RPGGeek Guild based on solo roleplaying.

I set up a new RPGGeek Guild based on solo roleplaying.
http://rpggeek.com/guild/1999

In the last couple of days I've been thinking of Drivers.

In the last couple of days I've been thinking of Drivers.

I'm thinking that maybe my focus on creating a monomyth driver is a bad choice on my behalf. What I'm looking at is a 4-act driver.

In simple terms the 4 act is broken down thusly:
Introduction
Reacting
Acting
Closure

I would say more but at the moment I've got a busy week upcoming and have many emails to reply to.

I've only started using the term #lonelyfun recently. For a while, I resisted it because it sounded kinda sad, and not very empowering. It seems to have caught on some, though, so I guess it's part of my vocabulary now.

I've only started using the term #lonelyfun recently. For a while, I resisted it because it sounded kinda sad, and not very empowering. It seems to have caught on some, though, so I guess it's part of my vocabulary now.

Still, every time I see or use lonely fun as a term this Akon song starts playing in my mind: Akon - Lonely :)