Solo RPGs on a mobile device: So I've wanted to find a setup that lets me play solo RPGs using mobile apps (while I'm on the bus or whatever) and I think I might have found a promising candidate suite of apps. Trello, which is a very light project management / task list app, maps reasonably well onto the index card driven format of Microscope, a world-building storytelling RPG. I'm going to give it a shot with three 'players', one of which I have full control over and the other two are run using the Adventuresmith app (probably mainly using the GM's Apprentice and Mythic generators). If I get results that are Not Crap, I'll try to post here.

Trond returns to the Tang palace to take on the cultists of Z'ol-Iku again.

Trond returns to the Tang palace to take on the cultists of Z'ol-Iku again.

https://dansgamingblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/return-to-the-tang-palace

Our Last Best Hope - The Killer Asteroid- Act 2 - Scene 3 - Hema & Brett

Our Last Best Hope - The Killer Asteroid- Act 2 - Scene 3 - Hema & Brett

Got a little bit stuck here. Either it's my tiredness or maybe it's a weakness of the transcript or the parser. I think it's how the movie transcripts slant. Scenes where I'm not focusing on personal lives, but rather on the crisis and actions related to it have gone faster and smoother. When the focus is on personal lives and relationships, I've had a harder time finding results I can integrate.

Still, it sort of worked out here with the pauses and changes in subject (which provided surprise). Oracle questions also came to the rescue (a last resort for me).

#SoloActualPlay #soloap #OurLastBestHope #TheKillerAsteroid #solorpg #soloroleplaying #sharedscifi

Originally shared by Jacob Ross

Originally shared by Jacob Ross

Okay, so I got a LOT of feedback on this. I think that this is an even better version of the rules. It's got expanded mechanics, clarification and flavor. Now you can level up! Enemies might drop loot! Abilities have names!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ikncratkrcymp8/GenCant2017SamuraiDiceFINAL.pdf?dl=0

One Page Solo Engine

One Page Solo Engine
After seeing Alto Dizi's fantastic one-page "superlite" solo RPGs, I thought it would be cool to try and make a one-page sheet that contains a complete solo engine that can be used with any game system.

The idea is to condense all the essential solo components down to the very basics and make a super simple engine that new players can use to become familiar with the solo toolkit elements while still playing a game system they're familiar with. A specific goal was to include all of the major solo tools (scene structure, oracle, complex questions, NPC actions, dungeon generation).

Here is my first attempt at creating something like this... and I haven't actually... y'know... playtested it at all. So if anyone wants to give it a try or has any comments, please let me know. I took inspiration from pretty much everywhere... Mythic, CRGE, Scarlet Heroes, Location Crafter, So1um, various one-pagers, etc, etc.

Edit: Reposted because I messed up the link formatting and couldn't manage to fix it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u1c9wkpz4cqvz4p/One%20Page%20Solo%20Engine.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u1c9wkpz4cqvz4p/One%20Page%20Solo%20Engine.pdf?dl=0

Originally shared by Jacob Ross

Originally shared by Jacob Ross

Does anyone want to help me proofread and playtest this game design? I'm doing an entry for the GenCan't contest this year. REQUIRED NOTICE: SINCE ENTRIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ANONYMOUS, PLEASE DON'T READ THIS IF YOU'RE A JUDGE IN THE CONTEST!

This is a solo or 2-player (or probably more player) dice game. Think Yahtzee with fighting. The entire deal is one sheet. Please let me know what you think!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g2jhaye2skj9toi/GenCant2017JacobDCRoss.pdf?dl=0

Following the advice I received here, I set up a starting point for my next Chain Reaction skirmish campaign. I thought I'd keep Claude, the protagonist of the previous games. I defined three other simple MiSo characters and will add more as I go.

Following the advice I received here, I set up a starting point for my next Chain Reaction skirmish campaign. I thought I'd keep Claude, the protagonist of the previous games. I defined three other simple MiSo characters and will add more as I go.

https://solounmondodicarta.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/ybeena-campaign-set-up/
https://solounmondodicarta.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/ybeena-campaign-set-up/