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I use solo games quite a lot both to amuse myself and to try out systems before I run them for other people. It's a good way to try games or explore plots that you won't get to the table. My preferred Oracle system is Mythic with the new V2 oracle; I find its scenes and interrupts methodology works pretty well. I also sometimes use it as a Character emulator rather than a GM one - there's a game I started here (not finished due to a massive bout of depression  ) https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/mythic-0d-d-b1-9-in-search-of-adventure.537852/I have a (sadly neglected atm) blog with my solo games at https://moggynomates.angrymog.com/ There's a really good Pendragon solo (it still gets updated from time to time even though it started in 2011) here at RPG.net https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/pendragon-gpc-mythic-annales-milites-de-sarisburiensis.560128/
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Gameko posted:I'd never heard of this kind of solo-playing RPG, but having just tinkered around a little with Ironsworn I'd definitely say it's more of a creative writing exercise or 'structured daydreaming' than it is the typical RPG experience. Depends how you go about it; sometimes yes, but I feel the mechanics add a layer of unpredictability and makes you react to things that you wouldn't have written without the mechanics, and a lot of write ups include the mechanics - both the host systems and the oracle so people can see how things are put together. Alex Yari from various solo things has a thing about 'Non-authored solo' where you use generators for every detail rather than filling things in to patch together a narrative.
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A lot of the happenings in the Pendragon game I linked are derived from how the characters interact with each other due to their Traits and Passions
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I would say that I definately do play solo RPGs in that I interact with the rules of the system, and make decisions based on both those rules and the information provided by the oracles. In the Ultra Violet Grasslands I've just started I'm using more of a GM stance with the oracle directing the character, but it's very definitely a game first, a creative writing exercise second. People playing the "But is it even a game? Is it Roleplaying?" really ought to look up some write ups of sessions - I've posted some of mine (and a really good Pendragon one), and can go hunt down some other links.
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Gameko posted:Here's a question for you...what systems do people usually use the Mythic GM Emulator for? Lots of D&D actually. The idea is that you use it for framing, running NPCs and so forth, then resolve the situation with your host system.
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Cocks Cable posted:Does anyone have any experience with Word Mill's Adventure Crafter? There's a deck version of it recently out now. But I don't understand all the Mythic products all that well. How is the Adventure Craft different from the Mythic Game Emulation Deck? Adventure is more of a GM aid than a solo game system like Mythic; from what I gather it's intended to be used before the session to give you your adventure outlines that you then flesh out.
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There's Four against the Titans too, which also has an end game.
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Baron von der Loon posted:I'll give it a try again. Tried Roll20 earlier on, but it didn't work really well with the touchscreen. Now that I'm playing more with a keyboard + mouse, I could give it a try again. There might be Jenga in Tabletop simulator, and it does the physics.
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I'm going to play a game of Four against the Titans to see how the campaign form of 4AD works out, because I've had a couple of ideas for 4AD hacks, but definitely need to play the game a bit more to get a feel for it.
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Mode 7 posted:If I wanted to try and run myself solo through some old published D&D modules or some OSR stuff, what would be a good solo system to use for it? I've seen some recommendations for Scarlet Heroes but all the AP stuff I've found for it so far has been randomly generating a dungeon/adventure rather than adapting it for use with a published module so that hasn't given me a great idea of what that experience would actually be like. I use Scarlet Heroes for the damage and Defy Death mechanics, and I do read the module first - maybe gamify a few bits (e.g. if it's an investigation I'll add a clue collecting mini-game rather than try to play unspoiled) or work out a flowchart through it, and use Mythic GME to take it off the rails handle NPC reactions and so on.
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Starforged shipping to the UK is harsh
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Grey Hunter posted:Brexit mate. I'm going in for the pdfs. I don't have storage for many physical books any more. Be nice if they did a tier like Sine Nomine does where you get the POD version at cost, so you can get shipping via DriveThru. I find I'm much less likely to play games I only own as a PDF for some reason.
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Grey Hunter posted:Is it bad I'm wondering about doing a CYOA style runthrough once I've read the book? Ironsworn looked good, but Sci-fi is more my jam. Nah, I think it would work well for a CYOA game
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I could give it a go, but it would be a learning experience for me too
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Here's a writeup of my first Odessy in Four Against the Titans. Olympos has fallen. War rages between the gods and the titans. The gods are on the back foot and Zeus himself, king of gods and men, has been defeated and imprisoned by the giant Typhon. It is up to the children of the gods – the result of so many promiscuous encounters with mortals – to take up the fight and forestall the destruction of Greece. Our heroes are Silver-tongued Hylos, son of Aphrodite; Bloody-handed Leona, daughter of Ares, Shadow-wise Iolanthe, daughter of Hekate; and finally, Iron-minded Maro, son of Hades. (nicknames stolen from Agon) Children of Aphrodite have the ability to reroll encounter reactions and inspire the party; Ares' are ferocious in combat; Hekate's are able to cast a fireball and poison a weapon, and finally Hade's can resurrect another Hero once per odyssey, and gain 2d6 obols whenever they rest in a city. They start in the city of Mycenae in Argolid - you have an option of five starting cities; I picked this one more or less on a whim and a desire to avoid sea travel just yet. Long held to be the cultural heartland of Greece, the Argolid has two of civilisation’s finest cities in Argos and Mycenae – the homes of so many Greek heroes. Although suffering occasional satyr attacks coming down from neighbouring Arkadia, the Argolid was relatively peaceful before the coming of the titans. They've visited the Agora to supplement their starting equipment and buy provisions (Bread, Cheese, and Wine) for the journey. Their first goal is to head straight for the temple of Delphi in the Phokis region. The first leg of their journey will take them to Aitolia. We need to roll on the journeying table and resolve the results until they roll a 5 or 6. The journey is easy, and it is in high spirits that our band of heroes enter the region of Aitolia. This rough country in the west of Greece has a fertile coast line, backed by harsh and unproductive mountains. The fields and groves around Kalydon are plagued by a giant boar which tears down grape vines and attacks farmers in their fields. Upon entering a new region we roll on the Region table, and resolve that before travelling on. You can also choose to stay in a region and explore it more - this is the way to get to cities if your first roll didn't give you the city. The band disturb a group of 5 nymphs (L3, normal treasure) who take offence to the group trespassing into their grove and attack. (They could also have invited the party to rest, or run away) Hylos looses a sling stone, which doesn't do enough damage to knock out any of the Nymphs, and then the party has to defend; Hylos and Leona get hit (Leona is being attacked by two of them). In the heroes turn, Hylos swops to his dagger, whilst the other three attack. After a couple more rounds the nymphs are down; Leona took a bit of a beating (down to 4 life), but finished the fight by slaying the last two herself. The Nymphs have normal treasure - three obols. The group could explore the region, but want to get a move on and so try to head off into the Phokis region. Along the road they encounter another traveller, a man named Lethos, who offers them payment (Treasure +1) if they can escort him to Delphi (The NPC always wants to go to the next city the characters get to, so there's no reason not to accept), and since they're heading that way, the heroes accept. Lethos has three life, and will not take part in combat (but can be attacked) The rest of their journey is uneventful, and they arrive in Phokis. Centred around the great oracular sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, the central region of Phokis attracts pilgrims from across the Greek world and beyond. Wedged between Boiotia and Thessaly, its byways also fall prey to the ravages of maenads and centaurs, while the great serpent Python has laid siege to the sanctuary itself. The roads are quiet as the party travel towards Delphi, but the news from other travellers is grim; there's no getting around it, they'll have to free the city from the serpent before they can enter. They stop for a picnic (restoring 1 health to everyone) before continuing. The second roll on the region table brings the group to Delphi. The lands around the city are a poisoned wasteland, and it doesn't take them long to track down the serpent. Hylos uses his sling to no effect, and then Python attacks; Leona is able to defend, but both Iolanthe and Maro are wounded by the Titan, though neither succumb to its poison. Python is Level 5, has 3 life, 3 attacks, and if wounded a hero must roll 4+ on a d6 or take an extra wound due to poison. If Python slain, the heroes will be rewarded with the Bow of Apollo. Hylos uses his Charismatic ability, granting the other heroes +1 to their next attack or defence roll, whilst Iolanthe applies poison (+1d3 wounds) to Leona's spear. Leona attacks and hits, doing 1 damage from her spear, and another two from the poison. The great snake is slain, and there is rejoicing in the city of Delphi, and the Heroes are gifted with the bow of Apollo for slaying the Titan, which Hylos claims. Lethos obviously doesn't approve of his front row seat to the titan fight, as all he offers the party is a loaf of bread. For this visit resting in the inn is free, which heals everyone for two points and resets their Per Odyssey powers. Finally, for slaying the Titan and escorting Lethos to Delphi, the group have two level up chances, which are given to Hylos and Leona, both of whom succeed. All rested, the heroes travel to the temple of Apollo to seek its Blessing. The High Priest (Life 4) seeks an escort to the city of Amydon in Paiona; the journey will take them through Thessaly and Epeiros. It's far more like a boardgame in play than an RPG, though you could certainly narrative it up. It is fun to see what challenges the heroes face, and discover whether they'll succeed in the overall quest. The main decisions you take are what route to follow, and when to use your abilities. Angrymog fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Apr 28, 2021 |
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Yeah, a big part of other solo RPG communities is posting your play writeups
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I actually find myself really giving the rules a workout in solo games, whereas I'm more likely to just make something up in a live game in order to keep things flowing.
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Viridiant posted:I've been trying Four Against Ragnarok after seeing it recommended in this thread and it feels a bit too easy? Like once you start to level a lot starts to feel very doable and I'm feeling like my characters are only going to start dying through things that instantly kill you via bad dice rolls. Combat seems too manageable. In Four against the Titans, the base level of everything you fight goes up as your party average level goes up, which keeps it harder. Also there's the Titan battles. I haven't lost a hero in my game, but it's been close at times.
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90s Cringe Rock posted:spend less on games you will never play and stationary you will never use I'm in this post and I don't like it.
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I bought the hardcopy of Apothacaria so will be giving it a go. I haven't really played journaling games before
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I'm going to be trying Five Parsecs from home tomorrow. Using TTS and some default assets for the first run to see if I want to take the time to prep pretty scenary in it
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Isn't Vassal free, Potato?
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Yeah, it's neat. I started a little campaign, then got distracted by wondering how to make it nicer to read before I wrote it up. Hopper, how's your hedgehog's sweater shop doing?
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I just saw that mophidus has a Sci fi role playing solo thing, has anyone tried that? Five Parsecs from Home or something else? 5PF is a neat skirmish game - I did a few test scenarios and I'm going to do a proper campaign that I document and the random tables add a lot to the narrative it builds.
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I used to just give things boring names, send them to the printer and activate the print job on my way out off the office. Much better than when I started in IT and you had to dash to the printer to collect your job before anyone else found a stack of character sheets
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From what I've seen he just uses the same fluff with some system specific things. It's the solo version of shovelware. For a D&D a like with a single character, grab the damage system from Scarlet Heroes, and get yourself a copy of the mythic GM emulator for a pretty good France work for generating solo adventures. (Just ignore the terrible art, it's an old, old product now.)
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Tasoth posted:Thinking about attempting the whole solo game deal, and I didn't any lists of oracle systems in the opening post with a quick check. Are there any suggested ones that I could wrap around another system that does tactical combat that I may already have? Relatedly, are there any good algorithmic AI sets for solo tactical gaming? I know of Five Parsecs, and I've seen FlexAI in passing, but is there anything people can vouch for? Mythic GME is what I use when I want to solo games using the games native system. I also layer on the Scarlet Heroes HD and Defy Death mechanics if it's a D&D adjacent game
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I just set up maps using tinted chess pieces in TTS
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One issue with the computer game is that they haven't implemented book three, so you could find yourself in over your head a bit quicker than expected if you go north too early.
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Devorum posted:I've been wanting to solo OSE. What's the best way to do that? Slap on the Scarlet Heroes "overlay" and just go to town using my Oracles of choice? This is what I do with any edition of D&D I want to solo. Works well.
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It's a board game rather than RPG, but Under Falling Skies is excellent. I've not touched the campaign yet and it's very relatable. (And you can replay the campaign, or use the campaign components is standalone games.
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Remember, when printing at work always give your file a boring work related filename. And swipe card printers are great, because you don't have to dash to the printer to get your stuff before someone notices it's not a work thing.
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I tried out the current version of Dead Belt - https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/dead-belt - to decide if I wanted to back the kickstarter for the expanded version. Below is short, sad tale of Mizzy Random, wanna be ship salvager. Mizzy Random, down on her luck scoundrel needed both money and to stay away from people for a while. How hard could salvaging be? The airlock of her temporary ship, the 'Any Port' connected up to the side of the civilian transport she'd located. A small ship, but hopefully one with something worth pulling from it. The airlock had attached to the galley - not glamourous, but someone would want to buy it. (5 of diamonds, load 5); heartened by the this early success, Mizzy moved on. The next module however had been stripped so clean that she wasn't even sure what it had been; she wasn't the first person here, and it looked like the earlier crew had really known what they were doing. Mizzy swore, headed back to the galley and started loading her ship. This was the 10 of spades - Picked over. I could have spent a point of grit to turn that into a mixed success which would have made all salvage worth half, but decided to just call it off and pull the galley stuff out. Stowing the gear was going to take some time - this wasn't money for nothing after all; these chips wouldn't be free. (Rolled 4-5 on the airlock move, and chose to check my gas). The second trip to get the remainder of the galley fittings went well enough until it was time to try and shove everything into the Any Port. Realising that the items could be a danger if allowed to slide around the ship, Mizzy had to use up time and gear to secure it in her hold. (1-3 on the airlock move this time, chosing to test gas again, and spend a point of gear) Returning to the salvage yards, it was time to cash in and chat to the creditors. The 'bank' were not amused and made it clear that the amount she owed was only going up unless she had a better run soon. (Rolled a 1, and debt went up to 5), nor was she able to avoid paying upkeep on the ship. After drowning her sorrows, Mizzy went to the breakers and spend 3 of the remaining 4 cred on a supply bank for the ship. It increased the upkeep by 1, but would hopefully be worth it in the future. Ship two. Another day, another small civillian transport. It wasn't an auspicious start. The module that she'd chosen to attach to wasn't the most stable, and the impact of the airlock had made it nothing more than a gap with a bit of superstructure attached. (10 clubs - spacewalk, and then the module is removed and is just a gap). Something goes horrifically wrong, a push off at the wrong moment sends Mizzy tumbling through the emptyness of space and away from both the wreck and her own ship. A few hours later, as her visor starts to frost up and her vision dims, her last thought is, "Well, gently caress." Rolled badly on the spacewalk subtable, and foolishly didn't spend grit to turn it into a mixed result. Then drew two black cards. The second spacewalk roll was a mixed success, in which I drew my third black card, which means death. RIP Mizzy Random, lost in the vastness of space. I'll try another game in a bit and hopefully they'll last longer. I made some bad decisions with whether to spend resources or not; Mizzy could probably have survived the spacewalk if I'd spent a grit to turn that first failure into a mixed result.
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Wierd, still works for me.
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Really not sure what's up with Deadbelt - I can see it on the company's page, and I got my PDF rewards from the kickstarter. https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/
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I've just started playing Spires End: Hildegard It's an adventure gamebook in card form with an interesting dice mechanic, and a fishing mini game. Had one death so far - pecked to death by crows
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I just picked up Captain's Log from Modiphius - solo Startrek using their 2d20 system. Just had a quick skim of the pdf as I can't currently use the pc for long periods of time due to having module broken an arm. Designed for any era, life path based character creation. Lots of ships, aliens, and mission types.
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I've decided to use my time off with to set up a fantasy game using Worlds without number, but in a setting of my creation.
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girl dick energy posted:Huh. I might do something like that with LANCER, since all my attempts to actually get a campaign running have gone bust. My take on pre-written adventures is that I read the entire thing first, turn some sections into mini-games/add conditional rules to them (e.g. places where you search things), and make some sections gamebooky choose your path things to stop me just exploring every avenue. Also adding clocks for time pressure/NPC schemes etc. I use the GME for interrupted and altered scenes, and sometimes I go into proper GM mode and use the GME to find out what the player character does. Here's a write up of teh Shadow of the Demon Lord version of Death in Freeport. (I did continue, but didn't get aroudn to posting) https://moggynomates.angrymog.com/2019/03/10/solo-a-module-month-death-in-freeport/ And a write up I did of converting the free Pathfinder 1e starter module to a structured solo format. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15U2UhaIx-_ClU-rJw-RDNYFYpw9pMD2i/view Angrymog fucked around with this message at 08:27 on Nov 10, 2023 |
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There's more complicated gamebooks than the Choose your own adventure series. Have a look at Fabled Lands - , it's an open world series of game books. There's a free java version, and an official adaptation on steam, of you can get the dead trees from Amazon.
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