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Solo RPGs Articles

Delve into our stories on Solo RPGs. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs and Geek Stuff.

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3die6 is a hardcore solo-RPG, and you are a squishy bug-person

February 11, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can play 3die6 as a solo-RPG or as a traditional group-focused game. Death lurks in the darkness in either scenario.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, solo rpgs, tabletops & tentacles

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Parts Per Million

January 25, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Once upon a time Parts Per Million was simply PPM. It started out as Peter, Paul & Marcus.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: parts per million, solo rpgs, spotlight

Solo but not Alone bundle: $10 for 87 RPGs

January 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are 87 different single-player tabletop RPGs in the Solo but not Alone. That’s an incredible number, and strong evidence that roleplaying by yourself is an increasingly common thing to do.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, charity, itch.io, solo rpgs

Free to Download: One Page Solo Engine

November 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Can you play a tabletop RPG by yourself? Yes, in a way, you can. There are some articles on Geek Native that might act as a starting point. There’s How to play a tabletop RPG by yourself and Fiona L.F. Kelly’s What there is to know about solitary gaming. Inflatable Studios have also just put […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Free to play, solo rpgs

D20 Go for streamlined D&D online or solo play

November 5, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Based on older versions of D&D, especially D&D 3 and 3.5, the D20 Go rules engine now allows combat to be completed with one dice roll and then narrated by the group.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: solo rpgs

Free to Download: The Shrike RPG (Early Access Edition)

October 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Shrike generates one-shot GM-less RPGs about skyship voyages. At least, sometimes. If you can keep the machine chugging for the next five or ten minutes, you’ll have the Prologue, and Chapters One, Two, Three, and Four.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: solo rpgs

Myrrk: The Blighted Well is a new type of solo-RPG gamebook

July 9, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Blighted Well takes the idea of Fighting Fantasy style gamebook, adds isometric dungeons, more rules and creates a more fully-fledged solo RPG experience.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, solo rpgs

Solo RPG: Murder!

June 8, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This solo-RPG isn’t just a murder mystery, you’ll have to work to stay alive as everyone seems to have secrets. The chances are high that you’ll die.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: itch.io, solo rpgs

Free to Download: The Dark Eye RPG

March 28, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In response to the Covid-19 crisis, Ulisses Spiele has made that English language version of The Dark Eye a Pay What You Want game at DriveThruRPG.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, solo rpgs, the dark eye, Ulisses Spiele

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #37

February 28, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The future of D&D, the possible future of D&D Beyond and enough RPG Zines from Kickstarter to break any set of shelves.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, exalted funeral, goodman games, hasbro, judges guild, matt mercer, Mike Pondsmith, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, solo rpgs, soulbound, unearthed arcana, w.m. akers, warhammer age of sigmar, wizards of the coast

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