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Solo RPGs Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Solo RPGs reporting (Archive Page 9).

“So You Want The Tall Vampire Lady to Catch You” is an RPG for your personal collection

May 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designed for solo play, “So You Want The Tall Vampire Lady to Catch You” is relatively unique in that the win condition is the loose condition, and the game takes a healthy attitude to both. Whatever floats your boat.

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

Wicked Ones gets solo RPG rules

April 26, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You’re trying to build your dungeon, stock it and defend it. You’re trying to follow orders from the master, and those annoying heroes keep invading.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bandit camp, forged in the dark, parts per million, peter rudin-burgess, solo rpgs, wicked ones

Solo RPG Journey releases a new version

March 28, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Journey, you are a traveller exploring worlds of your own creation. The game’s designer, Luke Miller, suggests it’s a good tool for writers, designers, game masters and the uncommonly curious.

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

An exclusive preview of Defenders: Throne of the Bandit Lord

March 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Defenders: Throne of the Bandit Lord is a forthcoming Kickstarter choose your own adventure project from Derick William Dalton.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: previews, solo rpgs

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

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