This thread is dedicated to all kinds of solo games, systems, tools, and campaigns.MaxTac edition.TQ: What keeps you coming back to solo RPGs? Want to tell stories, pass time between group games? Tell us all about it.>Last Thread: >>97445556Resources:https://rentry.org/srpgghttps://infinityweavers.link/re-up/solo-rp-toolkitMore threads:https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/%2Fsrpgg%2F/orhttps://desuarchive.org/tg/search/subject/%2Fsrpgg%2F/type/op/
ofc I forget the fucking topic oh my god.
Imagine playing this SOCIAL activity alone.lol. That's it, not even an lmao
>>97635022>SOCIAL activityOn what basis?What other people who just "follow the leader" say?This activity is about having fun, and if it isn't fun with other people, then there's nothing wrong with playing alone.Often times, a solo game is the only way to get a game, when the alternative is just people who only want to do improv theater or collaborative storytelling.
What are your recommendations for a super hero rpg that is good for a first delve into solo play? I'd like a game that lets me make some not so serious powers while still being usefull.The only game I have experience with is Das Schwarze Auge/The Black Eye, so something less simulationist would be appreciated.
>>97635625There's a bunch of Supers RPGs on the lighter end. Prowlers & Paragons is a great standalone choice, but there's certainly others.If you want something a bit crunchier, there's Mutants & Masterminds, or SWADE with the Super Powers Companion. Alternatively, there's Masks, which is a PBTA game in the vein of Teen Titans. It doesn't offer as much creative freedom, though.
>>97635625Whatever system you pick, use the City of Crime supplement.https://drive.google.com/file/d/11uY8TablLhRaLeRnTI3ulQMddNtSLvx7/view
I know drive thru and itchio have solo rpgs. Where do you guys get yours from? Looking for new stores I might not know about.
>>97638799PDF share thread. Which isn't a good thing I think, too many options, trying to find the perfect system instead of playing
>>97638803Sometimes they're missing things. Also, I'm on the market for new stuff.
>>97638799>>97638936Most creators just put their stuff on itch and drivethruRPG, and if they got any third space they are in those stores too. You might want to occasionally check out Fanatical/Humble Bundle book bundles and Bundle of Holding if they are having any solo or solo friendly e-book deals.
trying to hone in on the system i want to run for an idea i had. the choices are HtV or SWADE w the horror companion and East Texas University. what system supports best the fantasy of being a dude stumbling into the supernatural and being forced to fight to survive, eventually becoming strong overtime through mundane tools, magic trinkets, and gained power. I'm conflicted with HtV for its deep focus on the social aspect in ttrpg and the severely punishing nature of combat.
>>97638998forgot to add: feel free to recommend other systems
>>97638799recently found solorpglist.commy approach is to pirate first to check if the book isn't crap (google and scribd, pdfcoffee, anyflip), if it's going to stick with me, then eventually get the paid copy to support the author (and have it neatly organized in itch or drivethrough library). but honestly, stop chasing the perfect system, and just play the goddamn things you already have.
>>97639069The perfect solo game must be assembled yourself from the mutilated corpses of other people's games.
>>97639079absolutely and entirely true. if your solo setup doesn't look like a serial killer's scrapbook of butchered pdfs, you're doing it wrong.
>>97635625>thimulathionitht
>>97639390thith
Are the tribe/village/kingdom leading Quests based on some published game, or all QM homebrews? I kinda wanna play something like that.
>>97641560Have you tried asking /qtg/ or their Discord server?
>>97638998Look up Sigil & Shadow. I think it occupies a good middle ground somewhere between occult horror and Buffy-esque action.It has a third party solo supplement.https://itch.io/e/34922989/pulpum-updated-sigil-shadow-solo-mode
I'm curious, are there alternatives to Mythic GM emulator and oracles in general. Like a different method to play?
>>97647294I don't think there is an escape from oracles of some sort, but tarot based ones instead of dice based are rather popular.
>>97647294prompt driven journaling (thousand year old vampire), freeform journaling (de profundis), gamebooks (fighting fantasy), crawlers (four against darkness), pbta-likes (ironsworn, technically has oracles, but actions have pre-set consequences). or you could vibe it all out, Carl Jung's active imagination Red Book style.
As a historical anecdote, I came across short and simplistic instructions on playing En Garde! solo from 1979's Dragon Magazine.
>>97650938
Just write a litRPG.
>>97651749This is a game design thread.
freshly baked
>>97652767I yawn just looking at this, just get a GM or some players bro
>>97652823i'm going to go outside and stand on the sidewalk holding my dice bag until a group of players adopts me. if i don't reply to this thread in an hour it means i finally found a GM
>>97652874>sidewalk It's not the 70s.
I'm giving "Reincarnated as the Unlovable Villainess" a shot lads.Wish me luck with the hilarious cringe.
>>97652988Hah, let me know how it goes
>>97653030If nothing else I'm having a blast using AI to generate the blurb and "Advertising materials" for it.I've not even started yet and I'm already wheezing hard enough to collapse a lung.
>>97652988Can I get a gofile link of the book
>>97653088It's free or $2 on Itch.io. If you're anything like me and happy to embrace the cringe you'll get more than your $2 worth just doing character gen.
Also, for some reason ChatGPT decided one of the heroes is Haze from Anonymous Agony.Glad to see he's still getting work in the industry I suppose.
>>97634595>solo RPGs The most embarrassing shit ever created for the saddest and most unlikable people in the world. Please use the thread subject in the future so I'm not exposed to your pathetic bullshit.
>>97634595Uh, I'm here for the hot singles and it looks like you're all into roleplay. Sweet.
>>97654497I don't know how to read.
>>97634595stupid threadjust play a video game
>>97655920Retarded post.There is no video game that can be changed or made as easily as a solo TTRPG.
prep is playreading retroclones you'll never run is playbinge watching 700 episodes of anime to seed your creativity is playspending six hours picking the font for a character sheet is playgetting fired from IRL job because you spend company time theorycrafting is playdying of old age having never actually rolled a single physical die is play, because the slow decay of your mortal vessel is just ultra-immersive OSR mechanicsit's all play, bros
What is the consensus on Tales of Argosa as a solo game? Does the lone wolf mode stand toe-to-toe with Scarlet Heroes?
>>97656606Tabletop Simulator, maybe.
Any games where you roll dice?
>>97660139Nope, we only use tarot decks or spin air fresheners here
>>97660139Tunnels & Trolls with multiple PCs and zero convenience rules for encounters.
Hexcrawls sound fun but I've never played one. I remember a cowboy hex crawl someone posted, that was cool.
>>97659866You can add anything you want to it without knowing how to design assets?
>>97666076You don't really design things in TS. You import images and PDFs.
>>97668391nta I wish TS's text fields and buttons weren't completely asinine to work with it takes a lot of fiddling to create and interactable sheet that doesn't look like total disasters >oops! turns out this one particular button was floating a full inch above the slab of image you were converting into an interactable sheet , gotta start over again
>>97665058>I remember a cowboy hex crawl someone postedThat would probably be The Drifter.
>>97657872man alone reviewed it. i personally like the mechanic where you roll the 1d6 oracle die when you get damaged and depending on the result you counterattack or you dodge it, although i haven't tested it in a game.
>>97670201Yup that was the one. I'm trying to figure out what other popular hex crawlers there are. There doesn't seem to be one big game that everyone flocks to.
>>97672786Barbarian prince was the big one in solo circles, but it's quite old now.
>>97673875What happens in a BP game? I imagine it's just fighting.
>>97674893You lack imagination.
>>97668391Oh, cool, so there really is no video game that can be changed or made as easily as a solo TTRPG, like I said before.
>>97672786Kal-Arath is a good and simple one.
>>97674893Or getting lost trying to travel through hexes
>>97675322You design shit outside the game and import it. That's what I meant.
>>97675258Yes, look at where we are.
>>97674893There's actually far more ration collecting than fighting
>>97678087Makes sense, dudes got to eat.>>97675595Is the book all black and white?
>>97678925The core rules and lords of the pit are black and white. Twin sun sutra is color
>>97679288>Twin sun sutraI would personally recommend getting this right at the start, the optional pulp character rules in it significantly improve playing with a single character.
>>97678008Touché... turtle.BP is good though. Old, but better than The Drifter (new cowboy hexcrawl). The Drifter is just random shit and you have almost no control on how your PC faces these things. BP gives you more control over your big guy and what he does.
>>97676808That doesn't make it easier to make or alter than a solo TTRPG.
A while ago, I made a video of a Solo RPG session actual play session I had, animated with AI to look like a "movie". Since the AIs have evolved a bit since then, I made the "second scene" and also added notes on what I was rolling in Mythic to get each result.Unfortunately, I won't be continuing with the rest of the scenes because it's really annoying to have to deal with copyright issues in the newer AIs, but here it is, for the record.https://youtu.be/aCQyvLMG8F0
