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solorpg quick tutorial

in the end, playing solo rpgs can be as simple or as complex as you want
you can go the extreme route!
play the game asking questions about what's going on, no other system, nothing, and roll 1d6
like, "can my character, who is called Armistice International, by the way, try to pick this lock?"
"does she succeed at it?"
some manuals suggest only asking 'positive' questions, like, avoiding things like "do I fail at it?" or "is the room empty?"

but you can do so if you want

then you roll one regular, common dice, six sided, a cube
and the result is your answer!

1 means no, and
2 means no
3 means no, but
4 means yes, but
5 means yes
6 means yes, and

being ultra simplistic,
and means something else, or extra intensity, duration, etc, are added. so it's an extra yes or an extra no.
for example, "can I hit this arrow in that guy over there?" "no, and..." now you make up what this means. yeah, solo means you gonna have to go creative sometimes.
"no, and not only you don't have the skill for it, he has a special armor that makes him invulnerable to arrows!" now that's true.
but means the other way around. it's a yes, but not so much. it's a now, but there's something to make it less bad"
do I hit my arrow?
no, but... maybe if take a while, I will. somebody could spot me tho!

some people like to take notes about the game. others make very compelling notes. up to you. somepeople don't write nothing down and, if they forget something, so be it. no problem. it's your game. you don't have to please anyone. some people enjoy taking notes using a different approach, such as drawing, audio notes or bothering their friends at parties.

some people may want a bit of complexity, they think this can be too random. you can make this a bit more convoluted just by adding advantages and disadvantages. if the situation favors a "yes" answer, roll 2d6 (two cubes) and the biggest number is the one to be considered. if the situation favors a "no" answer, same thing: roll 2d6, but consider only the smallest number. there. added complexity.

but my character need more detailing!

ok, give them 3 characteristics they will always have advantage (things like fantasy race, class, profession, whatever)
give them one bad thing where they will always roll with disadvantage

by this point, you're basically playing solo "Freeform Universal RPG", which is an actual game.

if you wanna go further, maybe add this little engine to a regular game you already know and love.

you may want to search for tools to generate random dungeons, for example. or random... spacecrafts. random mysteries.

if you want more complexity for the random answers, mythic 2e is a great bet!
and if you want more complexity for combat simulation, hacking, then you just grab a regular ttrpg that has that, and... plug it in your game.

this is the route "traditional ttrpg + solo rpg oracles".

there is another route, the "solo ttrpg", which means a game created for solo. you can try, for example, ironsworn. it's fun, it's complete and it's free!

solorpg coffee shop pinned notes

this is not complete yet. sorry. there are many notes. many are not appropriate to this place. many have many lines and such

Charlie the hedgehog
Expeditionary Company OST - Ambient Fantasy / Travel soundtrack by Arbutusland [from the new economic travel adventure huge gamebook + multimedia project from Sol and Velasco] (10 tracks, artist page at https://soundcloud.com/arbutusland )

Lucas
Guys, usually when people play solo, they follow these paths:
1. Gamebook, in the style of Fighting Fantasy
2. Dungeon Crawlers/HexCrawlers (more like board games without components than actual RPGs), like Four Against Darkness
3. RPG with an oracle (either a system designed for solo play, or an adapted system with a special oracle), like D&D with Mythic
4. Board games, like Isofarian Guard
5. Journaling games
Out of these 5, only the third offers more narrative freedom, allowing the player to create the world and the story. When you go for the other types, do you miss this possibility of choice and creation? If so, what attracts you to these types of games? If any game provided this possibility, do you think it would add to the experience or make it worse? (Like: I don't want so much rolling to create the story of my gamebook, I just want to read it and make choices!) I'm asking to try to better understand some personal projects.

Vinnie
Some players in the community use Obsidian to play and organize solo games (And other games). Some parts of it require some setup, so I thought it was appropriate to make a guide and make some pointers.
You can see help and how to use Obsidian by default here: https://help.obsidian.md/Home
However, Obsidian can have expanded capabilities, using Community Plugins. Here are some plugins that we use and how to use them.
1. Dice Roller. As the name implies, it allows you to roll dice inside of Obsidian. You can open a sidebar where you can roll dice, write rolls in your own notes and even roll directly from tables. Check the instructions here: https://plugins.javalent.com/Dice+Roller/Dice+Roller
2. MythicGME-2e-Obsidian: Not a plugin, but it needs the Inline Scripts plugin. It allows you to write commands on your notes designed to access solo game tools. Check the install instructions here: https://github.com/Zhrack/MythicGME-2e-Obsidian. All commands start with ;; and end with ::. It also shows you snippets of what commands are available as you are writing them, so don't worry too much about remembering them.

After installing it, here are some useful commands:
- XdY+Z: Like Dice Roller, it allows you to roll dice in the notes themselves. Less configurable, but easier to use and the result is left written instead of rerolling when the note is loaded again.
- There are many commands related to creating and moving card decks:
- cards pile creates a new empty deck, with a specific name, if they are facing up or down and if, when cards are removed, the cards show in the note when the command is executed.
- cards fromfolder allows you to fill an already created deck with the images in a folder. Note: if the folder has spaces on the route, you should surround the path with "".
- cards shuffle allows you to shuffle the deck of cards. You can also choose if you want to rotate the cards.
- cards draw allows you to remove a specified amount of cards from a source deck and moves it to a destination pile.
- cards pick allows you to choose what cards to move from a source deck to a destination deck
- cards open viewer opens a sidebar that allows you to see all your decks.
- cards remove allows you to delete a deck.
- There are many other commands, and we honestly don't know how to use all of them! Check the help command and the MythicGME-2e-Obsidian Readme to see tutorials and other commands.

Charlie the hedgehog
Android tools for solo RPG discussion weekend started here (apks and discussion about them just below. thank you igor for suggesting the activity for players who use android phones and tablets to manage solo rpg sessions)
let me try packing them one sec (edit: it worked!)

Mike
Unofficial survey: What are your top five systems, and why? Setting, mechanics, etc?

Agus
Playing alone together (I always liked this motto)

T
Ok, so need some game suggestion. Which rpg, which does not have any solo option or solo modules or any solo adventures, have you played solo and liked playing?

Charlie the hedgehog
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Scanara Shadowlynx
As promised, here's a good explanation of how the 1978 Magic Realm game uses a combination of "2d6-keep-highest" plus "1 = best results, 6 = worst results" as a way to make tables and dice rolling both simple and potentially epic at the same time. I didn't write this — just sharing it!

Mike Clark
I ask any with experience in Ultraviolet Grasslands: what system did you use (e.g. S.E.A.C.A.T., SDM, Cairn, et. al.). I thank thee in advance.

Grae
I was wondering if someone could help me with How to create mystery. I want to do Fallout 2D20 solo and I am struggling with how do I give myself an overarching mystery or goal. Like how do I search for the MacGuffin without already knowing where it is?

Grae
Any suggestions for Fallout themed battlemaps?

T
Need some suggestions about dungeon maps. Dungeon maps of which artist/publisher do you like the best and/or use the most (considering you use dungeon/battle maps)?

Nestor
What do you expect from this kind of tools? How much granularity do you want when exploring a corridor? See an entire section even if your pcs can't see beyond 30 feet from the torch? See only 30' sections? Discover it more progressively as you go, rather than in sections? 10' grid scale or 5' grid scale?
Dedicated to dungeon design only or also master emulator? as universal as possible or a whole game with its own original rules, oracles and setting, expandable beyond the Dungeon crawler?
Thanks for any answer, without cutting yourself short. Sometimes the idea that seems simplest or silliest ends up inspiring genius, or the criticism that seems most superfluous ends up hitting the nail on the head.

Vinnie
You can hide AI content in DriveThruuuuu
Go to Menu -> My Account -> Additional Preferences and deselect "Show AI Content"
https://help.drivethrurpg.com/hc/en-us/articles/26794784634007-Customer-Experience-with-AI-Generated-Content-Within-Titles

Vinnie Sift
I wanted something like it but for fantasy

Mike Clark
QUESTION OF THE DAY: What happens when two Gelatinous Cubes fight?

Charlie the hedgehog
We could make a solo rpg month activity

T
Apart from Mythic magazine, is there any magazine dedicated to solo rpg-ing?

kaisermzn
Can someone please recommend an oracle that works with Tarot cards? I bought a Paris Catacombs Tarot deck because I know it is a good oracle method.

Vinnie
Ok, I’m going to show how to use Fablemaker's Animated Tarot to spice up your characters.
The game I’m going to use is called Salvage Union, by Leyline Press. Setting is a post apocalyptic Earth where people use mechs to salvage broken tech, fight giant monsters and corporations. Fablemakers is geared towards being used in D&D 5e, so I want to use it in a whole different setting just to show it can be used with anything (I actually have used it for a Call of Cthulhu character and a Mothership character).

Charlie the hedgehog
[ Poll : YEAH ]
- I LOVE SOLO RPGS
- I collect solo rpgs!
- I LIKE PRESSING POLL ANSWERS
- I PROCRASTINATE MY SOLO GAMES TO NEXT YEAR
- i enjoy lurking
- poll pls dont crash this time

Julius
I have been looking for a pdf called Agnostic ttrpg prep method however i dont see it on the solo library nor the amber romm

Fernando
Mimics are good chest training 🥁‼️

Mike
Hmmm, does anyone know of a system wherein you play as some sort of illegal organization moving contraband or something?
Object 908
For the last few weeks I've been looking for ways to draw a global map in 3D. In the end I gave up the idea and decided to create a pseudo satellite map. Although I haven't found anything better than Blender or any similar program for height map processing.

Emm KT
I made a mashup of carcassone and risk that I call carcassone wars

Charlie the hedgeho
David and Riq (here on telegram) gave us some helps and permission to run a group game of their expedition (huge gamebook) that i have as a physical edition in English. Please @ me and reply to this post if youd like to participate

Martin
I have yet to see a space game that handles mechanics in a way that is cinematic and a cross between a simulation and abstraction that is fast passed and entertaining

Charlie the hedgehog
[ Poll : How are you today? ]
- Yes, and
- Yes
- Yes, but
- No, but
- No
- No, and

S C
For the beginner soloists, here is a beginner friendly solo game I just tried. If you tend to not like journaling style games, don't worry, you can play this one without journaling anything and still be satisfied. It's a sci-fi themed game. It has a nice game loop, not too complicated but not too simple either. If you like sci-fi and looking for an easy entry to solo rpgs, give Entity a try.
"In Entity, you step into the role of an AI synthetic astronaut, finding yourself stranded within an enigmatic expanse filled with alien ruins. These grand, intricate edifices are the remnants of long forgotten civilizations, silent keepers of history steeped in mystery"
https://t.me/c/1554015259/3344
Magpie
I'd like to run a barbarians of lunernia thing if anyone is interested

Mike
The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson (1981)

Charlie the hedgehog
I used a marker to write names of rpg things on a deck of cards for Dungeon Solitaire to make it more fun

Emm
What are good rpg magazines other than pyramid and mythic?

Emm
https://itch.io/b/2865/solo-but-not-alone-5

Charlie the hedgehog
WE LOVE YOU HANZO

Charlie the hedgehog
[ Poll : Have you played a solo RPG TODAY ]
- YES
- YES AND
- Yes but
- No but .-.
- No 😱
- No and 😭

Dende
Hello Everyone!
I have a little question. What Gamebook(s) would you expert say are some "must read" it can be anything from classics to super modern stuff I've never heard off. All genres and settings are appreciated 😊

Charlie the hedgehog
the dungeon solitaire
Vinnie
Anyway, I would like to try the tarot version of Dungeon Solitarie

Charlie the hedgehog
HERE IS WHERE ARDEN VUL BEGINS <—-
its a special module that is 1200 pages long and can be finished in 3 years if you play 15 hours everyday

Vinnie, "wanna duets Arden Vul"

Vinnie
A fun idea: play an already written adventure as a know-it-all mastermind controlling a party of unreliable people

Charlie the hedgehog
[ Poll : What kind of Solo RPGs did you play this weekend? ]
- Ker Nathalis
- OSR games (BECMI, KanterBEC, EmmRPG1.0, Basic Fantasy, White Box FMAG, etc.)
- Card games
- Board games
- VHS games (like the Clue VHS game or the Star Trek: The Next Generation one, or the one from AVGN)
- Duet RPGs too!
- Journaling games
- Music games
- I only collected, I did not play this weekend.
- Just lurking ;D
SHOW ME THE ANSWERS XDDD

Noelle
anyone wanna play a co-op game of ironsworn or starforged or sundered isles with me on foundry?

Charlie the hedgehog
Arden vul arden vul

Alexandre
I'm trying to keep off the screens at night, when I have time and I'd like to print here in college, they'll do a nice price for me to print in bulk (I don't have a printer at home). I'll print a lot and let it stares at me so I play them'all.
So... I'd like suggestions to print besides 4AD, Scarlet Heroes and Basic Fantasy.. Some book on Gm emulation or tables to help like Mythic would be good for me? Or another book?

Emm KT
OSRIC BEGINNER BOX

Charlie the hedgehog
The Dead Robotz - Putrescence Regnant
Official MÖRK BORG Soundtracr

Charlie the hedgehog
*edits it* (This is where the ARDEN VUL session continues, a bit farther below, but we introduce the SEVEN GLYPHS OF DOOM scenario and how that ties into the LOST GLYPH in the Goblin's pidgin note about mushroom farming techniques which the wizard rolled on the 70 page character generation/rumor tables in one of the other duets (the module supports 200 simultaneous solo and duet games running for 30 years))

Charlie the hedgehog
Emm we need the OSRIC pages for The Solo RPG Coffee Shop Beginner Box

Charlie the hedgehog
[ Poll : How were your solo and duet games this week? ]
- GREAT, And (write below)
- GREAT!
- Uhm..
- I only collected, i did not partake
- ...no rpgs ,_,
- LURKERS PRESS HERE TO PEEK

Charlie the hedgehog
[ Poll : Have you solo RPG'd this week? ]
- yes, but
- Yes
- YES AND
- ... (picking this answer does neither confirm nor deny playing!)

drkcloud
Hi all. After a couple of days spectating, might as well say hi and ask your knowledgeable minds for advice.
I've already had a look around even at the beginner resources you've posted, but... as with the other colourful room, if you don't know what you're after, you're very likely to get utterly lost 😅 (this could be a game setting in itself... find a suitable game amongst all of that)

Quyen Dinh
The book that contains snippets and recollections about John Blanche, the Father of Grimdark

Mtw
anyway, I was going to ask about some modern urban stuff
random tables, generators, general ideas for plots and such
I have a sudden urge to chronicles of darkness myself

Mike
For @drkcloud5 let's come up with some easy to learn rules-lite solo RPGs

Wiriston
Do you have an engine for enemy actions(movements, attacks , etc) to recommend? I would like to try rpg solo using skirmish rules.

Vinnie
A publisher called Words by Wyatt put at 0 dollars a game called Cloud Empress that has solo rules, some adventures for it and a supplement for Mothership, Hot Stuff on Shore Leave, also for Solo https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/22042/worlds-by-watt

M C
Howdy everyone, wow this chat is super active. Hard to keep up. Hope everyone is good. I'm looking at trying mork borg solo as my first rpg (solo and general - I played a dnd one shot over a decade ago but I don't count it), thinking of building a little chunk of space in the dying lands to eke out the apocalypse. Any tips from the veterans?

Mtw
Guys, can anyone recommend some good additional books for dragonbane?

Mike
Petition to make a second chat (or whatever) strictly for pinned messages. Call it Solo RPG Coffee Shop Reading Room or something

Vinnie
PLAY MORK BORG

Mike
Pin no.91 NO CURSIVE WRITING IN SOLO RPG COFFEE SHOP

Charlie the hedgehog
Pin 92. UNLESS YOU CAN WITHOUT HURTING YOUR HAND PLS (two players reported cramps BE CAREFUL)

Vinnie
https://backwards-tabletop.itch.io/rust-never-sleeps SOLO MECH GAME, HAS COMMUNITY COPIES, GOGOGO

Vinnie
https://itch.io/s/151205/omega-satan-sale OMEGA SATAN SALE, THREE GAMES AT 100% DISCOUNT, BY THE CREATOR OF LANCER AND KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS

Charlie the hedgehog
Wanna have a The One Who Shall Not Be Named Game jam

Mike
Cold equations indeed

Zeni
Maybe random but has anybody here used the ttrpg convert cli? I’m trying set up ttrpg obsidian vault and it needs me to the use cli process. Me started in terminal (on m2 Mac) and the 1st step (green) shows it’s working. But the 2nd step (red) gives me an error.

Mike
Everyone look at the titles of any adventures and modules you have: do you have anything besides [NOUN] of the [NOUN] or [NOUN] of the [ADJECTIVE ][NOUN]? Just curious.

Vinnie
Fry me an egg
Both sides
As always

Zeni
Fair. I think I have some more but it takes me a little bit of time search because I’m blind. There’s another Mythic magazine of resolving player knowledge vs pc knowledge.