Solo Roleplaying & Game Mastery
Solo Roleplaying May Look Difficult, I try to make it easy with unique tools matched to each game.
Solo games don’t have loops. They have humps. As there is no need to pass information back and forth between GM and player, the understanding in solo play is perfect, as are the descriptions of the setting and the creation of the atmosphere. The basic core loop in RPGs is GM describes situation Players describe … Read more
Until about 20 minutes ago I didn’t know what interaction design is. Apparently the cool kids call it IxD. As it happens Interaction Design is what I have been specialising in for the past two years without even knowing what it is. I kind of like it when I arrive at a conclusion and then … Read more
When I first saw the title for today my first thought was about railroading players. If you have a set objective in mind then you are more likely to be tempted into railroading your players to achieve that objective. Then I remembered Sagas of Midgard (@DHornGames). This is a fairly rules light RPG with just … Read more
I am trying to work out what the idea behind ‘Bleed’ is. Are we talking character bleeding and wounds or ideas bleeding from one genre to another? I am going to take this as physical bleeding and I am going to continue looking at this from a solo role playing perspective. The first game I … Read more
I have decided to tackle RPGTheoryJuly from a solo play point of view. It is a minority niche for the hobby but so was play by post, LARP and game books once. Conversation in solo play sounds like a strange idea. Why talk to yourself? When you character is talking to an NPC in solo … Read more