Come one bro, you know you don't have a group. You're never leaving Mom's Basement™ but you still want to game? This threads for you. So post 'em!
Lone Wolf: https://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books
The Tombs of Kings (Requires BD&D or Tunnels & Trolls needed): http://i.4cdn.org/tg/1464026032545.pdf
4 Against the Darkness Solo RPG
No miniatures are needed. All you need is the book, a pencil, two six sided dice, and grid paper.
You choose four character types from the classic classes (warrior, wizard, rogue, halfling, dwarf, barbarian, cleric, elf), equip them, and start adventuring in dungeons created by dice rolls and by your choices. When you enter a room, you generate its content on a series of random tables. You will meet monsters, fight them, hopefully defeat them (or decide that discretion is the better part of valor!), you'll manage your resources (healing, spells, life points, equipment), grab treasure, dodge traps, find clues, and even accept quests from the monsters you meet. Your characters can level up and become better at what they do, but it will not be easy.
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Main: file dropper doott com/4againstdarknessebookengl1
>>47532510
Adventure 1 "Caves of the Kobold Slave Masters": file dropper doott com com/4adcavesofthekoboldslavemastersadventure
>>47532510
Adventure 2 " Dark Waters":
file dropper doott com/4addarkwatersebook
>>47532565
Star Smuggler complete:
http://dwarfstar.brainiac.com/ds_starsmuggler.html
I'm the only one that plays these games. I knew it.
>>47532881
OP I didn't ask for these feels
These look cool OP. Thanks!
>>47532355
>The Tombs of Kings
Is lost to the sands of time. IE 404. Repost plz?
>>47532881
Nah, dude, I have a pretty sizable Solo subfolder in my RPG stuff, and we have threads from time to time.
>>47534004
Got it.
>>47532355
Those are a thing that exists? daum.
This one's almost a writing exercise. It's interesting, though.
>>47536143
Yep. Solo gaming was a big deal in old wargaming circles, because much like in chess, it offered a way to analyze your strategy and find weak spots, which you often didn't get in a real play. There you might be paired with a schlub that couldn't beat a basic strategem at all, or a genius who wipes the floor with you, leaving you wondering what just happened. Trying to poke holes in your own strategies can offer valuable insights into your strengths and weaknesses, and what your opponents are doing.
When RPGs grew out of wargaming, solo gaming came along with it. Tunnels and Trolls was a big solo system, while Traveller had good support for solo play as well, coming as it did from serious wargaming guys. TSR published a number of solo modules intended to fix the problem where you had a group that wanted to play D&D but nobody had enough experience to do it.
Gamebooks also became a big thing in the 80s, along with Choose Your Own Adventure type books, but they died out by the early 90s, due to both the rise of cheap video games and a glut of bad CYOA books cashing in on the fad.
Solo RPGs have seen a resurgence in recent years, though, with stuff like the various GM emulators, and new solo systems and modules and gamebooks being produced for the niche market.
I mean sure, video games are nice, but sometimes you really want to roll some dice, and getting a group together can be just as much a headache now as it was in the 80s..
Been playing a solo KD campaign. It's actually pretty fun because you can focus resources on what you want instead of letting other people have a say.
>>47536240
Interestin history, thanks anon.
>>47532881
No you're not. I personally use PDF related, along with Classic Traveller
>>47532355
Traveller is a fantastic solo game. I recommend rolling a character (or a small party) and begin a campaign in the merchant marine. The core book has a bunch of random roll tables to use every time something happens, and it has enough flavor and replayability to keep you coming back.
>>47536918
>>47538632
How?
I am new to actually playing /tg/ames.
>>47539505
I should write up a FAQ for this stuff.
First figure out what you want kind of game you want to play, and then figure out what system and tools you'll need to handle it.
Quickest fix will be a gamebook, see the Lone Wolf link in OP for some freely available ones. These are basically a simple RPG system bolted on to a CYOA. (The book kind of CYOAs, not the lame internet memes)
There are also solo modules for some systems, which are a bit like gamebooks, but with more game and less book. A lot of systems back in the 80s had these to teach you the rules, a practice I wish hadn't stopped. TSR's modules fall under this heading.
Then you have systems designed for solo play. Old ones include T&T, which is kind of fun, but its modules are very old school with random stuff happening out of the blue. If you dig that, go for it.
Traveller has support for solo play right out of the box, as its trade system can let you play as a merchant captain with no other players. It has robust tables for generating other stuff, and a pretty good combat system for solo wargaming if you want to handle shootouts in a bar or something.
Modern solo systems include: Scarlet Heroes, which is D&D with PC power ramped up to let a single PC handle old school modules, with all the mobs of enemies that implies.
De Profundis, a game of Lovecraftian correspondence for one or more players
Raiders of the Ruins of Kanthe, a solo dungeon crawler
Norse Odyssey, a solo game about Viking raiders
And quite a few more.
Another modern invention is the GM Emulator, a kind of master table system/advanced Magic 8 ball thing, usually with some narrative structure rules attached, that can take the place of a GM in any system, whether it's designed for solo play or not.
Mythic was the first, and is the heftiest one around. Since then there have been several others: Conjectural Roleplaying's Gamemaster Emulator (CRGE), Perilous Intersections, and The 9Qs. New ones pop up now and then.
>>47540431
First of all thank you for answering my question.
I am aligned to Sci-Fi,however also wiling to give good'ol fantasy adventure too.
>>47540559
Sorry forgot to add the question -
So , what should I choose ?
>>47540559
Sci-fi, huh? Traveller is probably your best friend, then. It's long been the benchmark for good sci-fi systems. Its default setting is a no-Lucas, no-Roddenberry, classic SF literature-inspired space opera universe with a noir twist,
Grab The Traveller Book from here:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!DkdyQITY!Y1VxiiEtuqDwhHo5wEw65w
Also useful are the supplements, especially S1-1001 Characters, S4-Citizens of the Imperium, S6-76 Patrons, and S7-Traders and Gunboats.
Book 7, Merchant Prince, may be handy if you want a specifically merchant-focused game. It includes extra stuff for trade-based games, and a Merchant career for characters.
If you want a more general adventure game, you might want a GM emulator. Mythic, posted above, is good, but pretty heavy on the crunch. Here's a more lightweight alternative. Use whichever you prefer.
>>47540702
Other Anon here,what would you suggest for Fantasy Role Playing?
>>47540702
Thanks for the traveller link senpai
Also Mythic isn't that complex, it takes a good day to seize how it works, and then you only need two pages of tables.
>>47532355
>You're never leaving Mom's Basement™ but you still want to game?
Roll20 or, in times of desperation, pbp
>>47532355
Also, why not vidya gaem if you're alone anyway
>>47541015
Back in my days we used our imagination.
I played through Battlecon: Devestation of Indines first solo dungeon.
Just managed to eek out a win but it actually felt pretty satisfying.
>>47540890
Scarlet Heroes is pretty good, and has rules that help mitigate the problems of the lone hero in a fantasy milieu. It also has its own mini GM emulator system of tables for generating adventures and stuff at the back of the book.
>>47541000
No, Mythic's not super complex, but it's the biggest GME around, and when you consider he's learning a whole new RPG system AND a GM emulator on top, a lighter GME might be preferable. (And some folks just plain prefer the lighter ones anyway.)
>>47541015
Because nothing about vidjeo games can quite scratch the itch to roll some dice and build some stories of your own.
>>47541069
Oh, SH link, some assembly required:
anonfiles com /file/39790a27e43f0e205a8aae3291a491a2
>>47540890
Tunnels&Trolls
Anyone tested this?
I might do so soon.
This is glorious! I made this thread yesterday. Headed to my 10 HR a day corporate wage slave, souless office job. Worked all day. Get treated like shit by evil boss. Come home to my one bedroom apartment. Crack open a beer and see I am not alone. Thx guys you have restored my faith in gamers at least.
>>47545636
>>47532355
The Fantasy Trip from Metagaming - very tactical, 8 solo adventures. Designed by Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games it's essentially Proto-GURPS.
>>47549418
>8 solo adventures.
Ooh, I wasn't aware of those, I'll have to get a copy of that now.
>>47549418
You can find some of them in here
https://mega.nz/#F!r9dxwA5S!bKjePzZxre9NNIZlFpfpRg
Also, Fighting Fantasy gamebooks
https://mega.nz/#F!ellRxKKb!698hqbj0xhUIPuP-F9aWvQ
>>47550418
Ow! My eyes!
These are pretty cool, though.
There's also:
Exiles of the Wicked Maze (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/127417/Exiles-Of-The-Wicked-Maze)
Dungeons: A Solo Adventure (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/107175/Dungeons-A-Solo-Adventure-Game)
Labyrinth (http://labyrinthadventures.com/)
Haven't had chance to pick any of the above up yet, but they all seem worth a look.
Oh, and Ancient Odysseys: Treasure Awaits! (http://www.pigames.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=101&products_id=559).
Late night bump
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4b1g5kuxjuzdw/Gamebooks
A few more gamebooks from various lines
nice thread, I had no idea this existed until now
>>47551128
Welcome to 1981 mother fuckers!
The guy who made this does a lot of neat solo stuff.
why don't we solos get together and play a game?
>>47558646
It's a good idea, but I don't have the time. I already run a game for my group. Solo stuff is usually what I pull out when people flake and game night's cancelled, and I'm left sitting there with a fistful of dice and a few hours of nothing to do.
Then again, I might have some free time tomorrow, depending.
A major influence on early D&D was Outdoor Survival, a brutal game of staying alive in the wilderness.
>>47560025
And here's the map.
>>47560025
Gotta love the dislocated shoulder part.
>playing pretend by yourself
Why? Honestly, why? Half the fun in playing with a group is that you're able to come up with ridiculous situations to laugh about and shoot the shit with your buddies.
You might as well just spend your time writing a book or playing a video game.
>>47532355
If you like miniatures I suggest Monsterpocalypse solo
its bretty fun and the game is dead so cheap collecting armies for it.
>>47560927
>playing pretend
Game design is an art! An art!
Solo playing puts constraints and drives the designer to think out of the box.
We're not playing it for immersion ; we're playing it in hope for surprise.
>>47561012
what she said
This probably isn't quite the right thread, but whatever.
What about 2 player games? I've been fiddling with the idea for a while because most systems aren't built for it at all and people deserve better. I mean it's coming from me so you're getting what I like which is semi collaborative and pseudonarrative, but that's what I want and what my friend(s) like. Is there interest or is it easier just to make do?
>>47561012
You're rolling a couple chunks of plastic around and using that to think of a story in your head You can't get surprised by that when you have absolute control of every outcome.
>>47561125
I heard Poltergeist was spooky but I never got to put my hands on it.
>>47561169
You're missing the fact that a game has rules.
Unrelated pic because it bugs if I don't post one
>>47532355
How does this work? Do you just play by yourself while the books are your GM?
>>47561477
Usually. Others have it where the rules GM the best they can, but that's more soloing existing modules.
cuntributing to a nice thread
DEATH ANGEL made by FFG is a really nice 1 player game, even if you don't really care for warhammer 40k (I don't)
It's a must-have for any solo enthusiast
>>47560927
Why do anything ever? Because I like it! I don't play video games because I find them too addictive. Have you tried solo table top play? It is every bit as fun as reading or vidya. I also find solo adventures an untapped resource for ideas for my regular RPGs.
