So what's the deal with solo gaming?

[The Soloist]

Four Against Darkness is not an RPG. It's stands somewhere between a dungeon crawl generator and a board less wargame. I found it rather dull and repetitive.

Death Knight Squire is 5e D&D game book adventure. It's the first part of a campaign set in the Forgotten Realms. Just roll up a (one) character, read and play.

https://www.dmsguild.com/fr/product/220997/d-d-solo-adventure-the-death-knight-s-squire?src=hottest_filtered&filters=45469

Solo Gritty Survival: Ker Nethalas, Order of Eventide and The Adventurer (by Kenk) are three good ones.

D100 Dungeon, is a classic solo fantasy RPG. It has many expansion books that now cover overland hex-crawl and world building.

There are many others. You can sift through the Geek Gamers channel. She has a great selection. geek gamers

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Death Knight Squire is 5e D&D game book adventure. It's the first part of a campaign set in the Forgotten Realms. Just roll up a (one) character, read and play.

https://www.dmsguild.com/fr/product/220997/d-d-solo-adventure-the-death-knight-s-squire?src=hottest_filtered&filters=45469

If you're looking for solo 5E play, Obvious Mimic Press has a whole line of solo D&D adventures.

 

[môrgondír]

Death Knight Squire is 5e D&D game book adventure. It's the first part of a campaign set in the Forgotten Realms. Just roll up a (one) character, read and play.

I tried this one - it seemed a bit clunky with searching through pages for the (what happens next) keyword, and I think I got a bit bored with it once I went in a circle without stumbling across how to get to the next major clue / plot point.

Did anyone play it through to the end and have a good experience? Maybe I should give it another look.

 

[Umbran]

And, to spread the genre around a bit, Modiphius makes Star Trek Adventures: Captain's Log, a solo adventure game. Available in hardcopy or pdf.

 

[Micah Sweet]

And, to spread the genre around a bit, Modiphius makes Star Trek Adventures: Captain's Log, a solo adventure game. Available in hardcopy or pdf.

I have that book. Really interesting! I need to try it sometime.

 

[The Soloist]

It's old school and brutal but I still love Barbarian Prince, an hex crawl random fantasy quest. You can find a legal copy of the game in the files section of Board Game Geek. I recommend the extended and updated 40th anniversary edition:

Barbarian Prince - 40th Anniversary Edition | Barbarian Prince

Barbarian Prince - 40th Anniversary Edition | Barbarian Prince

boardgamegeek.com

I've often used the Barbarian Prince events booklet and map to solo D&D Basic (OSE) wilderness hexcrawl adventures with four characters.

 

[The Soloist]

There are alternatives to Mythic GM Emulator if you want to generate the adventure as you go along.

Elminster's Guide to Solo (10 pages):

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/fr/product/242400/elminster-s-guide-to-solo-adventuring

The Solo Adventurer's Tool Box. Very straight forward method and easy to understand. Comes with many random tables keyed to D&D 5e:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/fr/product/252355/the-solo-adventurer-s-toolbox

 

[Parmandur]

It's old school and brutal but I still love Barbarian Prince, an hex crawl random fantasy quest. You can find a legal copy of the game in the files section of Board Game Geek. I recommend the extended and updated 40th anniversary edition:

Barbarian Prince - 40th Anniversary Edition | Barbarian Prince

Barbarian Prince - 40th Anniversary Edition | Barbarian Prince

boardgamegeek.com

I've often used the Barbarian Prince events booklet and map to solo D&D Basic (OSE) wilderness hexcrawl adventures with four characters.

Brutal Old School Gygaxian play sounds more appropriate to solo play, somehow.

 

[The Soloist]

Brutal Old School Gygaxian play sounds more appropriate to solo play, somehow.

I'm in a FB group with 6k members who play solo. That style of play is without a doubt very popular, often using BX or the Basic Fantasy RPG.

Solo journaling is also popular. They write quasi-novels with dialogue and complex stories Game of Thrones style, randomized with dice rolls.

Cozy RPG players go around collecting ingredients to brew potions to save someone. Many social encounters but no combat.

It's a very wide spectrum. It all comes down to what you are looking for as a solo experience.

 

[Weiley31]

And, to spread the genre around a bit, Modiphius makes Star Trek Adventures: Captain's Log, a solo adventure game. Available in hardcopy or pdf.

I have that book. Really interesting! I need to try it sometime.

I love how it has four different cover options. The DS9 cover being my fave.