[Soloing TTRPGs] General Discussion [+]

[dbm]

I like this system. It's a keeper.

I have read Forbidden Lands, but not yet played it. How would you compare it to other systems? Are you familiar with Dragonbane perhaps? That seems to fill a similar ‘low fantasy’ feel.

 

[conankeep]

pretty cool arc with the deserters and the tree, specifically I like the interpretation of the yes/no oracle

 

[Thierry-Advent]

I have read Forbidden Lands, but not yet played it. How would you compare it to other systems? Are you familiar with Dragonbane perhaps? That seems to fill a similar ‘low fantasy’ feel.

I’ve played Dragonbane solo and GMing it for my group. There are similarities but the dice pool resolution, for me, make solo feels more alive than a single d20 die roll. FL feel grittier, darker. The setting and the illustration convey that very well.

(edit: I prefer less skills. In fact, FL has the exact same skills I chose for the solo system I was creating. It's on hold, because FL pretty much does everything I wanted.)

(edit 2: the procedures and random tables are more detailed and numerous in FL. It offers a better solo experience IMHO.)

 

[Thierry-Advent]

pretty cool arc with the deserters and the tree, specifically I like the interpretation of the yes/no oracle

Thanks. When I rolled Druid as leader of the village, it opened a door in my imagination. It all flowed from there.

 

[doghead]

Are the Forbidden Land rules designed to support Solo play? If not, what else are you using to support play?

I have played some Forbidden Lands. I don't recall much about the system. I seem to remember liking the push rule as it gave you the option to take a risk to succeed.

thotd

 

[doghead]

I have been enjoying my Ironsworn Solo game. But it can be a bit heavy going.

So I decided to try one of the Solo games available at SoloRPG. I filtered by "Free", and selected the first on the list:

Away (with the fairies).

Here is the game report. It made me laugh. And I survived.

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The Beginning.
[Tails - Heads]
Tinder. Lots of people use it. Surely it can't be so bad.

The Wild.
[Heads - Tails]
There is no one here. Am I late? Maybe I should just cut it away. What is that light?

[Heads - Tails]
This is ridiculous. What am I doing. I don't even know what that light is. Is that a cello?

Call: Heads. [Heads]
Oh. That's the tram stop. I think should go home now.

The Beginning.

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thotd

 

[Thierry-Advent]

Are the Forbidden Land rules designed to support Solo play? If not, what else are you using to support play?

I have played some Forbidden Lands. I don't recall much about the system. I seem to remember liking the push rule as it gave you the option to take a risk to succeed.

thotd

Yes, the exploration style of the system, and the solo system in the Book of Beasts, go well together. It’s a daily procedural hexcrawl with Adventure Locations. If you want to play a drama story with life defining personal goals it will not work. You will need an external oracle.