Solo Skald

5 Parsecs From Home - Campaign Turn 9 February 6, 2024 Five Parsecs From Home & Wargame

This might be our last turn here on the gas giant of Elyria and its flying cities, at least for now. The number of rivals has gotten high, as is the

5 Parsecs From Home - Campaign Turn 8 February 4, 2024 Five Parsecs From Home & Wargame

Things are getting a bit hot here, but the crew will try to keep pulling in credits while they can. Important but boring bits: crew upkeep is 1

5 Parsecs From Home - Campaign Turn 7 February 3, 2024 Five Parsecs From Home & Mythic GME & Wargame

Elyria has a beautiful façade but in fact conceals darkness, as the crew has been learning. That will only continue here. Upkeep is still at the

5 Parsecs from Home - Campaign Turn 6 February 1, 2024 Five Parsecs From Home & Wargame

Last session saw some changes in the crew composition. This time I’m planning to look a bit more at the narrative. Now that Stroud has left the

5 Parsecs From Home - Campaign Turn 5 January 31, 2024 Five Parsecs From Home & Wargame

We’re staying on Elyria for another turn as we have some business to take care of, in multiple ways. We’ll spend 2 credits on upkeep for our crew

5 Parsecs From Home - Campaign Turn 4 January 28, 2024 Five Parsecs From Home & Wargame

As previously agreed, it’s time to travel. No invasion is happening on Kothea 4. The crew of the Acidic Angel spend 5 credits on fuel and whatnot.

5 Parsecs From Home - Campaign Turn 3 January 26, 2024 Five Parsecs From Home & Wargame

Captain Swales and I have decided to stick around Kothea 4 for at least one more job, even if that damnable fog is so frustrating. We’ve got another

5 Parsecs From Home - Campaign Turn 2 January 23, 2024 Five Parsecs From Home & Wargame

This time, instead of character creation, we’ll have the full pre-battle sequence for 5 Parsecs From Home. For the record, Modiphius is having a

5 Parsecs From Home - Campaign Turn 1 January 22, 2024 Five Parsecs From Home & Mythic GME & Stars Without Number & Wargame

5 Parsecs From Home is a “solo adventure wargame” by Ivan Sorensen published by Modiphius. It’s a science fiction game where you “assemble a ragtag

The Doomed - Session 4 January 19, 2024 The Doomed & Wargame

This is the story of how my warband came to an ignominious end. Just as last time, one of the warband members has sunk into a bad mental state:

The Doomed - Session 3 January 18, 2024 The Doomed & Wargame

Continuing the wargame campaign, the severity of the doom has started to get to the warband: Bleak Outlook: There really doesn’t seem to be any

The Doomed - Session 2 January 14, 2024 The Doomed & Wargame

As I pick up the second session, I want to focus a bit more on the narrative of the game. I also had DALL-E 3 generate images of the warband and the

The Doomed - Scenario 1 January 13, 2024 The Doomed & Wargame

I got a copy of The Doomed, Chris McDowall’s skirmish wargame of “Apocalyptic Horror Hunting”. Much like he did with Into the Odd and Electric

San Rafael - Session 2 December 19, 2023 Call of Cthulhu & Mythic GME & Down Darker Trails

Last time, Memo Rodríguez, a New Mexican cowboy, arrived in the Texas border town of San Rafael to follow up on the relatives of Los Díaz, a

San Rafael - Session 1 November 12, 2023 Call of Cthulhu & Mythic GME & Down Darker Trails

I’m still playing Pulp Cthulhu in the Down Darker Trails (DDT) setting with the Mythic Game Master Emulator (GME). I decided to keep using the same

The Children of Aguas Blancas - Session 2 October 30, 2023 Call of Cthulhu & Mythic GME & Down Darker Trails

This is the continuation of the previous session, and as before there are some spoilers for the scenario “The Secret of Castronegro” from the

The Children of Aguas Blancas - Session 1 October 29, 2023 Call of Cthulhu & Mythic GME & Down Darker Trails

For this solo game, I have decided to give Mythic GM Emulator (2nd Edition) a try, together with Call of Cthulhu. For the latter, I’m also using the

Yourself - Trophy Edition October 22, 2023 Yourself & Trophy & Hollow Vale & Journaling

For Sara. “Yourself” uses cards from a tarot deck to inspire and guide responses. Instead of a traditional tarot deck, I’m using the Hollow Valley

Ultraviolet Grasslands - Exploration Test October 21, 2023 Ultraviolet Grasslands

Her Odyssey - Trophy Edition October 16, 2023 Her Odyssey & Trophy & Tome of Adventure Design & Journaling

Today’s game is Her Odyssey: Her Odyssey is a solo journaling RPG about a wanderer trying to return home - or find a new home. As with my recent