Solo Skald

Latter Earth 2 February 10, 2023 Abenteuerspiel & Worlds Without Number & Numenera & Scarlet Heroes

I’ve been thinking about my approach here and it feels a little more seat-of-my-pants than I’d like. Let’s talk about procedures. One of the joys of

Latter Earth 1 February 9, 2023 Abenteuerspiel & Worlds Without Number & Numenera

Some time ago, I experimented with Abenteuerspiel, Worlds Without Number (WWN), Perilous Wilds, and Numenera. I wanted to come back to this

Starforged - Exploration Part 8 February 8, 2023 Starforged

We’re headed back out for some space exploration, with no real idea of what we’ll find there. I guess that makes it more interesting, right? Last

Starforged - Exploration Part 7 February 7, 2023 Starforged

It’s time to rock! …get it? asteroid? rock? …never mind. Last time, we tried twice to get the cosmic scales and succeeded the second time, finding

Starforged - Exploration Part 6 February 6, 2023 Starforged

Let’s see if we can’t make some legacy track progress today. We Begin a Session by thinking about flags. With the possibility of a romantic

Starforged - Exploration Part 5 February 5, 2023 Starforged & Ultraviolet Grasslands

Things are humming along with our expanded vow to continue to uncover the secrets our mentor gave his life trying to understand. Let’s dig right

Starforged - Exploration Part 4 February 4, 2023 Starforged

I’ve caught my breath from the last arc and ready to dig back in. Last time, Lux found Kei’s body outside an ancient precursor factory on a furnace

Abenteuerspiel Experiment February 3, 2023 Abenteuerspiel & Perilous Wilds & Numenera & Worlds Without Number & Ultraviolet Grasslands

After I read Geek Gamers’ Solo Game Master’s Guide (“Solo GMG”) last year, her approach intrigued me. So I decided to experiment with different

Starforged - Exploration Part 3 February 2, 2023 Starforged

After tussling with a spaceborne creature, Lux has linked up with another scavenger in system. Firestarter, her temporary crew member, boarded the

Starforged - Exploration Part 2 February 1, 2023 Starforged

Lux Jemison is headed into unknown, unexplored space to find her mentor’s lost ship. She has a crew member, Firestarter, who helped clear a block on

Starforged - Exploration Part 1 January 31, 2023 Starforged

With our truths set up and the basics of the sector defined, we can go on to character creation. Expanding on what I said previously, I envision

Starforged - Exploration Part 0 January 30, 2023 Starforged

I’ve been playing lots of traditional (group) RPG sessions, but I want to dig back into some solo gaming. Last time I played Starforged, it ended

Blades in the Dark Solo - Season 2 - Part 2 August 8, 2022 Blades in the Dark

The session starts by creating Emeline, our second scoundrel. Once they get a third, they’ll form a crew, but for now it’s just a pair of folks

Blades in the Dark Solo - Season 2 - Part 1 August 7, 2022 Blades in the Dark

My mind hasn’t really left Blades in the Dark since the conclusion of my prior solo playthrough for The Pincers. So I want to dig into it again,

Wanderhome Solo - Part 4 July 29, 2022 Wanderhome & Journaling

Meta note: I actually played this on June 12th but somehow forgot to blog it. So here it is! Also, I now have an actual printed copy rather than

Ironsworn Delve - Debrief July 28, 2022 Ironsworn

Photo by Tabea Schimpf on Unsplash Now that I’ve completed a playthrough of Ironsworn over 12 sessions (including a part 0), I thought I’d sit for a

Ironsworn Delve - Part 11 July 27, 2022 Ironsworn

Amara stands outside the ravine that contains the entrance to the Cavern of Torment. She’s seen a gaunt here, the mounts commonly used by elves,

Ironsworn Delve - Part 10 July 25, 2022 Ironsworn

Amara is about to fight a Nightspawn in a wolf-bug form blocking her escape from the Crystal Wood. Let’s play to find out how that goes… Both of the

Ironsworn Delve - Part 9 July 24, 2022 Ironsworn

Amara, a Warden in the Ironlands assigned to protect the northwest corner of the Havens, is trying to relocate a tiny, poor community out of hostile

Ironsworn Delve - Part 8 July 21, 2022 Ironsworn

Amara has sworn to get her fellow Warden, Malik, to safety after he was captured by raiders who also killed another Warden. He’s more or less okay