Check out RPGSolo.com!

During my vacation, I received more than one message about this nifty site. It's a new online tool called "RPG Solo." It's...

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EN World's Online Generic Randomizer Engine

Morrus is bringing back EN World better than ever! Check out the Online Generic Randomizer Engine, perfect for solo gaming! It's got eve...

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Read my Gnome Stew article!

My December post Quick NPCs with Story Cubes got a lot of attention, and the folks at Gnome Stew liked it so much, they asked me to make a ...

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Fun with Failed Skill Checks

During the first session of my solo D&D Next campaign, I received a number of comments and e-mails raising questions about how I was usi...

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Adventure Diary & Inspiration Board

Almost everything is in place for my year-long solo campaign “L’amore tra i mostri” now that I’ve purchased my “adventure diary” and “inspir...

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“L’amore tra i mostri” (Love among the monsters)

After selecting the genre and system for my solo RPG campaign , it’s now time to identify the “style” of the game, to articulate the feel an...

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Quick NPCs with Story Cubes

Just like groups, solo RPG players love to meet interesting NPCs. Unfortunately for solo players, either minutes must be spent during game...

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The Intersection of Secrets

I attended a playtest session of “D&D Next” this week. About that game, I’ve nothing to add that hasn’t already glutted the maw of the b...

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ADVICE NEEDED: Best Virtual Tabletop?

New reader Daniel W. asked: I was wondering if you use any virtual tabletop programs to play with others or for solo play. Can you recommend...

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meepleomancy

meepleomancy n. divination by means of the interpretation of patterns of meeples Yeah. I invented a word. I didn't originally set out ...

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Carsten's D&D 4th Edition Solo Tips, Part 3

Continued from Part 2 , here's the final installment of Carsten's advice: Use the underlying "monster math" together with ...

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Carsten's D&D 4th Edition Solo Tips, Part 2

Continued from Part 1 , here's Carsten's second round of advice: Keep your party small and your characters simple. Characters in 4e ...

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Carsten's D&D 4th Edition Solo Tips, Part 1

Carsten from Germany is back with some excellent tips on how to make 4E more solo friendly! Today, it's all about getting started as qui...

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Using modules for solo RPG play...

I almost forgot about this... A few days ago on the RPG.net forums, "King Stag" posted: I do a lot of solo gaming (married father ...

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Carsten's Mythic Adventures, Lessons Learned

From Carsten from Germany: While I was playing my Mythic GME Star Wars adventure, a few issues have come up that I felt made the game somew...

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The 9Qs: Fast, No-Frills Solo RPG Play

Aargh! I just failed YET AGAIN to get people to play the Advanced Fighting Fantasy RPG with me! (See previous rants about this HERE  and H...

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Why solo? To maximize creativity...

The inspiration for this post came from a "lively" discussion that I had with a fellow gamer this past weekend. He had heard about...

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Mythic & Mouse Guard Podcast

At his "1 Player Podcast," solo player Albert H. recently tried out the Mythic Game Master Emulator for the first time. He record...

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Carsten's Mythic Adventures, Part 1

Carsten from Germany is back with another great contribution! This time he's trying the Mythic GME for his first ever solo RPG effort an...

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Day Stacks: Running Time-Sensitive City Adventures

As I waited this weekend for responses to the Imaginary Consultation , I gave serious thought to city adventures - not the sandbox-styled ty...

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