Here we are looking at pdf and book titles for other planes and otherworldy adventures on Drive Thru RPG.
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Starting Points
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Solo RPGs is the art of playing a tabletop roleplaying game on your own. You are player, gamesmaster, worldbuilder, narrator and audience.
Some people like to journal, some like to play their favourite RPG, some try out new RPGs. Others play RPGs specific to solo play, adventure gamebooks or a lightweight RPG. I'm currently working my way through various British RPGs, old and new.
Other guides with Solo sections include Sci-Fi Solo Titles and Fantasy Dungeon Solo Titles.
Many of the titles were included in 31 Days of Solo RPGs, which I did for March 2023 listing resources for solo rpgs each day on reddit.
Major Titles
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Some PDFs are much larger and comprehensive.
- Mythic Game Master Emulator Second Edition from Word Mill is the most the most recent version of the most known emulator.
- From Larcenous Designs are the GM's Apprentice Decks (base deck linked). There are several variants including fantasy and sci-fi.
- Motif Story Engine from Thought Police is a modular solo oracle, toolkit and emulator.
- Stars Without Number from Sine Nomine Publishing is a free RPG, which also has many pages or random tables. And a fantasy version in Worlds Without Number.
- The Solo Games Masters's Guide from Mophidius has advice on how to play RPGs solo, from reading oracle results to examples and random tables.
- Ironsworn from Shawn Tomkin is one of the best known solo games, where the narrative is pushed forward by powerful vows made by the protagonist(s). Starforged from Mophidius is its sci-fi cousin.
Free and Pay What You Want Options
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If you like pdfs and random tables then there are some options. And where you find one you might find more...
- CRGE, Conjecture Roleplaying GM Emulator from Conjecture Games is an emulator with a few different modes / levels.
- One Page Solo Engine from Inflatable Studios is a lightweight GM emulator with a couple of pages of notes and tables to help.
- Black Streams: Solo Heroes from Sine Nomine Publishing is a lightweight solo rpg written for running classic D&D adventures for a single character.
- UNE, the Universal NPC Emulator from Conjecture Games creates NPCs for you! There is also Bold, Universal PC Stories and Deeds Generator.
- Micro Chapbook RPG Deluxe Core Rulebook from Micro RPG is a PWYW lightweight rpg that uses randomly generated adventures.
- Rocket Dungeons from LunchBox RPG is an ultra light dungeon crawler built for solo play.
Journalling
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Some solo games are setup around journalling, which gives a more storytelling and creative writing experience.
- If you want to play a vampire, then journalling game Thousand Year Old Vampire from The Hutchingsonian Presents-PlaGMaDA is the game for you!
- For a journalling experience using 1d6, a pack of cards and your mind, try Journey from Greycastle Press. Expanded Aspcects for Journey adds more options for elements while exporing your gameworld.
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Other Titles
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To find more related titles by a particular publisher the "Customers Who Bought This Title also Purchased" bar at the bottom of product description is useful.
- Motif Character Engine from Thought Police is an emulator for PC / character actions.
- Rangers of Shadow Deep from Mophidius is a solo (or co-op) game playing a group of rangers holding back the darkness of Shadow Deep.
- Four Against Darkness from Ganesha Games is a solitaire dungeon-delving game where you control a party of four adventurers.
- Maze Rats from Questing Beast Games is a lightweight dungeon-crawling RPG, but also has many random tables packed in there.
- For something in the fictional Wild West, try The Drifter from KenK. A gunslinger out to get the money for a ranch, in any way they can.
- A solo skirmish game is Frostgrave from Osprey Publishing, where you have a wizard and their warband exploring ruins of an magical city for treasure and secrets.
Publishers for Solo
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Some publishers specialise in solo RPGs
- Parts Per Million publish many solo toolkits for various rpgs, using the rules of those particular games for the systems.
- Word Mill are the creators of Mythic GM Emulator 1st and 2nd editions.
- Larcenous Designs create GM Apprentice decks
- LunchBox RPG publishes lightweight rpgs and other supplements designed for solo play.
This will get updated in the future, but leave a comment with other titles if you have one to share.
