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33 years?! Wow that's amazing! Your channel is giving me the confidence to go for it with Solo RPGs and I am going to roll up a new Dragonbane character tonight for that very purpose 😁
All those cool little areas that the encounters ended in the game you can now continue on and now there’s Baulder’s Gate 3, where you can just keep going with the story if you’d like
Loved this. Watched your other Dragonbane stuff too. I just finished the introductory missions for Deepfall Breach. It was super fun! I am loving the system so much!
Glad you enjoyed the series! The adventure with Hackleswell is not over, continuing the series soon. I am humbled that this amazing system is bringing many more people into the solo side of tabletop roleplaying.
@@wilonascave I agree. I am seeing more solo rpg-ers giving it a go. Love to see it. I love lots of systems, but I’m a huge fan of how the solo ruleset works within the Dragonbane system overall. Looking forward to having Lotharian, my human Thief dive deep into what’s going down in Outskirt!
I really like the idea of video games as your random generator. That's great. And more good words on dragon bane! Looking forward to the story, because I too enjoy stories and thus I solo!
Thank You for the shout out on the video I created. I really like the concept of playing Skyrim while gaming for inspiration. I feel you should go with Soul Survivor with running an older character. You can defend your self with a pen and wound them with words. Can't wait to see your game play I am also working on a video with my experience playing with these rules.
@@wilonascave The more I read these rules the more I feel they are going to really work with this system and many others. I am going to add the Luck Roll concept from Into the Odd.
So wonderful! I love the idea of playing solo with Skyrim on the side. I also backed Dragonbane but haven't played it yet. Looking forward to more videos.
Great video as always! It’s nice to see how other people play solo. For me I try to go as minimal as posible: now I use only the rules and One-Page Mythic. If I use too many material I get lost pretty fast. 🤭
Man, we have a lot in common. I also grew up in the 80s, was athletic and not a nerd, but I LOVED RPGs. I also played solo because I moved away from my group that introduced me to D&D and I still wanted to play. I played D&D, Marvel FASERIP, Star Frontiers and others alone. I kept it hidden from most because it wasn't cool yet!
Wow, Star frontiers I haven’t heard that one in a long time. I never played D&D - I was playing Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and that was my favorite one still is really for nostalgia purposes I guess.
I wish I had known solo gaming was a thing a decade ago when I moved to a new city, away from my longtime group. I only really started hearing about it with the release of Ironsworn. At the moment, I have several RPGs that I want to play solo. Aside from Ironsworn and Starforged, there is Shadowdark, Fate, Savage Worlds, Captain's Log and the upcoming Crown and Skull. For the games that don't have their own oracles, I'll be using the Mythic GME. I am very tempted to grab Dragonsbane, as well, even just for the art, but given how little play time I have, I'm not sure that I will.
It’s a very comforting hobby to be in. I am very selective now on systems that I play. Solo playing mostly Avatar Legends, Dungeon World, WFRP, Monster of the Week, Dragonbane, MANY Solo Journaling RPGs, The One Ring, and a few more. I’m to a point where I am done collecting and I’m starting to trade or sell off systems that I don’t play any longer.
This is brilliant. I am fascinated by what you are doing here. These days, my wife and I generally play story games in small groups (no D&D--games like "Fiasco," "Fall of Magic," and "Slugblaster" are more our speed), but I used to write short stories as a kid. I am 39 now, but I understand what you mean by being laughed at for writing stories and playing games. I hope someday I can reawaken that younger me who just wanted to get lost in a pencil and notebook. Much respect.
It’s quite easy as well to use solo methods with a two player game meaning of GM and one player as well (in your case spouses). Solo has been my hobby for decades, and I love it so much I’m never gonna stop.
I just discovered your channel and very glad that I did. I love the idea of using solo role playing layered on top of another game. So many great games lack depth, I just want to hit pause and generate my own role play stories just like you are doing in Skyrim. One of my biggest criticisms about Skyrim was that they’d introduce some amazing NPC, you do a quick quest for them, and then there was no further dialogue or interaction possible with them. Your approach to gaming will change everything for me for so many games, thank you!
It is the main reason why I started solo roleplaying when I was a child. When Smurfs was canceled and I wanted to continue the cartoon series I created stories while Solo roleplaying and now when I play video games and I see a interesting NPC - I wonder how the rest of their day is, etc. and I play that out.
@@wilonascave It's really nice of you to share. Toys and make-believe were such a great part of the 80's and early 90's. I feel like kids should be encouraged, especially in the way that you combined it with RPG. Perhaps the next great RPG book will be a parenting book on combining RPG+toys for kids.
I picked up another older Swedish one awhile back, Ruin Masters, along with it's newer Bestiary on their last KS. It's a hex & dungeon crawler with a much simplified and modified version of Runequest/BRP's d100 system (but keeps hit locations). Notably, it has tons of encounter, loot, etc. table trees integrated into it. Plus the Bestiary expands them. No dedicated solo oracle but that's little concern since it has so much of the other tables you usually have to cobble together or create. I'll have to give Dragonbane a look after it's all out. The solo rules look a bit similar to those in The One Ring on first glance.
Runequest had Ducks, as well as Dragonbane (Mallards). There are some similarities. As for strider and the solo rules of Dragonbane, I couldn’t find too many similarities, but it is from the same author.
STOP IT! I CAN'T BUY MORE SYSTEMS!!!! I promised myself that you wouldn't look for more info about this system and... boom... you made me watch this video! 😭
Thanks for sharing your backstory; that's pretty rough that your own 'tribe' couldn't even bridge the gap of understanding re: your passion for solo play. But times thankfully are changing (I guess covid was good for something) and the OSR is now becoming the SGR (Solo Gaming Renaissance :) . After hearing your experience it reminded me of Wil Weaton at a convention, telling a child to never apologize for who they are or what they enjoy - The last 15 seconds (2.29 onwards) was very heartwarming (I could see the ghosts of childhood pain flitting across his grown up eyes), so I thought you might appreciate the link. ruclips.net/video/04WJEEb33CY/видео.html P.S. Look fwd. to your journal /exploraration and enjoying your sketches as well - very nice. Cheers, David.
Go for the sole survivor trait. Also I really want to see how will that play out. i have a plan to do something similar - make a journal, and play every second/third day, keeping notes, and play as far as i can. the problem is - i keep changing systems too often. i try everything from ironsword, d100 dungeon, savage worlds to big ones like DnD, Warhammer and such. I don't feel this "need for play", carrot or stick to move on. At least not for long. last time i did with my character (DD5e) a scenario form yawning portal and Dragons of Starwreck isle. I planed to do then Tyranny of Dragons campaign. I played a scholar, worshiper of Raven Queen, who wanted to study dragon magic, and use it to establish portal to Shadowfell. Sounds interesting, even now, as i write it down, but.... i dont know.. seems like i lost this "need" for adventure.
I’m thinking Sole Survivor as well. First episode will come out tomorrow or next if everything goes to plan. I understand what you mean by the loss of a need for adventure. so that’s why I when I play I play as Director creating a film/movie and I want to see that movie get completed. This is where, form my solo play, it is very important to write threads so I know when the session or campaign is complete.
I do though write short stories (they are based off of the adventures of this channel) Kindle Ebook: To purchase the First ebook short story of The Wilona’s Cave series, ‘The Lost Widow’ here is a link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPN5Y69T?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_HN9CRWWPHRA4SJTCFT9E PDF Ebook: If you do not have a kindle or use the kindle app, I have uploaded a PDF version of my first ebook, The Lost Widow, on my TeeSpring account. Thank you for your support! Here is the Link to purchase: efiltra.creator-spring.com/listing/the-lost-widow-ebook
The large adventure book is meant for group play, although I use them as well for my solo games because they’re full of NPC’s maps, tables, etc. you can play solo with any adventure module. I’ve done it before, but when there’s a secret to be found, I roll on an oracle to see if one of the characters would like to roll perception, and if it rolls on a No, then no one rolls on perception. But I just make my own adventures up and I use campaign books for supplemental material.
Oh, and I barely scratched the surface in the solo rulebook or in the core rulebook. There’s a lot more to it and even more stuff in the adventure book and I can’t wait for the three expansions that are coming out.
Sole Survivor vote here. Can you give me some idea of the level of wokeism (if any) in Dragonbane and/or the solo rules. It was a distraction for me with Ironsworn. I'm now extremely careful when buying new games, books & media.
Typically I try not to let any ideals/policies effect my play. I haven’t noticed anything (yet). On a side-note, I get a lot of blowback due to me absolutely loving Dungeon World. But the great thing about that is I only play solo, so their opinions don’t effect me or matter at all.
@@wilonascave Not trying to start any arguments. Just trying to get info in considering a purchase when this finally comes to retail. Being careful about my own purchases, not telling anyone else what to buy or not. I didn't see anything that stood out from what I could see on your video. Just let me know if something stands out & thanks for answering. I didn't know how to PM you.
That’s a question many are asking. Shawn created the solo rules for The One Ring 2e (another Free League game) and those rules are a separate pdf purchase. We’ll see
Dragaonbane Core Set Purchase Link:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/418106/dragonbane-core-set?affiliate_id=3372501
Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=70451409 - Consider becoming a Patreon Member and enjoy exclusive perks such as Access to my Game and Expansions with LOADS of content that can aid your Solo or Group campaigns. Which has 1,000s of prompts and keywords in many various settings to guide and inspire your campaigns. Thank you for your support!
33 years!? That made my heart smile
Yes! Since 1989 - My RPG Backstory (Solo RPG)
ruclips.net/video/ZJtcNTG0l4w/видео.html
33 years?! Wow that's amazing! Your channel is giving me the confidence to go for it with Solo RPGs and I am going to roll up a new Dragonbane character tonight for that very purpose 😁
My No. 1 favorite Solo RPG (if it has official solo rules, then it’s officially a solo rpg in my book)
Very helpful. Nicely done.
Using Skyrim is such a cool idea. Thanks for that!
All those cool little areas that the encounters ended in the game you can now continue on and now there’s Baulder’s Gate 3, where you can just keep going with the story if you’d like
Skyrim on switch while solo gaming?! This is such a fun idea I absolutely want to try. Couldn’t agree more on how excellent dragonbane is for solo.
Loved this. Watched your other Dragonbane stuff too.
I just finished the introductory missions for Deepfall Breach. It was super fun! I am loving the system so much!
Glad you enjoyed the series! The adventure with Hackleswell is not over, continuing the series soon. I am humbled that this amazing system is bringing many more people into the solo side of tabletop roleplaying.
@@wilonascave I agree. I am seeing more solo rpg-ers giving it a go. Love to see it.
I love lots of systems, but I’m a huge fan of how the solo ruleset works within the Dragonbane system overall.
Looking forward to having Lotharian, my human Thief dive deep into what’s going down in Outskirt!
I really like the idea of video games as your random generator. That's great. And more good words on dragon bane! Looking forward to the story, because I too enjoy stories and thus I solo!
Glad you enjoyed the video. I am filming episode one today.
Thank You for the shout out on the video I created. I really like the concept of playing Skyrim while gaming for inspiration. I feel you should go with Soul Survivor with running an older character. You can defend your self with a pen and wound them with words. Can't wait to see your game play I am also working on a video with my experience playing with these rules.
You did a great job on that video! I’m leaning towards Sole Survivor (already wrote it down on character sheet! Can’t wait to see your playthru
@@wilonascave The more I read these rules the more I feel they are going to really work with this system and many others. I am going to add the Luck Roll concept from Into the Odd.
Into the odd is on my list to buy in the future, due to it being the premise of Mausritter. And I love Mausritter
@@wilonascave To me Into the Odd is a cleaned up version of Morg Borg. Very easy rules and gives you the room to create a great story.
@@solitaryrpg Our story game group here in Des Moines just wrapped up an "Into the Odd" adventure. Great to see some love for it here, too. :)
So wonderful! I love the idea of playing solo with Skyrim on the side. I also backed Dragonbane but haven't played it yet. Looking forward to more videos.
Glad you enjoyed the video! The first episode should be coming up hopefully this Monday if not Tuesday.
Great video as always! It’s nice to see how other people play solo. For me I try to go as minimal as posible: now I use only the rules and One-Page Mythic. If I use too many material I get lost pretty fast. 🤭
In Solo: Less is More
Man, we have a lot in common. I also grew up in the 80s, was athletic and not a nerd, but I LOVED RPGs. I also played solo because I moved away from my group that introduced me to D&D and I still wanted to play. I played D&D, Marvel FASERIP, Star Frontiers and others alone. I kept it hidden from most because it wasn't cool yet!
Wow, Star frontiers I haven’t heard that one in a long time. I never played D&D - I was playing Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and that was my favorite one still is really for nostalgia purposes I guess.
I wish I had known solo gaming was a thing a decade ago when I moved to a new city, away from my longtime group. I only really started hearing about it with the release of Ironsworn.
At the moment, I have several RPGs that I want to play solo. Aside from Ironsworn and Starforged, there is Shadowdark, Fate, Savage Worlds, Captain's Log and the upcoming Crown and Skull. For the games that don't have their own oracles, I'll be using the Mythic GME. I am very tempted to grab Dragonsbane, as well, even just for the art, but given how little play time I have, I'm not sure that I will.
It’s a very comforting hobby to be in. I am very selective now on systems that I play. Solo playing mostly Avatar Legends, Dungeon World, WFRP, Monster of the Week, Dragonbane, MANY Solo Journaling RPGs, The One Ring, and a few more.
I’m to a point where I am done collecting and I’m starting to trade or sell off systems that I don’t play any longer.
Great video. I really enjoyed it. Keep up the good work!
Glad you liked it so much!
This is brilliant. I am fascinated by what you are doing here.
These days, my wife and I generally play story games in small groups (no D&D--games like "Fiasco," "Fall of Magic," and "Slugblaster" are more our speed), but I used to write short stories as a kid. I am 39 now, but I understand what you mean by being laughed at for writing stories and playing games. I hope someday I can reawaken that younger me who just wanted to get lost in a pencil and notebook. Much respect.
It’s quite easy as well to use solo methods with a two player game meaning of GM and one player as well (in your case spouses). Solo has been my hobby for decades, and I love it so much I’m never gonna stop.
I just discovered your channel and very glad that I did. I love the idea of using solo role playing layered on top of another game. So many great games lack depth, I just want to hit pause and generate my own role play stories just like you are doing in Skyrim. One of my biggest criticisms about Skyrim was that they’d introduce some amazing NPC, you do a quick quest for them, and then there was no further dialogue or interaction possible with them. Your approach to gaming will change everything for me for so many games, thank you!
It is the main reason why I started solo roleplaying when I was a child. When Smurfs was canceled and I wanted to continue the cartoon series I created stories while Solo roleplaying and now when I play video games and I see a interesting NPC - I wonder how the rest of their day is, etc. and I play that out.
My RPG Backstory (Solo RPG)
ruclips.net/video/ZJtcNTG0l4w/видео.html
@@wilonascave It's really nice of you to share. Toys and make-believe were such a great part of the 80's and early 90's. I feel like kids should be encouraged, especially in the way that you combined it with RPG. Perhaps the next great RPG book will be a parenting book on combining RPG+toys for kids.
I picked up another older Swedish one awhile back, Ruin Masters, along with it's newer Bestiary on their last KS. It's a hex & dungeon crawler with a much simplified and modified version of Runequest/BRP's d100 system (but keeps hit locations). Notably, it has tons of encounter, loot, etc. table trees integrated into it. Plus the Bestiary expands them. No dedicated solo oracle but that's little concern since it has so much of the other tables you usually have to cobble together or create.
I'll have to give Dragonbane a look after it's all out. The solo rules look a bit similar to those in The One Ring on first glance.
Runequest had Ducks, as well as Dragonbane (Mallards). There are some similarities. As for strider and the solo rules of Dragonbane, I couldn’t find too many similarities, but it is from the same author.
Looking forward to this! 🙂
STOP IT! I CAN'T BUY MORE SYSTEMS!!!!
I promised myself that you wouldn't look for more info about this system and... boom... you made me watch this video! 😭
So good really!
Thanks for sharing your backstory; that's pretty rough that your own 'tribe' couldn't even bridge the gap of understanding re: your passion for solo play. But times thankfully are changing (I guess covid was good for something) and the OSR is now becoming the SGR (Solo Gaming Renaissance :) . After hearing your experience it reminded me of Wil Weaton at a convention, telling a child to never apologize for who they are or what they enjoy
- The last 15 seconds (2.29 onwards) was very heartwarming (I could see the ghosts of childhood pain flitting across his grown up eyes), so I thought you might appreciate the link. ruclips.net/video/04WJEEb33CY/видео.html
P.S. Look fwd. to your journal /exploraration and enjoying your sketches as well - very nice.
Cheers, David.
Thank you for sharing the link. I have seen the video years ago but it’s good to see it again. He went through a hard time in life (family wise).
Go for the sole survivor trait. Also I really want to see how will that play out. i have a plan to do something similar - make a journal, and play every second/third day, keeping notes, and play as far as i can. the problem is - i keep changing systems too often. i try everything from ironsword, d100 dungeon, savage worlds to big ones like DnD, Warhammer and such. I don't feel this "need for play", carrot or stick to move on. At least not for long. last time i did with my character (DD5e) a scenario form yawning portal and Dragons of Starwreck isle. I planed to do then Tyranny of Dragons campaign. I played a scholar, worshiper of Raven Queen, who wanted to study dragon magic, and use it to establish portal to Shadowfell. Sounds interesting, even now, as i write it down, but.... i dont know.. seems like i lost this "need" for adventure.
I’m thinking Sole Survivor as well. First episode will come out tomorrow or next if everything goes to plan.
I understand what you mean by the loss of a need for adventure. so that’s why I when I play I play as Director creating a film/movie and I want to see that movie get completed. This is where, form my solo play, it is very important to write threads so I know when the session or campaign is complete.
Man I love all of your videos. Do you do the Patreon thing?
Glad you enjoy them! No, I don’t have Patreon.
I do though write short stories (they are based off of the adventures of this channel)
Kindle Ebook:
To purchase the First ebook short story of The Wilona’s Cave series, ‘The Lost Widow’ here is a link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPN5Y69T?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_HN9CRWWPHRA4SJTCFT9E
PDF Ebook:
If you do not have a kindle or use the kindle app, I have uploaded a PDF version of my first ebook, The Lost Widow, on my TeeSpring account. Thank you for your support! Here is the Link to purchase: efiltra.creator-spring.com/listing/the-lost-widow-ebook
Does Dragonbane allow you to play through the main scenarios solo? Or does it just include one solo scenario? Thanks.
The large adventure book is meant for group play, although I use them as well for my solo games because they’re full of NPC’s maps, tables, etc. you can play solo with any adventure module. I’ve done it before, but when there’s a secret to be found, I roll on an oracle to see if one of the characters would like to roll perception, and if it rolls on a No, then no one rolls on perception.
But I just make my own adventures up and I use campaign books for supplemental material.
Interesting. Which journal do you use? I saw it had dotted lines on it. Thanks
Dot-Grid Journals
Where do you get dragonbane? I can’t find it on drivethrurpg…
You had to have been in the Kickstarter to receive the beta files and the solo rules
Where did you get the leather journal?
Hobby Lobby
@@wilonascave Thank you. Really enjoying this series. Great job on the video.
Glad you’re enjoying it. I just uploaded Episode 3 this morning.
@@wilonascave All caught up! :) I didn't think I'd care too much for Dragonbane, but the solo rules seem to fit very well together.
Oh, and I barely scratched the surface in the solo rulebook or in the core rulebook. There’s a lot more to it and even more stuff in the adventure book and I can’t wait for the three expansions that are coming out.
Sole Survivor vote here. Can you give me some idea of the level of wokeism (if any) in Dragonbane and/or the solo rules. It was a distraction for me with Ironsworn. I'm now extremely careful when buying new games, books & media.
Typically I try not to let any ideals/policies effect my play. I haven’t noticed anything (yet). On a side-note, I get a lot of blowback due to me absolutely loving Dungeon World. But the great thing about that is I only play solo, so their opinions don’t effect me or matter at all.
@@wilonascave Not trying to start any arguments. Just trying to get info in considering a purchase when this finally comes to retail. Being careful about my own purchases, not telling anyone else what to buy or not. I didn't see anything that stood out from what I could see on your video. Just let me know if something stands out & thanks for answering. I didn't know how to PM you.
Understood, will keep you updated
so do those solo rules come with Dragonbane?
That’s a question many are asking. Shawn created the solo rules for The One Ring 2e (another Free League game) and those rules are a separate pdf purchase.
We’ll see
@@wilonascave Their answer to this question in the kickstarter comments:
"It's a separate booklet in the boxed set."
Good to hear!