Shadowdark is the discovery of the year for me - a clear, readable, almost black and white explanation of everything and organizing the ideas that have been floating around in my head for a long time. At the moment I am also planning to play solo and then I will present the system to my team. I thought I was the only one weird enough to imagine my characters' dialogues during solo sessions, but I see I'm not alone :) Love your content!
Your generosity is so appreciated! It's been a joy trying out these solo gaming tools and listening to your play test of them. I'm eager to hear what happens next!
Torson's having a rough go. He can't hit with his hammer, his magic armor has fizzled, and his god is angry with him. It's a good thing that Lienna is there to be a companion. I'm excited to see their journey unfold. I hope you do more of their quest to save civilization from the horrific disease.
Thanks for doing this. It is really helping understand the solo game. The thing I like about Shadowdark it that is so tight and straightforward. The tight mechanics really help the storytelling. The battle feels tense where in most games it would feel like it was just busy work before the adventure really starts. Keep up the good work.
Holy Wow! Cursed Scroll 4 looks like it’s going to be amazing! I’ve been looking at a lot of different hex crawl systems. I love the amount abstraction and how this gamifies the idea of fantasy travel! Making a hex Safe, and built in fast travel!!! So excited!
Thank you so much! We've done a ton of testing and discussion about it in The Arcane Library Discord server, and I think this system has really been polished to a shine due to that. I'm really excited for it!
I appreciate the effort that went into editing this! You packed a lot into less than 20 minutes. We got the story beats and rulings at a quick pace, but you can tell that a lot of thought went into the decisions. I'm excited for the next ones in this series.
Kelsey, I finished watching the video, and I have to say: I am amazed that not only have you created such an amazing game, you’ve given so much of it for free since it’s inception. The last bit of the video where you mentioned the hex based adventure rules really surprised me, and I’m grateful that you’ve continued releasing content for shadowdark. Keep up the good work, I eagerly await to purchase cursed scroll 4, and anything else you have on the horizon.
I've wanted to try solo play since I first heard it was a thing, but always felt a bit intimidated by the various oracle tools. This video has absolutely dropped that barrier to entry for me, thank you!
Super well done! The rules played smoothly and you gave a great example of adding flavor and detail without getting bogged down with it. I also like the episode being just long enough for a single scene plus setup for the next; it's a great way to show how scenes can be used to frame a story or a session.
I have been playing solo on and off for a couple of months and I always end the session with the feeling that I should be doing this more often. It's great!
You have been an isnpiration Celsey for a long time and continuing into the SOLO waters is what we all needed :) Thank you for all that you have done for the TTRPG community :)
Wow! This came out the same day I prepped my first SoloDark session. I’m so happy to have you lead by example before I dive in with my (coincidentally) priest of Ord and warlock of Shune. Thank you for providing so many accessible tools for improvisation and creativity.
It's great that, just a few weeks after I joined the SD discord and asked about solo play, this comes out! Excellent work on this, I'm excited to play!
Thank you so much for continuing this! I absolutely needed help getting started with this since it feels so diff than playing with other people. This week, ive already tried a little bit, and would like to continue :)
Amazing as always. I love those new initiative rules, I'm going to try them next week. It great to hear about Scroll 4... I cannot wait to get more from ShadowDark. My SoloDark is on its way already.
Very cool timing. I spent part of the afternoon and last night planning a new solo campaign. This one I've had in my mind for mabye 7 years now, way before Shadowdark, but the game is perfect for it. Just got back from work and your video is right there waiting. So much healthy fun for me with Shadowdark. You are fun to watch play. The Strange Fate Craft kits are something I'll be looking into as well.
Awesome vid and support for a great product! Definitely deserves the ENNIE. Waiting for this crazy summer to end so I can start my own SD solo campaign.
Very exciting to see SoloDark in action! I appreciate the elegance and simplicity of the ShadowDark system and can't wait until my physical copy of the book finally arrives. I can see myself having many solo adventures between group sessions. Also voted you for all the Ennies!!! ❤ good luck
So I just started DnD as first time DM and now trying out Shadowdark and holy cow this is so much more approachable it feels like. going to try some solo games and see if my friends want to swap over to shadowdark. Love the rulebook setup and how much info is in there just to get started and rolling dice and tthe solo dark rules really make this fun to try out ourselves.
Bravo Kelsey! Very smooth narration, interesting story, and great explanation of what you are doing and why. I look forward to more episodes and will be trying some of your techniques in my own solo series (loved the character image popping up when they were speaking or you were narrating about them!) 😎
@@monomakes I just scrolled through the comments to see if anyone else had asked about the dice. Order incoming as soon as you're back from your break...
Super excited to try SoloDark, especially since my Shadowdark campaign fell apart. I have four characters ready to go but I realized I have no idea how to generate dungeons 😅 I'm new to solo gaming, and it seems I have some things to figure out how to do yet. My woes aside, I really enjoyed watching the return of SoloDark, and am going to check out the hexcrawl rules as soon as I am done typing this comment!
Well done and inspiring! I will give SoloDark a try once I get my hands on a printer. Thank you for sharing the draft of Cursed Scroll #4,. I cut my teeth on BECMI D&D and loved how the Expert Set (Blue Box) took the game out of the dungeon and into the perilous wilds. My first thought after reading ShadowDark was "Basic Red Box". Not long after I was thinking the next tome-like rules book you write could be the Expert and Companion (Green Box) rules, including end-game rules for high-level characters building castles, temples, etc and ruling over their territories. I fogot you can do the same thing with the Cursed Scrolls.
Shadowdark is the discovery of the year for me - a clear, readable, almost black and white explanation of everything and organizing the ideas that have been floating around in my head for a long time. At the moment I am also planning to play solo and then I will present the system to my team. I thought I was the only one weird enough to imagine my characters' dialogues during solo sessions, but I see I'm not alone :) Love your content!
I love your videos. They are cleanly produced with no wasted words, plenty of knowledge, and no needless hype.
Thank you so much, Greg! ☺
You are a great story teller and narrator. Usually I can’t listen to solo play for very long. But you hold attention and interest very well. Thanks.
That is really kind of you, thank you! :)
This is what we've been training for! Hype!
Appreciate you Kiwi. I always enjoy Kelsey’s vids. I think this is quite interesting to see.
Great vid.
Your generosity is so appreciated! It's been a joy trying out these solo gaming tools and listening to your play test of them. I'm eager to hear what happens next!
Please make more of these. This was really engaging as well as informative.
GOOD LUCK ON THE ENNIES!!! :D :D :D Voting for Shadowdark as the best everything,
I really appreciate it! Here's hoping we can bring an ENNIE home! :D
Torson's having a rough go. He can't hit with his hammer, his magic armor has fizzled, and his god is angry with him. It's a good thing that Lienna is there to be a companion. I'm excited to see their journey unfold. I hope you do more of their quest to save civilization from the horrific disease.
Woot! I'm glad to see your SoloDark adventure. I've been enjoying running SoloDark myself. Keep up the great content! :)
Thanks for doing this. It is really helping understand the solo game. The thing I like about Shadowdark it that is so tight and straightforward. The tight mechanics really help the storytelling. The battle feels tense where in most games it would feel like it was just busy work before the adventure really starts. Keep up the good work.
Excellent start to your solo campaign. I am looking forward to watching more of them. 🧙♀️
I need to give this a whirl, that was a very engaging episode lol. The miniatures even add to that old school vibe. Appreciate the introduction!
Wow, what a fluid and engaging gameplay! Thanks for sharing.
YES, was looking forward to this, thank you so much 💛🙌
Holy Wow! Cursed Scroll 4 looks like it’s going to be amazing! I’ve been looking at a lot of different hex crawl systems. I love the amount abstraction and how this gamifies the idea of fantasy travel! Making a hex Safe, and built in fast travel!!! So excited!
Thank you so much! We've done a ton of testing and discussion about it in The Arcane Library Discord server, and I think this system has really been polished to a shine due to that. I'm really excited for it!
You have such a great calm positive energy! And the story looks cool!
Woot! Great stuff and she is rolling in one of my wife's Adventure kits!
Absolutely love it! I think it blessed my PCs' dice rolls, too! :D
I appreciate the effort that went into editing this! You packed a lot into less than 20 minutes. We got the story beats and rulings at a quick pace, but you can tell that a lot of thought went into the decisions. I'm excited for the next ones in this series.
Congrats for winning at the Ennies Kelsey. Much deserved! Cheers!
Thanks for the free solo rules! That's very generous of you. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us, I'm intrigued now.
Great solo play rules. So intuitive just like the rest of Shadowdark. Great use of 3d terrain too! Really helps bring the story to life.
Seeing how smooth, engaging and imaginative the Solodark rules are is inspiring to see! Thank you for developing this subset of play.
Kelsey, I finished watching the video, and I have to say: I am amazed that not only have you created such an amazing game, you’ve given so much of it for free since it’s inception. The last bit of the video where you mentioned the hex based adventure rules really surprised me, and I’m grateful that you’ve continued releasing content for shadowdark. Keep up the good work, I eagerly await to purchase cursed scroll 4, and anything else you have on the horizon.
Terrific editing. And I like characters, hope they'll live for some time.
Thank you so much! This was originally an hour of footage -- a lot of pondering and looking for minis, hahaha.
Oh no. You jinxed them. Ibpredict a TPK next session.
I’ve been waiting for this
I've wanted to try solo play since I first heard it was a thing, but always felt a bit intimidated by the various oracle tools.
This video has absolutely dropped that barrier to entry for me, thank you!
Super well done! The rules played smoothly and you gave a great example of adding flavor and detail without getting bogged down with it.
I also like the episode being just long enough for a single scene plus setup for the next; it's a great way to show how scenes can be used to frame a story or a session.
I got my tracking info like 45 minutes ago. Nice timing.
I have been playing solo on and off for a couple of months and I always end the session with the feeling that I should be doing this more often. It's great!
Great video!! I am about to adventure into a Solodark game myself. Thanks for making a great game and sharing your ideas and passion with us! :)
More ShadowDark content. Absolutely my favorite game to run right now!
Very cool Episode 1! I'm excited to see where our heroes go from here. The SoloDark rules seems like a very fun and easy-to-use system.
You have been an isnpiration Celsey for a long time and continuing into the SOLO waters is what we all needed :) Thank you for all that you have done for the TTRPG community :)
Great episode! I also like that it was a good walk thorough of the SoloDark rules.
YAY Kelsey’s back! 😃
Wow! This came out the same day I prepped my first SoloDark session. I’m so happy to have you lead by example before I dive in with my (coincidentally) priest of Ord and warlock of Shune. Thank you for providing so many accessible tools for improvisation and creativity.
Hahaha, it is fate! I hope your priest of Ord and warlock of Shune get off to a good start! :)
You did a great job solo gaming.
It's great that, just a few weeks after I joined the SD discord and asked about solo play, this comes out!
Excellent work on this, I'm excited to play!
Amazing! Been wanting to try SoloDark and this video makes it very clear on how to do so. Thank you and good luck on winning an Ennie!
I am so happy with the zine 4 hex travel rules addition. Playing a ranger solo in the wilderness for my SoloDark run and these will really help!
Yeah, okay. I think this is the solo ttrpg I've been longing for.
Thank you for making this game, and the rules to play it solo.
Kelsey is absolutely killing it! I love your videos and can't wait to give Solodark a try.
This was a lot of fun. You have an engaging way of narrating what is happening.
Hell ya SoloDark!
I love these rules- use these even as a GM
Mckees LEDs are the best!
Loved this! Specifically excited to see how you tackle dungeon crawling in the next episode
These minis look great! With Tale of the Manticore season 2 winding down this solo play came at the perfect time.
Ooh, i love those D20s. Chunky, loud, with bright numbers that are easy to read
Love the video SoloDark is solid 💜💜
So glad this series is continuing! And I'm so hyped for my copy of Solodark to arrive! :D
Minis and terrain look very nice, can’t wait to see where this is heading.
Excited to see this is alive. Looking forward to the next chapter!
Love the classic Reaper Miniatures! I had to kick myself out of my SoloDark game for being disruptive though.
Awesome video! The use of minis and terrain was great! I look forward to see what happens next
Straight to the point! This is awesome! Thanks for sharing Kelsey!
Mythic GME 2e is powerful, but making your own solo rules and oracles to fit your own system is really commendable!
KELSEYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was very enjoyable to watch. ShadowDark is my personal GOTY and I voted for it in all of its categories.
Great solo play session and setup! Loved the slithering away sound of the Strangler, haha
Thank you so much for continuing this! I absolutely needed help getting started with this since it feels so diff than playing with other people. This week, ive already tried a little bit, and would like to continue :)
That was great. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
I love seeing so much solodark content coming out!
wow those are realy nicely readable dice!
Love it. Looking forward to more!
I enjoyed this very much. Thanks for sharing!
Also, your solo mode looks awesome!
The magic has gone wrong! Great setup for adventure. I sure hope our heroes can restore things to normal so the magic feels natural. 😉
Cheers!
I just started playing solodark and it’s great! Thanks the great game and for all the videos!
Amazing as always. I love those new initiative rules, I'm going to try them next week. It great to hear about Scroll 4... I cannot wait to get more from ShadowDark. My SoloDark is on its way already.
First episode and my order shipping on the same day. Yay!
This was a fun session. Loved every part of it!
I again find your video. Thanks for the time it took make this.
thank you very much for sharing solo Rpg content.
Yeah love it! I am 5 sessions in shadowdark with my (formerly 5e) group and never have seen them that engaged 😁
Very cool timing. I spent part of the afternoon and last night planning a new solo campaign. This one I've had in my mind for mabye 7 years now, way before Shadowdark, but the game is perfect for it. Just got back from work and your video is right there waiting. So much healthy fun for me with Shadowdark. You are fun to watch play. The Strange Fate Craft kits are something I'll be looking into as well.
Love the magic casting augmentation due to the miscast! Very cool!
I’ve been waiting for this ❤
Thanks
Really fun - looking forward to episode #2.
Great start to the series
This is fantastic! Keep it coming!
Thank you for this. Exactly what we all needed! :)
Great stuff, friend! 😊 Can't wait for more!
That was really fun to watch.
Wonderful job. Appreciate the video.
Awesome vid and support for a great product! Definitely deserves the ENNIE. Waiting for this crazy summer to end so I can start my own SD solo campaign.
Thanks for sharing. I'm not very familiar with the concept of solo-rpging so it's always great to see a demo.
Im about to start my own solodark game and a little intimidated, thanks for these!!
Love this, Now I would like to try solo too
Very exciting to see SoloDark in action! I appreciate the elegance and simplicity of the ShadowDark system and can't wait until my physical copy of the book finally arrives. I can see myself having many solo adventures between group sessions. Also voted you for all the Ennies!!! ❤ good luck
This was awesome to watch! Definitely wants to see more 🤩
So I just started DnD as first time DM and now trying out Shadowdark and holy cow this is so much more approachable it feels like. going to try some solo games and see if my friends want to swap over to shadowdark. Love the rulebook setup and how much info is in there just to get started and rolling dice and tthe solo dark rules really make this fun to try out ourselves.
Bravo Kelsey! Very smooth narration, interesting story, and great explanation of what you are doing and why. I look forward to more episodes and will be trying some of your techniques in my own solo series (loved the character image popping up when they were speaking or you were narrating about them!) 😎
We need more please 😮
That oracle design is brilliant
I just bought the core PDF, partly on the basis of watching these videos. It's a great game.🗡
I'm so curious what those dice are. The writing on them is so clear and bold.
They're by an Etsy creator named Monomakes! I added a link to the video description. His dice are so easy to read!
Thanks for the shoutout K! Also on Instagram (same username, prettier pictures).
@@monomakes I just scrolled through the comments to see if anyone else had asked about the dice. Order incoming as soon as you're back from your break...
And now I have my own set!
You have such a great camera presence!
Super excited to try SoloDark, especially since my Shadowdark campaign fell apart. I have four characters ready to go but I realized I have no idea how to generate dungeons 😅 I'm new to solo gaming, and it seems I have some things to figure out how to do yet.
My woes aside, I really enjoyed watching the return of SoloDark, and am going to check out the hexcrawl rules as soon as I am done typing this comment!
YEEEHAAAWWW Ive been waiting for this for months!
Awesome video Appreciate it😊
Well done and inspiring! I will give SoloDark a try once I get my hands on a printer. Thank you for sharing the draft of Cursed Scroll #4,. I cut my teeth on BECMI D&D and loved how the Expert Set (Blue Box) took the game out of the dungeon and into the perilous wilds. My first thought after reading ShadowDark was "Basic Red Box". Not long after I was thinking the next tome-like rules book you write could be the Expert and Companion (Green Box) rules, including end-game rules for high-level characters building castles, temples, etc and ruling over their territories. I fogot you can do the same thing with the Cursed Scrolls.