Ich habe gerade zum ersten Mal Ironsworn (solo) gespielt, und wow, dieses System ist echt eine Dramatische-Geschichten-Maschine! Bin sehr beeindruckt.
Meine gewitzte Wegfinderin musste nach 2 Sessions ihre sehr kurze Ironsworn-Karriere beenden, weil sie nach einem Leviathan-bedingten Schiffbruch von Piraten zwangsrekrutiert wurde und daran verzweifelt ist.
Und das waren nur ein paar der dramatischen Wendungen, die sie in der kurzen Zeit erlebt hat. Krass.
Tonight was the first session of our co-op/solo #Ironsworn#Starforged game, in which we come together for co-op sessions, then venture off on solo treks which we chronicle in a wiki.
Ab jetzt beginnt ein neues das Zeitalter des Solo-Rollenspiels. Habe bereits mit #Ironsworn erste Erfahrungen sammeln dürfen und nun ist es Zeit das etwas „professioneller“ anzugehen 🤭
Why are you playing #solorpg systems? #ttrpgs are living off their social interaction and emergent storytelling, which is not-existent or strongly diminished when playing solo. Which system do you play and what makes them work for you? #rpg#pnpde#pnp
@samurro#Ironsworn probably is the root of the best game designs that I have seen in the last several years, and I have seen a lot. The course of play is complex enough for sufficient events to come to pass so that there can be a story – but it's never a story you can fully predict the outcome of. You have to react in the moment with an eye to what your motivations are. #Starforged is the more refined mechanical expression and a base setting which speaks to me somewhat more being science fiction.
It's a different mode of play to play solo, absolutely. But it doesn't make it a lesser mode than traditional #TTRPG fare; there are certain freedoms that come along with not having to deal with other players at the table when you want to have your own experience. And most solo RPGs these days have the ability to be played co-op so that you can cycle other people into your experience if that's what you want. But you don't have to.
I'm not particularly fond of retrofitting games which weren't designed for #solo because inevitably the mechanics start getting over complicated when you're dealing with multiple characters and the pacing of events when involved in using the mechanics often feels stilted. It's a thing you can do, but probably a thing you shouldn't do.
Please respond by saying what sorts of TTRPG things you're pretty likely to either talk about or respond to if you see them.
This can be a list of games (D&D! Tribe 8! Fate!) or categories (the weirdest of indie stuff! NSR! Anything PBtA!), topics (Worldbuilding! Publishing!), stuff you're making, meta-commentary (The State Of The Industry), and so on.
Then maybe share, and if the replies are building up, check them for new people.
I've created a #SoloRPG community over on the #Lemmy instance https://lemm.ee. Lemmy is a #Reddit lookalike for the Fediverse. The community is available at https://lemm.ee/c/solorpg (the recommended way of accessing it), but it can also be followed from any Fediverse account by following @solorpg.
@plugd I play #5Parsecs from home and #DnD 5e a bit. I'm still experimenting with some other systems, but those are the main ones for now. I'll probably look at #IronSworn as that seems to be very well recommended.
Hi! #introduction time :) I'm a public librarian and fan of games of all kinds! (Video games, board games, tabletop RPGs, solo and journaling RPGs, etc.)
I'm a fan of #Starforged and #Ironsworn, along with #OSE and #IntoTheOdd, among others.
I also love collecting high-quality physical books and I dabble in bookbinding. I have dreams of making my own solo RPG one day (soon?).