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Guest Post: Alex's Ironsworn Journal - Preamble/Session Zero

I've got something a bit different for you today as my brother Alex has shared his Ironsworn campaign journal with me. He thought other solo roleplayers might like to read it and suggested I post it on here since there's a ready-made audience for it on this blog. Those of you who watched my Scarlet Heroes one on one actual play video will remember Alex as the player in that session. I've queued up a whole series of posts that will publish at 5pm UK time each day for the next few days, so remember to check back in. Preamble After playing Ironsworn briefly several years ago, I had been meaning to come back and start a proper campaign for a while. Getting a new nifty laptop was the catalyst for finally doing it, because it meant I could play using the Iron Journal website, which handles the whole game in a nice neat package. I have found that I like the idea of playing a solo RPG with only analogue tools, but in practice I find it a bit cumbersome and overwhelming.  So what f...

How to Solo Play Traveller & Cepheus: Part 2 - Character Creation

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Part 2 of my guide to solo playing Traveller/Cepheus Engine is out now. This time we're looking into the various methods of character creation. Watch it now on the YouTube channel.

Salvage & Sorcery: A Fast & Fun Solo RPG (YouTube Video)

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Here's a recent video I made about the Blackoath Entertainment game Salvage & Sorcery: Scraphounds of Cygnus. In a new format for this kind of video I first give an overview of the rules, then show you an animated mission report from my campaign, and finally do some gameplay on camera.

My Solo Ironsworn Campaign Went Completely Off Script (Youtube Video)

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I recently made this YouTube video where I talk about the fun that results from weird and unexpected plot twists that oracles throw at you in solo RPGs. I'm also inviting everyone to leave their own solo RPG stories in the comments under the video so I can read them out in a future video.

Scarlet Heroes: Night's Dark Terror Part 2

Continuing my solo playthrough of the classic D&D adventure Night's Dark Terror, using the Scarlet Heroes rules. At this point I've decided to switch from the Scarlet Heroes XP rules to Old School Essentials. I don't know, I've just always preferred the crunchiness of those rules and how long it takes to level up. Beremud is a level 1 fighter (0 XP) and a level 3 cleric (3000 XP) - a kind of unofficial paladin. The OSE rulebook says multiclass characters track their progress towards levelling up in each class separately, so all XP awarded gets split between all their classes evenly. This means Beremud needs 2000 XP to become a level 2 fighter, plus 6000 XP to become a level 4 cleric. He currently has 11 out of 14 Scarlet Heroes XP to reach level 5 character level. We need to convert his 11 SH XP to OSE XP and divide it between his two classes. 8000 ÷ 14 = 571 (rounded to whole number) 11 x 571 = 6281 6281 ÷ 4 (his current character level) = 1570 1 (fighter lev...

How to Solo Traveller & Cepheus Engine: Part 1 - Overview

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I've started a new YouTube series on how to play solo Traveller/Cepheus Engine using the SOLO book from Zozer Games. Check out the first video here!

I joined Bluesky

Really quick post to say I finally joined Bluesky and you can follow me on there: https://bsky.app/profile/lonehorizons.bsky.social