Lone Horizons

Introduction Happy new year! I wanted to post a really quick update to say I hope you all have a great year of solo and/or group roleplaying ahead of you. My life changed completely on 13 October last year when my daughter was born. My whole world has changed and my life has gone completely crazy in mostly good and some very minor bad ways. I don't have anywhere near as much free time as I used to which makes joining any kind of RPG group campaign seem impossible now, especially as I can get called away to do baby stuff without notice. Luckily though solo games can be left on the table for hours without keeping anyone else waiting. Over Christmas I did manage to play a two hour game of Four Against Darkness with my brother and his girlfriend, both avid roleplayers. We played until we killed our first boss, an orc brute who fell to my cleric's two exploding sixes. It was fun, and my brother came up with interesting ideas during the game. For example when we failed to open a puzz...

I'm playing a solo session of  Cepheus Engine: Alpha Quadrant , the Star Trek rulebook for Cepheus. We're playing as the crew of the USS Voyager. Session zero is  here . To view all the episode posts click the Star Trek Voyager tag on the sidebar. Introduction This is season 1 episode 10: State of Flux . Another good one that has plot twists and should provide some opportunities for roleplaying. The Adventure It's stardate 48658.2. A few months have gone by since the tragic death of Neelix at the hands of the Vidiians, and the crew of the USS Voyager have found a Class M planet with lush vegetation. Commander Chakotay, leading a large away team on a foraging mission, hears someone calling "Commander!" from up on a hill behind him. It's Lieutenant Joseph Carey, running towards him clutching a piece of fruit. "Look at this," He says, handing Chakotay the brownish green fruit. "I think they're some kind of apple. There are trees filled with the...

I'm playing a solo session of Cepheus Engine: Alpha Quadrant , the Star Trek rulebook for Cepheus. We're playing as the crew of the USS Voyager. Session zero is here . Introduction Here we go, I'm trying out this crazy idea for real now. I'm not starting with the pilot episode Caretaker  as it's not a very strong story in my opinion, plus a lot of the crew get killed by random "bangers" going off all over the bridge, paving the way for characters like Torres and Chakotay to become regular cast members, and I wouldn't want to end up with the original officers surviving and keeping their jobs. For oracles I'll use whichever ones seem good at the time. For yes/no questions including yes but, no but I'll use the one from Scarlet Heroes. I'm starting with season 1 episode 5, Phage , a pretty good one that introduces the Vidiians who are quite an original enemy. The Adventure It's stardate 48532.4, which this converter insists is 24 November...