This is how I D&D
Solo Roleplaying is when you take a table-top roleplaying game like D&D and play it on your own. These articles help you do just that.
In my issue 60 of d12 Monthly I’ve springled in some rules for solo roleplaying and I thought one area of special note is when to roll the dice.
In that issue, I give an example of a thief listening at a door before trying to open it. And it illustrates this decision on when to roll perfectly.
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Between work and my other hobbies, I spend a hell of a lot of time on digital devices during an average week – and I am sure you are the same. And I need a break.
To give myself this break, I have made a decision to go as analogue as possible for all my table-top gaming.
Not all underground or in deep forests is magical. Sometimes you just want to add a little flavour.
That’s what this table does: 20 different fungi that won’t overpower your game and will interest the naturalists in your party.
The table below offers 20 different fungi the characters might stumble upon in forests, caves, or other natural settings.
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To take a break from Dungeons & Dragons, and fantasy in general, I have been reading a lot of old Traveller rules and putting together some resources and ideas to run a solo campaign in that universe.
Having gathered all this material, I wanted to share what I have found in case you, too wanted to get into some Traveller – solo – or otherwise.
Below are four resources I have found that have been immensely helpful to me so far.
One of the biggest challenges in solo roleplaying – especially in an old-school Dungeons & Dragons style game – is deciding what your sessions are about.
Without a GM guiding the flow, you, as the lone player, get to decide which aspects of the game world deserve the spotlight.
This is one of the great strengths of solo roleplaying: you get to decide what you want to do.
And while this freedom is powerful, it can also feel overwhelming as you end up having too much to choose from.
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Issue 50 of my Dungeons and Dragons zine, d12 Monthly, is out! This one goes back to my roleplaying roots, back to when I didn’t have anyone I knew who played TTRPGs.
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I have written extensively on this blog already about the simple D6 Oracle I use for my solo D&D campaigns. I have written about the D6 Oracle itself, how to use it with word tables, and how to create those word tables, previously.
In this post I want to show you how I combine the workhorse of encounters, the reaction roll, and an Oracle-like Why table.
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In Short: Using multiple word tables gives you the best options when using them to find the “why” when your oracle gives you a simple yes/no answer. Download my word tables at the end of the post.
Word tables are an integral tool in my solo roleplaying toolkit.
They allow me to find out the ‘why’ when the oracle gives me an answer.
I use a simple D6 Oracle and so there are often times I need more information than a simple yes/no.
And this is where word tables really shine.
Given Dungeons & Dragons 3e has been around for 25 year this year, I thought it was time to bring back my D&D 3.0e campaign.
I started this campaign back in 2023 as a small dungeon crawl underneath the city-state of Myrbridge (you can find information about Myrbridge in Issue 42 of d12 Monthly).
The Dungeons & Dragons module B2: The Keep on the Borderlands is a classic adventure dating back to 1979.
It’s famous for being one of the first “sandbox” adventures and countless adventurers have explored the caves over the past decades.