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Solo RPG Resources

My personal list of links and resources for solo RPG playing. Categories from Geek
Gamers, which inspired my solo roleplaying.

What you need:

Generative resources - creating dungeons, NPCs, quests, items, monsters, etc.

Tome of Adventure Design

Classic Dungeon Design Guide
Perchance - create lists and randomize results
One Page Solo Engine
Play Every Role Solo Engine
Soloist - a game assistant for solo role-players
DM Heroes - NPC picture generator
Hero Forge - create custom characters, with the ability to 3d print
Auto Roll Tables
Don Jon RPG Tools
Solitaire Adventure Maker
GM’s Apprentice
Random Animal Table - PDF to roll different animals
Aladdin Technique - alters an encounter to make it unique
Situations For Tabletop Roleplaying - compilation of five situation-building tools
Starting situation generator - for rolling dice to kick off an adventure
ChaosGen - Tools for Ideas & RPGs
Mappa Imperium - solo/co-op world building game

Suggestive resources - provide direction and structure for your story. Cards from other
games, game maps, etc.

Storygen - customizable number of Story Cube-like dice for drawing inspiration

Zero Dice - uses Game Icons to randomly roll
RPG Story Constructor - similar to above, but assigns icons to story parts or character
traits
Situations For Tabletop Roleplaying - compilation of situation building tools Part 2
Idea Generator - random words and icons
Spotify Playlist - background moods/atmospheric music for RPGs
Owlbear Rodeo - free web-based VTT

A rubric - RPG system rules, such as:

Rewind: Temporal Tales - rules lite framework for telling stories of time travel, time
loops, and precognition
Bivius Solo RPG - A simple RPG and Solo System
Miso RPG - a freeform, minimalist, simple and FREE solo engine

Something restrictive - answering questions to get yes/no answers

RPGSolo yes/no
TinySoldiers yes/no
The Madey Upy Namey Emulator - online version - yes/no with a d6 for “Yes, but,”
“No, and,” etc., add another die and take the higher or lower for Likely or Unlikely
odds, for every 6 rolled gain an intervention point and change entity or plot at 3 points,
d10 table for unexpected results
Recluse - answers yes/no based on the higher of two rolled dice, both 3 or less is a
BUT and 4 or more is an AND, extra dice of a color for likely/unlikely, ties challenge
the presupposition
The Oracle - uses 3d6 with rules inspired by Mythic

All inclusive:

Four Against Darkness - solitaire dungeon-delving game

D100 Dungeon - uses d100 tables to generate dungeons, new 6th book (World
Builder) includes rules for hexcrawling
Ancient Odysseys: Treasure Awaits! - $15 book with other options, fantasy d6 soloable
RPG
Fabled Lands - $9 book, fantasy, CYOA-style
Instant Game - Free PDF, generic
Scarlet Heroes - $15 PDF, fantasy
Index Card RPG Master Edition - $49 hardcover, easy to learn d20 system using index
cards
Trials for One - $5 PDF, solo rules for ICRPG
Disciples of Bone & Shadow: Conquered Sun Edition - $25 softcover, solo hexcrawling
Soloist RPG - free PDF, generic
ALONe: A Solo Game Engine BETA - (A Lonesome October Night) is a solo game
engine designed specifically to support role playing with only one player and no Game
Master
Risus: Ring of Thieves - free solo adventure for Risus: The Anything RPG
so1um - a one-page solo RPG
so1um enhanced - so1um with added tables and Recluse oracle
Loner - freeform solo RPG using aspects of Recluse, Freeform Universal, and 6Q
System.
6Q System - $1.50, simple one-page setting-neuatral RPG
Space Aces - super simple D20 & D6 rolling system solo playthrough
OpenD6
MicroLite20
Ironsworn
Iron Journal - app for running solo Ironsworn campaigns
NotofThisWorld Itch.io - Hand-drawn map, pocket refs, and half-page worksheets
Denizen Matrix Generator - procedurally generates denizens for Delves
Ironsworn: Badlands - a supplement for Ironsworn designed to adapt the
mechanics to a Western setting
Ironsworn Foundry VTT - $50 for Foundry, allows you to play Ironsworn online
The Augur - $15 VTT for 5e, Ironsworn, and general worldbuilding, continuing
development
Actual Plays:
Me, Myself and Die! - complete 18 ~30 minute episodes
Kill Ten Rats - complete 12 ~30 minute episodes (Chapter 1)
Ironhome - ongoing 12+ 45 minute episodes
Ironsworn: Starforged - Kickstarter for sci-fi evolution of original Ironsworn system
Gamemastering by Brian Jamison - 300 pages of GM advice

Interesting Solo RPG Blogs:

Dan’s Gaming Blog

katamoiran
ERYSSEL’S JOURNEYS
Solo Meta•nomy

Journaling Games:

The Adventurer - PWYW PDF

Thousand Year Old Vampire - $15 PDF, $45 hardcover
Journey - $10 PDF, $25 softcover
Carta-Mancy - PWYW PDF