HeyJaredNever Alone Solo Games
This Substack is about me writing fun stories based on solo games that I play so that you can read along and see the process as well as one version of how TTRPGs can be played alone.
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An Infinity of Derrik (opens the original)
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Hey, hi! So, this is it. Actual story time in this new Slugblaster actual play!Airhorns!Though… You’ll notice if you were paying attention that I said story time, not that I would be playing the game. For this bit of trickery, I apologize. You see, I felt like I needed to set the story up in a way that established some of the concept I am working with as well as character background. This is ultimately a function of this being solo play. If this was just you and I and a few more of our friends p
An Infinity of Derrik (opens the original)
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Oh, hey! I didn’t hear you come in. Welcome, and thank you so much for choosing to come back and read my silly little stories!This time around, I will be playing Slugblaster by Mikey Hamm. It’s an amazing game made on the framework of the Forged in the Dark system, and it is actually the very game that I cut my solo roleplaying teeth on. In order to play it solo, I will be using the solo rules that can be found right in the actual core rulebook. These rules are written by December who puts out t
Let’s Blast Slugs! (opens the original)
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