Actual Play

Rolling Solo – Chapter 6, Part III: Vincent Versus the Volcano

Vincent Versus the Volcano
Spencer 2017-10-08 7913 3 Comments
Rolling Solo

  Firstly, apologies for the title — when I sense and alliteration, I always go for it. It’s automatic. Nextly, I’ll reprise what’s happened before this post, as usual: For this final installment in the series, I’ll be using an old-school-inspired “sword & sorcery” game called Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells (Pay What You Want) alongside the Mythic Game Master Emulator — the “gold standard” of solo engines. Chapter 6 has been broken up into 3 parts: Mythic GME overview, SS&SS overview, and this, the Actual Play example putting the two together. If you’re only interested in the action, you’ve…

Rolling Solo – Chapters 4 & 5: Still Learning & Aeryn Reborn

Spencer 2017-09-14 7721 2 Comments
Rolling Solo

  Once again I’ll be combining two “chapters” from my notes, Chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4 is a bit of me just rambling on, so if you’re interested in the Actual Play portion, jump down to Chapter 5. If you don’t know what solo role-playing is, or aren’t familiar with the Hero Kids game, you may want to check those out first. (Yes, I did use a kids’ RPG for my re-introduction to tabletop games and as my launch pad for solitaire play.) Chapter 4: Still Learning Time for Round 2! I’m going “off-module” this time and I’ll be…

Rolling Solo – Chapters 2 & 3: “Tutorial Mode” and First Solo

Spencer 2017-09-09 8987 1 Comment
Rolling Solo

  Welcome back! If you didn’t read Chapter 1: Beginnings or aren’t familiar with solo roleplaying tactics, you may wish to check that out first, as it will give you some startup information on what follows below: my first solo “actual play” report on this site, which also happens to be of my first ever solo play session! I’d done my research and knew roughly what to do, but it was my first attempt, so I’m sure I made plenty of mistakes and could’ve done things differently or better in more places than one. None of that changed the fact…

My First Time Roleplaying with the Kids

Follow that Rabbit!
Spencer 2017-08-05 4155 Comments Off on My First Time Roleplaying with the Kids
Family Gaming

I’ve mentioned several times now how I came to find myself reinvested in tabletop games as a working adult after not having played for nearly two decades. It all started because of my eldest two children, who I’ll call Sarah (girl, age 4 and three quarters-ish) and James (boy, aged 3 and a half-ish). We sat around James’ train table, playing with wooden trains and My Little Pony characters, interrupted only by the occasional bout of interference from a roaming space ranger or tyrannosaurus. I was essentially leading them in their play, and they would ask questions or respond in…

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