Path: ...!news.misty.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!campaignwiki.org!.POSTED.staticline-31-183-191-26.toya.net.pl!not-for-mail From: Kyonshi Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: What have you been playing in APRIL 2024? Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 21:41:13 +0200 Organization: Campaign Wiki Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 20:03:07 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: sibirocobombus.campaignwiki; posting-host="staticline-31-183-191-26.toya.net.pl:31.183.191.26"; logging-data="3231614"; mail-complaints-to="alex@alexschroeder.ch" User-Agent: Betterbird (Windows) Hamster/2.1.0.1548 Cancel-Lock: sha1:nsQjVFBVXxCWuShKgS4STkas/Dg= sha256:gH2XcndcD4rO8odYnL99tpJnQ3u0kkf6sOidzvzULsI= sha1:0rWYNUrJcP6a7xKHyy1uZM5gx5A= sha256:+U+b1XlKEbGyyiwgQqkTDOGCuWxCkXlIwTFieh0PpfI= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2730 Lines: 32 On 5/4/2024 6:02 PM, Justisaur wrote: > On 5/3/2024 1:35 PM, Kyonshi wrote: >> On 5/3/2024 6:33 PM, Justisaur wrote: >> >>> >>> I played a tiny bit of PnP Dungeon Robber solo as I was trying to >>> prepare for printing it out and making sure I had everything I >>> needed. The poster's a bit unwieldy, so I wanted to make sure I had >>> the ones that aren't in the rule papers, but on the poster printed >>> separately so I don't have to use the poster. >>> >> >> I came across a Labyrinth Lord solo crawl on amazon a while ago (Ruins >> of the Undercity), and I will try to play this soon. Want to see how >> that one goes. > > The name sounds familiar, I didn't realize it was a solo crawl.  I might > have to look into that. > > I used to read/play a lot of the fighting fantasy books which were > generally pretty good, and I did play the Sorcerer ones (didn't like > those so much.)  I tried the first Lone Wolf one a couple years back and > didn't enjoy it at all. > > I rather enjoyed the Basic D&D solo module Ghost of Lion Castle too.  I > once tried to convert it to a one-on-one module, but it was a bit too > hard to figure out for running it as a DM due to the format. > I did a lot of Fighting Fantasy as well, but the German rpg mainstay of Das Schwarze Auge had solo adventures since the very first box they put out, and they still are putting them out occasionally. Some of them even good.