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by Tim Baker » Wed Nov 21, 2018 8:32 am
shesheyan wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:09 pm
The Tool Box currently in sale on Drivethru RPGs. 10$ instead of 14.99$ is a darn good price !!!
Between the podcast, the review you shared, and now the sale, you've convinced me. I just downloaded the PDF.

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by shesheyan » Tue Dec 18, 2018 12:37 pm
Ganesha Games publishes Four Against Darkness. A solitary play system. Its not forD&D but seems like a good ressource.
« Four Against Darkness is a solitaire dungeon-delving game. No miniatures are needed. All you need is the book, a pencil, two six sided dice, and grid paper. You choose four character types from the classic classes (warrior, wizard, rogue, halfling, dwarf, barbarian, cleric, elf), equip them, and start adventuring in dungeons created by dice rolls and by your choices. When you enter a room, you generate its content on a series of random tables. You will meet monsters, fight them, hopefully defeat them (or decide that discretion is the better part of valor!), you'll manage your resources (healing, spells, life points, equipment), grab treasure, dodge traps, find clues, and even accept quests from the monsters you meet. Your characters can level up and become better at what they do, but it will not be easy.
What the game is not: It is NOT a miniature game. You may use miniatures to remember your characters' marching order if you wish, but that's it. It is NOT a roleplaying game. You may run it as a simple cooperative, GM-less game if you want. It is not a game-book or a choose-your-own-adventure book. There is no prose to read or numbered sections to go to, even if we could do something like that in a supplement.»
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/197 ... t-darkness
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by Tim Baker » Tue Dec 18, 2018 8:26 pm
shesheyan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 18, 2018 12:37 pm
Ganesha Games publishes Four Against Darkness. A solitary play system. Its not forD&D but seems like a good ressource.
Oddly enough, I was just listening to a podcast this morning that did a review of the system:
http://rfipodcast.com/show/2018/12/14/r ... tmas-show/
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by Coronoides » Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:56 am
shesheyan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 18, 2018 12:37 pm
Ganesha Games publishes Four Against Darkness. A solitary play system. Its not forD&D but seems like a good ressource.
« Four Against Darkness is a solitaire dungeon-delving game. No miniatures are needed. All you need is the book, a pencil, two six sided dice, and grid paper. You choose four character types from the classic classes (warrior, wizard, rogue, halfling, dwarf, barbarian, cleric, elf), equip them, and start adventuring in dungeons created by dice rolls and by your choices. When you enter a room, you generate its content on a series of random tables. You will meet monsters, fight them, hopefully defeat them (or decide that discretion is the better part of valor!), you'll manage your resources (healing, spells, life points, equipment), grab treasure, dodge traps, find clues, and even accept quests from the monsters you meet. Your characters can level up and become better at what they do, but it will not be easy.
...”
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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/197 ... t-darkness
So its pretty much exactly the same as the random dungeon generator in the AD&D 1e DMG.

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by Coronoides » Wed Dec 19, 2018 8:00 am
RPG Review Issue 41 Solo Gaming Special is looking for articles. Due date is December 23 though contacting the editor beforehand to suggest an article is recommended. (
Lev@rpgreview.net).
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by shesheyan » Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:10 pm
Coronoides wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:56 am
shesheyan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 18, 2018 12:37 pm
Ganesha Games publishes Four Against Darkness. A solitary play system. Its not forD&D but seems like a good ressource.
« Four Against Darkness is a solitaire dungeon-delving game. No miniatures are needed. All you need is the book, a pencil, two six sided dice, and grid paper. You choose four character types from the classic classes (warrior, wizard, rogue, halfling, dwarf, barbarian, cleric, elf), equip them, and start adventuring in dungeons created by dice rolls and by your choices. When you enter a room, you generate its content on a series of random tables. You will meet monsters, fight them, hopefully defeat them (or decide that discretion is the better part of valor!), you'll manage your resources (healing, spells, life points, equipment), grab treasure, dodge traps, find clues, and even accept quests from the monsters you meet. Your characters can level up and become better at what they do, but it will not be easy.
...”
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https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/197 ... t-darkness
So its pretty much exactly the same as the random dungeon generator in the AD&D 1e DMG.
Actually I've read that FAD is directly inspired by Death Maze (SPI). Some say it's a revamped and modernized version.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3625/deathmaze
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by Coronoides » Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:31 pm
Issue 41 of RPG Review has just been released and its a solo gaming special.
It has reviews of FF books, and Elminster’s Guide to Solo Gaming and an interview with Paul Bimler the author of D&D 5e game books.
Get it FREE here:
http://rpgreview.net
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by Tim Baker » Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:04 am
Coronoides wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:31 pm
Issue 41 of RPG Review has just been released and its a solo gaming special.
It has reviews of FF books, and Elminster’s Guide to Solo Gaming and an interview with Paul Bimler the author of D&D 5e game books.
Get it FREE here:
http://rpgreview.net
Thanks for the heads up. I'm checking it out.
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by shesheyan » Sat Jan 05, 2019 9:32 pm
Coronoides wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:31 pm
Issue 41 of RPG Review has just been released and its a solo gaming special.
It has reviews of FF books, and Elminster’s Guide to Solo Gaming and an interview with Paul Bimler the author of D&D 5e game books.
Get it FREE here:
http://rpgreview.net
Really enjoyed the interview with Paul Bimler. I've been thinking about publishing on the D&D Guild. This may have pushed me to actually do it.
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by shesheyan » Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:56 pm
Lone Wilderlands : The Solo Sandbox RPG in a Cardbox
With paper and a pencil, Lone Wilderlands contains in one box everything you’ll need to create a unique realm of open-ended fantasy adventure, a world of varied terrain, settlements, castles, quests, and battles. Guide a character and the list of allies, enemies, and places visited will grow, prompting new stories and twists. Cards and dice drive the obstacles and adventures as would a gamemaster. Change the course of cultures and settlements as you explore wilds and upgrade characters completely on your own or with a group. But don't feel left out, gamemasters. Lone Wilderlands is also a no-prep, impromptu, world-building engine, and it's adaptable to other RPG systems.
I couldn't find any reviews but it sounds promising.
Link :
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/lone-wilderlands
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by Tim Baker » Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:29 pm
shesheyan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:56 pm
Lone Wilderlands : The Solo Sandbox RPG in a Cardbox
I couldn't find any reviews but it sounds promising.
Sounds interesting. $27 is a bit steep to give something a try that I may not use. Have you come across any reviews? Are you going to buy it?
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by shesheyan » Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:11 pm
Tim Baker wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:29 pm
shesheyan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:56 pm
Lone Wilderlands : The Solo Sandbox RPG in a Cardbox
I couldn't find any reviews but it sounds promising.
Sounds interesting. $27 is a bit steep to give something a try that I may not use. Have you come across any reviews? Are you going to buy it?
As I wrote in the post, I have not found a review.
I don't intend to buy this product. But I do think it would be cool to use both Lone Wilderness (exploration) and Four Against Darkness (crawl) to run a solo RPG game.