All Things Solo

Sources: Overview of Solo Gameplay (All-in-1 Summary)

1 - Pick Your ORACLE / SOLO SYSTEM: * Learn the guidelines of it. Such as Mythic GM Emulator's Fate Chart.

2 - PREP MINIMALLY: Create Your PC. Equip him/her. Give your PC a quest. Flesh out the quest by asking questions. Optionally, give your PC an obstacle. Place the PC in a place.

3 - Pick "MODE(S) OF PLAY" FGU Maps & Cinematic Visuals. Theater of the Mind. Typing/Writing. Narration. Journaling. Audio / Video Recording. AI Tools.

Quick & Dirty Template: (Char Name) is/has (descriptive outer look), (a psychological trait), wearing (description of main clothes), and is (feeling this emotion) because he/she/it can't have (someone / something) or someone / something (did him/her wrong) because of (PC's past action) in (optional place name). Since then the PC yearns to (achieve his/her goal).

4 - SET YOUR "FIRST SCENE" Set your first scene according to your Mode of Play, with the help of the Core Game Loop. Keep the numbers of NPCs in a scene to a controllable minimum. Use group rolls (Attribute, Skill) for NPCs to save time.

5 - Use THE CORE GAMEPLAY LOOP * 1. ASK QUESTIONS depending on current Context * 2. Use FREEFORM ASSOCIATION * 3. ROLL the Oracle for an Answer * 4. INTERPRET the result * 5. DETERMINE what happens * 6. PLAY in any Mode.

6 - Use "FREEFORM ASSICIATION" *When you need more than a YES / NO answer. FFA is an improvisation method where you link randomly generated words into a coherent (piece of a) story. Just as in Improv Theater. Familiarize yourself with FFA by rolling for 2-4 words with Random Word Gen and treating each one NOT as a word but as a;

* Picture: (for the dreamer) * OR Abstract: (for the analytical mind) * OR Concept: (for the scientific mind) * OR Symbol: (for the deep thinker) * OR Definition & Meaning: (for the writer mind) * Now Let Your Imagination Go Wild! * Link the words you rolled in whatever base-forms you chose.

7 - Consider "MECHANICS OF GAME STORY" 1. Main goal of PC, 2. Scene goal, 3. Conflict, 4. Action & Reaction Chain, 5. Consequences of Actions, 6. Resolving Conflict.

8 - Continue CHAINING SCENES Continue creating scenes with what you've learned so far.

9 - End of the Session Don't bother more than 20-25 minutes sessions. This is to avoid burn-out and mental fatigue. Don't worry about your game if your PC DIES an early death. For "...with strange aeons even death may die." Learn from your mistakes. In fantasy worlds, there is life after death. END your session WITH a CLIFFHANGER to provide yourself motivation for your next session.