Notorious: Outsiders (Always Checkers Publishing) Written and designed by Jason Price Art by Torben Bokemeye You can purchase Outsiders here Notorious was one of my first solo tabletop RPGs I played here on the blog in 2023, so when I saw the expansion sequel Outsiders had come out it seemed natural to play. For the unfamiliar, this solo game series takes place in a universe that doesn’t hide its Star Wars influences. You play a nomad, a bounty hunter, who picks up contracts and hunts down their targets on a variety of planets. Much of the gameplay is the same with Outsiders adding more Nomad ..read more

CY_Borg (Free League Publishing) Written and designed by Christian Sahlén and Johan Nohr You can purchase CY_Borg here  You can download the CY_litary De.file_ment solo rules here Cyberpunk is a broader genre than I typically give it credit for. In literature, you can see cyberpunk’s roots form with authors like Phillip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard, and it came to fruition in the early 1990s with Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. Within film, some of the earliest examples are movies like Escape From New York, Tron, and Blade Runner – all wildly different takes on the idea of humanity, technology ..read more

Glide (Sleepy Sasquatch Games) Written and designed by Cody Barr You can purchase Glide here. For the first time, we had an instance of a solo game that did not click for me at all. I had wanted to play something in the style of Dune. I’d seen the second half of the feature film adaptation and was reading Frank Herbert’s novel. Glide is based on the same source material, so it seemed a perfect fit. However, this is an excellent lesson in theme vs. gameplay. A game can be based on or inspired by something you enjoy, but the gameplay design might differ from what you were looking for. In my cas ..read more

Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Character CreationWritten & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to CarcosaWritten & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here Read the first part of Vivian’s journey through Carcosa here [Explore – The Hospital] Like an answer to a prayer, Vivian saw the glowing green cross and the words “Hospital” in the distance. She kept to the shadows on the street, though she never saw anyone. Once inside, everything appeared normal initially, but Vivian began having flashing images of barbed wire ..read more

Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Character CreationWritten & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Carcosa Written & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here Read our introduction to Vivian Endicott here. Vivian will be wearing the Mask of the Guilty. I based this on the fact that she’s literally haunted by her mother, Claire, who died in alone, in poverty of an overdose. Vivian followed the map she’d found stuffed into the stacks of Ballingrud’s Occult Books. It happened while she was thumbing through a facsimile r ..read more

Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Character Creation Written & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Carcosa Written & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here Read our previous adventure into Carcosa starting here Today we introduce a new character to enter Carcosa. Once again, I used Heinrich’s Guide to Character Creation which made an even more fascinating person than my last run. I cannot get over what a great tool this is for making complex, layered characters with backstories just as interesting as any adventur ..read more

Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Character CreationWritten & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Carcosa Written & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here In our first part, I focused on the Guide to Character Creation and its incredibly robust tools that lead to unique player characters every single time you go through the book. Now, we get the adventure with the Guide to Carcosa. For the unfamiliar, Carcosa was originated by Ambrose Bierce in the short story “An Inhabitant of Carcosa” (1886) where a character d ..read more

Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Character Creation Written & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here Heinrich’s Call of Cthulhu Guide to Carcosa Written & Designed by Heinrich D. Moore You can purchase it here Regarding tabletop RPG fantasy, we think of Dungeons & Dragons. For players in the know, Traveller covers all the bases for science fiction. The third big genre, horror, is typically associated with Call of Cthulhu. CoC is based, of course, on the cosmic horror writing of H.P. Lovecraft. and was first published in 1981. Since then, it has undergone several ..read more

Read Act Two here Oracle: Evade Strategy Oracle question: Do Kae & Abram encounter hostile Vok drone attendants on their way to the teleportation controls?  Odds: Almost certain. Answer: [Ask the Oracle: Yes] Abram holds back Kae. He gestures to a corner that they are hugging, raising four fingers. Kae activates her EVPs and can see the low heat signatures on the other side of the wall, planning her attack. Battle w/Edge – [Strong Hit: 4 + 2 + 1 = 9 vs 8 | 8] In a blur, Kae grabs a Vok in a headlock, pointing its weapon arm at the others and firing off a blast that takes ou ..read more

Read Part Four here Oracle: Reveal Warning Uram returns to Carver’s lair to find things in chaos. Carver is ranting about Elysia Velasir, an information broker for the Society, who is withholding the date of the heist from him. Only the most elite members of the Society are getting access to when & where the citywide chaos will begin. Early on, the leadership of the Larcenists’ Society realized they were an organization of highly untrustworthy people, so the most vital information was secreted away. Carver believes he deserves to be in the know, so he wants to steal it from Velasir’s offi ..read more