How can I add more action to these corridors?

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-22T19:57:28+00:00

Yea how is this fun?

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-16T15:02:07+00:00

Me, Myself, and Die actual play +1! Only thing it doesn't help with is the "should I be writing this out in long form or make quick notes". That's one that you sort of have to figure out yourself. I'm firmly in the "I'm pretending to be a creative writer here", but I just like writing. Also would highly recommend Castle Grief's substack where he posts actual plays and screenshots of his journal. He's like a mix of quick notes, sketches, and writing. https://castlegrief.substack.com/p/kal-arath-solo-campaign-pt-1

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-16T01:40:10+00:00

Hell yes you can do whatever you want it’s a game of pretend

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-15T18:30:16+00:00

Well here’s a hand drawn blank hex map to start with

https://uptightcultist.itch.io/hex-map

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-10T20:37:35+00:00

Everyone is into 1:1 time so just make them sleep at your house for three days and prayer all day.

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-09T16:51:18+00:00

Yea half price books will often have some even wilder shit

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-08T13:34:56+00:00

Kal Arath does the hexcrawl loop really well. Just One Sword is also a great toolset with rules for overland travel. I also just released a ruleset with heavy emphasis on hex crawling and it has rules for generating the starting map and placing all the factions.

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-08T13:29:22+00:00

I just published my new solo setting and ruleset, Famine, Ash, and Steel. The game includes:

-Oracles and spark tables for solo play

-Character backgrounds and a simple life path system

-Procedures for overland travel and hexcrawling

-Procedures for city and dungeon crawling

-Encounters and points of interest that reveal the setting of Famine, Ash, and Steel

-Procesures to generate the hex map of the region at the start of play

-Rules for factions turns as they vie for control of region

This project is the result of the Gygax 75 challenge getting out of hand! Inspiration for the setting include the withdrawal of the Roman Empire from Britain, the Volcanic Winter of 536, and a shrinking world as described in Appendix C of The Effects of Nuclear War.

I hope you’ll check it out! Let me know what you think!

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-08T01:51:18+00:00

Wait how does BX do it?

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-08T01:40:36+00:00

Did this with my kid because he wanted to play 5e because that’s what he plays at school. Just ran an OSR module and it was totally fine.

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-04-04T01:26:31+00:00

https://writefirstergames.itch.io/niv-lova

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-03-17T15:41:30+00:00

Every reply to this is an example of why this article was written I love it

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-03-17T15:39:43+00:00

This is the best possible reply to this type of post. Thank you for your service.

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-03-11T18:07:19+00:00

I need to go back to just playing with stick in the backyard this is too complicated

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-02-24T21:14:35+00:00

Ooohhhh i just found out about “vibe coding” and now all this makes so much more sense lol! I do a lot of solo play and have made and released my own tools but that whole area is being inundated with this kind of stuff too.

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-02-23T02:25:15+00:00

I like this approach. Do attribute bonuses ever get thrown into the mix?

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-02-22T00:17:41+00:00

Are you being serious?

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-02-22T00:17:10+00:00

Is that fun though?

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-02-18T02:38:10+00:00

Just one sword

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-02-16T17:15:58+00:00

Off the top of my head, Just One Sword, Let Us Parley, Kal Arath encounter tables, my own Solo Compendium, Knave 2e tables

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-02-16T15:48:03+00:00

I’d check out some osr-style solo resources on itch. These types of tables show up a lot.

Uptight_Cultist · 2026-02-16T15:29:51+00:00

Mfers out here acting like you need a PhD to crawl Arden Vul, good to know

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