TRPG General Chat

12:08 AM

It's really amazing to see how communities copies seem to be embraced so quickly.

user15026

I love it, its so good

Everyone who says "I can't find people to play games with so I can't ask questions about indie games." Here's a list of solo games. Here's a spreadsheet of Racial Justice Bundle games that you can sort for solo games. Here's a whole jam of solo horror games.

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There's games to play with your dog and games for going on errands and games for lounging in the sun.

user15026

12:25 AM

There's that cat is an oracle game, and the sandwich game!

BESW

Oh yes! A game for your cat to tell your fortune.

(I'm not gonna link to the Sandwich Game because of recent info about the author.)

user15026

Ooooh, sorry, I did a forget, I'm sorry.

BESW

No worries.

Jun 6 at 12:12, by BESW

Tiny Stories by Momatoes now has a solo version! Tiny Stories is my tiny attempt at making things a little better. A little game, for friends who want to spend a little time together, in these complex and trying times. Please play Tiny Stories and blossom your own story in the safe comfort of your friends' companionship.

Jul 9 '19 at 22:34, by BESW

"We Forest Three," a solo TTRPG by Jamila R. Nedjadi. Create a Witch Seeker. Enter the Forest, a shadow of what once was, that threatens to kill your City. A story steeped in Filipino folklore and legends, see if you survive SISTERS THREE...or if the sisters decide your fate.

Mar 17 at 13:28, by BESW

To the Stars by Scott Turriaga is a short solo Indigenous journaling game. It is you against the Void in this short, solo-play fiction game. Guide the good ship Nookomis to your homeland and your ancestors.

Ben

Good morning all :)

BESW

Maybe you don't like playing by yourself. There's games for writing letters to people and games tailored for Discord play.

Ben

12:34 AM

@Rubiksmoose 700?!

[Dramatic and genuine gasp of disbelief]

@BESW I am back in the conundrum of "too much to do, not enough time to do it" and "70% of these things rely on others so none is set in concrete"

BESW

Do you walk to the local shop or bus stop?

Ben

Monday night is my regular game group (been going on 5 or more years now [chuffed]), Tuesday is board game night, which has been pretty regular. Wednesday night is either Pokemon Go raid night or Pool night, Thursday is my night off, Friday is another game night with Family, Saturday is the Family day, and Sunday is chores

Taught the boys to ride their bikes without training wheels last weekend :D

BESW

Context is an earlier conversation about obstacles to bringing more indie game questions to rpg.se.

Ben

Similar to over on Arqade where people ask about indie games?

I often see @Ash asking questions like that

BESW

I wouldn't know anything about Arqade.

Ben

12:45 AM

@BESW Understandable haha. Basically the questions are about a game from steam that people might have heard about, but don't have a huge following.

BESW

There was a conversation about Wizards and D&D and the state of the industry, and the role rpg.se plays in that power dynamic.

8 hours ago, by BESW

So, if people are gonna talk about what rpg.se can do or change, individually or collectively, in response to WotC being a trash fire... I strongly urge that the conversation center on empowering marginalized communities and amplifying indie voices. Anything else is liable to just be assuaging guilt without producing anything of value.

But of course there's a lot of inertia against trying new systems, so now I'm listing some low-inertia options.

user15026

@BESW I highly recommend this one. It makes grocery store trips real fun

user15026

@Ben I play a lot of stuff that no one else seems to :P So many tumbleweeds

Ben

Well than... I'd say I have some questions about Wrath & Glory, but that's 40K (i.e. GW) and some people have similar opinions about GW

@Ash XD

trogdor

lol

I think some of my games hardly anyone has probably heard of but a bunch of them are like, old indie games that none the less were very popular when they came out

or even occasionally not indie but old enough to be cheap anyway

BESW

1:37 AM

Huetopia will host "Everything is a Remix: Creating your own original TRPG System on July 9th at 7:30pm EST/4:30 PST with @vidityavoleti, @LuchaLibris, @AFractalDragon, & @AjeyPandey.

BESW

3:08 AM

Amr Ammourazz wrote a twitter thread about divesting from D&D and rejecting the urge to just find a replacement for the one game, but rather taking this as an opportunity to reconsider how we relate to the entire hobby.

...it's getting really hard to navigate twitter threads with my muted words.

Riley Rethal wrote another, shorter twitter thread on the same theme of divesting from D&D as an opportunity to reconsider the way we engage with TRPGs.

HellSaint

5:44 AM

Is tormenta well known around the globe? I thought it was only known in Brazil (because, well, I'm brazilian haha)

But then I found this question around here and I don't think SSD is brazilian... or is he?

BESW

7:04 AM

Ross Cowman says (twitter link) "We should not be looking to replace #DnD with another single game. We should be looking to replace corporate monoculture with independent diversity." Vince Smith points out (twitter link) that the #TableTopChopShop hashtag exists to help this goal.

Ajey Pandey says (twitter link) that "Having a New Hotness won't let [game creators] go full time in [writing] RPGs."

Ten hours left for SUMMER SPOOKTACULAR A sale hosted by Speak the Sky. I'm joining in on the itch Summer Sale, but since 4/5 of my games and adventures that aren't already on sale or in other bundles are horror, I thought I'd put them all together on sale and in a bundle!

AncientSwordRage

9:36 AM

@HellSaint Nothing I know indicate they are

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