James details what makes this game unique and dares you to have a look at just how far this cyberpunk rabbit hole goes. James sits down with us to discuss the game itself as well as lift the lid on the inspiration behind the all important setting for the game. A cross platform project with multiple games set in the same universe including other board games, video games and a planned TTRPG. Civitas Nihilium is the first game in designer James Bradley's ambitious Civitas Universe Project. Inevitable we bring in some comparisons to our experience with Ironsworn and open up to a conversation about the different approaches to solo roleplaying in general.Ī massive thank you again to Deborah for joining us and be sure to check out here channel if you want some helpful tips for your games, links below.Ĭheck out Deborah's channel: In this episode we take a dive into the "Civitas Universe" and unpack the indie solo board game Civitas Nihilium. We cover the three different ways to play Scarlet Heroes solo and some of the distinguishing features of the playstyles on offer here and ask whether Scarlet Heroes would be good for a new player to solo RPGs. We are joined by Deborah from Geek Gamers who helps frame the discussion with her informative understanding of solo rpgs in general as well as distinguishing between different types of resources necessary for being your own GM. In this episode we look at the soloable roleplaying system Scarlet Heroes.
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We also talk about how it makes interesting changes to conventional mechanics before turning our attention to the Rival and how the solo experience feels for us.īrandon also lets us in on an upcoming role playing game project they are working on and joins us for some discussion on how to play solo rpgs in the listener question section of the show.Ī huge thank you to Brandon for joining us and sharing his insight into what makes Lost Ruins of Arnak so special.
The three of us explore what makes Lost Ruins so special, it’s theme and stylistic choices, and how it empowers you as a player. In this episode we invite Brandon of Solosaurus on to talk about one of his favourite new games- Lost Ruins of Arnak. Upcoming projects and shout-outs: 1:01:23 Self referral for Talking Therapies through NHS: Finally we turn our attention to ways to play, including multi-handing the game.Ī massive thank you again to Dan for joining us for the episode!Ĭheck out our interview on episode 208 of the 1 Player Podcast: įollow these links for help and advice on mental health: We also cover the core mechanisms of the game and the ways they create conflict for the player before turning our attention to likely criticisms of the game and our reaction to those. We start by talking about the meta game, including the win loss conditions and how it feels to replay. In this Episode Norm kicks us off with an important announcement about temporary changes to the podcast before Scruffy and Dan get to talking about 7th continent. This episode was inspired by what we learned from Deborah of Geek Gamers during episode 26, so be sure to check that out as well as her excellent YouTube channel. This episode is focused on the pair putting into practice all they've learned about solo RPGs in order to make this multiplayer game play solo. Together they share their thoughts on what about the game works well solo, what needed help from external sources and what didn't work well solo. In this episode Scruffy and Norm take a deep dive into one of their favourite multiplayer RPGs Blades in the Dark. We meant no offence and hope this does not upset anyone.
Important update: in this episode we refer to Amabel Holland by an incorrect name, this was an honest mistake as we were not aware she had changed her name. Where will you land with it? Are you more of a Scruffy or a Norm in this instance? Listen as one host tears down the game while the other builds it back up. In this episode we take a deep dive into The Wars of Marcus Aurelius, a game that has Norm and Scruffy completely divided.
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