The Solo RolePlayers Podcast

Take on the challenge! Choose your weapon (system and support). Set your timer (20 mins). Prepare your dice. (you already have too many) and a writing implement (a nice one?). Then sit down and PLAY. Play with what you have. FUDGE the rules you don't know. KEEP moving and have a session. Trust Me. If you feel so inclined record some audio before and after and email to me on Soloroleplayerspodcast@...

Hello Dear Solo RolePlayers, I am proud to present you today a BONUS, extra, additional, on top episode where I have a bit of a chat about whatever is in that solo roleplaying head of mine. New games, upcoming stuff, and a few topics thrown in for good measure.  Enjoy! - PJ   Stuff in this Episode Beyond the witching hour - Official Dolmenwood Soundtrack Boromir lives - The One Ring solo adventure...

Hello and Welcome Back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast, today on the show I am thrilled to bring you an interview I did recently with The Lazy Dungeon Master himself....Mike Shea. You'll laugh, you'll cry, It'll change your life. -PJ The Lazy DM's Companion Return of The Lazy Dungeon Master The Lazy DM's Resource Doc   You can get in touch with me on: soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com , PJSack on R...

Hello and Welcome Back to the Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I got a hot little game to the table, known to some as Kal-Arath. This affordable, old school, small foot-printed little gem is great for short (or long) sessions on the go or at home. Hope you enjoy the actual play of Kal-Arath. Check out the Castle Grief Substack for more info. Reference sheet I used while playing by Silve...

Hello and Welcome Back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast and today on the show I am proud to bring you one of the founders of arguably, the most solo friendly of the standard rpg publishers, Free League.  Tomas and I caught up recently to talk about how Free League came about and why supporting solo play is important to them. Enjoy! -PJ   You can get in touch with me on: soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail...

Hello and Welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am keen as mustard to bring out another new format for a spin.  That first look, first touch, first flick of a new RPG is a magical experience. You (or at least I) skin things, stop at cool art, let out a 'wicked' under your breath for some fangled new dice mechanic, and let the beginnings of your first potential story in...

Hello and Welcome Back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. I am thrilled to bring to you today the official launch of Season 2 of The Solo RolePlayers podcast with a new experimental format where I talk through a few topics and thoughts on the games I got off my shelf over the last year.  We talk Starforged, Forbidden Lands, WhiteHack, Shadowdark, Dragonbane Crown & Skull and more and find out ho...

Hello and Welcome Back to The SoloRolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show, in preparation for the official, one and only, never to be repeated first episode of season 2 of the show (nearly finished but not quite) I bring to you today an ancient recording found collecting dust, presumably in some moldering tomb or another, a play I did way back in the early years of the lovely little game Cartograph...

Welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast, today I am thrilled to bring you the host and GM of my most listened to rpg podcast; from Sweden Rolls its Andreas Lundström. On this episode of the show we talk all about Swedish rpg's including Dragonbane, Forbidden Lands and Coriolis and, of course, Andreas' story getting into rpg's and co-founding the wonderful Sweden Rolls podcast.   Check out Nor...

Hello and Welcome to the very first annual SoloRolePlayers Birthday Celebration! Join me as I riff and reminisce on a whole year behind the play and the pod. Regular scheduled programming will be back for season 2 of the show very soon. -PJ   You can get in touch with me on: soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com , PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join the SoloRolePlayers Patreon where a free memb...

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Hello and Welcome Back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am thrilled to bring you an interview I had with the quirkiest game designer I have ever met......the games are quirky I mean and in the moist wonderfully creative and interesting ways. Join me and Cezar Capacle as he dives right in to his fascinating style of game design as well as going into detail on his two new big pro...

Hello Dear SoloRolePlayers,  Today on the show I got back on the mic with the inimitable Tana Pigeon to continue our play of Pirate Borg that we started in the 'Playing Published Adventures' episode a while back.  In other news: Our Birthday is coming up in a little over a month, hooray! And I would love to hear from listeners and lovers of SoloRolePlay, either just saying happy birthday, reminisc...

Hello Dear Solo RolePlayers,  I recently recorded a little experimental episode that was going to be just for Patrons but I kinda wanted to give you all out there a bit of an idea of the kind of extra content I am doing and planning to do over there so I decided to make it available to all! This is my raw thoughts and live play example of me attempting my very first hack of a system...just for fun...

Hello and Welcome Back to the Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I got to sit down with another one of the solo rpg creators who helped me discover this fantastic hobby. Author of Delve, Apothecaria and so much more, the fantastically creative mind behind , Anna Blackwell Do check the current Kickstarter and see what its all about while it's still live! The Death & Pottery Collection...

Hello and Welcome Back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am positively thrilled to finally get to the mic your space friend and mine, Steve Morrison from the Errant Adventures podcast to talk all about how he went from thinking playing an RPG solo was dumb, to creating 100's of hours of Starforged and other SoloRPG content.  It was a really lovely chat, filled with interesting s...

Hello and Welcome Back to The SoloRolePlayers Podcast today on the show I have a little message for all and a call to action as well as an actual play episode from the vault. I hope you enjoy this play through of Plight. -PJ You can get in touch with me on: soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com , PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join the SoloRolePlayers Patreon where a free membership will get yo...

Hello Dear SoloRolePlayers,  Today on the show I am trying out a new show format where A guest and I just discuss a topic. No interview, no play, just getting down and nerdy about a particular topic in solo roleplaying, this week being that fantastic publisher we all know and love...Free League.     You can get in touch with me on: soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com , PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or bet...

Hello and Welcome Back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast.  Today on the show we are pulling the Monster Hunter inspired ttrpg Wilderfeast off the shelf and testing the bad-boy out. I go through the basics of the mechanics and play through a freeplay section where the PC's attempt to stop a stampeding herd from Lemming it off a mountain pass before facing a big monster battle with a fat and then skin...

Hello and welcome back to a brand new episode of The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am proud to present a chat I had the other day with no other than BlackOath's Alex T himself. We discuss his lifelong journey with rpg's, how he got designing his own games, and a bit about some of his upcoming titles. You can find everything you need to know about Alex's work over at https://blackoa...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of The Solo RolePlayers Podcast.  Today on the show I have the pleasure to present you with an interview I recently did with Author of the solo friendly, traditional fantasy RPG, Plight. Timothy and I discuss getting into the hobby, finding your unique path, and prison rules for D&D. Enjoy   Links: PLIGHT RPG  You can get in touch with me on: solorolep...

Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am proud as punch to finally get a long anticipated game to the table and that game is ShadowDark. Hear how my preconceived plans are immediately thrown to the wind with a couple oracle dice rolls as our PC's begin a dangerous adventure. You can get in touch with me on: soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com , PJSack on Reddit/B...

Hello and welcome back to the Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am proud to present the fantastic, inspiring, prolific and downright game-changer to the solo roleplayers hobby, official friend of the show Tana Pigeon to talk all about, and give a live example of that slippery and mystifying of concepts, playing a published adventure solo. Tana talks through a few of the techniques she...

Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I have, what is turning out to be a hugely and increasingly epic actual play of forbidden lands. This is easily the biggest ruleset I have taken off my shelf and start playing and I must say, I just couldn't get this damn game off my table. Join Aerwynn, Semina and Gaian as they attempt to fight off a huge dune worm and set...

Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today I have another interview with a fantastic guest, Matt Risby from Ironsworn:StarForged actual play (ish, listen to find out more) podcast The Bad Spot.  You can find The Bad Spot over on YouTube or in audio form as a Podcast   You can get in touch with me on: soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com . PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join...