Solo Play with FGU

Today's guide is for Gwydion's Free 2d6 Dungeon Conversion (Level 1 Only) in Xcore ruleset. It is originally from Toby Lancaster's DR Games. A great entry point to olden times' gritty and action packed Dungeon Crawlers. Soloing it can also teach you how to be a GM and create dungeons and encounters on-the-fly.

It'll require you to draw randomly generated dungeon rooms and their contents (in text) into the starting map, depending on random rolls. You can also use your favorite dungeon ...

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For players who want to learn more about the usage of consequences in their Solo Sessions, I made a quick table. You can use it as a cheat sheet to find out about your PC's actions if you're stuck.

# About Choices

"Strategy is making tough choices with incomplete data."

We all make our own choices in life with what we have in our arsenal. Sometimes they are right sometimes they prove to be wrong. Making tough choices require wisdom but the problem is that ...

I left this for last despite it is what many players want to do for various reasons, because oh boy, is it hard to incorporate to Solo Mode! But as your friendly neighborhood Soloist, I will try my best to explain different points of views and methods for this type. FGU made it way easier than I originally thought.

Points of Views on Methodology

1. Selective Reading

In his book DM Yourself, Tom Scutt details

"...techniques to navigate the

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Since this is the relevant part of Exploration series, Obstacle Creation is our subject. You can create your own Solo Adventure with just an empty hex map and random tables. Hex-Crawling let's you simulate harsh survival conditions in old games. Or you can play it as a lighthearted RPG adventure.

# Out of an Empty Shape

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Masterpiece drawing of hex thingy

A hex grid is like a six sided dice that can lead you to randomized ...

This demo is designed for newcomers who doesn't have any knowledge of RPGs to teach them the basics of Solo Play. Everything you need is provided in the guide. Let's jump right into play without needing to read any rules or worrying about the lack of a Game Master. Our Oracle will provides us answers and remove the need of a GM. And random generators will give us ideas. (Text-based NON-FGU Play)

# Solo Play Based On Rule Of Cool

Rule of Cool means that if your character ...