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Gather 'round strong domini and sublime dominas, as I reveal to you the Art of Solo Warfare. Your humble instructor will not tell you mere ways to swing a sword, mind you. Take these words of wisdom as a foundation to build upon your combatant's role & stratagems. And be not hasty. I'll cover counter-tactics for our earlier lesson and other expansions in here for each of your combatant classes, later.

ROLEPLAYING COMBAT

This is a combat guide, what is this RP stuff ...

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Tales of Mystara by Solo Dungeon Crawler:

I kept adding modern stuff to these lists, so I thought it is time to treat Old School audience equally as well. Mystara's the Grand Duchy of Karameikos is the campaign setting used for this podcast and has been adapted for solo DnD play. This is old school revival (OSR) with BECMI (Basic-Expert-Companion-Master-Immortal / Metzer) rules. It is called BECMI because back in the day, Basic ruleset released in 5 box sets. Author is being true to ...

What ruleset does a kid use for combat when colliding two action figures? I don't know the answer but let me try to shed light on my strategy of Playing Chess against Myself.

Meta-Game

I briefly explained what meta game is in How to Play Published Adventures. This is the biggest immersion breaker in Solo Combat, maybe even more than RPing alone because being both GM and Player feels like cheating to some.

As a solution, I see myself as the Dominus of an Arena ...

# Solo Gameplay Approaches

Game Master and Player Approach described here are not separate approaches. They complement each other and you'll need to use elements from both approaches as you play -with the exception of how you want to start your game, described in #1 of each approach.

Player Approach

Game Master Approach

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This is just the summary of starter knowledge. More Cheat Sheets will come later.

# Solo Play Rules

1. Engage in YOUR OWN story, for YOUR OWN entertainment.
2. The Golden Rule is FUN: If it's fun for you, then go for it.
3. K.I.S.S: Keep It Short and Simple.
4. What Will Happen Next? Keep your PC in situations that make you ask this.
5. Minimum Prep, Maximum Action.
6. Start by Setting Your First Scene in the Mode of Play of your choice.
7. Use The Core Gameplay Loop to

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