Die Alone: A solo RPG Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each episode I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying or board game and talking about my experiences. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise, and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint.

In Episode 17 of Die Alone, we take a look at BANTAM WEST from Bantam Planet and GUN COWBOY from Che.

Bantam West is an “Immersive Tabletop Sim” adventure board game for 1-4 players, that unfolds in the Western town of Gallow Springs. Play as one of four Deadly Strangers on their first day in town, as they work, fight, build, and burn to become the most Notorious.

GUN COWBOY is a journaling game for one player about a dead outlaw at the end of a long career. They may not know they are dead, but they are. Once, they had a gang, a posse, a crew — that's gone now, and only they (and their gun) remain. They will burn themselves up until they are nothing but bones and dust.

You can get a copy of Bantam West on the Bantam Planet website: https://shop.visitbantam.com/products/bantam-west-kickstarter-edition

Gun Cowboy can be found on Itch: https://sche.itch.io/gun-cowboy

Back TOMBPUNK today! https://gamefound.com/en/projects/octopress/tombpunk-rpg-the-mausoleum-edition?ref=search

Follow 3DIE6 on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tentaclemag/3die6-rpg-second-edition-and-shimmer-guidebook?ref=clipboard-prelaunch

You can find all of my RPGs and games on DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14121/Deeply-Dapper-Games

Discuss this podcast, the games I play or just solo games in general in our Facebook group.

Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/8s8PP4gSQ3

Die Alone is on Twitter! https://twitter.com/diealonerpg

Support the channel by joining our PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/deeplydapper

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Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/die-alone-a-solo-rpg-podcast/id1562600805

Welcome to Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each episode I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying or board game and talking about my experiences. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise, and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint.

In Episode 16 of Die Alone, we take a look at FLIPTOWN from Write Stuff Games. It is a western themed flip and write game designed by Steven Aramini and illustrated by Naomi Ferrall

You can get a copy of FLIPTOWN on the Write Stuff Games website: https://www.writestuffgames.com/product-page/fliptown It is also available in Print and Play format from the same link.

You can also get it on Amazon. (Affiliate Link)

Back TOMBPUNK today!

Follow 3DIE6 on Kickstarter!

You can find all of my RPGs and games on DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14121/Deeply-Dapper-Games

Discuss this podcast, the games I play or just solo games in general in our Facebook group.

Join our Discord!

Die Alone is on Twitter!

Support the channel by joining our PATREON!

You can also find DIE ALONE on all fine podcast aggregators:

Spotify!

Apple Podcasts!

Welcome to Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each week I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying game and talking about my experiences the following episode. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint.

In Episode 07 of Die Alone, I talk about playing the solo dungeon delving RPG:

Four Against Darkness

Four Against Darkness is a solitaire dungeon-delving game that may also be played cooperatively. No miniatures are needed. All you need is this book, a pencil, two dice, and grid paper. Choose four characters from a list of classic types (warrior, wizard, rogue, halfling, dwarf, barbarian, cleric, elf), equip them, and venture into dungeons created by dice rolls and your own choices. You will fight monsters, manage resources, grab treasure, dodge traps, find clues, and even accept quests from the monsters themselves. Your characters will level up, becoming more powerful with each game... IF THEY SURVIVE.

You can get Four Against Darkness on Amazon or Drivethrurpg.

The toolkit HERE: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/164130/4ad-comprehensive-playsheets-grids-characters-enco

You can adjust and print your own grids HERE

Kickstarter Links:

Knock! Issue 2: http://kck.st/3wD1fsP

Wyrd Science Issue 2: http://kck.st/3yHoNyu

This World is Not Yours: http://kck.st/3ywAsQF

Discuss this podcast, the games I play or just solo games in general in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alonepod

Die Alone is on Twitter! https://twitter.com/diealonerpg

Support the channel by joining our PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/deeplydapper

You can also find DIE ALONE on all fine podcast aggregators:

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Apple Podcasts!

In Episode 06 of Die Alone, I talk about playing the solo map drawing RPG:

Delve by Anna Blackwell

DELVE puts you in control of a dwarven stronghold from its first strike into the ground through to its glory or demise. Along the way you'll face flooding and lava, gas and ghouls, ancient monstrosities and weirder still.

The core zine has rules for:

Making a unique dwarven hold

Generating special artefacts and ancient monstrosities

Facing ghouls and goblins, draugr and dragons in lightweight tactical combat

You can get Delve on their WEBSITE or Itch.io

You can adjust and print your own grids HERE

You can also get a custom map I drew for the game on our Patreon Page.

Kickstarter Links:

PAPERBACK ADVENTURES: http://kck.st/3bAwm00

THE BLUE COLLECTION: http://kck.st/3bxSicc

INTO THE MOTHER LANDS: http://kck.st/2T4zQS0

Next Week: Four Against Darkness

Four Against Darkness is a solitaire dungeon-delving game that may also be played cooperatively. No miniatures are needed. All you need is this book, a pencil, two dice, and grid paper. Choose four characters from a list of classic types (warrior, wizard, rogue, halfling, dwarf, barbarian, cleric, elf), equip them, and venture into dungeons created by dice rolls and your own choices. You will fight monsters, manage resources, grab treasure, dodge traps, find clues, and even accept quests from the monsters themselves. Your characters will level up, becoming more powerful with each game... IF THEY SURVIVE.

You can get Four Against Darkness on Amazon or Drivethru RPG

Discuss this podcast, the games I play or just solo games in general in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alonepod

Die Alone is on Twitter! https://twitter.com/diealonerpg

Support the channel by joining our PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/deeplydapper

You can also find DIE ALONE on all fine podcast aggregators:

Spotify!

Apple Podcasts!

Welcome to Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each week I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying game and talking about my experiences the following episode. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint.

In Episode 06 of Die Alone, I talk about playing the solo map drawing RPG:

Delve by Anna Blackwell

DELVE puts you in control of a dwarven stronghold from its first strike into the ground through to its glory or demise. Along the way you'll face flooding and lava, gas and ghouls, ancient monstrosities and weirder still.

The core zine has rules for:

Making a unique dwarven hold

Generating special artefacts and ancient monstrosities

Facing ghouls and goblins, draugr and dragons in lightweight tactical combat

You can get Delve on their WEBSITE or Itch.io

You can adjust and print your own grids HERE

You can also get a custom map I drew for the game on our Patreon Page.

Kickstarter Links:

PAPERBACK ADVENTURES: http://kck.st/3bAwm00

THE BLUE COLLECTION: http://kck.st/3bxSicc

INTO THE MOTHER LANDS: http://kck.st/2T4zQS0

Next Week: Four Against Darkness

Four Against Darkness is a solitaire dungeon-delving game that may also be played cooperatively. No miniatures are needed. All you need is this book, a pencil, two dice, and grid paper. Choose four characters from a list of classic types (warrior, wizard, rogue, halfling, dwarf, barbarian, cleric, elf), equip them, and venture into dungeons created by dice rolls and your own choices. You will fight monsters, manage resources, grab treasure, dodge traps, find clues, and even accept quests from the monsters themselves. Your characters will level up, becoming more powerful with each game... IF THEY SURVIVE.

You can get Four Against Darkness on Amazon or Drivethru RPG

Discuss this podcast, the games I play or just solo games in general in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alonepod

Die Alone is on Twitter! https://twitter.com/diealonerpg

Support the channel by joining our PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/deeplydapper

You can also find DIE ALONE on all fine podcast aggregators:

Spotify!

Apple Podcasts!

Welcome to Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each week I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying game and talking about my experiences the following episode. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint.

In Episode 05 of Die Alone, I talk about playing the tabletop heist boardgame:

Burgle Bros 2: The Casino Capers by Tim Fowers

Welcome back to the escapades of the Burgle Bros. The Rook, never one to shy away from the precarious, has decided to take down a string of casinos. But this is no office job - tougher safes, tightened security - and perhaps worst of all, you'll be working during the day! The team will have to dress-up (or dress-down) to go unnoticed in the casino crowds. You'll need to avoid making a commotion or taking too much heat before cracking the safe and escaping through whatever insane plan the Rook has dreamed up.

You can pre-order Burgle Bros 2 HERE

I focus on the solo mode of game but also touch on co-op and the overall design.

I also talk about my work-in-progress solo game, Those Wretched Kids, based on the Wretched & Alone system and give an update on 3DIE6’s progress.

Next Week: DELVE by Anna Blackwell.

DELVE puts you in control of a dwarven stronghold from its first strike into the ground through to its glory or demise. Along the way you'll face flooding and lava, gas and ghouls, ancient monstrosities and weirder still.

The core zine has rules for:

Making a unique dwarven hold

Generating special artefacts and ancient monstrosities

Facing ghouls and goblins, draugr and dragons in lightweight tactical combat

You can get Delve on their WEBSITE or Itch.io

You can adjust and print your own grids HERE

You can also get a custom map I drew for the game on our Patreon Page.

Discuss this podcast, Burgle Bros 2 or just solo games in general in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alonepod

Die Alone is on Twitter! https://twitter.com/diealonerpg

Support the channel by joining our PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/deeplydapper

You can also find DIE ALONE on all fine podcast aggregators:

Spotify!

Apple Podcasts!

Welcome to Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each week I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying game and talking about my experiences the following episode. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint. I’m excited about it.

In Episode 04 of Die Alone, I talk about playing the hiking journaling solo RPG:

Thru-Hiker by Daniel Perez.

THRU-HIKER is a journaling game of telling stories of long-distance hiking. Using your writing instrument of choice, a pack of playing cards, and a series of writing prompts, you will create stories of the joys and challenges of being on the trail for days, weeks, or months at a time.

Designed for those dreaming of their own thru-hike, and writer-adventurers in search of new narrative challenges, THRU-HIKER is an easy game to learn for experienced gamers and newcomers alike, one that's sure to deliver hours of imaginative fun.

You can get the print or PDF of Thru-Hiker HERE.

It is also available on DrivethruRPG

I also discuss the solo mode of the tabletop game Crimes in History: H.H. Holmes’ Murder Castle!

You can get Murder Castle HERE

Next Week: DELVE by Anna Blackwell.

DELVE puts you in control of a dwarven stronghold from its first strike into the ground through to its glory or demise. Along the way you'll face flooding and lava, gas and ghouls, ancient monstrosities and weirder still.

The core zine has rules for:

Making a unique dwarven hold

Generating special artefacts and ancient monstrosities

Facing ghouls and goblins, draugr and dragons in lightweight tactical combat

You can get Delve on their WEBSITE or Itch.io

Discuss this podcast, Thru-Hiker or just solo games in general in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alonepod

Die Alone is on Twitter! https://twitter.com/diealonerpg

Support the channel by joining our PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/deeplydapper

You can also find DIE ALONE on all fine podcast aggregators:

Spotify!

Apple Podcasts!

Welcome to Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each week I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying game and talking about my experiences the following episode. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint. I’m excited about it.

In Episode 02 of Die Alone, I talk about playing the horror sci-fi solo RPG:

THE WRETCHED by Chris Bissette.

The Wretched is a game about human resilience in the face of overwhelming odds and almost certain death. It is a game about isolation, fear, and perseverance.

You play a lone survivor of an horrific attack. You have seen and done terrible things, you have seen your friends – your found family – brutally butchered by something you can’t even begin to comprehend, something that you were sure didn’t exist until it manifested itself aboard your ship.

You are existing on the edges of your endurance, high on adrenaline and fear and desperation. You are sure you won’t survive this, but all you know to do is to keep fighting.

You can find THE WRETCHED on Itch.io or in the Loot The Room Shop. (Listeners of Die Alone save 15% off orders in Loot The Room with the coupon code “3DIE6” too!)

Next Week: THRU-HIKER by Daniel M. Perez.

THRU-HIKER is a journaling game of telling stories of long-distance hiking. Using your writing instrument of choice, a pack of playing cards, and a series of writing prompts, you will create stories of the joys and challenges of being on the trail for days, weeks, or months at a time.
Designed for those dreaming of their own thru-hike, and writer-adventurers in search of new narrative challenges, THRU-HIKER is an easy game to learn for experienced gamers and newcomers alike, one that's sure to deliver hours of imaginative fun.

Discuss this podcast, The Wretched or just solo games in general in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alonepod

Die Alone is on Twitter! https://twitter.com/diealonerpg

Support the channel by joining our PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/deeplydapper

You can also find DIE ALONE on all fine podcast aggregators:

Spotify!

Apple Podcasts!

Welcome to Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each week I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying game and talking about my experiences the following episode. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint. I’m excited about it.

In Episode 02 of Die Alone, I talk about playing the first game in the series: LONG HAUL 1983 by Sean Patrick Cain (SPC).

It’s 1983, and the world feels hollowed out.

LONG HAUL 1983 tells the story of a dangerous journey through an empty world. 

You play a long-haul truck driver trying to make their way home. Every day, you’ll hit the road, navigating treacherous highways, fleeing from menacing threats, and dealing with the psychological impacts of isolation.

And at the end of each day, you’ll find a payphone, make a call, and leave a message for the most important person in your life. 

They never pick up. You never stop calling.

Using a deck of cards, a few dice, and a microphone, players will create an original narrative of resilience in the face of world-shifting catastrophe.

You can find Long Haul 1983 on Itch.io or DrivethruRPG.

Next Week: THE WRETCHED by Chris Bissette.

You are the last surviving crew member of the intergalactic salvage ship The Wretched. Adrift between stars after an engine failure, your ship was attacked by a hostile alien lifeform. The crew are dead. 

You thought you had won. You launched the creature out of an airlock, and that should have meant safety.

It didn’t. 

The Wretched is a solo journaling RPG played with a deck of cards, a tumbling block tower, and a microphone. You can fine The Wretched on the LootTheRoom Website, DrivethruRPG and Itch.io.

Discuss this podcast, Long Haul 1983 or just solo games in general in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alonepod

Support the channel by joining our PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/deeplydapper

You can also find DIE ALONE on Spotify!

Welcome to the first episode of Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each week I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying game and talking about my experiences the following episode. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint. I’m excited about it.

In Episode 01 of Die Alone, I talk a bit about why I’m making this podcast and introduce the first game in the series: LONG HAUL 1983 by Sean Patrick Cain (SPC).

It’s 1983, and the world feels hollowed out.

LONG HAUL 1983 tells the story of a dangerous journey through an empty world. 

You play a long-haul truck driver trying to make their way home. Every day, you’ll hit the road, navigating treacherous highways, fleeing from menacing threats, and dealing with the psychological impacts of isolation.

And at the end of each day, you’ll find a payphone, make a call, and leave a message for the most important person in your life. 

They never pick up. You never stop calling.

Using a deck of cards, a few dice, and a microphone, players will create an original narrative of resilience in the face of world-shifting catastrophe.

You can find Long Haul 1983 on Itch.io or DrivethruRPG.

Discuss this podcast, Long Haul 1983 or just solo games in general in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alonepod

Support the channel by joining our PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/deeplydapper

Welcome to Die Alone: a Solo RPG Podcast! Each episode I’ll be playing a different solo roleplaying or board game and talking about my experiences. I’ll also occasionally dabble in solo tabletop games and adventure gamebooks. I’ll be looking at the games as a play experience, as a meditative and creative exercise, and also looking at them from a designer and artist viewpoint.

In Episode 15 of Die Alone, I discuss my plans for the new season, why it took so long to get here and what I'm backing on Kickstarter!

Back SIEGE PERILOUS: http://kck.st/3TSyNkT

You can find all of my RPGs and games on DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/14121/Deeply-Dapper-Games

Discuss this podcast, the games I play or just solo games in general in our Facebook group.

Die Alone is on Twitter!

Support the channel by joining our PATREON!

https://patreon.com/deeplydapper

You can also find DIE ALONE on all fine podcast aggregators.

Spotify!

Apple Podcasts!