Anonymous
6/15/2025, 7:18:18 PM No.95877377
Whats a good one on one rpg or adventure to play with my girlfriend whos new to rpgs
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Good duet rpg - /tg/ (#95877377) [Archived: 1278 hours ago]
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 7:25:54 PM No.95877414
>>95877396
We already do plenty, want a game not sex
We already do plenty, want a game not sex
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 8:27:24 PM No.95877716
>>95877447
Is scarlet heroes better than Worlds without number?
Is scarlet heroes better than Worlds without number?
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 8:35:23 PM No.95877751
>>95877377 (OP)
How about this bad boy?
It's familiar: Everyone knows the setting expectations of James Bond. Im pretty sure some copies are in the sharethread.
How about this bad boy?
It's familiar: Everyone knows the setting expectations of James Bond. Im pretty sure some copies are in the sharethread.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 9:52:51 PM No.95878280
>>95877751
I think she'd prefer something more fantastical, either classic fantasy or fantasy sci fi
I think she'd prefer something more fantastical, either classic fantasy or fantasy sci fi
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 10:34:18 PM No.95878572
>>95877447
What OSR module would you run one on one with
What OSR module would you run one on one with
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 10:37:08 PM No.95878590
>>95878572
There really isn't any. One-on-one play is about a single character's adventure and is very story-forward. Classic play, especially the modern reconstruction of it that gets bandied about with the name OSR focuses heavily on group play and dungeon crawling.
There really isn't any. One-on-one play is about a single character's adventure and is very story-forward. Classic play, especially the modern reconstruction of it that gets bandied about with the name OSR focuses heavily on group play and dungeon crawling.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 11:27:59 PM No.95878908
>>95878280
desu, offer it anyway. Confident Superspy stuff is easier to improv (that is how non RPG people see it) than 1000 year old elf druid.
desu, offer it anyway. Confident Superspy stuff is easier to improv (that is how non RPG people see it) than 1000 year old elf druid.
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 11:41:51 PM No.95879002
>>95877377 (OP)
Do a Solo RPG together.
Do a Solo RPG together.
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 11:48:53 PM No.95879045
>>95877377 (OP)
You can try
Duo Adventure: Princess of the Shining Sun and Prince of the Brilliant Moon
Gamebook for two in the Sword World 2.5 setting and ruleset
google drive -> /file/d/1Fyx8AQbwBgs9PpYJwc6TEtolAjOU9e6H
From the book:
>Duo Adventure assumes that there are two players, but it can be played alone or by three or more players.
>With 1-2 players, you can use the Simplified Ruleset (see p. 101) included in this book, with no other books required.
Also from the book
>About the Game Master (GM)
>In a typical TRPG session, a Game Master (GM) manages the game. This is also true of Sword World 2.5 (see CR I, p. 15, 351). However, this book was designed to be played without a GM, and it assumes that one is not present.
Introduction
>Greetings! Welcome to the world of adventure.
>This is a ‘game book’ style adventure playable with the Sword World 2.5 system.
>The story takes place in the Randor region, in the central part of the Alframe continent, where small nations compete and conflicts persist. The theme of this adventure is a struggle for succession in one such country.
>Players take on the role of an heir or someone who supports them. They must strive to gather support from the people and earn their trust, settle who should rightfully claim the throne, unite their country, and weave a bright future.
You can try
Duo Adventure: Princess of the Shining Sun and Prince of the Brilliant Moon
Gamebook for two in the Sword World 2.5 setting and ruleset
google drive -> /file/d/1Fyx8AQbwBgs9PpYJwc6TEtolAjOU9e6H
From the book:
>Duo Adventure assumes that there are two players, but it can be played alone or by three or more players.
>With 1-2 players, you can use the Simplified Ruleset (see p. 101) included in this book, with no other books required.
Also from the book
>About the Game Master (GM)
>In a typical TRPG session, a Game Master (GM) manages the game. This is also true of Sword World 2.5 (see CR I, p. 15, 351). However, this book was designed to be played without a GM, and it assumes that one is not present.
Introduction
>Greetings! Welcome to the world of adventure.
>This is a ‘game book’ style adventure playable with the Sword World 2.5 system.
>The story takes place in the Randor region, in the central part of the Alframe continent, where small nations compete and conflicts persist. The theme of this adventure is a struggle for succession in one such country.
>Players take on the role of an heir or someone who supports them. They must strive to gather support from the people and earn their trust, settle who should rightfully claim the throne, unite their country, and weave a bright future.
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Anonymous
6/16/2025, 12:00:40 AM No.95879145
>>95877716
You can just play WWN by adopting the mechanics from scarlet heroes.
The fray die and the hit point conversion make any d20 system run as a a duet (or solo)
The caveat however, is these mechanics make the character extremely heroic. If you don’t want this, you need to tinker. Maybe leave the fray die out but keep the HD->HP conversion and damage scaling.
>>95878572
The introductory OSE modules are nicely laid out for the GM and would be good fodder for learning. Hole in the Oak and Incandescent Grottos
If it were me, I’d just use the Keep on the Borderlands/B2 but that could be too much scope for someone who is unfamiliar with RPGs
>>95878590
Scarlet Heroes handles delving well, and can teach OSR play style (resource tracking and management, time keeping, player agency forward over big plots). But yes as it is a duet/solo engine, even though it chews up old school content well, your characters are very heroic and have to be exceedingly stupid to get themselves killed. However the ref can always tinker with the system to make it more lethal as well.
You can just play WWN by adopting the mechanics from scarlet heroes.
The fray die and the hit point conversion make any d20 system run as a a duet (or solo)
The caveat however, is these mechanics make the character extremely heroic. If you don’t want this, you need to tinker. Maybe leave the fray die out but keep the HD->HP conversion and damage scaling.
>>95878572
The introductory OSE modules are nicely laid out for the GM and would be good fodder for learning. Hole in the Oak and Incandescent Grottos
If it were me, I’d just use the Keep on the Borderlands/B2 but that could be too much scope for someone who is unfamiliar with RPGs
>>95878590
Scarlet Heroes handles delving well, and can teach OSR play style (resource tracking and management, time keeping, player agency forward over big plots). But yes as it is a duet/solo engine, even though it chews up old school content well, your characters are very heroic and have to be exceedingly stupid to get themselves killed. However the ref can always tinker with the system to make it more lethal as well.
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Anonymous
6/16/2025, 12:02:56 AM No.95879162
>>95879145
I would say SH might be better than WWN for duet simply because the red tide setting is baked in and you can hit the ground running instead of having to roll up a world from scratch. However of course that’s half the appeal of this hobby so you could also use them in conjunction with one another
I would say SH might be better than WWN for duet simply because the red tide setting is baked in and you can hit the ground running instead of having to roll up a world from scratch. However of course that’s half the appeal of this hobby so you could also use them in conjunction with one another
Anonymous
6/16/2025, 2:52:13 AM No.95880108
>>95877377 (OP)
Pretend
Pretend
Anonymous
6/16/2025, 3:27:06 AM No.95880305
>>95877377 (OP)
I don't recommend you use the system I've been using, since it's narrative and has some narrative-specific crunch to it, but I can recommend a technique from my solo game with my GF (who is a seasoned RPG vet, and this is something we keep to text chat as a downtime activity). I'm running a shonen anime bullshit game for her.
Flashbacks and Reason-for-Stuff montages.
They add meat to a solo game and help fill the hole that other party members leave, without you being the only one running all the NPCs.
If you're running the kind of game where it can be done, try this:
>Her character runs into a problem
>Have a flashback about her dealing with or being told about something similar, involving one or more NPCs.
>Cut back to the present, with a bonus to the roll
>Run into an enemy
>If she's losing, have her do a montage or monologue (internal or external) about who or what she's fighting for, why she can't lose, why the enemy's philosophy of fighting is wrong
>Go back into the fight with a mechanical second wind of some kind.
It helps you run a strong protagonist without them just immediately oneshotting everything if their mechanical ability is bolstered by roleplaying at stuff. Flashbacks and monologues and such help add some RP meat, since there's only one player there's never gonna be direct arguing about what "the plan" should be etc.
I don't recommend you use the system I've been using, since it's narrative and has some narrative-specific crunch to it, but I can recommend a technique from my solo game with my GF (who is a seasoned RPG vet, and this is something we keep to text chat as a downtime activity). I'm running a shonen anime bullshit game for her.
Flashbacks and Reason-for-Stuff montages.
They add meat to a solo game and help fill the hole that other party members leave, without you being the only one running all the NPCs.
If you're running the kind of game where it can be done, try this:
>Her character runs into a problem
>Have a flashback about her dealing with or being told about something similar, involving one or more NPCs.
>Cut back to the present, with a bonus to the roll
>Run into an enemy
>If she's losing, have her do a montage or monologue (internal or external) about who or what she's fighting for, why she can't lose, why the enemy's philosophy of fighting is wrong
>Go back into the fight with a mechanical second wind of some kind.
It helps you run a strong protagonist without them just immediately oneshotting everything if their mechanical ability is bolstered by roleplaying at stuff. Flashbacks and monologues and such help add some RP meat, since there's only one player there's never gonna be direct arguing about what "the plan" should be etc.
Anonymous
6/16/2025, 4:38:30 AM No.95880615
GURPS
Anonymous
6/16/2025, 5:27:26 AM No.95880804
>>95877377 (OP)
Anything will if your gf's keen and you know what you're doing. I introduced my current gf to rpgs with 3.5e and the one before her with Rogue Trader. Both had a great time and got well into gaming.
Anything will if your gf's keen and you know what you're doing. I introduced my current gf to rpgs with 3.5e and the one before her with Rogue Trader. Both had a great time and got well into gaming.
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Anonymous
6/16/2025, 8:22:57 AM No.95881447
The One Ring 2E with the Strider Mode supplement. The new elf realm sourcebook also added alternative option for especially powerful elf characters but I haven't read it yet.
Anonymous
6/16/2025, 2:28:04 PM No.95882588
>>95877377 (OP)
Stellar Knights (though the actual duet rules aren't translated, the same works just fine in its standard or eclipsed formats). It's more freeform roleplay into a boardgamey/puzzle combat climax; but that may work well for you. It's very light on rules, so it'd be easy to get into.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R_BIbx7WBewAO_Hn0DIi3GB0CDyHJur2/view
>>95879045
Oh hey I translated that. I do recommend it, though its a gamebook w/ premade characters, I think its a good experience overall; and a simplified version of the Sword World 2 rules
Stellar Knights (though the actual duet rules aren't translated, the same works just fine in its standard or eclipsed formats). It's more freeform roleplay into a boardgamey/puzzle combat climax; but that may work well for you. It's very light on rules, so it'd be easy to get into.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R_BIbx7WBewAO_Hn0DIi3GB0CDyHJur2/view
>>95879045
Oh hey I translated that. I do recommend it, though its a gamebook w/ premade characters, I think its a good experience overall; and a simplified version of the Sword World 2 rules
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Anonymous
6/16/2025, 5:03:43 PM No.95883404
>>95880804
That's the problem, I have no idea what I'm doing. I havent gmed a game in 7 or so years and I've never done a duet game.
That's the problem, I have no idea what I'm doing. I havent gmed a game in 7 or so years and I've never done a duet game.
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Anonymous
6/16/2025, 9:48:51 PM No.95885283
>>95882588
Thank you for your translation
Thank you for your translation
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 12:15:19 AM No.95886227
>>95883404
it's like riding a bike, just hop back into that shit
she won't know any different anyhow, she's new
just pick something that sounds fun to you both and get after it. if you can't decide, play scarlet heroes and use [insert a module here].
done and done
it's like riding a bike, just hop back into that shit
she won't know any different anyhow, she's new
just pick something that sounds fun to you both and get after it. if you can't decide, play scarlet heroes and use [insert a module here].
done and done
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 9:56:38 AM No.95888583
>>95878280
There is a retroclone of the James Bond RPG named Classified, and it is pretty easy to flavor as sci-fi since it is set in more ambiguous modern setting instead of Cold War. It also works the best with a GM and one player.
There is a retroclone of the James Bond RPG named Classified, and it is pretty easy to flavor as sci-fi since it is set in more ambiguous modern setting instead of Cold War. It also works the best with a GM and one player.
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 4:40:35 PM No.95890372
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 10:07:09 PM No.95892841
>>95877377 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJMNkgEqKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJMNkgEqKA
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 10:24:43 PM No.95892962
Abnormal is a weird pick, it's a fun 1-2hr experience
https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/abnormal
https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/abnormal
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 10:31:46 PM No.95893007
>>95877377 (OP)
Have you considered playing Ironsworn? It's a game that's open to a lot of interpretation, and can even be played alone using its elaborate oracle tables.
Have you considered playing Ironsworn? It's a game that's open to a lot of interpretation, and can even be played alone using its elaborate oracle tables.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 3:16:00 PM No.95897660
Get three more friends