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| Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece by Edward Lear |
I tried my hand at solo role-playing this weekend. I elected to use Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game, since I had just gotten the book from Lulu and I was inspired by easyGURPS's collaborative solo games using BFRPG. BFRPG is a good system, I can see why so many people like it. It's very straightforward and well done - the reduced options (4 races, 4 classes) compared to other systems feels like trimming off fluff and just sticking to the good parts. In addition to the basic rules, I used BFRPG Hexcrawl Adventures supplement to facilitate solo play. I supplemented the supplement (deutero-supplements) with random tables from Maze Rats and, when I had a more general question about the world, I used Chris McDowall's Ask the Stars to answer them.