Rolling Alone

Paul Walker

Welcome to Rolling Alone, the fortnightly audio magazine dedicated to the craft, the gear, and the deep depths of solo tabletop roleplaying. Every episode is a curated magazine-style bag of goodness, designed to fit your commute or your quiet evening at the desk. Interviews with creators, YouTubers and practitioners; fun segments looking at tools and terms; bite-sized reviews. All this and more on Rolling Alone. Rolling Alone isn't just a podcast; it’s a toolkit for the solitary adventurer. We believe that playing alone isn't a backup plan—it’s a premium way to engage with the hobby on your own terms. Fortnightly | 45 Minutes | 100% Solo. The Oracle is waiting. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via our Substack to join the conversation. Grab your dice. Grab your journal. Let’s get rolling.

Episodes

  1. 16 hr ago

    Rolling Alone: Confessions of an Indie Solo RPG Designer, Brain Science and the Solo Player, and more

    Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Join me as I "think aloud" about designing my upcoming Solo RPG. I have created a 2-page version for the 2026 Game Jam. It's a vertical slice of the eventual full game, and it can be downloaded and played as PWYW on Itch. My 2-page game is called The Apartment Below. Feedback welcome! I will be updating the game and discussing it on my Substack Mentioned in this episode: Overland Empire, creator of Of Coal and CorpsesNiamh Celeste's Substack, A Reading JourneyThe Ravensridge EmporiumDawnfist GamesWitches of the WenderwealdI have started a Ko-Fi page for those who might want to support the podcast. Head over to the Rolling Alone Ko-Fi to make a donation. Everything received will go towards improving and developing this podcast. UPDATE: I'm currently "crowdfunding" for a new external hard drive to hold all the gigantic files generated by this podcast. ============================================================================================= All music and SFX are human-created Good Times by tubebackr | Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ “Promotional Video” by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Woosh & Boom by Sound Effects Library | https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Rolling Alone: Confessions of an Indie Solo RPG Designer, Brain Science and the Solo Player, and more

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Welcome to Rolling Alone, the fortnightly audio magazine dedicated to the craft, the gear, and the deep depths of solo tabletop roleplaying. Every episode is a curated magazine-style bag of goodness, designed to fit your commute or your quiet evening at the desk. Interviews with creators, YouTubers and practitioners; fun segments looking at tools and terms; bite-sized reviews. All this and more on Rolling Alone. Rolling Alone isn't just a podcast; it’s a toolkit for the solitary adventurer. We believe that playing alone isn't a backup plan—it’s a premium way to engage with the hobby on your own terms. Fortnightly | 45 Minutes | 100% Solo. The Oracle is waiting. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via our Substack to join the conversation. Grab your dice. Grab your journal. Let’s get rolling.

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