42 min

False Starts in Solo (E255‪)‬ Keep off the Borderlands

    • Games

In this episode, after responding to a couple of great calls from Michael of Mirke the Meek (podcast) and Colin Green of Spikepit (podcast), I explore my struggle with solo roleplaying games, playing other roleplaying games solo and getting my head around gaming in general with a host of awesome RPGs getting mentioned along the way.
In order of appearance:
Phantom Mill’s The Valley of Flowers
Chris McDowall’s Mythic Bastionland and Into the Odd
Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu
Jon Sutherland’s Watchers of Walberswick from White Dwarf issue 50
Amanda P’s Pilgrimages of the Sun Guard
Nerd Siren’s Corny Groń and Beyond Corny Groń
Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell Mörk Borg and Dark Fort
Yochai Gal’s Cairn 2E and Beyond the Pale
Corkboards & Curiosities – How being a Teacher made me a better Game Master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVKhKTprEuw
David Blandy’s Lone Eons, Lost Eons, and Eco Mofos
Free League’s Dragonbane
Man Alone – The Best Book for Improving Your Solo Skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQC3xHdERsk
Cezar Capacle’s Random Realities and Lisergia
Jason Graham & Del Branham’s Dark Age of Man
By Odin’s Beard’s Runecairn Wardensaga Remastered and Runecairn: Into the Nine Realms
Tuesday Knight Games’ Mothership
Honourable mentions: Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio
The movie for next month is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands
You can email me at ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠
You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠
You can also find me on Discord by searching for FreeThrall/KeepOffTheBorderlands#7623


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freethrall.substack.com

In this episode, after responding to a couple of great calls from Michael of Mirke the Meek (podcast) and Colin Green of Spikepit (podcast), I explore my struggle with solo roleplaying games, playing other roleplaying games solo and getting my head around gaming in general with a host of awesome RPGs getting mentioned along the way.
In order of appearance:
Phantom Mill’s The Valley of Flowers
Chris McDowall’s Mythic Bastionland and Into the Odd
Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu
Jon Sutherland’s Watchers of Walberswick from White Dwarf issue 50
Amanda P’s Pilgrimages of the Sun Guard
Nerd Siren’s Corny Groń and Beyond Corny Groń
Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell Mörk Borg and Dark Fort
Yochai Gal’s Cairn 2E and Beyond the Pale
Corkboards & Curiosities – How being a Teacher made me a better Game Master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVKhKTprEuw
David Blandy’s Lone Eons, Lost Eons, and Eco Mofos
Free League’s Dragonbane
Man Alone – The Best Book for Improving Your Solo Skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQC3xHdERsk
Cezar Capacle’s Random Realities and Lisergia
Jason Graham & Del Branham’s Dark Age of Man
By Odin’s Beard’s Runecairn Wardensaga Remastered and Runecairn: Into the Nine Realms
Tuesday Knight Games’ Mothership
Honourable mentions: Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio
The movie for next month is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands
You can email me at ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠
You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠
You can also find me on Discord by searching for FreeThrall/KeepOffTheBorderlands#7623


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freethrall.substack.com

42 min