Tell me more ×
Role-playing Games Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for gamemasters and players of tabletop, paper-and-pencil role-playing games. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 50 down vote favorite
26

I am looking to find out if solo RPGs exist, and which you'd recommend.

I do not mean "one-on-one" 1 player + 1 GM games. I really mean "1 person."

Update: After receiving two (fine, up-voted) answers that indicate Choose Your Own Adventure solutions (which rocks with nostalgia), I should add that I'm not looking for simple linear decision tree gaming. A counterexample: I've got my own little creative-writing mini-game where I write out a story, but once every 5 sentences a series of dice-rolls forces my written sentence into something else, and I have to adapt as writer. Not really an RPG, but also non-linear.

share|improve this question
16  
A game with only one player is not an RPG. As such, a solo tabletop role-playing game cannot exist. I realize that this statement is controversial. Let me make my case. I'm basically defining "RPG" to answer the question. My argument boils down to "an RPG requires an audience for the role-playing." It's very difficult to answer this question without doing so. 1. There's no official definition of "role-playing game." We can argue semantics (and I am), but the best definition at this point is one that will be accepted by the majority of people who play tabletop RPGs. 2. There – Adam Dray Jan 28 '11 at 18:57
8  
You can totally still roleplay even if the only one there to experience it is you. – okeefe Dec 22 '12 at 9:29

32 Answers

1 2
up vote -1 down vote

Some of the DnD board games like Legend of Drizzt or Wrath of Ashardalon can be played solo, though those concentrate on combat and are more fun with a group.

share|improve this answer
up vote -1 down vote

Old letter based rpgs?

Old adventure-game-risk books? (numbered sentences, pages, if you roll 1-3 turn to number 23, if you roll 4-6 turn to number 88, if you die i laugh... )

share|improve this answer
2  
Can you expand on what you mean by Old letter based rpgs? – Phil Jan 15 at 13:00
show 2 more comments
1 2

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.