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Nice, I was just looking for 2 player table top RPGs after playing "Mini Rogue" for some time. Any recommendations?

by k__ 3y ago

a-saleh 3y ago
I enjoyed the Microscope! But that one is very much on the creative writing side. Simmilarily I did enjoy Quiet Year. Several of those map-making/settings building should work well. I wanted to try Gun & Slinger, but that one wants to be 2 players and a GM so I didn't try that one yet.
- rotexo 3y ago
  I really want to play microscope, I bought the pdf but I couldn’t successfully tempt my gaming group with it on one of our off-nights. Wish I had a bunch of time and my friends did too. I also want to use it for generating a homebrew world for some other game system.
  - a-saleh 3y ago
    Microscope is one of those games that is easier to play solo than most RPGs that were not meant to do that, when you use it just like your creative writing exercise quide. And somebody even made a nice app - https://utgars-chronicles.app/ https://utgars-chronicles.app/ if you happen to have easier time tempting your internet-friends than your irl friends. Another fun thing to try with the irl group, if like having longer campaigns, is to start with a session of microscope first and then play in the world you scoped out :)
neaden 3y ago
Gumshoe is a family of mystery RPGs and they've come out with a spin off system Gumshoe one-2-one for a single player and GM. There isn't a base book for the system but specific ones for Cthulhu, sci fi, teen detectives etc. Ironsworn and it's sci fi spin off Starforged also work well one on one.
lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
A couple of friends do a 1-player (and 1 GM) game in the Chronicles of Darkness setting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Darkness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Darkness). It focuses a lot on mystery and investigation so it seems to scale pretty well to differing group sizes. While I don't play in that game, I assume there is still much of the usual prep work done on the GM side so it may not quite fit what you're looking for.

Nice, I was just looking for 2 player table top RPGs after playing "Mini Rogue" for some time. Any recommendations?

by k__ 3y ago

Nice, I was just looking for 2 player table top RPGs after playing "Mini Rogue" for some time. Any recommendations?

I enjoyed the Microscope! But that one is very much on the creative writing side. Simmilarily I did enjoy Quiet Year. Several of those map-making/settings building should work well. I wanted to try Gun & Slinger, but that one wants to be 2 players and a GM so I didn't try that one yet.

rotexo 3y ago
I really want to play microscope, I bought the pdf but I couldn’t successfully tempt my gaming group with it on one of our off-nights. Wish I had a bunch of time and my friends did too. I also want to use it for generating a homebrew world for some other game system.
- a-saleh 3y ago
  Microscope is one of those games that is easier to play solo than most RPGs that were not meant to do that, when you use it just like your creative writing exercise quide. And somebody even made a nice app - https://utgars-chronicles.app/ https://utgars-chronicles.app/ if you happen to have easier time tempting your internet-friends than your irl friends. Another fun thing to try with the irl group, if like having longer campaigns, is to start with a session of microscope first and then play in the world you scoped out :)

neaden 3y ago

Gumshoe is a family of mystery RPGs and they've come out with a spin off system Gumshoe one-2-one for a single player and GM. There isn't a base book for the system but specific ones for Cthulhu, sci fi, teen detectives etc. Ironsworn and it's sci fi spin off Starforged also work well one on one.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago

A couple of friends do a 1-player (and 1 GM) game in the Chronicles of Darkness setting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Darkness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Darkness). It focuses a lot on mystery and investigation so it seems to scale pretty well to differing group sizes. While I don't play in that game, I assume there is still much of the usual prep work done on the GM side so it may not quite fit what you're looking for.