"I Really Want to Play SoloRPGs but can't figure out how to start!": Find YOUR reason for Solo play

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Күн бұрын

Are you one of those people who lies to themselves all the time? Me too. Don't worry, Man Alone has you covered. This video is all about figuring out what your reason is for soloRPG play. Without RADICAL self-honesty, you are doomed to inherit someone else's stupid reason for play, and that just won't do it. So join, why don't you, for forty minutes of blissful dialogue capped off with a song. (There is no song).

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@DesertDwellerSoloGaming 9 күн бұрын

Video 21 (of 25) of me liking and then commenting on every new upload to lead the people to a Cy_Borg or Pirate Borg playthrough. Please cast your vote by either commenting “Cy_Borg” or “Pirate Borg” below! Cy_Borg led last video by 1 vote. DONT FORGET TO HATE ON STUPID FREAKING DOORS.

@amanisalone 9 күн бұрын

Steve Gutenberg Börg

@thestoneshow2001 9 күн бұрын

@@DesertDwellerSoloGaming Cy_Borg through the eyes of a rat

@johnnieoperator 8 күн бұрын

The Borg Borg

@blakesmith7058 6 күн бұрын

Pirate Borg

@alexroman6424 6 күн бұрын

Cy_Borg, as experienced by a gang of pirates. They get way too high on Ash and are washed up on the shores of Cy. And throw in the basic task resolution rule from Solitary Defilement for good measure.

@atheistx 9 күн бұрын

I come for the gaming, but I stay for the philosophy.

@fgryson 9 күн бұрын

You're hilarious, some off the wall comments leading into some very insightful observations.

@brads2041 9 күн бұрын

I do believe "hell is other people", given my past

@RPGDAD1980 9 күн бұрын

“I forgot that crumb”, I feel attacked lol

@ricardo.mazeto 9 күн бұрын

Dude, your channel is slowly turning into one of my favorite channels on KZfaq. I'm still thinking about that video you made about the psychology of the shadow from Carl Jung, even tho I didn't make any comment on that video. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

@Jeromy1986 9 күн бұрын

As someone who mostly has 5e stuff and a weekly game with other people, I want to solo to both use the stuff I collect and better learn the rules.... but I also want to try to run a game where the PCs aren't psychopaths that just kill everyone. That's the real reason I say I want to solo. I want to find out if it's possible to survive in D&D as a proper group of people. That and I want the monsters to act in their own self-interest as well rather than just running at swords until they die. Hell really is other people.

@carolinelabbott2451 9 күн бұрын

5e can be played solo, several folks have written books to help you with that. I bought 2 books and decided to go simpler rules and oracle's after reading the books. I realised simpler is what I am after for solo play, but one day I will go back and solo 5E. Basically I've a lack of confidence, but I'll grt there by doing it. 😊 Personal I want to be able to play Shadowrun solo sometime in the near future. When I was first buying Shadowrun books I was struggling to find folk willing to play alongside a girl. The editions have moved on now so I still can't find folk to play with the edition I've read. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Fulou 9 күн бұрын

Where's the mork bork guy?!

@DesertDwellerSoloGaming 9 күн бұрын

Believe it or not, I slept last night. Something that is… well… extremely rare.

@thestoneshow2001 9 күн бұрын

@@DesertDwellerSoloGamingcan I be permitted to ask for cy_borg/pirate Borg in your place?

@eriksalholm 8 күн бұрын

I think he may be playing Mörk Borg at the moment.

@conifercrow 9 күн бұрын

Technically, I'm a 5. It's the creativity that gets me. Constantly making new discoveries that were *right here all the time*, et. al.. But in my quiet heart of hearts, there's a whole lot of bonus here, too. I'm like Scrooge McDuck up in here, doing the backstroke in a swimming pool full of itch downloads, enjoying the The Thing Itself. And thanks for making that okay. :D

@stevebull7105 9 күн бұрын

Three’s a crowd. It’s officially a party 🥳

@amanisalone 9 күн бұрын

Bronze Medal

@stevebull7105 9 күн бұрын

@@amanisalone Rusty Sheriff’s badge

@absolutetrash.9123 9 күн бұрын

Playing solo to own instead of rent hit real hard with me. I have only been a DM for other people for the entirety of my 15+ years of playing pen and paper rpgs. When I discovered solo play a few years ago I realized that what I really wanted was to finally be the player in a game. Being able to use my years of DM experience to enhance my solo play has been the most rewarding feeling I have ever had gaming. Even more so than a really really good group session. I dont know, there is just something about coming up with ALL of it alone that makes the cool bits that much cooler. Thanks for making me think of all this.

@lachrymalquietus 6 күн бұрын

00:00 Intro 05:11 #0 Be honest with yourself 08:13 #1 Passing Time 13:16 #2 Sense of Achievement 17:58 #3 Sharpen Skills 20:32 #4 "Heaven is a Solo Peeple" or ("Hell is Other People") 22:58 #5 Creativity/Inspiration 24:20 #6 Looking to Own Instead of Rent 27:42 #7 A Conversation with Yourself 33:47 *BONUS* Like Collecting Stuff 36:03 Outro

@defaultidiot1684 9 күн бұрын

I categorize my youtube subscriptions. I just moved this channel from RPG to Personal Growth.

@Marsh1563 9 күн бұрын

😆

@CSXbot 9 күн бұрын

Fabergé egg analogy is amazing. Thanks for that.

@JeffWitty 8 күн бұрын

So, I took the bus over to The Dungeon Dive. I stood there on sidewalk and could see Daniel inside. Laughing, loving, crying. I remembered the wise words you imparted on me, “don’t you dare go there! If you do you are not welcome back!” I took your wise comments to heart. Tossed my Spider-Man costume in the trash can on the corner, and walked back. In the rain. Ashamed of myself. Thank you for this new video. It was great background entertainment while I was working on some DCC RPG art I got commissioned to do. 😁

@Hoolock_Games2 4 күн бұрын

Making peace with myself about no. '8' a couple of years ago has brought me into contact with a whole world of wonderful and interesting people as I follow my very dynamic interests.

@GKahla 5 күн бұрын

clicked on the video for motivating myself to do some solo rpgs... subscribed for the dog named "Werner Herzog".

@vintoks 9 күн бұрын

This punk approves. On point and insightful as always. Give yourself 10 achievement points!

@primepiplup 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for another great video Mr. Alone, I loved all the acceptance of reasons for doing things. Especially enjoyed the section on these characters in one’s head

@richardkeenan1250 9 күн бұрын

“We love to buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them." --Warren Zevon. I think I'm the same way with games, I keep telling myself that I'll play it someday, but I never seem to find the time. I just received an update that my copy of "Moria: Through the Doors of Durin for the One Ring" should ship in the next two weeks and I swear this time will be different, I'm going to play this game!

@absolutetrash.9123 9 күн бұрын

Lately I have been solo roleplaying because I have loads of modules that I have never gotten to run and I want to play them, dammit. I played a mashup of Scarlet Heroes/Black Hack and ran through Sailors on the Starless Sea (DCC zero level funnel) last night. I really want to make a video on how I run through modules solo but I do not have the set up to record. One day. Anyway, love your channel once again. You cover a side of the solo rpg world that seemingly no one else covers. Thanks Mandrake.

@OrkKnuckles 9 күн бұрын

“Time to talk” by Robert frost

@michaelhudson1438 7 күн бұрын

Excellent vid, man, good talk, i needed this

@hallowmoss1511 8 күн бұрын

I love this channel, and appreciate you for your thoughtfulness and wisdom. Thanks for the awesome videos.

@xXarchitoXx 4 күн бұрын

That's many insights, thanks a lot for sharing

@lukecasagranda719 9 күн бұрын

You said a lot in this video that i relate to, these videos are very therapeutic for me, i find myself trying to fill a void with buying magic, warhammer, and looking into solo ttrpgs, i found myself not enjoying dnd with in previous groups i tried to play with, i want to play a game how i want to play it and whenever i want to play it, thank you for making these videos

@lukecasagranda719 9 күн бұрын

Could you make a video on the whitebox ttrpg book/system thats the one i decided to go with and i have the urge to keep looking into other games like dungeon crawl classics and old school essentials despite never playing a session of whitebox yet

@MrRudyRiot 8 күн бұрын

point 7 really hits home for me. I def feel like i've bullshitted and faked it when I've tried to journal in the past.

@whangbar 9 күн бұрын

So much depends/ upon/ a golden fondue/ chalice/ glazed with tears/ beside the white chickens. - William Carlos Williams

@Cicerenello 9 күн бұрын

(Bonus) I feel so attacked right now 🤣 Insightful as always, Mandrake. Thank you!

@sharpmountaingames9303 7 күн бұрын

Just wondering if you also occasionally play in a group? I agree: it's great to have solo as another option. I want to game more often than I can scare up a group. I really enjoy your videos and your humor as well. Thanks for being here.

@brads2041 9 күн бұрын

Life is what is happening now, not what happened in the past nor what may or may not happen in the future.

@evanfarrar7226 9 күн бұрын

My next dog will be named Vernor Herzdog

@thrivingselfcarerenee 8 күн бұрын

Passing time that isn't screen based. I get migraines from too much screen time, so I need a hobby that isn't screen time. Heaven is solo peeple... For Sure!! Creativity/Inspiration. I realized I lost my ability to pretend and was struggling to just do something fun for the sake of the fun, for a variety of reasons. I feel it's important for me to try to rediscover that right now. Solo rpg is a way for me to do that. A conversation with myself... Wow. How did you get inside my brain?!?! 🤣🤣🤣 Like collecting stuff. Yup, I've completely become a dice goblin now. I scrounge to find lots of the Tails of Equestria My Little Pony RPG stuff cause a bunch of it is out of print. I've got a bunch of specifically solo games to try, to try to figure out what I actually really like and enjoy playing. ALL THE THINGS!! 🤣🤣🤣

@johnnieoperator 8 күн бұрын

Internal Family Systems is the name of the task you were doing with the characters in your head

@Signalhunter205 3 күн бұрын

I play because it curbs my anxiety. Takes my mind to a different space where I HAVE to slow down. SOLO RPG as therapy? Yep.

@brads2041 9 күн бұрын

Ha! The comment about solo play to collect. Yeah that's me. I've spent hundreds of dollars on systems and support materials and rarely get myself to play.

@crapphone7744 9 күн бұрын

Deborah on the Geek Gamer channel nailed this. She says "It's all play". Rolling up a character, reading through gaming material, crafting something for your tabletop that no one else will ever see or use, it all counts. If you play rarely, that might just be you. If you want to play more, I suggest you roll up a character or just create one that reflects your alter ego in the game world you're contemplating. Then just pick a situation to drop them into and go from there and see what develops. I started out that way because I felt awkward and my character is still with me 3 years later, he has banished demons, raise the Dead, undefeated an ancient curse that was creating problems in his own sect. He worships the god of the dead and madness. Do what's fun and don't worry about whether it counts as role-playing or not. Do what feels good for a while and you'll discover the reason you like to solo.

@brads2041 9 күн бұрын

@@crapphone7744nice point. I think another problem I have is that I think I have to run a campaign. Maybe I just need to try some "one shots" just to start. It could even be west marches style where each one shot slowly adds to a world and things just build up over time

@crapphone7744 9 күн бұрын

@@brads2041 I wouldn't even go that deep into it. Let it become what it wants to become. It's like all the advice you hear on World building, start small and let it grow organically. My game started when my character walked out of a building on a plane that was mostly volcanic ash with no terrain features cuz I couldn't think of any. 😅. Just remember the journey is the destination, which means you don't have to know where you're going.

@CarnivoreChris89 7 күн бұрын

I love the thumbnail!

@MenschWerdeWesentlich Күн бұрын

I‘m here for honest thumbnails. But I stayed for the insight into creating a less objectifying relationship with our self-perception.

@solitaryrpg 8 күн бұрын

I watched a Man Alone video, win.

@garaleos 7 күн бұрын

I had a deja vu with the entire lizard brain part and me coming to comment on it. So I came to fulfill that and now I got 9 achievement points

@mariogariazzo2024 9 күн бұрын

Idk if this is relevant, but when I tried solo RPG, it was not more interesting than me just walking around my room thinking about stuff (drawings, characters, plot), which is something I've been doing since I was a kid. It's weird but I'm used to it.

@chewbacca7856 9 күн бұрын

I give the monsters a chance to run away. It helps me practice trying not hurt anyone . I think every monster's basic need is to survive and seek happiness. We are all similar in that aspect. That's Buddhist.

@crapphone7744 9 күн бұрын

That keyboard better be the old one from the IBM PC-AT. No other keyboard is worthy. In case that comment isn't clue enough, the reason I solo as I'm pretty much done with the beer and pretzel crowd and people doing dumb stuff in game.

@FlintFireforge 9 күн бұрын

My Next Adventure: Search For The Golden Fondu Chalice

@crapphone7744 9 күн бұрын

Keep in mind that it's one of a set of six that was made for the Davos conference. If all six are ever brought together again and fondue has made at the same time using a secret mixture of cheese, you have opened the gate with the key and Yog Sothoth will come through and destroy the world.

@FlintFireforge 9 күн бұрын

@@crapphone7744 Right, evil party only lol

@MenschWerdeWesentlich Күн бұрын

@@crapphone7744And then you will own nothing and be happy, kind of.

@NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi 9 күн бұрын

Is that where we are now? We are all at home by ourselves in our little rooms playing RPGs by ourselves. Thank you for bringing us together on your channel.

@SentientSoup 9 күн бұрын

😂 “it’s Swedish”

@ForcesOfBattle 9 күн бұрын

I play solo to try new ideas, tactics, and homebrew rules. Also not a lot of people play in my area.

@simontemplar3359 9 күн бұрын

I'm #2! I'm #2! Wait...

@amanisalone 9 күн бұрын

Silver Medal

@beardyben7848 9 күн бұрын

That's why I lift AND solo rpg. Do plenty of things that feed your own sense of achievement. Most people you encounter want your money or your attention, so spend on yourself and those committed to you first. Advice: Avoid those that engage you with someone else's marketing strategy, or continually put money in someone else's pocket. So no MMO's(or dating expensive women, lol). I mean, don't screw over your job, but don't pursue job skills that won't improve or benefit you. Learn a skill that makes life better for you, your neighborhood, or your close family. Not all these things at once, obviously, maybe just 3, one physical challenge, one mental outlet and one skill to develop. Maybe pick a 4th that will help other people(preferably not ones you work for and definitely not those you pay to entertain).

@CarnivoreChris89 7 күн бұрын

Thats what I would call soloing youtube! 😅