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Larps did not work for me due to a debilitating body dysphoria. I was too anxious to embody the character. Wish I had known of solo journaling games then. I know there were like mail in games. Anyway, I always loved writing character backgrounds. Even got positive feedback. So this stuff is perfect.

Certain games (like “Thousand Year Old Vampire” or the “Captain’s Log” variant of Star Trek Adventures) lean into the prose element, which can be a boon for the imagination’s eye. I also like GM emulators for games like “Cyberpunk Red” to try out new systems solo.

I see why you guys stock so many great solo games now 🧡 I wonder if your other half would be interested in turning their playthroughs into LitRPG...

I try for prose, but honestly will go on and reduce to bullet points unless a scene or prompt really speaks to the character

For us it depends on the game as some encourage you to write as the character. So either we channel the character writing their own journal or write in prose. For Reincarnated as the Unloveable Villainess?! we did a mix of both.

I'll try it, sounds like great practice!

I love writing, so yeah, I'm banging out an entire novel whenever I play one of those games. I got pretty fixated on it this year to the point where I actually wrote my own solo RPG book since I couldn't find one that tackled slice of life in a city. fictionfactorygames.itch.io/the-city-uns...

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