Apothecaria: Solo Potion-Making RPG Gameplay

I begin a campaign of Apothecaria, a solo potion-making RPG. "You take the role of a village witch creating potions for the unfortunate villagers, adventurers, and monsters that come to you for help."
Apothecaria on itch.io: blackwellwriter.itch.io/apoth...
More stuff used-
• Background music is from the official Apothecaria soundtrack.
• Table Fables I & II by Madeline Hale: www.amazon.com/stores/Madelin...
• Playing cards (Beth Sobel's River and Stone): www.jellyfishgamestudios.com/...
• Coin set (Drawlab creature units): www.drawlab.com/shop/creature...
• Dice set (Amethyst full set from URWizards): www.etsy.com/listing/79488161...
• Dice tray (BCW white square dice tray): www.bcwsupplies.com/dice-tray...
• Table mat (Melee Mats Dark Moss 48" ×72" battle game mat): www.amazon.com/dp/B06XGSGGXD

[@jay_cadiramen]

Excellent video. Really surprised this game doesn't have more coverage on KZbin - it's got so much potential.

[@runiverse2301]

Yeah I agree! I'd love to see more games like this get coverage.

[@KyleMaxwell]

While I like full-on journaling games too, this sort where you just get occasional prompts intermixed with more traditional game mechanics works really well for me too.

[@DingleDangleNootNoot]

I appreciate you running through this, helps me put together all the mechanics in my head, as I have a hard time doing so but wanting to play these solo rpgs!

[@runiverse2301]

You're welcome! I agree some of them are kind of hard to get a grasp of. I certainly was flipping a lot back and forth to check rules in my first couple sessions!

[@ecllalle]

I started this last night. Made a familiar and did a little profile for him - a miniture green dragon called Terra :) For my first patient i actually used chat GPT ust as it was late and my brain wasnt working 😅 it actually came up with an awesome character concept for them with background story!

[@runiverse2301]

Nice! Smart use of Chat GPT! I hope you and Terra cure many ailments together 😛

[@sirenofmillhill]

This video is exactly what I needed! I am brand new to solo RPGs (half-watching people play DnD in 1982 doesn't count, right?) I literally didn't know where or how to start this game! Thank you so much!

[@runiverse2301]

You're welcome! :D Seeing how other people do things always helps me wrap my head around it, even when I end up doing it a bit differently.

[@SecretNoir]

I just got my pdf. Glad to come across your video

[@runiverse2301]

Nice! Just out of curiosity, are you looking forward to the "journaling" aspect?

[@SecretNoir]

@@runiverse2301 I think so. I started a little small with the familiar and my first “patient”, to take the pressure off of journaling and ended up with like two pages of background story lol. This is my first time playing any ttrpg

[@runiverse2301]

@@SecretNoir Awesome! I think one of the reasons I'm afraid of journaling is I know how much time I'd end up spending on every little thing. Even the reagents have story potential, like the process of gathering mucus from a frog!

[@SecretNoir]

@@runiverse2301 oh I can see that for sure. I kept a note sheet like you for the details and then ended up just journaling after I was done playing for “the week” kind of like a reflection

[@NovaGirl8]

Funnily enough, I also have River and Stone deck and was planning to use it for Apothecaria but life got in the way

[@runiverse2301]

It feels like the perfect deck for the job! I haven't had time to game much recently either, but hopefully we can both get back to the table soon.

[@kirstyanneross1985]

I played a while ago and stopped, but am wanting to get back into it. I'm into creative writing so it works really well for me. My familiar is a hellhound 😂

[@runiverse2301]

I'm sure it's a good boy, hellfire and all 😅

[@user-mk2cs9ld4f]

Hi! I buy this rpg right after I have seen your video so thank you so much! But I have some dubts: do I have a storage space or there are none so I can collect no limit reagent? And how it work the downtime? I can go foraging and collect all of the reagent that I can in 6 times (with activated event for each attempt)? 🙏

[@runiverse2301]

Those are great questions 😅I'm not sure how downtime is supposed to work, which is why I haven't used it that much. But I imagine you can do whatever makes you enjoy the game the most.