Tables For One - The Best Solo Roleplaying Tool (I've) Ever Made!

[@TheDungeonDive]

Yeah, this is great. Need to get mine mounted.

[@swordssolitude3861]

An honor - love your channel :)

[@buddhawasright]

YOU need to get mounted.

[@davidk6269]

High praise from one of the absolute best gamers on KZbin!

[@TheDungeonDive]

@@davidk6269 Thank you.:) I'm just a guy who likes some things. :)

[@Enfors]

Wow, what a brilliant name for a book like this! "Table for one," because we talk about tabletop RPGs. "Table for one," because you typically go to a restaurant with others the same way we typically play with others, but if you go alone you get a "table for one". "Tables for one," because it's full of (random) tables for one player. That's such a good play on words with multiple relevant meanings, it's right up there with "Me, Myself & Die"!

[@friaraspen]

Great tool, love it! Laminated the sheets with some cool fantasy pics to decorate the backsides, clear packaging tape for bindings- makes a great solo game screen.

[@swordssolitude3861]

Awesome!! Thanks for giving it a shot :)

[@ericc.9674]

one of the best charts i have ever gotten.

[@swordssolitude3861]

Thanks Eric!!

[@injunjoe8967]

I bought this the other day from Drive Thru Thank you for making such a neat supplement. I'll use it for my DragonLance content.

[@Mantorp86]

Looks like a great project. I found out that random tables are really good but when you switch theme (from fantasy to SciFi) you need other random tables and when there are too many of them you are stuck. Lately I’ve been using only open questions to get all the information bases on context. This works pretty great because no matter which setting you are in you can get some information.

[@robert9583]

How freaking awesome! I love the idea of a “GM Screen” for soloists. This will come quite in handy when I play. Thanks for creating it! (Also looking forward to the next adventures of Konrad)

[@swordssolitude3861]

Thanks so much! It was a ton of fun (and work) to put together and I’m so happy others will get some mileage out of it. Enjoy :)

[@councilofsams8510]

il be getting this for sure!!! many thanks for putting this together!

[@swordssolitude3861]

So cool - I hope you have many adventures

[@MoondragonsEyrie]

I love the tables. My only issue is the busy background and greyscale make the tables hard to read. I really wish they were just the tables in black and white. I have a feeling I will be cutting all the tables out and mounting them om white card stock.

[@FlaerMcGrathHolmquist]

I've been looking for something like this!! Thank you!

[@swordssolitude3861]

Hope you get some use out of it :) As the name would not imply, I’ve lately been using it in a group with great success. No GM!

[@onealflynn2414]

That’s awesome. Definitely something need for solo play

[@dirkvoltaar]

What a great idea! Well done Michael!

[@someguy403]

You have cool drawings on your website and nice job on the oracle.

[@swordssolitude3861]

Thank you!

[@cb3391]

Subbed Will you be offering a print on demand?

[@TomeAlone]

Awesome to see your back!! Looking forward to Konrad's adventures continuing 🐺 Man your website design is cool btw will purchase the solo screen such a great idea! Last note Only the Living is wow ⚡

[@swordssolitude3861]

Haha going deep! Thanks Sean

[@TomeAlone]

@@swordssolitude3861 Skiving work 🤣 Your welcome

[@TheIoPC]

This would be pretty handy for any ttrpg, not just solo ones. Thanks. 😁👍 ~ Adam

[@swordssolitude3861]

It’s true - I’ve been using it with my girlfriend and her roommate without a GM and it’s awesome :)

[@wileydutkiewicz3569]

What is this? This is...YOINK. This is amazing. THANK YOU!

[@swordssolitude3861]

Enjoy!!

[@sS0ulSs]

Looks very interesting

[@solorpgguy]

Rifling through tons of books with cool charts is somewhat a pain.

[@No_thanks780]

Yep...picking this up.

[@GODot974]

This is great work!

[@XenoalchemY]

Wonderful idea 👍

[@perplexedmoth]

666th like. EDIT: Oh, and 66th comment. And I was just using Tarot for my solo session before I ended up here, reading up on the meaning of 6 in Sefirot and various other numerology systems.

[@sjferguson]

This looks really interesting. I must admit that getting into solo play has been a bit overwhelming. I've tried to do as much research as possible but now i'm a bit overwhelmed and just want to play 😂 but don't know where to really start. I love the simplicity and I love that I could make it into a GM screen. I do have one question. Since I'm so new to solo play (but not group play) how does one find an adventure? While I do feel that I have a very vivid imagination and have read a lot of fantasy books, I'm not sure i could totally wing an adventure out of thin air for my first solo.

[@swordssolitude3861]

The first page has Quest generator tables :) with action words, like “defend” or “locate” and then nouns like “person” or “chalice” - and then if you want more detailed info you can use other tables for descriptions. Additionally, the Yes / No oracle chart can help with questions and you can really get into a flow state with the imagination this way. Hope this helps. If you are still struggling, why not start with the opening paragraph of an existing adventure module? Cheers!

[@Takerfan4ever303]

This looks amazing!!!! Also may I ask what set of dice the d20 belongs to? Sorry dice goblin in me wants to know lol

[@swordssolitude3861]

Thank you! The d20 is from the Crimson Vow Magic The Gathering set. I bought it from eBay because it’s a spin-down die and it’s so legible. And it’s like purple/black translucent

[@xenowolfraptor]

i really wish i wasnt broke rn

[@swordssolitude3861]

DM me your email and I'll send you a copy

[@xenowolfraptor]

@@swordssolitude3861 nah man ill buy it when i can

[@karteltheinterrex4335]

That's the most wholesome creator-consumer integration I ever seen

[@UllricLex]

really cool, good work.

[@CavernadoLekkis]

It is really great!

[@swordssolitude3861]

Thank you!!

[@boatofcar3273]

Purchased!

[@dirkvoltaar]

Hi S&S - I have a similar set of tools - some of my own - others gathered together from books etc. (Probably like a lot of other gamers.) I think it’s a great idea, but I think the price point may be a bit high for experienced gamers who may have some material they are working with.

[@swordssolitude3861]

Thanks for the feedback Erik. First off, if anyone reading this is struggling financially and wants a copy I am happy to send this for free - just DM me! Here are my thoughts: I priced it at what I would be willing to pay. I don’t have a way of knowing how experienced a player is or what similar tools they might already have, but I think $7.99 is fair considering the design that went into it. If it were just a booklet I would consider less but the concept and layout took 80 hours and all of the artwork is my own (300 hours). Unfortunately with student debt and inflation and being an artist generally, I am struggling to survive. After 15 years of getting ripped off by the music industry (club owners and Spotify lol) I told myself during my pivot back to visual art that I’d charge what I’m worth. I tried to hit a sweet spot by making it more affordable than print-on-demand books but not so cheap that I can’t recoup costs (my own time). Personally I think this tool is more useful on the fly than Mythic or Tome of Adventure Design at a fraction of the cost. I even played a GM-less game with friends the other night and it was not only the best zero-prep session, but one of the best group sessions I’ve ever had! If I stumble into some generational wealth I didn’t know about I will lower the cost at some point :p I hope this sheds some light!

[@dirkvoltaar]

@@swordssolitude3861 As a designer I 100% understand where you are coming from. I’ve never sold anything on DriveThru before, so I appreciate the insight.

[@swordssolitude3861]

@@dirkvoltaar Yea - I shoulda also mentioned they get 30%

[@woodkinat]

Darn i dont have any money i might have to wait untill im old enough to work

[@cb3391]

Are you still around?

[@barbarnyak]

Maybe it’s just me but can someone tell me how to use the yes/no oracle table? I am a but confused 🤔 Thanks in advance!

[@swordssolitude3861]

Hey - Thanks for your question. So if you have a "yes / no" question you want answered, you first decide on how likely or unlikely it is, then roll on that column and check the Result table on the right. Hope this makes sense!

[@rolanejo8512]

Buying for sure. How do you mount it? Does it come in the instructions? I have access to a laminator but I am not very neat. Could you do a short tutorial?

[@swordssolitude3861]

I had some 8.5 x 11” magazine boards lying around (what people use to ship comics). But you could use any type of thin cardboard, cereal boxes etc. I just taped the print-outs around all the edges with packing tape. It’s really down to preference. Hope this helps!

[@rolanejo8512]

@@swordssolitude3861 did you put contact paper on the rest or just left it out uncovered?

[@swordssolitude3861]

@@rolanejo8512 I only taped the edges - I tried using some plastic but found the glare distracting and unnecessary

[@rolanejo8512]

Bought, printed and mounted. Great work.

[@swordssolitude3861]

@@rolanejo8512 Thanks and have fun! (PS it actually works really well with friends too, provided everyone is agreeable to coming up with what the rolls mean together. I had one of the best TTRPG sessions ever the other night with a couple of pals and no DM)

[@cb3391]

Print on demand?

[@rolanejo8512]

Bravo, sir. This is incredible. I had seen DM screens in the background of @stoneaxegames awesome games but this is a great idea.

[@ravenshadowz2343]

Do you have a screen for Sci Fi such as Cyberpunk?

[@swordssolitude3861]

No but I will consider making one

[@lockedlake]

A bit of a silly question, but how to you mount it clean and sturdy like that ?

[@swordssolitude3861]

I used magazine boards I had lying around - thin cardboard or chipboard will also work. I used packing tape sliced longways down the middle and taped carefully around all of the edges of the paper, then kinda folded it around the cardboard. Then to connect the sections I just taped them vertically, alternating front / back as I went to be able to fold it. Hope this helps!

[@lockedlake]

@@swordssolitude3861 Thanks!

[@abbyboyd5111]

This is petty I know but, you spelled vague incorrectly in the intro. You spelled it vauge. Just an FYI..

[@swordssolitude3861]

It’s Frnech

[@abbyboyd5111]

@@swordssolitude3861 : better then Svedich. 😉

[@pedrorivero5209]

insta purchase

[@swordssolitude3861]

Sounds good :)

[@UglyBuckle]

Amazing