Mythscribe's Guide for Soliloquists

Nothing in this Guide is in particular new or even innovative. It is a bunch of things that I gathered over time and written down in a (hopefully) concise matter. It covers a wide variety of topics that may come up during play. The main goal of these rules is ease of use, with a minimal amount of bookkeeping. Spend more time playing in the game and less time looking up rules and procedures.

Although this guide has been written with the solo player in mind, much of its wisdom can be applied to regular multiplayer games as well.

None of these rules are set in stone however. Make them fit the game you want to play.

Mythscribe’s Guide for Soliloquists is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Resources

Below is a list of documents and resources, helping you using the rules presented. They act as simple guides. Note, that you don’t need these to play, and you can create your own sheet and organization. As with other things in this guide, they act as inspiration.

🗎 Quick Reference

Sheets

• 🗎 Calendar
• 🗎 Province
• 🗎 Hex
• 🗎 Dungeon
• 🗎 Faction
• 🗎 Threads and Actors

Inspiration

This guide wouldn’t have been possible with the following inspirations.

Tension Pool

• The Angry GM’s Tension Pool: A Comprehensive Definitive, Final Guide by The Angry GM
• Hazard System v0.3 (2017) by Necropraxis Productions

Hexcrawling

• Landmark, Hidden, Secret by Anne of DIY & Dragons
• Solipsistic Hexes by Necropraxis Productions
• Hexcrawling Procedures: a Simple Guide by Vile Cult of Shapes
• Cairn (Second Edition) - Wilderness Exploration by Yochai Gal

Random Encounter

• Ironsworn: Delve by Shawn Tomkin
• Advanced Random Encounter Tricks by Sly Flourish

Oracle Tables

• The Black Hack by David Black
• Worlds Without Number by Kevin Crawford
• Ironsworn by Shawn Tomkin
• Filling in the Blanks by Todd Leback
• Wilderness Exploration
• Cairn (Second Edition) - Dungeon Seeds by Yochai Gal
• Treasure by Courtney Campbell

S.C.A.R.

• O.R.A.C.L.E. System by The Lone Toad (Croaker)
• Ironsworn - Flow of Play by Shawn Tomkin
• Mythic Game Master Emulator - Threads and Characters by Word Mill Games

Progress Track

• The Underclock by Arnold K. (Goblin Punch)
• Ironsworn - Progress Tracks by Shawn Tomkin
• Blades in the Dark - Progress Clocks by John Harper

Factions

• Mausritter by Isaac Williams
• Blades in the Dark - The Faction Game by John Harper

Dungeoncrawling

• Ironsworn: Delve by Shawn Tomkin
• Sundered Isles by Shawn Tomkin
• The Perilous Wilds by Jason Lutes and Jeremy Strandberg

Wealth

• Castles & Crusades by Troll Lord Games

Sites

• Mythic Bastionland by Chris McDowall