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I always told you "Keep it short and simple" but never told you how. It's by a cinematography method called "Killing Your Darlings". No, you won't have to remove your NPCs or story plots. You're just gonna clip the excess out.

How Cinema can make us better Game Masters (D&D / TTRPG) -12 min.
by Corkboards & Curiosities

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Since this is the relevant part of Exploration series, Obstacle Creation is our subject. You can create your own Solo Adventure with just an empty hex map and random tables. Hex-Crawling let's you simulate harsh survival conditions in old games. Or you can play it as a lighthearted RPG adventure.

# Out of an Empty Shape
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A hex grid is like a six sided dice that can lead you to randomized directions, each contain a place. Scaling is done ...

This demo is designed for newcomers who doesn't have any knowledge of RPGs to teach them the basics of Solo Play. Everything you need is provided in the guide. Let's jump right into play without needing to read any rules or worrying about the lack of a Game Master. Our Oracle will provides us answers and remove the need of a GM. And random generators will give us ideas. (Text-based NON-FGU Play)

# Solo Play Based On Rule Of Cool

Rule of Cool means that if your character ...

I can hear you asking: But this is Solo Mode. How can I surprise myself if I know what plot twists are in the table? It's easy! A tad bit of fundamental thinking and a touch of timing, the rest is RNG's business.

You will and should know these plot twist types but you won't know what they'll MEAN in the current context in a scene. Especially when you combine them with random words or objects that you'll link with FFA. This, my friends, is the secret to plot twists in Solo Mode.
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We all have problems and not enough time to solve them. Thematic thinking is key for this. You'll see how easy it is in practice as I expanded it into an engaging playstyle in 8 easy steps. Let's jump right into it. BUT IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE.

# A Therapeutic Way of Using Themes

1. Create yourself as the Player Character. Pick the theme(s) that exactly relates to the problem you want to solve. There's a theme for every situation. Here's a huge list to search your theme from. ...