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For this game, I’ll be using the concept outlined in this post .

🚀 The Journey Begins

Aside from wargaming, RPGs have been a long-time passion of mine. It’s been quite a while since I last ran a proper campaign, and for the past few years, I’ve been drawn to the idea of solo RPGs. My first foray into that space was with Ironsworn by Shawn Tomkin—I loved its gritty tone and mechanics so much that I immediately backed Starforged on Kickstarter when it launched.

For this game, I’ll be using the concept outlined in this post .

The first wargame I’m trying out solo is Rangers of Shadow Deep (ROSD) by Joseph A. McCullough, the creator of Frostgrave, Stargrave, and Oathmark. I played Frostgrave 1st Edition years ago and had a great time with it. I came across ROSD back in 2018 and was immediately intrigued, but I didn’t actually pick it up until Modiphius released the deluxe edition. I finally got my hands on it, and well, it’s been sitting on my shelf ever since… until now.

So this is my first real effort to turn my RPG and wargame sessions into something coherent, a story I can revisit later. To keep things simple and to prevent confusion, I will break each campaign session into two parts: gameplay and story. Together they give a complete record of what took place.

Each gameplay entry links to its story counterpart so I can switch between the mechanics and the narrative whenever I need.

I’ve been itching to get some gaming going recently, as the last game I had was early this year, where a few of us got together to run a 40K point 2v2 One Page Rules GrimDark game.

Due to time constraints, finding a gaming group is not practical so I’ve been leaning into solo gaming. Whilst I was primarily into solo RPGs, solo wargaming has been in my sights for a few years now. I’ve got the books but haven’t brought it to the table, until now.