Alone On A Journey

Alone On A Journey is a small series of solo journaling rpgs. You use a die and a deck of cards to work through extremely open-ended prompts focused by a choice of genre.

The print book is 29 pages, with a gorgeous full-color cover that is reprised throughout the book as interior black and white illustrations.

Mechanically, the games in Alone are very simple. You can learn one in under a minute. They're also designed around playing in bite-sized chunks, and can be used secondarily as a way of building worlds---Alone In The Ancient City is a really solid, eye-level city builder.

An important and interesting part of the book is that it includes a lot of guidance on how to hack its engine. I think this chapter makes Alone a *really good* pickup for anyone who's getting into rpg design---the writing is accessible, the directions are clear, and its engine is a really strong foundation to build solo games on.

Overall, Alone On A Journey is ideal for anyone who likes shorter, cozier solo rpgs. It feels grounded and well-paced, and the print version comes with some journaling pages built in.

This is a wonderful gaming experience. It was my first try at a solo journaling game and I loved it! Super flexible as well, excited to play it some more in the future.

I just found this at my local game shop. I'm excited to play.

I just started this today as my first ever journaling game, it’s so effortless to get into. I want to visit this ancient city I’m discovering <3

Beautiful journey. The writing prompts are specific enough to get the mind working, but open enough to let you lead the way. I was instantly transported into a world of my own design, and found myself writing a short story inspired by what I found. 

I like this game but I cannot pay for it, could you please make some community  copies?I really want to try this!!!!!!!!

THANKS

Have just embarked on my first journey and am thoroughly enjoying it so far, it is an excellent distraction and quite meditative. Also it has been quite cathartic in releasing my imagination once more, that the day to day, often tries to drown out. A wonderful outlet for a wandering mind. Thank you!

Hello! First - I'm in love with the Alone games. I got the physical copy and have started making some hacks of my own.

Second, I wanted to check with you about a possible use of Alone On A Journey. I believe it would qualify under your Anti-Capitalist Attribution Cooperative License, but it's always best to ask. 

I'd like to create an application for playing Alone On A Journey on PC (and possibly on Android). This is primarily a learning project for me to sharpen some developer skills, but I'd like to check in with you first if this is 1) OK, 2) OK to release as open source, and 3) (if the Android version comes to fruition) if it would be OK to release on the Play store as a free, non-commercial app.

Thanks - and thanks for all the great games!

 I really enjoy the Alone hacks. Alone Among the Stars and Alone in the Ancient City are among my favorites and reprinted here, alongside a new hack with a spooky deep forest atmosphere that feels very different from a similar hack (Alone on the Rocky Beach, not present here). I think of Stars and City as medium weight in terms of time investment, and Forest as lighter.

I love having these games gathered together, though I wish Beach had been added.

this is so lovely! i'm excited to play through the solo adventures.