Rolling Alone

Rolling Alone: Cooking up a Bowl of Temporal Soup, Agony Aunt, Solo RPG Brain Science and more

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by, comment, like, and share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Join me as I "think aloud" about designing my upcoming Solo RPG. I have created a 2-page version for the 2026 Game Jam. It's a vertical slice of the eventual full game, and you can download and play it as PWYW on Itch. My 2-page game is called The Apartment Below. Feedback welcome! I will be updating the game and discussing it on my Substack I have started a Ko-Fi page for those who might want to support the podcast. Head over to the Rolling Alone Ko-Fi to make a donation. Everything received will go towards improving and developing this podcast. Mentioned in this episode: A Bowl of Temporal Soup on Kickstarter EnoNomi's Substack Niamh Celeste's A Reading Journey Substack Odinson Games Itch page ============================================================================================= All music and SFX are human-created Good Times by tubebackr Along The Way by Alex-Productions Promotional Video by Alex-Productions Woosh & Boom by Sound Effects Library Royalty-Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

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Rolling Alone: The debut of the Solo RPG Agony Aunt plus Alex T, Ravensridge and more

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Join me as I "think aloud" about designing my upcoming Solo RPG. I have created a 2-page version for the 2026 Game Jam. It's a vertical slice of the eventual full game, and it can be downloaded and played as PWYW on Itch. My 2-page game is called The Apartment Below. Feedback welcome! I will be updating the game and discussing it on my Substack I have started a Ko-Fi page for those who might want to support the podcast. Head over to the Rolling Alone Ko-Fi to make a donation. Everything received will go towards improving and developing this podcast. Mentioned in this episode: Overland Empire, creator of Of Coal and Corpses EnoNomi's Substack The Ravensridge Emporium Blackoath Entertainment, The games of Alex. T Triple O by Cezar Capacle ============================================================================================= All music and SFX are human-created Good Times by tubebackr Along The Way by Alex-Productions Promotional Video by Alex-Productions Woosh & Boom by Sound Effects Library Royalty-Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

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Rolling Alone: Confessions of an Indie Solo RPG Designer, Brain Science and the Solo Player, and more

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Join me as I "think aloud" about designing my upcoming Solo RPG. I have created a 2-page version for the 2026 Game Jam. It's a vertical slice of the eventual full game, and it can be downloaded and played as PWYW on Itch. My 2-page game is called The Apartment Below. Feedback welcome! I will be updating the game and discussing it on my Substack Mentioned in this episode: Overland Empire, creator of Of Coal and Corpses Niamh Celeste's Substack, A Reading Journey The Ravensridge Emporium Dawnfist Games Witches of the Wenderweald I have started a Ko-Fi page for those who might want to support the podcast. Head over to the Rolling Alone Ko-Fi to make a donation. Everything received will go towards improving and developing this podcast. UPDATE: I'm currently "crowdfunding" for a new external hard drive to hold all the gigantic files generated by this podcast. ============================================================================================= All music and SFX are human-created Good Times by tubebackr | Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ “Promotional Video” by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Woosh & Boom by Sound Effects Library | https://www.free-stock-music.com

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Rolling Alone: Ravensridge Emporium, Brain Science and Solo RPGs, and much more

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Join me as I "think aloud" about designing my upcoming Solo RPG Mentioned in this episode: The Ravensridge Emporium Niamh Celeste's Substack, A Reading Journey Soloist Venture YouTube Channel Overland Empire, creator of Of Coal and Corpses The I Roll Alone Substack I have started a Ko-Fi page for those who might want to support the podcast. Head over to the Rolling Alone Ko-Fi to make a donation. Everything received will go towards improving and developing this podcast. All music and SFX are human-created Good Times by tubebackr | Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ “Promotional Video” by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Woosh & Boom by Sound Effects Library | https://www.free-stock-music.com

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Rolling Alone: Featuring Odinson, Soloist Venture and Tana Pigeon

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Mentioned in this episode: Wordmill Games, Mythic GME and more from Tana Pigeon Witches of the Wenderweald from Odinson Games Soloist Venture YouTube Channel Sarah Solo at Itch.io The Grouch Couch YouTube Channel Games mentioned by Turk When Society Collapses: Dam Nation A Thousand Rats Devour a City Fluff and Fury at Itch Wastelandia The Division TTRPG Music in this episode: Good Times by tubebackr Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/

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Rolling Alone: Talking about Crunchy Games, Mythic GME and much more

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Mentioned in this episode: Blackoath Entertainment: the home of crunchy solo gaming! Wordmill Games, Mythic GME and more from Tana Pigeon Dawnfist Games Game Loops for Solo Play from Soloist Venture Witches of the Wenderweald from Odinson Games Please share, like and follow this podcast - it all helps to boost the algorithm and helps introduce more people to the joys and wonders of solo RPG.

Rolling Alone: A New Beginning for Ironsworn & Designing for Solo RPGs

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Mentioned in this episode: Dawnfist Games DriveThru Page Dawnfist Games Website Morkin RPG by Juan Diaz-Bustamante Five Kingdoms of the Icemark on Kickstarter Soloist Venture YouTube Channel The Ironsworn Discord Channel Daniel's I Roll Alone YouTube Daniel's I Roll Alone Substack

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The Rolling Alone Podcast looks at Growing as a Solo Player, Burnout & Mythic GME

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Mentioned in this episode: Wordmill Games, the publishing arm of Tana Pigeon / Mythic GME Soloist Venture YouTube Channel The Grouch Couch YouTube Channel Turk discusses Burnout on the Grouch Couch The Ironsworn Discord Channel Gloam Game Jam on Itch.io

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The Rolling Alone Podcast: with Tana Pigeon, Alex T, Lone Legend & Soloist Venture

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Mentioned in this episode: Blackoath Entertainment for the games of Alex T Wordmill Games, the publishing arm of Tana Pigeon / Mythic GME Gloam on Itch Soloist Venture YouTube Channel The UK Games Expo Gloam Game Jam on Itch.io Don't forget to catch up with previous episodes on Substack or all the usual podcast platforms

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The Rolling Alone Podcast: Let's Get This Show On The Road

Welcome to the Rolling Alone Podcast The "home base" for this show is the Rolling Alone Substack Drop by and comment, like, share. I write 3-4 posts per week, including reviews, tips, ideas and play reports about my Solo RPG journey. Mentioned in this episode: Blackoath Entertainment for the games of Alex T Machine Gods of the Noxian Expanse Kickstarter Colossus Complete Edition by Sarah Blount Sarah Solo on Itch.io

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Rolling Alone: The Trailer

A short trailer introducing the new solo TTRPG podcast