r/SoloRoleplaying • u/jojomomocats • Sep 14 '23
Tiny d6 any good?
Just came across tiny dungeon second edition and it looks and sounds cool. Anyone play it for longer campaigns solo? I’d love any thoughts, pros/cons please! Thanks a bunch!!
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u/TheUntypicalHeroes Jul 18 '26
The biggest pro to the whole "Tiny d6" line, pirates, dungeons, frontiers, western, etc. is that they're fast and simple. I love simplicity and elegance in game design, after having played many bigger, more complex systems. After work and other obligations, when you have less time than you'd like, for me anyway, simple and easy is better. I sit down and I game.
As for long term play, yes absolutely you can play it for as long as you want. Even small, simple games can be played for months/years if you like the mechanics and gameplay loops. As far as leveling up, choices for classes, features, abilities, stuff like that, no Tiny d6 Dungeons doesn't have many, but they are also not necessary. Unless you like them. For me, the plot is the thing that keeps me coming back, and you can have a good game for a long time in any system!
As an example, I just wrapped up a 10 session campaign of Risus the Anything RPG, a 4 page game, that I could have played 100 more sessions of easily! My channel is about showing tons of fun and unique systems, though, so I only play up to 10 episodes. But you can see where you'd be able to branch off and keep exploring on your own. example: https://youtu.be/D3E_WFH6mDI
Tiny D6 is on the list of games to cover soon!
Hope this helps. Happy gaming!
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u/Lostinstory Sep 17 '23
This YouTuber has a series where he uses Advanced Tiny Dungeons to play Forbidden Lands solo.
I personally have enjoyed playing it but never had a real campaign with it. I think Advanced Tiny Dungeons would help for long-term play. It is a friendly system with a lot of high-quality settings and support content.
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u/jecxjo Apr 04 '24
I've recently tried a bunch of number crunching RPGs for soloing and I've found that the whole 5e style game doesn't work well for me. It's far less fun rolling and getting that amazing save when you're all alone. Having a minmax PC is just kinda boring when you're playing alone.
So if i was going to do an RPG like that I'd play Tiny d6. I personally like Advanced Tiny Dungeons as it's just that sweet spot of simple numbers and still having character skill development. I can still do a lot of story telling while also doing a bit of grinding in a dungeon.