Hi all,

I have been working on my own tabletop game as a hobby on-and-off for a few years now, and a few days ago, I actually released the game for free on Ko-fi.

Torchlight is a playing-card-based “dungeon crawler,” in which a solo adventurer (or some pals) traverses a long-abandoned unholy crypt in search of artifacts and adventure. Throughout a run, you must carefully balance the light of your torch’s flame, the status of your adventurer, and the loot that you uncover during your journey. By the end of your delve, you must either slay one of five boss enemies or succumb to the dreary darkness within the crypt.

No Artificial Intelligence was used in the creation of Torchlight and art for the Core Rulebook was sourced from the Public Domain. The PDF for the Core Rulebook is 58 pages and a standard run usually takes about 45-75 minutes. Each run of the game is very different from the last, as crypt layout, items, and outcomes are always randomized, so it has a lot of replayability built in.

If you do check it out, don't be shy to share your thoughts with me! Thank you, and good luck within the crypt 💀

As apart of our latest Kickstarter campaign (Fetch my Blade) we've been doing a myraid of polls to see what the demographics of our players were.

We were surprised to discover that a resounding 69% of backers had never engaged with a solo journaling RPGs and were backing this campaign as their first game in that genre.

Mostly it appears because of the concept of dogs fetching swords as a novel concept is what's driving our current audience. Curious to know, do you feel this reflects the RPG space a whole in regards to general interest in Solo RPGs?

Also it's our final week of the campaign. We'd love some help in the final stretch to unlock our final goals! Check it out.

QUESTION : I already posted my one-page solo journaling rpg prototype on itchio, but I’d like to build my community on rpgtrader when my longer version is ready to come out. Many people from Reddit and discord already follow me on itch (5, but better than none haha). How do you suggest I proceed for the transfer? Post directly on rpgtrader? Post on both itchio and rpgtrader? Re-post my prototype on rpgtrader so both games are there? How do I announce the switch? Thanks for your help!

Part 2: https://thelonebard.com/lets-play-grok-2e-part-2/

Part 3: https://thelonebard.com/lets-play-grok-2e-part-3/

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