#starforged

[maxkirin]

YOU'VE GOT MAIL 💌💕

My latest game is out on right now! I'm doing a public beta test to get feedback--but don't get it twisted, this game is feature complete and good enough for you to lose countless hours living through your very own Romantic Comedy of Errors!

You can learn more about it and download it by heading to the official announcement: ko-fi.com/mkirin 💖🧡💛💚💙💜

[armentarius]

Honestly, I wasn't Lying this time!

[couchtaro]

It’s Pigeon Paturday (Saturday) here are some old drawings of my beautiful child (skeleton covered in goo). variety pack including his maybe-original skeley form and his post-incineration new body. Underdark rainwear outfit to come 💀👌🏻

[adamssketchbooks]

Haley Shoots

Digital Sketches

[solofighterblog]

I decided to create a "Tumblrverse" of blogs for all of my solo TTRPG gaming interests.

Songs of the Bard is my blog for "old school" TTRPGs and retroclone games. I have just begun a Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game campaign with four characters from the Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign module. For my first project, I am going to play through a "Keep on the Borderlands" style campaign using the Mythic Game Master Emulator, 2nd Ed.

I am particularly fond of Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game because it emulates a style of play that was popular when I first got into gaming.

Songs & Sagas will become my "official" Ironsworn blog. I've generated a small campaign area near the Veiled Mountains of the Ironlands, where I will pit a grizzled veteran named Aevar against a ruthless raider chieftain named Bjorn the Ironblooded.

(Note: Fans of Hroarr, don't worry. I will continue Hroarr's adventures on this blog, but Songs & Sagas will also feature indie solo campaigns with Blades in the Dark and Ker Nethalas: Into the Midnight Throne, while Solo Fighter Blog will become more of a "personal" blog for an old fart gamer to vent his splee- er, I mean, share his long-accumulated gaming wisdom).

Finally, Sololog is my blog for space and sci-fi solo TTRPGs. My first campaign on Sololog will be an Ironsworn: Starforged campaign, where I begin my adventure by exploring an abandoned camp on Ignis, also known throughout the galaxy as "Planet Hell."

I will also begin a science fantasy campaign for Ruthless Heavens, Boundless Fate in the near future on Sololog.

Please be sure to check out my other blogs. Also note that the format I use on those blogs will be the format for all of my gaming posts going forward. Thanks for reading!

[sololog]

Starforged Campaign - Session 0

System: Ironsworn: Starforged, by Shawn Tomkin

I used the Ironsworn: Starforged Reference Guide to create a planet for my Starforged campaign.

Sector Name: Infernal Pyre

Stellar Object: Hypergiant star generating turbulent winds.

Planet: Ignis, furnace world, aka "Planet Hell." A planet with relentless volcanic activity, wreathed in fire and ash.

Settlements:

Terminus: None.

Outlands: None.

Expanse: None.

Atmosphere: Toxic.

Life: None.

Observed From Space: Once verdant terrain.

Planetside Feature: Lava tube tunnel networks.

Planetside Peril: Seismic or volcanic upheaval.

Planetside Opportunity: Abandoned camp.

Now, I need to think of a reason for my character to go to Planet Hell. The focal point for the start of my adventure will be the abandoned camp.

[zigmatism]

"Don't tell anyone. Not yet. Please."

More Nomen & Feng @offended-dragon angst

[golden-spike]

Giving you a snack bar (from session 6 the server ttrpg campaign)

[theresattrpgforthat]

THEME: Ironsworn/Starforged Hacks

This week’s recommendations are all inspired by Ironsworn, by Shawn Tomkin, or Starforged, its science-fantasy successor.

Inspired by PbtA games, Ironsworn stands out because it can be played solo, GM-less, or as a traditional roleplaying game - and the PDF of the rulebook, a work of stellar quality, is free. It uses unique mechanics such as Vows, Momentum, and Supply to support play - Vows being personal goals that drive the character’s story and generate progression, Momentum being an asset that can be used to track your character’s general level level of success, and Supply being a representation of how prepared or energetic your characters are.

While Ironsworn is a game of fantasy adventuring, Starforged takes cues from space fiction and science fantasy, and comes with unique character pieces and a planet generator.

Let’s take a look at some of the hacks created out of these games!

Iron Valley, by M. Kirin.

Iron Valley is a cozy solo ttrpg hack for Ironsworn and Starforged.

In this game you take the role of someone moving into a small community and starting their life anew. Maybe you’ll restore your family’s farm. Maybe you’ll explore the mysterious forest just beyond town. Maybe you’ll fall in love and get married! This is a game about living a cozy life with good company, one day at a time.

As a farming simulation, this is a great example of a cozy game. Follow the course of a year, making a new home for yourself using a simplified version of Ironsworn. Fundamentally, the game revolves around the promises you make to your friends, losing track of time instead of hit points. 

This is a chunky game that takes some set-up, that a single can play over many days or weeks. It’s something that requires a bit of work to put together, but you can pick it up a little bit at a time if you’re looking for sustained play, and you don’t have to work with a group to try and schedule game time.

Stonebound, by S0ra.

The Dawnlands are filled with various groups of palaeolithic humans, all trying their best to survive in this prehistoric world, where they are far from the top of the food chain.

You are not like them.

You will venture forth from your home, rise up and challenge the monstrous creatures who roam this land, discover secrets better left forgotten, protect your people from the feral horrors that rise in the night, bind your will and your word to the sacred stone of this land and become Stonebound.

This isn’t much of a departure from the original Ironsworn: the author describes it as a re-skin, with new assets and foes to make the system fit in a stone-and-sorcery kind of setting. The game is still in development, so changes might continue being added, but the game is Pay What You Want for now! In Stonebound, stone replaces iron as the way by which you make vows, and as a result stone becomes a vital part of the landscape. If you really like the way Ironsworn plays but are interested to see how it looks in a new setting, you might want to check this game out.

Cybersworn, by Homebrewster, and Hyper City, by Thomas Manuel.

You’ll need to know how Ironsworn or Starforged works in order to play these hacks. Cybersworn is meant to fit a number of different flavours of cyberpunk; from high-magic settings, to low-magic settings, to settings with cyborgs or a virtual other space. It provides new pieces to slot into the basic ruleset to make the game neon and gritty. And just like Ironsworn, this game is free!

Hyper City is a specific corporate dystopia that you build based on a real city that you’re interested in. It uses Burning Questions rather than Iron Vows, it provides a mode of play that focuses on investigation and exploration, rather than action and adventure. Hyper City is also designed to be played “solo together,” as described by the designer. Each player is playing their own solo journey, but their characters can interact with each-other via messaging apps or something similar to trade information and give each-other updates. 

These games aren’t designed to necessarily be played together, but since they’re built for the same system, it’s likely easy to steal a little from one to place into the other. If you’re into cyberpunk and building your own city, these might be worth checking out!

Silversworn, by fyret.

This is a hack about being a werewolf (possibly in space). It is a hack about rage and trying your best to hide it. It is a hack about finding what lengths you'll go to keep the beast inside, and what carnage you'll bring when it is unleashed. 

This game specifically alters the rules of Ironsworn to allow you to play as a werewolf character. One of the basic moves, Face Desolation, is replaced by Face Rampage, which is meant to replicate your struggle to keep your human form. Apart from mechanical changes, this hack comes with some tips about playing as a werewolf, especially when you’ve transformed. The game also comes with a new series of Truths and Assets, to help you build the world you want, whether you want to tell a story within the fantasy world of Ironsworn, or the galaxy of Starforged.

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If you want to see more genre hacks of these games, I’d recommend checking out the Starforged 2023 Jam on Itch.io. 

[sepulcher666]

My grey knight and dark angel pendants! Both of them are sterling silver. the grey knight pendant is the only necklace I consistently wear!

thinking about getting the blood angel one sometime in the future.

[many-faced]

My first proper starforged OC, Osiris >:]

They're a class-O starforged, which is the rarest class of starforged and the highest in the hirearchy. They are incredibly tall [exact height is undecided]. The mask over is just that, a mask, and is part of their clothing, not their actual face.

No they don't look like Oculus wdym/silly

[maxkirin]

IRON VALLEY, my cozy solo ttrpg inspired by Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley has received a huge update! 🐮🍓

What began as a 100-page book is now a whopping 250, professionally edited, & much better thanks to player feedback~

GO GET IT 🤠

It's pay what you want with no minimum! So download it and give it a try. If you like it, toss a buck my way

Itchio / https://mkirin.itch.io/iron-valley

My Shop / https://ko-fi.com/s/aa643f7015

[armentarius]

Sometimes you need to live through your grief

[largshirepress]

Just making up worlds. Come have a listen.

[adamssketchbooks]

Haley Ducote on the move

Digital Sketches

[squidlord]

VOTOMS Like You Mean It

One thought leads to another online and suddenly you're writing an entire thread about how to reboot and re-implement Armored Trooper VOTOMS in a modern TTRPG… And how could I resist that siren call?

https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/VOTOMS+-+How+Would+You