The Solo RolePlayers Podcast

The Solo RolePlayers Podcast

A podcast celebrating the hobby of solo roleplaying. Host PJ interviews content creators in the solo-rpg hobby, give’s tips and advice of how to get playing, doing live actual plays at the table, and generally just geek’s out about about this fantastic hobby.

Episodes

June 25, 2025 65 mins

Hello and Welcome Back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am positively thrilled to finally get to the mic your space friend and mine, Steve Morrison from the Errant Adventures podcast to talk all about how he went from thinking playing an RPG solo was dumb, to creating 100's of hours of Starforged and other SoloRPG content. 

It was a really lovely chat, filled with interesting stories and heaps of tips for playin...

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Hello and Welcome Back to The SoloRolePlayers Podcast today on the show I have a little message for all and a call to action as well as an actual play episode from the vault. I hope you enjoy this play through of Plight.

-PJ

You can get in touch with me on:

soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com, PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join the SoloRolePlayers Patreon where a free membership will get you access to the community chat and m...

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Hello Dear SoloRolePlayers, 

Today on the show I am trying out a new show format where A guest and I just discuss a topic. No interview, no play, just getting down and nerdy about a particular topic in solo roleplaying, this week being that fantastic publisher we all know and love...Free League.

 

 

You can get in touch with me on:

soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com, PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join the SoloRolePlayers Pat...

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May 14, 2025 78 mins

Hello and Welcome Back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. 

Today on the show we are pulling the Monster Hunter inspired ttrpg Wilderfeast off the shelf and testing the bad-boy out.

I go through the basics of the mechanics and play through a freeplay section where the PC's attempt to stop a stampeding herd from Lemming it off a mountain pass before facing a big monster battle with a fat and then skinny toothy beaver ferret beast. Its ...

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Hello and welcome back to a brand new episode of The Solo RolePlayers Podcast.

Today on the show I am proud to present a chat I had the other day with no other than BlackOath's Alex T himself.

We discuss his lifelong journey with rpg's, how he got designing his own games, and a bit about some of his upcoming titles.

You can find everything you need to know about Alex's work over at https://blackoathgames.com

 

 

You can get in touc...

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Hello and welcome back to another episode of The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. 

Today on the show I have the pleasure to present you with an interview I recently did with Author of the solo friendly, traditional fantasy RPG, Plight.

Timothy and I discuss getting into the hobby, finding your unique path, and prison rules for D&D.

Enjoy

 

Links:

PLIGHT RPG 

You can get in touch with me on:

soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com, PJSack on ...

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April 2, 2025 77 mins

Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am proud as punch to finally get a long anticipated game to the table and that game is ShadowDark. Hear how my preconceived plans are immediately thrown to the wind with a couple oracle dice rolls as our PC's begin a dangerous adventure.

You can get in touch with me on:

soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com, PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join the SoloRo...

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Hello and welcome back to the Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am proud to present the fantastic, inspiring, prolific and downright game-changer to the solo roleplayers hobby, official friend of the show Tana Pigeon to talk all about, and give a live example of that slippery and mystifying of concepts, playing a published adventure solo.

Tana talks through a few of the techniques she has used and written about in the p...

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March 5, 2025 66 mins

Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I have, what is turning out to be a hugely and increasingly epic actual play of forbidden lands. This is easily the biggest ruleset I have taken off my shelf and start playing and I must say, I just couldn't get this damn game off my table.

Join Aerwynn, Semina and Gaian as they attempt to fight off a huge dune worm and set off for the mysterious and semi for...

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Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today I have another interview with a fantastic guest, Matt Risby from Ironsworn:StarForged actual play (ish, listen to find out more) podcast The Bad Spot. 

You can find The Bad Spot over on YouTube

or in audio form as a Podcast

 

You can get in touch with me on:

soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com. PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join the SoloRolePlayers Patreon where a ...

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Hello and Welcome to this very special episode of The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. It took a while to put this together but I finally have for you the results of The Solo RolePlayers Challenge that I announced toward the end of last year. 

Of course, me being me, I couldn't help but turn it into something a bit different...

Thanks again to all the participants I am so proud of you all and I hope that by now you are all knee deep intro...

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Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast

Today on the show I got to sit down with one of the new (to me) solo rpg audio creators, as recommended by a listener, Car White for the excellent Lone Adventurer Podcast.

You can find Carl and his Bond meets Arcane-esque over at

The Lone Adventurer Podcast

 

SHOWNOTES:

You can get in touch with me on:

soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com

 

Links & Recs

If you like this show yo...

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January 9, 2025 87 mins

Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Join me today on this first episode of the new year for another actual play of the much lauded Ironsworn: StarForged. 

In this episode, as always, I get a book off my shelf and get it to the table with the minimal amount of preparation possible. I hope to give you an idea of what the game is like and give you some courage to just start playing yourself without getting bogged d...

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December 25, 2024 50 mins

Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today I have for you all a lovely chat with the mind and the mouth behind the excellent Legend Of The Bones.

Simon talks about he he got started making the hit podcast, his journey into roleplaying, and a bit about how his epic story in b/x DnD found its direction. 

Find Simon at:

https://legendofthebones.podbean.com/

https://legendofthebones.blogspot.com/

https://app.bsky.cz/...

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December 18, 2024 75 mins

Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I get another book off my shelf and just play. This time we dive into the epic and really quite different ruleset of  Crown & Skull by RuneHammer. 

Enjoy.

-PJ

 

 

SHOWNOTES:

You can get in touch with me on:

soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com

 

Links & Recs

If you like this show you might like to check out the podcast that started it all, my Fallout Narr...

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December 9, 2024 18 mins

This could be the push you need to finally get brave, take your pen in hand and actually play!

 

For this episode of the show I just felt the urge to jump on the mic and talk directly to you, the very nearly solo role-player. Take on the challenge that I have set and refer to the details at the bottom of the show notes. 

I also just talk a bit about what I have been playing, what I want to get to the table and some future ideas for...

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December 4, 2024 51 mins

Today on the Solo RolePlayers Podcast I got to sit down with another great solo rpg content creator, Dan from The Dungeon Dive.

We had a great chat where Dan talked about about how he got into rpg's, his personal preferences of play, and some of the games that has gotten him excited at the moment. 

Check out the links below to some of the games mentioned:

 

Dan's Links:

The Dungeon Dive

Civitas Nihilium 

The Unseen World

Between t...

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Hello and welcome back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. 

Today on the show I am thrilled to bring you a chat I had recently with Deborah from GeekGamers and the fantastic Solo Game Masters Guide.

We had a wonderful chat about solo roleplaying, her books and some of the systems we have been playing recently.

You can get in touch with me on:

soloroleplayerspodcast@gmail.com

Links & Recs

The Solo Game Masters Guide

Wanderings

A Wa...

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November 6, 2024 49 mins

Hello Solo RolePlayers!

On todays episode I try something new and grab a book off my shelf, spend an hour familiarising myself with the basics and making a character and world setup....and then JUST PLAY.

WhiteBox is an OSR (Old School Revival) RPG based on the original basic/advanced D&D (as far as I know...not an expert)

I had a lot of fun both playing and making this episode and my goal for you the listener is to show you th...

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October 23, 2024 56 mins

On today's episode of The Solo RolePlayers Podcast I have for you another Interview with one of the wonderful content creators who helped inspire me to actually start playing. 

One of the original Narrative/Actual play podcast creators Jon from Tale of the Manticore. 

We talk about his journey into solo roleplaying, the development of Manticore, and a few easter eggs and teasers about where his show is heading next. 

Jon also had s...

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