I recently started a solo V20 game. I am typing up scene 1 and will soon be posting it to the actual play sub channel of this channel.

Reddit & Google Groups users: let’s think about tags/flair and categories

I’m encouraged to see some activity there and some engagement!

I’ve been thinking about refining or changing how posts are categorized. One of the things that didn’t turn out quite like I envisioned it was the “musing” part of solo RP which didn’t have too much pondering about the nature of solo RP.

There was a lot of cool stuff about campaigns that people were planning, practical questions about how to play a particular system solo, how to do modules, and some nice sharing of systems (though not as much talk of the thought process leading to that design). Basically, I feel as if there wasn’t as much discussion or exploration of the principles behind the techniques, approaches or design that were presented or suggested.

I’m thinking that there should be a category for that in particular. Perhaps there should also be a category for talking plainly of your plans for solo campaigns without necessarily going deep into principles or theory.

Make it easier for people to find ideas without pure theory wankery yet also make it easier for people to find theory wanking without sifting through musings about a campaign setting. The same goes for wanting to find how-to discussions or pure technique/mechanics presentation without someone’s campaign musings or deep theory wankery.

Some ideas for categories:

Principles/nature of solo rp & its techniques/mechanic/system (deep theory discussion)

Talking about my solo campaign or premise (as opposed to actual play)

Share a solo system/technique/mechanic (hot ideas)

General solo (Uncategorized / rpg product/setup porn, other solo related fluff, light content, links without much content in post body)

Thoughts?