There are plenty of games out there, wargames and role-playing games (RPGs) galore. The hobby has been going strong for 50-odd years by my reckoning and really there's something out there for everyone's tastes. Enter COVID-19. Suddenly the social aspect of gaming is all but gone. Sure, we can play over Zoom, try Tabletop Simulator etc, but it feels like a pale imitation of the real thing. I spent some time first looking for, then writing my own solo wargaming rules and during the process, stumbled upon solo RPGs. "Solo RPGs? How is that even possible?" I wondered.
An experiment in Solo RPG'ing