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Reasons to draw in your SOLO game journal... (pt 2 of 2)

- Details in your location drawing as representing exploring the fictional world
- Drawing gives your brain a break to think about what to do next
- Maps, charts, designs, details, symbols, magic
- Relaxing (most of the time)

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Reasons to draw in your SOLO game journal... (pt 1 of 2)

- Drawing just for fun
- Practice drawing the same character a bunch
- Quick drawing practice (like for storyboards)
- Style experimentation
- Helps to mark emotional and special moments in your game
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(3/3) #solorpg note cont.

- One thing I still enjoy from my game methods are having a short countdown so that it can be shorter parts/chapters/issues. It gives a nice breaking place. I use variables for Trouble and Mission. When one hits 6 the current part of the game ends.

- Thinking about ways to have an engaging game with set amount of 'time' so as to fill up a sketchbook exactly to the end.

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(2/3) Some other notes form the current #solorpg sessions.

- Trying blocking with a cyan gelpen, then only using the black pen on key elements. I want to get a light color with a thicker tip to try as well.

- I always have nicer drawings when I am starting fresh.

- Always challenging to 'play' the NPC's and find easy ways to give them more random actions that still make sense. Probably will list 2 or 3 choices n roll on them.

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(1/3) I have really been enjoying my current #solorpg session, particularly since I have to really pause and think about what I want the character to do. Included, when witnessing questionable act by someone else, whether to stay or run, worried they will be blamed for it.

- I edited my prompts a while back. First time I have gotten 'ELSEWHERE' which means I know story that my character does now.

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(pt 6)

So play continued, but working from a built world definitely slowed things down for me, along with life and work distractions. (For me games are faster when I just have the world created as I play.) But the thrill of your game exciting you, making you imagine all the possibilities is super awesome.

54 pages of drawings and notes so far, an ending full of possibilities, and excitement to try new game techniques.

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(pt 5)

This is where an issue arrives using the #city23jan entries, I play on the go and traveling with an extra sketchbook of drawings can really make my messenger bag heavy. Paper be heavy.

I printed a page thumbnails and a map of where everything was in the City of 'BellStorm', but referencing the details was lacking. Loading them on my phone is distracting.

I also chose to not re-draw the locations again.

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(pt 4)

...the campaign continued with my usual random tables of scene prompts and progress tracking and stuff.

'Mark' had a run-in with a large delivery man, got forced to help with a delivery to the richest person in the city, use trickery and discovered mystery. All the while he has a reservation to a fancy restaurant, the reason for his vacation.

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(pt 2)

After setting up my #sketchbooksolorpg journal, I establish the reason my character was in the city with custom tables (on vacation, first time visitor) I also rolled for a location and got a building with multiple businesses. I rolled to pick which business the character was visiting and it ended up being one that was just "business".

Mark now was visiting a friend who maybe was a bit shady.

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Just finished the first 'chapter' of my current #sketchbooksolorpg game and wanted to reflect on the experience. (#city23jan)

In Jan I did one month of the #city23 #dailydrawings challenge. In Feb I set-up my sketchbook and made a character based on a random location.

I played 'Mark Raker' a middle age man who is a bit of a trickster. He's on vacation in the city of 'Bellstorm' with one goal, to try the famous sea food at a well known restaurant.

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