Solo RPG

Solo RPG on Reddit: System, Oracle, Journal

Ask a yes/no question, roll the oracle, write the answer down. The thread's whole method, on one screen — no group, no rulebook, no forty replies.

Scene 02 of The Locked Clubroom: Hori at the clubroom door, the oracle panel and the journal

Scene II of The Ledger of Greyfen in the granary, with the oracle question, journal and three choices

Scene 03 of The Locked Clubroom: Hori in classroom 2-B, the oracle panel and the journal strip

Scene V of The Unsigned Contract at the north gate, Xiangling and the last three choices

Solo session at Katagiri High: Hori's portrait, the oracle rolled 9 with YES BUT, and the journal logging an unlocked door — **The Locked Clubroom · the oracle** — Hori in the corridor, one question and 2d6: 9 — YES, BUT…, twist: a door that isn't locked. The first journal line is written.

Two character portraits, Hori and Miyamura, on the roof stair with three choices and the journal strip below — **The Locked Clubroom · the stair** — Hori and Miyamura on the roof stair. The journal line from scene one is still changing what the player asks.

Ending card titled OUT WITH THE ANSWER with the session totals and the journal line underneath — **The Locked Clubroom · ending** — OUT WITH THE ANSWER after five scenes — 2/3 resolve, 3/4 supply, and the last line of the journal still on the card.

Goblin Slayer at the watchtower with his line, the oracle question and three priced choices — **The Ledger of Greyfen · the watchtower** — Goblin Slayer on the broken stair, one question for the oracle and three choices — one paid in supply, one in luck.

Priestess standing in the shrine with her line, the oracle answer YES BUT with a rope twist, and the journal below — **The Ledger of Greyfen · the shrine** — Priestess at the shrine, 2d6 showing 4 and 4: YES, BUT… twist: rope. The journal writes it down.

Ending card titled OUT WITH HALF OF IT listing what was carried out and left behind — **The Ledger of Greyfen · ending** — OUT WITH HALF OF IT — what was carried out, what was left behind, and the luck spent on the road.

Solo session in Liyue Harbour: Xiangling's portrait, the oracle question and three priced choices — **The Unsigned Contract · the wharf** — Xiangling on the Liyue wharf, one question for the oracle and three choices that each cost something.

Xiangling at the Liyue wharf, the oracle rolled 8 with YES BUT and salt, and the journal's first line — **The Unsigned Contract · the oracle** — Xiangling on the wharf, 2d6 showing 8: YES, BUT…, twist: salt. The first case note is written.

Ending card from the Liyue session naming the outcome and the remaining resolve, luck and supply — **The Unsigned Contract · ending** — The card names what the session came out with, not what the thread said would happen.

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The Locked Clubroom

Horimiya · Katagiri High, after the last bell.

The session is one room in a bigger world.

Neta Studio is an AI world builder — the cast, the rooms and the art come from the same place. Run a session in a world with characters in it and the person at the door is someone the story already knows.

The oracle is part of the game — 2d6 in the open, four answers and a twist word. You are not opening a second tab to ask a chatbot what happens next.
The journal keeps the session — every answer is logged as a numbered line, so scene four remembers what scene one decided.
Cast from your world — the person at the door, their face and their art come from the world, so the session keeps its style and its history.

Before you roll

Do I need a group or a game master?

No. That is the whole point of solo play. The oracle answers the questions a GM would, and the journal remembers the answers.

What is an oracle, exactly?

A small table that answers a yes/no question with dice: yes, no, yes but, or no and. Every scene here has one question worth asking; press ASK THE ORACLE and it rolls 2d6 in front of you.

Do I need to know Ironsworn, Four Against Darkness or D&D?

No. The threads recommend those books because they are good; you do not need to read one to play a session. The rules here are the four numbers on the character card and the oracle.

Is the story the same every time?

The five scenes are written; the oracle and your choices are not. Ask a different question, take the costly choice, and the session ends somewhere else.

How long does one session take?

Ten to fifteen minutes. Five scenes, one question each, and an ending card — short enough to finish before the thread finishes loading.

Can I play on my phone?

Yes. It is one screen: scene at the top, oracle and choices under it, journal in a strip. No keyboard, no typing.

Can I use my own character or my own world?

Yes. Start from /world/new, name the place and the person you are, and the session is built in a world you keep.

Is this one of the systems the threads recommend?

No. It is the method they describe — rules, random answers, a written record — built as a game. The books are still worth reading; this is what to play tonight.

One question, one roll, one page.

Name the place and the person you are. The oracle does the rest.

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