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Holy hell yes, I've been waiting for something like this to come around.
I've never designed a solo game before, but I do have one at the back of my mind that's more or less suited for this particular idea.
It's a bit of a mixture between Artefact and BoB, subject-wise at least.

You play as The Horse, carrying wannabe adventurers to their stabs at glory and ultimately their doom.
As you finally rest your hooves, contemplate the various riders you carried to an uncertain fate, look back at your accomplishments, shortcomings and relationships, be it as Noble Steed, a Scourging Nightmare, or something else entirely.

Working Title: Horse For The Kingdom

Not sure if it's a fitting idea, so any feedback at all is welcome!

MaartenR3 years ago

Hmm, i'm finally diving into the SRD and this idea...might not fit the Object's definition:

The Object cannot act alone, it needs to be used by an Agent.

Unless I commit to focus on the Horse's interactions with the rider and the places they venture into, I need to find a solution to make it "stationary" in some way. But is the Horse always docile? Can the Horse run away? Can it throw off its Rider?

Questions questions questions.

Cereal Dm3 years ago(+2)

I've only had a surface read of the rules, but I think a horse would be pretty cool. Perhaps the horse is usually "obedient" and "stationery" like an object, doing as his rider instructs, except when his "instinct" or "fear" traits are triggered. Like "afraid of fire" or "always docile" or "cannot refuse food". As I said, still didn't read the rules, but horse idea sounds awesome.

MaartenR3 years ago

That's actually a good point and all the encouragement I need to do this!

Jack Harrison3 years ago(+1)

Firstly, feel free to pick and choose from the SRD, obviously! Ignore what you don’t like, take what you do & reshape it to fit.

I think the main reason for emphasising ‘the object cannot act alone’ is that you can risk devaluing the influence of the agents if the object can just do whatever it wants, whenever it likes. But here, clearly you’ve got an animal that is typically in servitude to a rider, so I think it should work really nicely. Sure, your horse might spend a year running around in the moors, but eventually the story will pick back up when someone comes to ride them again.

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