The Doug Alone PROLOGUE

  Happy birthday, Doug Alone, you are now one year old [officially].  A bit over a year ago (maybe 1 year + 1 week) I had come up with the idea to play a solo campaign that could be entirely played on my oldish smart phone . I didn't need a lot of apps, per se. A PDF viewer to view a Tricube Tales  micro-setting (I chose Guardians of the Shadow Frontier ) and the Tricube Solo  PDF. A dice app. Then Google Keep to track the short scenes.  Here is what the original playthroughs looked like: As you can see, I misunderstood how scenes worked with Tricube Solo  and thought you had to draw an Ace/Joker to move on to the next. It made a fairly action oriented episode played out over a few set-pieces.  After playing out a "session" over a few short bursts, I would recap it to this blog . It was nice and relaxing. For the blog version, I would type as many or more words than my initial notes. Sometimes I would add in dialogue and side scenes. A simple piece of ...

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    "Previously..." and Campaign/Arc Summary The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont Episode 21 — The Nurse House Calling the Doctor The Final Advance The Waiting Room For the Final Time Tumbling Down The Death of the Witch-King The Nurse's Choice NOT the GLOW 1999: Transporter Jani Blum Doug's Commentary Credits Previously, on The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont The team has fought their way to the top of the Rambler — Dr. Roman Patel's floating skyscraper. Nemesio Jones has gone back downstairs to help people evacuate. Varvara Clean has stopped to destroy all the data she can find in the communications hub. This leaves Genny, Hitomi, and Eustace to confront The Doctor himself as well as his two elite bodyguards: Yori and Ambra. The "siblings." No matter the outcome, the Patel empire is going — quite literally — to crumble. And once the Witches ...

    Reader Options/Controls "Previously..." and Campaign/Arc Summary The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont Episode 20 — Heading Up Recalling a Cleaner The Past Is a Foreign Country Skitter Scatter Doug's Commentary Credits ← Previous Arc Session |[ ↑ Arc/Campaign Page ]| Next Arc Session → Hide Prep Phases Hide Notes/Commentary Hide Game Mechanics Sections Previously, on The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont After fighting their way to base of the floating skyscraper called the Rambler — the base of the Patel operations — the team has begun their assault on the final piece — and core — of the cabal. Amy Patel has control of the mini-disc and is planning on destroying her family fortune but the team is making sure that all loose ends are tied up first. About The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont Eustace Delmont is a psychic on the cusp of "grad...

    Reader Options/Controls "Previously..." and Campaign/Arc Summary The GLOW 1996: Psychic Eustace Delmont Episode 19 - Alright Ramblers, Let's Get Ramblin' Quiet Anticipation™ The Battle of the Rambler Doug's Commentary Credits ← Previous Arc Session |[ ↑ Arc/Campaign Page ]| Next Arc Session → Hide Prep Phases Hide Notes/Commentary Hide Game Mechanics Sections Previously, on The GLOW: 1996 Psychic Eustace Delmont Getting into the Villa was only the start. After a mechanical error downs the Green Lady, the team comes face to face with a trio of rogue psychics. Pushing themselves to the limit just to survive the fight, they are now regrouping and preparing to storm the Rambler. Amy Patel has her mini-disc back and with it, the controls to shut down the whole Patel empire. However, Eustace wants to make sure that the cabal can never be reborn. About The GLOW: 1996 Ps...