The Big Barston Bakersfield Chronicles Recap, Part 1 (Advanced Fighting Fantasy+)

I think now is as good of a time as any to discuss the kind of odd origins of the campaign that took me from a long time dabbler in solo roleplay and made me into a solo-first roleplayer, from a person with a couple of solo/oracle type books to someone with a massive shelf of books and tools dedicated to the hobby. This is the story of a book printer turned warlock hunter Barston Bakersfield, whose story started out as an absolutely bog standard adventure romp: avenge his uncle's death and kill an evil wizard. But first, we go back a whole generation. -- Harper's Quest 2 Era & Shellyton Bakersfield -- In August, 2023, I launched a Harper's Quest 2 game after watching The Lone Adventurer play through it on his channel . It sounded fun, the price was right (just $2.50 for the pdf although I did get a physical copy later on), and I wanted to expand out a bit after being on a bit of a Fighting Fantasy kick (about once every two or three years I tend to d...