Solo Martial Bluesis a hard-hitting martial arts tabletop RPG for one player. You’re a violent loner, fighting against all odds, always just one fight from death. It’s just you, your fists, and the mean streets.
Solo Martial Blues:
- Single player TTRPG
- Standalone, with no other material needed
- 5.5 by 8.5 paperback and pdf of 196 pages
- Art by Steven Wu
- Written by Indie Groundbreaker Award nominated James Kerr
Construct your martial artist and fight your way through years of adventures.
Life is hard and so isSolo Martial Blues. So go ontake the chance. See how far you can get on the mean streets of New Hope City. Dare to turn the page. The fight is waiting for you.
As fast as we can strike, here’sSolo Martial Blues:
Mechanics At a Glance
- Conflict Resolution:You compare a few different “Moves” to use against your opponentPunch, Kick, Block, and so on. Then you check the reference in the back of the book, or on your character sheet, to see how successful those moves were, and if you won the fight…or got punched in the face
- Heart of the Story:Your fighter has Comfortspeople, places, and things they care aboutto fight to protect, and suffers Hardship from the struggles of a life of violence
- Unique System:Solo Martial Bluesuses aunique, diceless, randomless, but mechanically precise conflict resolution system of “story-forward crunch”. The game is not a story-prompt structure, it’s somewhere between that and a choose-your-own-adventure, where evey segment is a spring-board to action, and your choices are the key to your survival
Did you defeat your foe? Or did you get your legs kicked out from under you? It’s strategic, engrossing, and feels consequential.
Setting at a Glance
- Greasersand street fighters in the slums of a 1950s big city
- Focus onheartbreak. Low stakes and high feelings
- Martial arts actionaboundsyour fighter could end up with a teacher in boxing, sumo wrestling, kickboxing, karate, or more
Why You Want This Game
You want this game if you want to…
- Feel the heart of the fighter beating in your chest, page by heart-pounding page
- Experience the complex martial world and high drama ofFight to Survive: Role-playing Martial Arts Meets Heart,but youre fighting alone these days
- Use martial arts to fight against a cruel and unforgiving world
Just as martial arts training is ultimately done by the individual, alone, so too is the experience of martial arts inSolo Martial Bluessolemn and individual. So, let your fists be your guide. Embrace the warrior dreams of your fighter. Help them go the distance.
