Tricube Tales: Solo Rules & Solo Deck

Tricube Tales is a rules-lite tabletop roleplaying system capable of handling a wide range of different genres and settings. Its simplicity lends itself well to solo play, and it should work with most generic solo rules, but these guidelines are designed to complement the Tricube Tales one-page settings. The Solo Rules can be printed double-sided on six sheets of paper: Page 1 explains how to get started and answer questions, and offers some general advice for running solo games, while page 2 explains how to structure the story. Pages 3-6 cover urban scenarios, wilderness adventures, dungeon crawls, and voyages. Page 7 covers planes and planets, page 8 covers crimes and mysteries, page 9 covers social interaction, page 10 provides a name generator, page 11 contains rules for arcane items, and page 12 offers tag and twist tables. The PDF uses layers for ease of printing. The Solo Deck is designed to complement the Solo Rules. It’s similar to a standard deck of playing cards, except the scene tables are incorporated into the cards, so you don’t need to look them up during play. Each card suit also has a different color, making it easier to track the scene progression at a glance, and there are 4 jokers in the deck. A preview of the cards is provided below (you can right-click on the image and open it in a new tab to see more detail). The Print-and-Play PDF version of the deck is intended for home printing and comes in both A4 and US Letter format, with a Virtual Tabletop version of the cards in a separate ZIP file. To be used with the rules for Tricube Tales.