Series - The Solo Dungeon

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Language:	English
Publisher:	Games Publications -- United Kingdom
Categories:	Complexity Level : Solitaire RPG (External Rules Required) Genre : Fantasy

This early solitaire adventure was unofficially intended for use with the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

Solitaire Adventures

The Solo Dungeon

Related Links

Richard A. Bartle
This page belongs to the author of the early solo role-playing effort, The Solo Dungeon.
http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/ (last verified: 2004-06-09)

The Solo Dungeon
This page contains scans of the solitaire adventure of the same name, shared by its author.
http://www.youhaventlived.com/The%20Solo%20Dungeon/index.html (last verified: 2017-01-02)

User Comments

Perhaps the earliest-to-be-documented series of gamebooks to have been nearly ended before it ever began, "The Solo Dungeon" is an unfortunately mixed experience. It's notable for its divisively snarky writing, exceedingly generic dungeon crawling narrative conventions, ugly illustrations and an overall lacking of sustaining value make this adventure tough to recommend (though the playtesting was a success and the mapmaking exercise can be quite fun). That being said, there are those who are right to value this one's historic value to both RPG-grounded storytelling and interactive fiction as a whole. I can safely say this adventure is an acquired taste that has a definitve market, passionate fans and a clear vision in mind; for the majority of readers, however, many of the story's shortcomings come to mind far clearer than one might've hoped. As such, while I personally wouldn't recommend it, there are those in the demographic I know would love it who I'd tell to go all in and give it a play or two.

--Shadeheart