(Shadowdark solo/GM-less) Goblins Crash the Party!

(Prototype and second ever upload - looking for feedback!)

Goblins Crash the Party! is a mini-adventure I put together for solo play (or GM-less play) using the Shadowdark TTRPG system. It’s meant to be perfect for times when you can’t get the full group together, want to test out a new character build, or maybe use it as part of a West Marches-style campaign (still working out the details on that last one).

I built this low-level dungeon using the dungeon generation tools from the Shadowdark core book, along with ideas from Index Card RPG, Knave 2.0, and Delve. This adventure was also a little inspired by the solo board game Final Girl (rescue the revelers!) and solo game Ker Nethalas (decreasing situational dice). I actually started by rolling up the monsters first (in this case I rolled up a mechanical elephant), and that helped shape the rest of the layout and encounters. My goal was to make the adventure feel like a connected, intentional experience, not just a jumble of random stuff (though I do love the chaos of random tables sometimes!).

The mini-adventure can be printed on letter-sized paper (front and back).

Hope you enjoy it! If you try it out, I’d really love to hear what you think. I’m planning to create more of these soon!

Please check out my other mini-adventure Forge of the Shattered Mountain!