The Rolling Alone Podcast Episode 6
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The Rolling Alone Podcast Episode 6

The NEW episode of The Rolling Alone Podcast, episode 6, is live.

https://rollingalone.substack.com/p/the-rolling-alone-podcast-episode-2a7

On this episode, we have Tana Pigeon with the last part of her 4-part Mythic Masterclass, along with part 4 of "Five Ways to Grow as Solo Player" with Izzy, from the Soloist Venture YouTube. I chat with Turk from the Grouch Couch YouTube about upcoming games and his love of gaming "stuff", and completing the lineup is Sarah from Sarah Solo Games talking about her love of different dice.

45-minutes of all-human content (see the graphic for attribution) aimed squarely at solo RPG players. Listen via the link, or on Spotify, Apple and all the main podcast platforms.

u/pgw71 — 5 days ago

The Rolling Alone Podcast and AI

Recent episodes of my podcast have prompted comments about the use of AI in some of the music.

I have reflected on this, discussed it with my Substack followers, and decided that the podcast will be completely AI-free going forward.

More here: https://rollingalone.substack.com/p/the-rolling-alone-podcast-and-ai

The next episode (Friday, July 17th) will have a short royalty-free theme (with attribution) and very short musical transitions between segments (again royalty-free). And no jingles.

Thank you to those who commented, and I hope people will enjoy the podcast going forward.

u/pgw71 — 15 days ago

Improving sound quality and consistency on a podcast

I'm up to episode 5 of my podcast, and downloads are growing nicely so far.

However, I know that the sound quality isn't the best, and I want to improve.

The issue I have is that my podcast is magazine-format; I record contributors, and their audio is chopped into segments for use over several weeks. Each episode will contain four or five pre-recorded segments, plus links and short items from me.

You can probably guess the problem. The quality of audio varies widely, depending largely on the contributors' setup (at their end!), quite apart from variations at my end. It becomes an editing nightmare!

I'm using Audacity, but it takes forever to try to balance all the different clips, each of which seems to need its own custom effects and levels.

Are there tools that could help with this? I wondered about Descript, but I don't really know what it does at the editing stage.

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u/pgw71 — 24 days ago

Episode 4 of The Rolling Alone Podcast

Episode 4 of the Rolling Alone Podcast is now live. In this episode, I talk to Sebastian from Dawnfist Games about his solo supplement, Undaunted, for his Adventurous RPG system.

We dig into the new Ironsworn: Legacies Alpha with Daniel from I Roll Alone, as well as more from Izzy (Soloist Venture) on growing as a solo player, plus much more, packed into a tightly-edited 45-minute package (with fewer jingles!!)

Listen here https://rollingalone.substack.com/s/the-rolling-alone-podcast

Or you can search "Rolling Alone" on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Google, etc

u/pgw71 — 1 month ago
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The Rolling Podcast Episode 3

Episode 3 of The Rolling Alone Podcast, the new, fortnightly, dedicated solo tabletop roleplaying magazine-style podcast, is now LIVE.

On this show, we talk about solo burnout, Mythic GME and growing as a solo player, as well as my thoughts on the UK Games Expo and a first look at the new Ironsworn: Legacies alpha.

Listen here on my Substack

https://rollingalone.substack.com/s/the-rolling-alone-podcast

Or you can find it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon and all the usual podcast platforms. Feel free to subscribe, like, comment or review; it all helps the algorithm to push this out to more people!

u/pgw71 — 2 months ago

Why do all my playthroughs end up with the same thing happening?

I've been playing on and off since release, almost exclusively as a solo player.

I want to do a solo playthrough where I engage with every quest, explore all the dialogue, find (and read!) all the lore books and generally look in every nook and cranny.

I start off OK, and then somehow slip into powergaming my way through stuff. The game becomes too easy, and before I know it, I'm almost playing on autopilot. I looked at my character last night in Malabar Tor (doing Cadwell's Silver) and have zero recollection of ever being in Greenshaed (even though I appear to 100% completed it)

I've tried starting as a dedicated thief in Abah's Landing and an Antiquitarian in Western Skyirm, but those also ended up going down the same path...

How do I slow down and enjoy the view? How do other people stop their games from just becoming a rush through the content to get to the end?

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u/pgw71 — 2 months ago
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NEW Episode of the Rolling Alone Podcast

The second episode of the Rolling Alone podcast has gone live.

In this episode, we hear from Alex T from Blackoath Entertainment, Tana Pigeon of Mythic GME fame, and Izzy from the Soloist Venture YouTube channel, among others.

Give it a listen via this link, or on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, etc

https://rollingalone.substack.com/p/the-rolling-alone-podcast-episode

u/pgw71 — 2 months ago

NEW Solo RPG Podcast launches with Alex T as a guest in the premiere episode!

I've been working on creating a solo TTRPG podcast for a few months, and I'm delighted to say that the first episode is live.

It's fortnightly, on alternate Fridays, around 45 minutes per episode and is a "magazine" format.

The "home base" for the show is my Substack. You can also subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon and all the usual podcast platforms. (YouTube coming when I figure out how)

Here's a link to the first episode
https://rollingalone.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-rolling-alone-podcast

I have exciting plans for the future, with several interviews already recorded and more in the pipeline. I know it's not perfect, but I'm learning as I go and pretty happy with Episode 1.

Have a listen, and maybe subscribe if you like to listen to podcasts

u/pgw71 — 3 months ago

I might have the opportunity to attend the UK Games Expo at the end of May in Birmingham, UK

Does anyone who has been have a view on whether it's worth it for someone like me who plays solo, and is more interested in TTRPG games (although I'm somewhat interested in board games and war games, too)

Any thoughts?

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u/pgw71 — 3 months ago

I might have the opportunity to attend the UK Games Expo at the end of May in Birmingham, UK

Does anyone who has been have a view on whether its worth it for someone like me who plays solo, and is more interested in TTRPG games (although I'm somewhat interested in board game and war games, too)

Any thoughts?

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u/pgw71 — 3 months ago
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I've just started a three-part series on the new Mork Borg version of Machine Gods, coinciding with the ongoing Kickstarter. It's here on my Substack (no paywall)

https://rollingalone.substack.com/p/the-three-act-play-machine-gods-of

In this first part, I introduce the Noxian Expanse and create my first Reclaimer, a melee bruiser called Shalfalla Aelryk

Two more parts later this week with exploration, quests and combat. I'll also be chatting with Alex on my brand-new podcast, which premieres on Friday (I'll post a link to it then!)

u/pgw71 — 3 months ago