I hope to read more of Treville's exploits, or whatever else you cook up with your wife.

I had a couple sessions before the holidays with some good people after a year and a half hiatus. That, I think, will resume. Traditional BoL stuff...they're now on the run, and it's a convenient break, so I'm free to throw whatever at them.

I'm also doing some solo gaming with the Mythic GM Emulator with BoL. I'm inspired by all the Emmanuel Roudier art that was produced for the French version, especially the cover of the upcoming Le Dieu Voilé. I'm going to use that cover as a sort of filter for the random prompts I'll get with my oracle to generate scenes and plot points.

Hi all,
Somewhat new to the forum.  I had read about the Mythic Game Master Emulator, so I decided to try it with Barbarians of Lemuria, and I have been playing a solo campaign without a GM.  It has been quite an interesting experience!  Since Barbarians of Lemuria is such a rules-lite game it has worked quite well with the system.  For those who are not familiar with the system, it uses a series of asking yes or no questions, with other random elements to create random events.  I know I'm not doing it any justice in explaining, but I have enjoyed the experience, and actually played two adventures and I'm now in my third one.  What it might lack in actually role-playing since you are playing solo, the random element keeps it surprisingly interesting and allows you to use your imagination based upon the logic of the scenes to create some good storytelling.  My story is based on the genre of the Swords and Sorcery setting with my PC being a "Beast-Friend" named Oslac, who has powers to control animals and resides in the Axos Mountains.  He travels with his dire wolf companion named Wulf (real clever, I know) and has had some interesting adventures.  
         In the first adventure called the Valgardian Blades, he stops a trade between a Desert Warlord and a Valgardian warrior.  Capturing the Desert Warlord's sorcerer, he discovers she has lost her memory after the battle.  Leaving her with his Winged Man ally, Laaric the Lookout, he hunts down the Valgardian warriors.  However, Laaric's family has been tortured by the sorcerer in the past, and he takes the advantage to kill her.  Regretting his action, he flees leaving her body.  After Oslac resolves the conflict between the Desert Warlord and the Valgardian warrior by capturing them both, he discovers the actions of his friend and decides to hunt him down. 
       This leads to the second adventure, the Attack of the Winged Men, where the trail leads to an attack of Winged Men on Axos Mountain Barbarians.  Oslac quickly jumps into the action and drives the Winged Man away.  He joins forces with the Tribal Chieftain's daughter, who wants to hunt the Winged Men down since they have captured her father and some of her brothers.  After twists and turns in which allies become enemies, and enemies become allies, Oslac is banished from the Axos Mountains by both the Axos Mountain Barbarians and the Winged Men.  Having forgiven his previous action, his Winged Man ally, Laaric joins him on his quest as he leaves the Axos Mountains.  
      The third adventure, A Twist of Fate, starts with Oslac and Laaric traveling to the Tower of Jesharek to have the wizard identify a magical item that they have discovered amongst the slain sorcerer's possessions.  The old wizard refuses unless the duo performs the task of stealing three strands of hair from the Witch Queen at her Fortress.  They board a pirate ship the Devil's Sun for passage to the Fortress, unaware that voyage is soon to be interrupted by a planned mutiny of the crew against the pirate captain, the famed Lady Corsair, who has taken a special interest in Oslac.  
          That's all I have to share for now, but it has been really fun to play.  This system can be played with more than one player, without a GM, and hoping maybe to do that somewhere down the road.  I originally started by playing the Icons Assembled game but found the random nature of S&S to work easier. Since the superhero genre is my favorite, I have given up on that idea, yet!  

Awesome! Keep up the adventures! I do a fair bit of solo gaming too. I’d have to say BoL is one of the best to pair with MGME. Got a game cooking currently too.

Love it!

Update on Oslac the Beast-Friend:

With Lady Corsair so wrapped up in winning the affections of Oslac, her crew begins to mutiny when she neglects her responsibilities.  Rescuing her, Oslac and Laaric flee into the jungle, where they are ambushed by pursuing pirates.  However, Oslac summons a Dracophon to assist in their escape.  The party arrive at the city of Oomis and check into the Inn of the Grateful Night.  Securing passage to Parsool, Oslac and Laaric, suddenly become ill, and Lady Corsair soon discovers they have been poisoned.  Quickly finding an antidote, she pervades upon them to join her in finding the Sword of Tarcix at the ruins of Qeb, before her crew does.  Reluctant to help, but feeling obligated to Lady Corsair, the group boards the merchant ship, Assurance, hoping to arrive before the pirate ship.  However, as they reach their destination, they find the Devil's Sun waiting for them. After a brief sea battle in which the Assurance is almost sunk, Oslac summons a sea creature, to attack the pirate ship.  With the Assurance still fleeing, the group jumps overboard and swims to shore. Only one pirate remains to guard the ruins, and he is quickly dispatched. As the group makes their way into the ruins, they are attacked by a creature of the undead. Defeating the creature, they come across the remains of an epic battle which has just ended leaving only two survivors. The two have found the Sword of Tarcix, and Oslac demands that they hand it over. Upon refusing, Oslac disarms the pirate holding the sword, while his dire wolf attacks the pirate. Olsac uses the Sword upon the other pirate, instantly killing him. Recognizing its power, Oslac is fearful that the Sword will fall into the wrong hands, and decides to keep it for further quests. The group finds the room filled with other treasures, and make their way to the coastal city of Urceb. After selling their treasures, Lady Corsair parts with the group to find a new ship and crew to pirate with.  To be continued.....

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Gundarr_the_Great wrote:

Update on Oslac the Beast-Friend:

With Lady Corsair so wrapped up in winning the affections of Oslac, her crew begins to mutiny when she neglects her responsibilities.  Rescuing her, Oslac and Laaric flee into the jungle, where they are ambushed by pursuing pirates.  However, Oslac summons a Dracophon to assist in their escape.  The party arrive at the city of Oomis and check into the Inn of the Grateful Night.  Securing passage to Parsool, Oslac and Laaric, suddenly become ill, and Lady Corsair soon discovers they have been poisoned.  Quickly finding an antidote, she pervades upon them to join her in finding the Sword of Tarcix at the ruins of Qeb, before her crew does.  Reluctant to help, but feeling obligated to Lady Corsair, the group boards the merchant ship, Assurance, hoping to arrive before the pirate ship.  However, as they reach their destination, they find the Devil's Sun waiting for them. After a brief sea battle in which the Assurance is almost sunk, Oslac summons a sea creature, to attack the pirate ship.  With the Assurance still fleeing, the group jumps overboard and swims to shore. Only one pirate remains to guard the ruins, and he is quickly dispatched. As the group makes their way into the ruins, they are attacked by a creature of the undead. Defeating the creature, they come across the remains of an epic battle which has just ended leaving only two survivors. The two have found the Sword of Tarcix, and Oslac demands that they hand it over. Upon refusing, Oslac disarms the pirate holding the sword, while his dire wolf attacks the pirate. Olsac uses the Sword upon the other pirate, instantly killing him. Recognizing its power, Oslac is fearful that the Sword will fall into the wrong hands, and decides to keep it for further quests. The group finds the room filled with other treasures, and make their way to the coastal city of Urceb. After selling their treasures, Lady Corsair parts with the group to find a new ship and crew to pirate with.  To be continued.....

Was that all today's session. Awesome stuff!