Untold Encounters of the Random Kind - An Invaluable Tool for the Solo Gamer 

Thank you for the overview, about half way through I paused the video and searched where to buy it, bought it, and came back to finish the video. I'm so excited to dive in and try using it for a mega dungeon I'm working on.

Excellent review as usual. Totally agree this is a must have for rpg soloists. The book overflows with fluff and themes (vs. crunch and extra rules layer). The encounters offer decent narrative snippets without getting in the way or breaking the immersion. No need to go through tons of dice rolls and endless streams of page flipping and table lookups and extra rules checking. The layout and printing quality are top-notched and professional. Even though the book works just fine without the battlemat books (dungeon, towns & tavern, wilderness), it's a perfect companion to the trilogy. A few extra notes: - In the pdf version of Tavern Crawl (p. 124 onwards), ie the supplement for the book of town & tavern (content being the same as the town chapter in Untold Encounters), there is an extra section for utilizing the physical/VTT versions of the town & tavern battlemats books, plus a dozen or so extra random tables. - Dungeon Run: This 100+ pages supplementary volume came with their first kickstarter (the book of dungeon). The content is more or less the same as what we find in the dungeon section in Untold Encounters, except for an additional chapter which contains a whole bunch of random tables tailored for each individiaul page in the dungeon battlemat book. The ks project only provided the pdf iirc and so I ordered a hardback version from drivethru then. Not sure if it is still available. I've been a big fan of loke battlemats and their ks projects. Pity that their most recent one (sci-fi) only offers vtt/pdf versions, probably due to cost or logistics concerns and so I gave it a pass. Off topic: I remember some time ago you gave a look at Forbidden Lands. A few days ago I received their ks pdf copy of the Book of Beasts and as a ks strech goal the book contains very well thought out real solo rules (not tips) covering things from character creation to combat. Just wonder if you would be interested to take a look at that at some point in the future.

Oh you weren't kidding, this is definitely something worth getting. Covers almost all the areas I wanted a little bit of push in.

Awesome book! This was just what I was looking for! Thanks so much for posting! 👍😊

This book looks great, definitely going to check this out. Thanks for the great review!

This is just awesome! I ordered it pronto. Thanks for the review! 🙂

This book looks FANTASTIC! This is going to the top of the "Next book I buy" list. Thank you for showing us this and getting the word out on this product.

Awesome review! I didn’t know about this book. Looks like a valuable resource! I picked up the PDF. Thanks for the enlightenment!

I've been watching your videos for a while and I bought this book as well because of your review and it's a great book, my main system to use is Scarlet heroes even though I started out with four against darkness doing plates for them and what not, I stumbled upon these cards that you might be interested in called objects of intrigue, there's different decks there's wilderlands, dungeons and others. These cards have a D12 table in the back with something random that you can find in a dungeon or outside.

I bought the book and used it quite recently to write my very first homebrew one shot for DnD and then converted it to the EZD6 system! My players loved the experience so much they wanted to continue so I'm still using the book for the overall campaign to get ideas about encounters in cities and in the wilderness

Just ordered it, thanks for the great review

I JUST discovered this channel/video. Instant sub! Thanks for the recommendation. I'll definitely get the book!

soo coool! Didnt know about this one but it look amazing!! Thx for the review!

Great review - I’ve bought this book on the back of this video. This will be perfect for the new West Marches style campaign I’m planning.

Many thanks for the video, the book does look excellent. Looks similar to a couple of books I have, but the more the merrier :-)

Oh man, this looks like a lot of fun! Perhaps going to see in your next solo campaign?!

This looks amazing

Ordered. Thanks 👍

I was thinking, is there a whatever system that gives you a world you can explore, bit by bit, without using maps that practicly show you the world? Something like the hex-field-tiles from the "Mage Knight" boardgame, where it's based on chance. Open-World exploration without knowing the whole picture, so to speak, you realy have to go there to "see" what might be there. I like these tiles, so I probably will buy "Mage Knight" just for that, don't care that much for the game itself. The dungeons & other areas would be what other games provide with dungeon-tiles & of course specifig books with matts. About this book, this looks like something that might be very usefull, I'm thinking about buying it myself. Good video. 👍🏻 I wonder if there's also a sci-fi version...

So, there's Tome of Adventure Design, this, and a few other table based idea resources. Is it my imagination, or is there little, or nothing for science fiction? It seems like Mythic is more work, but has a wider scope when considering genres.

Ok, this is awesome.

Thanks for this great review! You mentioned that you don't use D&D 5E for solo roleplaying, what systems do you prefer to use for solo roleplaying and/or which systems do you find work best for solo campaigns? Apologies, if you've already covered that topic in a previous video, if so you can reply with a link to that video. Thanks again and keep up the great work !

Yah, that book looks great! Just ordered a copy. Have you seen Loke's "Box of Combat Twists" cards? That looks useful for solo play, too.

Hi Daniel. Loke Battle Maps also produce the Books of Battle Maps for each of the themed areas in this book (with 80 maps in each!), making an amazing solo role play and DM resource for playing with miniatures. Check them out, as with this book in addition I feel you will be mightily impressed, and you may find them also worthy of a review… Keep up the great work! :)

Does anyone know if this is still available in print anywhere?

Just ordered this book on the basis of this video. Loke owes you a "like" at minimum!

Great review, the book looks amazing. Are you aware of any similar book for a sci fi solo roleplaying setting? thanks!

@9:35 ...What was that about a grassy knoll?

This looks good! Do you know much about The Game Master’s Book of Random Encounters? As a solo player (I use Pathfinder 2e at the moment as the RPG system), I wonder which book suits better? Thanks!

Great review! I'm considering dipping into a solo RPG - do you have any recommendations for a beginner? I prefer low-fantasy settings and enjoy rolling dice :)

Wonder if this book would work with Ironsworn?

Greetings from Germany. Does it work also with The Dark Eye?

Did you end up using this book for solo play? If so, do you still like it? It sounds pretty good. Lot of information.

Can I use this with d100 ?

Sucks you can't buy this book in physical copy anymore.

those transitions are a real turn off, If I was not invested in wanting to see more of this book, I would have turned off after the second "static burst"