Plot Unfolding Machine v7 and Scene Unfolding Machine v5 release!

Dear solo RPG community, I am happy to announce my solo RPG homebrews have made it far from 2021 to 2023, with new, revamped and reviewed releases.

Plot Unfolding Machine v7

This new version of PUM gives focus to plot structure and plot progression, using the plot nodes introduced in v6 to unleash the transition of a game to its conclusion.

Additionally, the oracles have been revamped, in favor of more concrete outcomes, to make PUM a bit more self-contained in case of not having other supplements around at hand.

Further guidance and instructions to play PUM has been introduced, along with alternative play sheets that give you different forms of a plot to unfold. Below is the detailed list of changes:

• PUM now takes it seriously when we say it unfolds plots! Now we play plot structures in PUM.
• Plot Track as a measure of plot progress is now a ​core mechanic​ for PUM. A bar has been added where players check boxes.
• A total of 6 variants of Plot Tracks have been included in separate sheets. Journey and drama plot structures are there.
• Active Threads are now replaced with ​Active Leads,​ which refer to open clues and questions in your game.
• Scenes as a general concept has been removed in favor of ​Scene Beats,​ which represent a smoother flow of events.
• Scene Beats ​count for the ​plot track​ and are always impacted by some degree of randomness.
• Random prompts make use of your Plot Nodes stronger, by prompting you to weaken or strengthen them.
• The ABCD prompt tables have been reviewed to ​always​ push your game forward, and not get you stuck.
• The oracle tables have been reviewed:
• Yes or No oracle has now three points of view, to be able to ask more granular questions with some fun twists
• The other oracles have been replaced with more concrete prompts, as old PUM was extremely vague with oracles
• The advice and instructions have been expanded so you can read much more into how to play PUM

Scene Unfolding Machine v5

The outdated SUM was beloved to the community, and for this reason, even the updated version with a totally new layout, reviewed gameplay and prompts, is available for FREE 🙂

This awesome oracle helps with roleplaying NPCs and simulating random events that occur around your characters. And on top of that, give you essential oracles to expand your scenes and take them to the next level.

Check out your NPCs opinions and reactions using SUM, and figure out what happens while your PCs are taking a break in a location where they shouldn’t be! While staying to the abstract prompting principle, you’ll come up with ideas you’d have never thought of. Enjoy the scene unfolding machine!

And it is all available in SPANISH

For the fellow Spanish speakers, I had to make it justice and publish these two new editions of PUM and SUM totally hand-translated into Spanish!

That’s all for now, stay tuned, and if interested in a lengthy and somewhat boring to watch game session, take a look at my YouTube channel, or my written actual plays around here.

Cheers!
JeansenVaars

JeansenVaars