Solo Martial Blues is a hard-hitting martial arts tabletop RPG for one player. You're a violent loner, fighting against all odds, always just one fight from death. It's just you, your fists, and the mean streets.

Solo Martial Blues:

Single player TTRPG
Standalone, with no other material needed
5.5” by 8.5” paperback and pdf of 196 pages
Art by Steven Wu
Written by Indie Groundbreaker Award nominated James Kerr

Construct your martial artist and fight your way through years of adventures.

Life is hard and so is Solo Martial Blues. So go on—take the chance. See how far you can get on the mean streets of New Hope City. The fight is waiting for you.

As fast as we can strike, here's Solo Martial Blues:

Mechanics At a Glance

Conflict Resolution: You compare a few different "Moves" to use against your opponent—Punch, Kick, Block, and so on. Then you check the reference in the back of the book, or on your character sheet, to see how successful those moves were, and if you won the fight...or got punched in the face
Heart of the Story: Your fighter has Comforts—people, places, and things they care about—to fight to protect, and suffers Hardship from the struggles of a life of violence
Unique System: Solo Martial Blues uses a unique, diceless, randomless, but mechanically precise conflict resolution system of "story-forward crunch"

Did you defeat your foe? Or did you get your legs kicked out from under you? It's strategic, engrossing, and feels consequential.

Setting at a Glance

Greasers and street fighters in the slums of a 1950s big city
Focus on heartbreak. Low stakes and high feelings
Martial arts action abounds—your fighter could end up with a teacher in boxing, sumo wrestling, kickboxing, karate, or more

Why You Want This Game

You want this game if you want to...

Feel the heart of the fighter beating in your chest, page by heart-pounding page
Experience the complex martial world and high drama of Fight to Survive: Role-playing Martial Arts Meets Heart, but you’re fighting alone these days
Use martial arts to fight against a cruel and unforgiving world

Just as martial arts training is ultimately done by the individual, alone, so too is the experience of martial arts in Solo Martial Blues solemn and individual. So, let your fists be your guide. Embrace the warrior dreams of your fighter. Help them go the distance.