They are partners in crime. My character is the more combat heavy of the two, his adventures have consisted of taking over a goblin raiding party and “saving” caravans from them. My friend’s character is more stealth and he has a healthy business stealing high end items and fencing them.

It is awesome.

Here is the write up I did of our system.
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@Jamie
I think too many PCs rely on other members of the party during skill challenges. Balance is important and any PC playing a solo game will find this out in a big hurry.

@kij
Players who enjoy solo gaming are probably more accepting of a little nudging in order to keep the story moving in the right direction. As long as the player has some choice in where they go and what they do, I think they’ll usually stick to the bigger arc.

@Hawke
Solo delves, what an excellent idea. I think we may be able to put a few of these together for November.

Let me tell you about my summer of solo gaming. My cousin and I, both experienced gamers, wanted to play but couldn’t find other players. So we tried a solo game of sorts. He rolled up a Rogue and I rolled up a Cleric. Every game we switch between running the two PCs and being the DM. It was a fantastic experience and was a lot of fun. I learned a lot about being a good DM that summer.

@kij
I see I’m not the only one who’s taken this approach. Fortunately we relied on Dungeon magazine for a lot of our adventures so messing up the campaign world wasn’t really a problem.

kij makes a good point – I wonder how a solo game might work if the DMs switched off every other session (or arc) but kept in the same universe. Maybe approach the same story from two different ways but have a shared universe. It might make the sense of a shared story clearer.