Spoilers- Recently, I soloed my way through Chased/A Distemper Encounter (free at DriveThruRPG, 40 pages). It is for Distemper RPG, but I used Atomic Punk 2240 (same place, 170 pages, a 2d10 system). For the solo engine, I used a yes/maybe/no oracle and an encounter chart that I created. I created six PCs for this adventure. The encounter opens with the players moving east through Delaware towards the coast and what they hope will be a reliable source of fresh fish. They had hoped to make it there before nightfall, but it has become increasingly clear that they are going to have to stop for the night in this woods. Here the PCs encounter Maddy, and one of the Connor Boys (Luke) who is chasing her. The PCs win that battle and then they have to deal with Luke's brother Owen. The PCs win that battle and then question Maddy. She insists on rescuing her boyfriend and her two kids. The PCs agree to help her and the group manages to find the farmhouse in the dark. Namek the PC shuts off the power to the farmhouse. A battle starts when Junior and Donnie come outside to investigate. The PCs win that battle. The PCs attempt to search the bodies and are attacked by Silas. It is obvious that he has been drinking. The cuss words that come out of his potty mouth are slurred. The PCs win that battle, but Carson the PC is killed.

The PCs then enter the farmhouse, rescue Maddy's family members, and gather up food and supplies. The group finds their way back to the mall area where Maddy has been staying. The PCs interact with the NPCs at the campsite and the first impression skill check is favorable. They eat dinner there and spend the night at the partially constructed motel. The PCs decide to stay here because there are supplies and food. That night they eat dinner at the campsite, but they are attacked by two more members of the Connor Family. The good guys win, but two NPCs die in that battle. How will you do when you give this fun adventure a try?

A few of my Traveller group dropped at the last minute tonight and as this was a 2d6 system and seemed easy and had pregens and maps, we decided to give this ago.

I only looked over it once before playing and is really well laid out so it was straighforward to run and it all takes place in one seen, so there aren't a lot of variables to take into account. The game is simple enough (2d6 + modifiers) which makes it pretty easy to keep moving quickly and although its not really an adventure and more an encounter, we had a lot of fun with it.

What I really liked was the comic book story that it opened up with! I don't run a lot of canned adventures but I really liked how this set the stage and the tone, and it caught my imagination way better thna a little box of text or page of blurb and background.

This isn't a full game but will be interested to see if the full game follows adn I will be keeping this handy in case I get caught short again and want somethign qick and easy to run.