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Neon Road: AN 80s STYLE SOLO GAME $7.99 $0.74
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Neon Road: AN 80s STYLE SOLO GAME
Publisher: Micro RPG
by Ximena P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/15/2023 10:52:52

I looove this solo game. Really quick and easy to set up and the map generation is a lot of fun. I'm pretty new to the TTRPG world, so I wanted to play a low-stakes game to get into the flow of rounds and Neon Road was perfect. The gameplay is super easy to understand and jump into. I might get a couple of friends to run the multiplayer gameplay one day, but tbh, I've been loving playing solo :D



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Neon Road: AN 80s STYLE SOLO GAME
Publisher: Micro RPG
by Amanda P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/03/2022 00:08:22

A very neat system that suffers in this specific implementation due to some glaring flaws with the way tables are laid out, the price of items, and the lack of meaningful abilities on opponents. If this was the first Micro RPG book I read I probably would not have gotten into the system at all. I managed to make things work by rewriting a lot of tables so that they didn't use bell curve distribution (you're more likely to roll a good melee weapon or a bad ranged weapon on the weapon table, since it's a 2d6 roll straight down) when clearly something more flat was intended. The consumables list (a 3d6 roll) is espeically bad about this. Well, maybe not so bad since bottles of mini vodka can be very helpful depending on character build. There are other oddities too, like Scavenger Hideouts existing in the Ruins area, which cannot generate Scavenger enemies. They do appear as a non-combat encounter in the Move table for the region, though.

One thing I did like about the rules was that Radiation was used both to represent succumbing to the dangers of the irradiated wastelands, as well as being cybernetically augmented, but for that system you have to pick up the Augment book (Expansion 3.3) as well. At the current pricepoint, picking up this book as well as some of the expansion books and the one adventure book did not break the bank, but I was a bit disappointed overall. Solo TRPG gaming can be a bit of a DIY venture some times, so I didn't mind too much having to write my own tables, but if that's a concern for you then maybe you might want to steer clear of this particular book.

I much more highly recommend the Micro Sci-Fi RPG starter book that has much better math on starting funds (you get 1d6 less starting funds in those rules, but items cost single digit amounts rather than the quickly ramping multiples of 5 in Neon Road) and the opponents available have a variety of different abilities within each category.



Rating:
[3 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thank you once again for your review! I like that you share both your good and bad points well and clearly. The Neon Road world and system surely aren't as fleshed out or well designed as Micro Sci-Fi (which is, after all, a larger book). Funnily enough, this was my most popular book for quite a long time, but designing expansions for it grew problematic as I noticed the issues with some of the concepts and rules. Have a great day.
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Neon Road: AN 80s STYLE SOLO GAME
Publisher: Micro RPG
by Clay H. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/23/2022 19:18:10

Love this game. The world is a favorite of mine as I grew up with the 80's films referenced in the book. I'm creating more with this game as it's insired me to build a automated character sheet for this. Great work! Buying the other add ons as well.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Neon Road: AN 80s STYLE SOLO GAME
Publisher: Micro RPG
by Chad B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/14/2022 10:18:58

This is a great little game, and a steal at the current sale price.

Having played other Micro RPG Chapbooks, I knew what to expect here, but Neon Road strikes a great balance in that it's a tad simpler, but still meaty enough to be interesting.

Mostly I like how maps are developing so far, you'll have a 'headquarters' in your starting area, which you will map and explore as you play. Leaving the area will generage a new area (City or Ruins with Wilds in betwen them.) Events will trigger as you move from location to location within the area and when you travel between areas.

We've already got one expansion to drop into a City Area, I am looking forward to more, as well as some vehicle rules so we can go full Mad Max adventuring! :)



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thank you so much! I've been so pleasantly surprised by the popularity of Neon Road! Hopefully your review helps others to find the game as well!
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