About Me

Hi everyone, and welcome to my blog! I realized I never actually did an About Me article to let you all know who I am as a person and what I’m all about. I’d like to focus on introducing myself to you all today.

My real name is Sarah Blount and my pen name is Sarah Solo. I’m a self-published fiction writer, a dollmaker (my dollmaker moniker is LuParisDolls, and you can find my handmade dolls on Etsy), an indie tabletop role-playing game creator, and a mother. I also used to dabble in art and illustration, but that was over a decade ago. My hobbies are reading, writing, playing video games, playing TTRPGs solo, and doll-making. I’m married to a professional cartographer who is very supportive of all my interests and hobbies.

I’ve always loved writing fiction, but I only discovered TTRPGs a few years ago, shortly after my son was born. I fell in love with the worldbuilding of TTRPGs immediately. I started out making my own worlds and rules for me to play by myself, and pretty soon I had a catalogue of worlds and games that I had created. I had so much fun making them and playing them, I thought others who enjoyed solo role-playing might like them, too. I’m extremely shy and not one to put myself out there, but on a whim, I decided to publish Colossus and Goliath, the first two games I had created for myself. And the rest since then has been history. I’ve now published over twenty games since last year. Some of these games I’ve worked on since my TTRPG hobby began almost six years ago, and others I created and published within a month or two to enter into itch.io’s game jams. All of my games are special to me, and I have fond memories of developing each and every one.

I took a hiatus last year to get married, move into a house, and get my son ready for kindergarten. I also started playing some new solo RPGs that really inspired me, the main two being Loner and Ironsworn.

Thanks to these two games, I found a love for journaling my TTRPG games to create cohesive narratives and developed the MMUGS engine (Mighty Marvelous Universal Game System).

The games I’ve published so far that use the MMUGS engine are: Mighty Marvelous, MMUGS High Fantasy, Cozy MMUGS, Rift Town MMUGS Edition, and Brightnight Academy.

Mighty Marvelous was the game that brought me back into developing TTRPGs. It was half-finished when I returned to it in January. I have a huge fondness for superheroes and comic books, and I’d always wanted to write my own superhero TTRPG. Little did I know I was working on the next phase of my indie TTRPG writing career by creating the MMUGS system for Mighty Marvelous.

I knew I had something special with Mighty Marvelous and I really wanted a professional cover for the game. I was used to using public domain art and utilizing Canva to format my covers for my games. But Mighty Marvelous needed a professionally-done cover. I found Fiverr and met Miguelangel Bastidas there, and he illustrated the beautiful cover art for Mighty Marvelous. Since then, I have hired professional artists for most of my new game covers. I feel that the professional art really allows the games’ personalities to shine through better than my own attempts at cover design ever did.

Other than the cover art, I do everything myself for my games. I write them, edit them, format them, create the character sheets, and publish them myself. I refuse to use AI and will never use AI in the making of any of my books. I love writing and having complete control over my own work. Even if it would look better with AI, I feel using it would cause my books to lose some of the heart and passion I imbue into them.

A few of my favorite TTRPGs are: Perils & Princesses, Four Against Darkness, Ironsworn: Starforged, Loner, Mork Borg, Frontier Scum, Pirate Borg, Kal-Arath, and Fabula Ultima. I’ve played all of these games solo and had an absolute blast.

I love all of my games that I’ve published, but the ones I had the most fun play-testing were: Mighty Marvelous, Colossus, Goliath, Monster Heroes, and Forever Witchy.

Some random facts about me: My favorite colors are pink and green. My top three favorite video games of all time are Final Fantasy 9, Dragon Quest Builders 2, and Rimworld. My favorite bands are Florence + The Machine, Coheed and Cambria, Fall Out Boy, and Halsey. I love watching cartoons with my 6 year old son and our favorite cartoons are: Muppet Babies, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Bubble Guppies. My favorite books are The Hobbit by Tolkien and Daughter Of The Drow by Elaine Cunningham. I love horror movies and I’m not very fond of romance movies or books, though I have tried reading some Romantasy with mixed results.

I plan to continue making TTRPGs and writing fiction for many years ahead. It’s my passion and my full-time job, other than being a mother. I’m very lucky to have the support I do to continue making games for other people to enjoy. My goal as a writer is to inspire people and provide entertainment for them. I love making people happy, and if my writing can do that, then I feel I’ve succeeded as a writer.

If you want to keep up to date on all of my articles, upcoming projects, and new releases, subscribe to my Substack @sarahsoloadventures for the weekly Wednesday newsletter. It’s completely free to subscribe. You can find my games on itch.io here and drivethrurpg here.

If you ever have any questions or comments concerning indie TTRPG creation or writing, feel free to leave a comment on my blog or you can email me at sarahrblount@gmail.com