Barbarian Prince | Going Solo in a Classic Hexcrawl | Wandering DMs S8E24

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Barbarian Prince | Going Solo in a Classic Hexcrawl | Wandering DMs S8E24

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With Dan away traveling for the next two weeks, Paul is going solo… so what better time to play one of his favorite solo fantasy games ever? It’s Barbarian Prince!

Barbarian Prince is a sprawling fantasy hexcrawl game published by Dwarfstar Games in 1981 and designed by Arnold Hendrick. This game has been a personal favorite of Paul’s for decades. It directly inspired his mobile game Road of Kings and continues to influence his current AI-powered RPG project, Hexcrawl. If you’ve ever wondered where his fascination with sandbox adventures, procedural encounters, and open-world fantasy comes from, this is the game that started it all.

Longtime viewers may also recognize some similarities to Dan’s classic Outdoor Spoliation D&D adventure, which adapts the original Outdoor Survival board game into a tabletop hexcrawl. While the approach is different, both capture the spirit of exploring an unpredictable wilderness one hex at a time.

Join Paul live as he explores the wilderness! He’ll be keeping an eye on chat throughout the adventure, taking your suggestions, answering questions about Barbarian Prince, solo gaming, and hexcrawl design, and talking about the ways this classic game has influenced his own projects over the years.

• Check out Paul’s earlier video, “Can I Play Dungeons & Dragons Alone?”
• Watch Dan and Paul play Solo D&D