Gaming With Myself: A few thoughts on playing TTRPGs Solo

Solo is my primary TTRPG game mode.  I'm not much fond of humans in their physical form.  I find this style of play fascinating and very rewarding. Two truths are truth for me.

1. Playing TTRPGs solo is not writing a story. Although I do love writing stories based on my sessions.  The sessions themselves involve playing the game...my way.

2. Playing TTRPGs solo is not akin to playing chess against yourself. Not the way I do it.  I've tried setting up complex Pathfinder battles against myself, of course it sucked. In my solo games combat, when it happens, is fast and revolves around an interesting failure. This sometimes requires hacking the system.

Interesting Failure
At its barest bones; My games revolve around interesting failure.  I roll dice to determine outcome when failure's an option.  Both success and failure are interesting options that motivate the narrative forward. Unless I die.  If its not interesting, I don't roll.