Hi gents,
I'm currently running a KAP campaign with just one player. This means that he cannot materially miss any gaming session.
Given this situation, how often would you let him have solos? Every year? Every other year? Only when dictated somehow by the campaign's development?

And, are there any solos that are better run every year? ("your own land" comes to mind)

Your esteemed advice would be very welcome!

Roberto

Depends a bit on the time period and the situation.

I would run the Your Own Land every year, as you pointed out.

As for the other ones, they are not really Solos as such if he is the only player, more like adventures/scenarios, IMHO. For instance, I'd be tempted to run any visit to another court as a scenario rather than just a 'here, you get to pick one check from this list'. But sure, I could easily see rolling a couple of times on the Vassal Service if the year has been light in other activity and he needs some more checks before the big plot nudges forward and you don't feel like running a full scenario. So, dictated by the campaign development, I guess.

I don't believe there's a "hard and fast" rule in the game itself, but I try to follow the model of "One Adventure and One Battle Each Year". So, I do an adventure in the Spring and then Summer service to your Lord (usually a Battle). In years where I don't have a big Adventure, then I use some kind of Solo to just help us "fast forward" through the Spring. If there's no big Battle in the year, then I use the "Vassal Service" Solo on page 200 in KAP5.1.

So, basically, if I think there isn't a specific event in the Spring of say 498 (let's say the Knights all hate Merlin and so I wouldn't offer the GPC Event of Escorting Merlin). Then I'd probably just "skip" the Spring and give the players some Solo Events to quickly go through. And since 498 has no set Battles in it, I'd probably do "Vassal Service" for the Summer and then we'd go right into the Winter Phase and start into 499.

One adventure and one battle per year will accelerate his advancement x2, since a battle = adventure
This is the intent anyway
YPWV
Having said that, then using the published solos as you suggest is perfect, even if there was an adventure
and sometimes it is only the solo for the year