From the introduction: Before the game, pick a setting and goal, and choose number of Progress Points needed to get to your goal. Once you have gained that many Progress Points, you can forgo drawing a card, and instead, face the final encounter. If you succeed at the final encounter, you win! If you fail, you don't win! And probably die! User summary: This variant approach to the game, allowing solitaire play, was posted to reddit and subsequently has circulated in various formats including this PDF version.