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Concept designer Francis Tsai presents an exciting range of imaginative figures, with clear guidance on how to draw and paint your own.
Here you will discover how to research and render a successful character, create mood using costumes, props and backdrops, and use design strategy to communicate successfully with your audience.
Each technique is accompanied by striking images, ... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$19.99 $7.99
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A powerful fantasy RPG character sheet designed to look the part as well as contain a wealth of information. This sheet is designed with the power player in mind and is versatile enough for most gaming systems as well as providing a powerful character archive for players and games masters.
Truthfully - The Bronze Dragon ... [click here for more] |
Bronze Dragon Publishing |
$1.50
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So, you would like to try your hand at writing an adventure. Easy right? Well, yes... er... kind of. To really make an adventure successful you need more than just a great idea and a bunch of cool monsters, although that’s an excellent start! You need proper spelling, grammar, and formatting. You need a solid layout with jaw-dropping artwork and top-notch cartography. You a... [click here for more] |
Adventureaweek.com, LLP |
FREE
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Arcane Icon Custom Art for Publishers! Arcane Icons is a specific need filling gap for Publishers. You have a huge collection of RPG clip art and you still have gaps in what you need. Lets face it, not every artist can anticipate the potential need for any style of art or every genre.
1 (one) of ANY kind of art, comic, S... [click here for more] |
V Shane |
$10.00
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Got Questions About RPG Design? Wolfgang Baur, Monte Cook, Ed Greenwood, Michael Stackpole, and other industry veterans have the answers you asked for...and the advice you need!
Get ready to create great new adventures, monsters and magic for your RPG campaign! The Complete Kobold Guide to Game Design offers 240 pages of in-depth essays on what makes RP... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$39.99 $19.99
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Want to write for games?
Think your art is ready for professional publication?
Not sure how to get your foot in the door?
Freelance writer/editor/game creator Jess Hartley shares her secrets for using conventions as an entry into the game industry.
This was originally a series of articles presented on Jess' website to offer her experiences and advice to potential... [click here for more] |
FR Press |
$1.99
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A modern bladesmith fashions swords like a master
Let author Don Fogg help you build of one of the big blades, the lengthy lopper - the sword! His step-by-step sword-making process resonates well with enthusiasts who can't get enough of the romance, history, look, feel, usefulness, ethnic heritage and physical impressiveness of swords.
Note this digital edition ... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$4.99 $2.99
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Thistle Games' RPG Handbook ~ Getting Started and RPG Handbook have a lot of detailed information for young adults, parents, GMs and those who want to organise groups. However, for a 13 year-old jumping straight into the main features of building RPG gameplay is always going to be more appealing.The introduction to Do You Dare To Dream? largely repeats the beginning of the Getting Sta... [click here for more] |
Thistle Games |
FREE
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Nothing makes your imagination catch fire like a dragon!
And now you can breathe fire with the best of them as you create dragons and other mythical beasts that will awe, delight, and disturb. More than 30 lessons break down each creature into simple color-coded steps, from basic shapes, to details including claws and wings, to spectacular finished dragons and beasts.
All... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$19.99 $11.99
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In this guide, award-winning author Nancy Kress explores the crucial relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating how vibrant, well-constructed characters act as the driving force behind an exceptional story.
In teaching you the fundamentals of creating characters that will keep your readers spellbound, Kress utilizes:
Dozens of excerpts from well-known f... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$16.99 $9.99
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How to Save MoneyStarting Your OwnPDF Game Company. “In a single page, you’ll learn the secret to saving thousands of dollars in starting your own RPG publishing company.” You’ll also receive a special bonus: 10 Secrets for PDF Publishing Success. These secrets are lessons existing publishers learned the hard way--... [click here for more] |
12 to Midnight |
FREE
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ZIP file version contains copies of the licenses and SRDs.The official supplement of the highly regarded ePublisher Guide. This book contains everything you need to know about the D20 and Open Gaming Licenses to produce a quality product. Licenses are translated to plain English by our staff lawyer. The pitfalls and common mistakes of beginning publishers are presented to prevent ... [click here for more] |
OneBookShelf, Inc. |
$0.00
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Note that this guide was last updated in 2004. It contains tons of useful advice for new publishers so we continue to offer it. The definitive guide to electronic publishing for the RPG/Game Industry. With over 80 pages packed (no art) of information on how to startup and run your new business from many well known names in the industry. Detailed information on how to be successful... [click here for more] |
OneBookShelf, Inc. |
FREE
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Note that his title was last updated in 2004. While some PDF specifications and practices have changed since then, most of the advice in this book are still valuable.
This whopping 100 page official supplement of the highly regarded ePublisher Guide is jammed packed with excellent advice and great product reviews. This book is designed to help you create professional looki... [click here for more] |
OneBookShelf, Inc. |
FREE
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THIS IS THE ORIGINAL EDITION.
An expanded 2nd edition is currently under development and will be released in Summer 2012, covering the explosion of digital publishing beyond the boundaries of the hobby games industry over the past few years.
ePublishing 101 is a tu... [click here for more] |
Adamant Entertainment |
$14.95
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Create Your Own Fantastic Realms!
An arduous journey leads you to a hilltop. Before you stretches a land of castles filled with noble knights, elven warriors and fearsome goblins and gargoyles. At your feet lies a book...
Within its pages you will discover the secrets to sketching, drawing and coloring wondrous worlds - realms filled with creatures friendly and foul, beautiful princess... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$19.99 $11.99
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Updated for 2012.
So what's all the fuss about digital books, better known as ebooks? Why should you -- as a writer -- be interested in making ebooks?
This ebook gets you up and running with the various online distributors, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and more. You get detailed, step-by-step explanations of how to format, upload, and sell your novels and st... [click here for more] |
UnWrecked Press |
$4.99
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Formatting comics and image-heavy eBooks can be a confusing and sometimes frustrating task. Every e-reader on the market has a different screen size, meaning that as a creator/publisher, you have to format your comic multiple times. UPDATE: This ebook includes new processes for preparing your comic for the Nook, using our new, resizable ePub template (available as a free download when yo... [click here for more] |
UnWrecked Press |
$2.99
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Catch a glimpse of the Solar Echoes universe with the free Orientation Guide! Inside are details about the setting and a quick example of the fast-paced combat system.
In the setting info, learn about the Inter-Stellar Union, the Union Guard, and your role as a Union Guard agent. Also included is historical info about the par... [click here for more] |
Corefun Studios, LLC |
FREE
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Many aspiring game designers have crippling misconceptions about the process involved in creating a game from scratch, believing a "big idea" is all that is needed to get started. But game design requires action as well as thought, and proper training and practice to do so skillfully.
In this indispensible guide, a published commercial game designer and longtime teacher offers... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$38.00 $12.50
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Do you want to publish your RPG work?
Avoid RPG publish pitfalls
Game Systems, Worlds, And Adventures takes a look at the three most common types of RPG products on the market today - adventures, game settings and game systems.
It identifies key features of each product type, and offers you tips and suggestions on how to deal with several prob... [click here for more] |
Gamer Lifestyle |
$9.75 $7.00
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Do you want to publish your RPG work?
Do you dream of being a published author?
Have you written a game world or adventure that could sell?
Are you a game designer in need of an audience?
Did you ever ask yourself:
Where do I start?
Can I start from scratch and create a reliable, monthly income from RPGs?
I have a job and a family. Is this ... [click here for more] |
Gamer Lifestyle |
FREE
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The following pages include information gathered from many sources and other books that I have read. Some of the information is from difficult to obtain grimoires and magical practices that were considered of great value in long forgotten places. I have created a kind of Encyclopedia of Gemstones for the modern day Gamesmaster and also added much additional information based upon real lapidary ... [click here for more] |
Bronze Dragon Publishing |
$2.50
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How to Draw Grotesque Fantasy Creatures
Draw the stuff of which nightmares are made. If you harbor a love of imagery most foul, of demons and monsters and devils of all sorts ... then welcome to the book from hell. Within its pages lurk sadistic orcs, flesh-eating zombies, blood-thirsty dragons, unholy monstrosities and dreaded beasts of legend and lore.If you dare to open this b... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$19.99 $7.99
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How to Run Games is a booklet that shows you how to run rpgs and storytelling games. ... [click here for more] |
Shadowstar Games, Inc. |
$2.00 $1.00
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How to Tell a Story is a quick guide to the basics of storytelling. ... [click here for more] |
Shadowstar Games, Inc. |
$2.00 $1.00
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Pull up a chair and see how the world's top game designers roll.
You want your games to be many things: Creative. Innovative. Playable. Fun. If you're a designer, add "published" to that list.The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design gives you an insider's view on how to make a game that people will want to play again and again. Author Mike Sel... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$14.95 $9.99
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Ever wondered what it takes to make it as a freelancer?
Want to improve your homebrew adventures? The KOBOLD Guide to Game Design distills years of professional experience into a collection of design wisdom that can improve your game and vastly increase your odds of selling a magazine article, adventure, or complete game design.
Includes tips from Keith Baker, Wolfgang B... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$18.95 $14.95
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Game Design Secrets You Need to Know!The practical side of success as a game designer is revealed in these dozen essays by two professionals, including
How to pitch your work
How to survive a killer deadline,
How to make an impression with magic items
How to set up a mystery.
Learn what makes a good playtest,
What makes a design matter to a wide audience,
And many more!
<>... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$18.99 $9.99
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Marster the art of game design! The Kobold Guide to Game Design Volume III: Tools &Techniques goes even deeper into the territory of professional design with a dozen essays by an all-star lineup of industry veterans including:
Award-winning designer and publisher Wolfgang Baur
3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons designer Monte Cook
4th Edition Dungeons... [click here for more] |
Open Design |
$18.95 $14.95
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Idea Index kick-started a revolution in graphic design books, unique in size, feel—and most important—wealth of ideas.
Layout Index is the next step, a compendium of layout idea-generators that will help designers explore multiple possibilities for visual treatments each time they turn the page.
The visual and textual suggestions are divided into eight major a... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$22.99 $13.99
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With the raising production costs in the RPG market one of the biggest complaints with PDF products is the look and quality of the products and Layout Portfolio address that issue directly. Image Portfolio was the first step in handling the issue of helping the RPG publishing industry. Layout Portfolio is the next step in the PDF publishing revolution. Layout Portfolio is online PDF graphic des... [click here for more] |
LPJ Design |
$24.99
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This tutorial goes hand in hand with the ACT - Adventure Composition Tutorial (link).
Todd Gamble (3x ENnie Award Winning Cartographer) has produced this simple tutorial to guide you in submitting a map for your original adventure proposal to be published by Adventureaweek.com, LLP. ... [click here for more] |
Adventureaweek.com, LLP |
FREE
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From the company that brought you the RPG publishing Gauntlet series, comes the next evolution of the PDF publisher resource and development. Renegade Rules for PDF Publishing are ideas and concepts that will put you on the "bleeding edge" of RPG Publishing development and marketing. Many of the ideas in concepts in Renegade Rules ... [click here for more] |
LPJ Design |
$4.99
|
Update 7th May 2013 - as a result of the 600+ copies of Getting Started downloaded in the last week the complete RPG Handbook has been put on a short sale at . . . give or take a decimal point . . . 80% off. I.e. $1.99.
We're rolling a d20 every day to see how long this lasts. So the $1.99 pricing stays until a 13 comes up.
... [click here for more] |
Thistle Games |
FREE
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In 2005, Louis Porter Jr. Design created the RPG Publishing Gauntlet podcast series to help stay on the "bleeding edge" of RPG Publishing Marketing ad development. This podcast series was the first of its kind and helped many new RPG Publishers get the knowledge they need to get off the ground. The RPG Publishing Gauntlet was regular series hosted and produced by Louis Porter, Jr. to hel... [click here for more] |
LPJ Design |
$4.99
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In 2005, Louis Porter Jr. Design created the RPG Publishing Gauntlet podcast series to help stay on the “bleeding edge” of RPG Publishing Marketing ad development. This podcast series was the first of its kind and helped many new RPG Publishers get the knowledge they need to get off the ground. The RPG Publishing Gauntlet was regular series hosted and produced by Louis Porter, Jr. to h... [click here for more] |
LPJ Design |
$4.99
|
In 2005, Louis Porter Jr. Design created the RPG Publishing Gauntlet podcast series to help stay on the "bleeding edge" of RPG Publishing Marketing ad development. This podcast series was the first of its kind and helped many new RPG Publishers get the knowledge they need to get off the ground. The RPG Publishing Gauntlet was regular series hosted and produced by Louis Porter, Jr. to hel... [click here for more] |
LPJ Design |
$4.99
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In 2005, Louis Porter Jr. Design created the RPG Publishing Gauntlet podcast series to help stay on the “bleeding edge” of RPG Publishing Marketing ad development. This podcast series was the first of its kind and helped many new RPG Publishers get the knowledge they need to get off the ground. The RPG Publishing Gauntlet was regular series hosted and produced by Louis Porter, Jr. to h... [click here for more] |
LPJ Design |
$4.99
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In 2005, Louis Porter Jr. Design created the RPG Publishing Gauntlet podcast series to help stay on the "bleeding edge" of RPG Publishing Marketing ad development. This podcast series was the first of its kind and helped many new RPG Publishers get the knowledge they need to get off the ground. The RPG Publishing Gauntlet was regular series hosted and produced by Louis Porter, Jr. to hel... [click here for more] |
LPJ Design |
$4.99
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In 2005, Louis Porter Jr. Design created the RPG Publishing Gauntlet podcast series to help stay on the "bleeding edge" of RPG Publishing Marketing ad development. This podcast series was the first of its kind and helped many new RPG Publishers get the knowledge they need to get off the ground. The RPG Publishing Gauntlet was regular series hosted and produced by Louis Porter, Jr. to ... [click here for more] |
LPJ Design |
$4.99
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This is a short essay on storytelling from one of the master writers of the 20th century: William F. Nolan. William F. Nolan is the Author of over 80 books, including: Logan's Run Series The Black Mask Series The Challis Series The Kincaid Series Max Brand (Western) Dashiell Hammett (Biography) Ray Bradbury (Biography, Anthologies) ... [click here for more] |
Shadowstar Games, Inc. |
$2.00 $1.00
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50% OFF APRIL-MAY SPECIAL
The is a presentation made by FSpace Publications in 2007 at the New Zealand National Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention.
This material was assembled prior to FSpace Publications using the OneBookShelf and other ebook and print on demand vendors to broaden it's international sales reach.
This presentation is being made available as ... [click here for more] |
FSpace Publications |
$1.00
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So, your sci-fi RPG campaign is going to span vast volumes of space and introduce new alien races from an exotic medley of planets. But just what are those planets like? This handbook will allow you to design realistic planets capable of bearing human (or human-like) life. Guidance is given on:
Host star
Planet orbit
Planet size
Axial tilt
Moons
Planet rotation
Magnetosphere
Geolo... [click here for more] |
Draken Games |
$4.00
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Ebook: this purchase gives you EPUB and MOBI (Kindle) files to suit your e-reading preferences.
The information age seems to demand ever more writing in our work and personal lives: emails, letters, reports, essays, websites, blogs, tweets, brochures, tipsheets… But for most of us, writing to communicate isn’t our main skill, and sometimes it can be like putting your message in... [click here for more] |
Silver Branch Games |
$2.99
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UPDATE - A bundle including an Artpack and a copy of Renegade ~ Corruption has been added on 11/5/13. For the same $1.99! Pop over to the Thistle Games page on DriveThru to grab the extras.
UPDATE - A full colour version has just been added on 30/4/13 :)
The RPG Handbook is a system-free guide... [click here for more] |
Thistle Games |
$9.99 $1.99
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The Unhallowed Metropolis, Revised Combat Reference Sheet is intended to help players more readily engage in their favored form of violence against both the living and the animate dead. If you already have your copy of Unhallowed Metropolis, Revised, this presents an invaluable resource in culling whatever threats may present themselves in the streets of the L... [click here for more] |
New Dark Age |
FREE
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For a story to be successful, it must come alive on the page. With Description & Setting, you will learn how to make every detail count as you create believable people, places and events. This valuable reference:
Shows you how to master the challenging - and often overlooked - subjects of description and setting
Offers hands-on action-and-results excercises that allow... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$16.99 $9.99
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Readers will learn how to create dialogue that sizzles, with tips on creating dialogue for specific genres; bringing characters to life with revealing dialogue; identifying and fixing common dialogue problems; and more.
Includes examples of successful dialogue drawn from bestselling novels, and chapter-ending exercises. ... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$16.99 $9.99
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Fiction writers can now learn to craft an engaging plot with this new book from the best-selling author and columnist.James Scott Bell offers clear, concise information that will help you create a believable and memorable plot including techniques for crafting strong beginnings, middles and endings, with easy to understand plotting diagrams and charts.
Bell also provides brainstorm... [click here for more] |
F+W Media |
$16.99 $9.99
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