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Since the beginning of such additions to the DriveThruRPG/RPGNow Weekly Newsletter as A Better Game and the comic strip Bring Dice and Chips, we've received hundreds of requests for an archive or to make "back issues" available. While that's still in the works, what we've decided to do here is col... [click here for more] |
OneBookShelf, Inc. |
$1.99
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In an English country house, someone is about to commit a murder. Even they do not know what they are about to do.
A Taste For Murder is a roleplaying game for four to six players. As you go through the game, your relationships with the other characters get more and more screwed up. By the end, someone’s relationships will give them a motive for murder. ... [click here for more] |
Graham Walmsley |
$10.00
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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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Reflections of Voldaria, Volume I, A Fantasy Photo Art Collection & Print Set features: 25 unique high-definition photos (Primarily) of attractive females in interesting poses. (Many are wearing fantasy style clothing and/or brandishing various weapons.) Most of the models are scantily clad. There is one topless photo of a Lizard Rider. Please Note: Two of these pictures were... [click here for more] |
Stainless Steel Dragon |
$12.00
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Sir Vaiden Erro is a knight of the Malkan Order, sorcerers sworn to uphold the ever-expanding mandates of the Calantian bureaucracy.
Originally assigned to guard an ambassador in a foreign land, it is through a twist of fate that Vaiden finds himself charged to help a colleague, Alix, track down and destroy the headquarters of the Drimlith Cabal-those responsible for the recent assassin... [click here for more] |
Heathen Oracle |
$2.99
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A follow up to 2007's Classic Home Video Games, 1972-1984, this reference work provides detailed descriptions and reviews of every U.S.-released game for the Nintendo NES, the Atari 7800, and the Sega Master System, all of which are considered among the most popular video game systems ever produced.
Organized alphabetically by console brand, each chapter includes a description of the ga... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$55.00 $12.99
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" The word ""control"" has many implications for video games. On a basic level, without player control, there is no experience. Much of the video game industry focuses on questions of control and ways to improve play to make the gamer feel more connected to the virtual world.
The sixteen essays in this collection offer critical examinations of the issue of contr... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$35.00 $12.99
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Looking for just the right card for the gamer on your list. Dungeon Map Greeting Cards are just what you need. Three holiday greetings, four unique maps let's you assemble the perfect card for you and your gaming group. So send all of the gamers on your list on a special holiday adventure this season with Dungeon Map Greeting Cards. ... [click here for more] |
UnderCity Games |
$9.99
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2013 Origins Award Nominee
You want to build a world. Twenty authors want to help.
It begins when you have that moment when you can close your eyes and see a world no-one has seen before. It might start from a grain of sand, the way light filters through the trees, the feel of satin robes, the smell of cooking soup, or simply a wish for somewhere, some... [click here for more] |
Alliteration Ink |
$14.99 $4.95
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While board games can appear almost primitive in the digital age, eurogames--also known as German-style board games--have increased in popularity nearly concurrently with the rise of video games. Eurogames have simple rules and short playing times and emphasize strategy over luck and conflict.
This book examines the form of eurogames, the hobbyist culture that surrounds them, and the wa... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$40.00 $12.99
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In Family Games: The 100 Best, top game designers and publishers write about the most enjoyable, most cleverly designed titles of the last one hundred years. Their essays cover the spectrum from board games to card games, wargames to miniatures games to role-playing games, including old favorites and little known gems. These are the games that the designers themselves play, the ones that... [click here for more] |
Green Ronin |
$9.99
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An eleven-year-old boy strangled an elderly woman for the equivalent of five dollars in 2007, then buried her body under a thin layer of sand. He told the police that he needed the money to play online videogames. Just a month later, an eight-year-old Norwegian boy saved his younger sister's life by threatening an attacking moose and then feigning death when the moose attacked him--skills he sa... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$35.00 $12.99
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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 $12.99
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New gaming goodness in this issue along with over $5.00 in free games and discounts.
Musing of the Avalon Stogie
Behind the Game
Coral Throne, Chapter XXIV
Heroes Wear Masks
Dicing With Life
Today’s Promise Excerpt
A... [click here for more] |
Avalon Game Company |
$1.50
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The premier issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
* Behind the Game, Micro Games and my own Mini-Games
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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The second issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
Behind the Game, Ameritrash and Eurogames
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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The third issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
Behind the Game, Titan
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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The fourth issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
Musing of the Avalon Stogie
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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The sixth issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
Musing of the Avalon Stogie
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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This month in Game Geek we have…
Musing of the Avalon Stogie
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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Another great issues, packed full of gaming goodness.
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Musing of the Avalon Stogie
Behind the Game, SFCF
Coral Thrown, Chapter X I
Raging Swan Gaming
Dept 13 Comic, Issue #3
Free Paper Model..
Junkyard Wars, Strip #18
Avalon Pathfin... [click here for more] |
Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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Another great issues, packed full of gaming goodness.
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Musing of the Avalon Stogie
Behind the Game, Nova Blast Preview
Coral Throne, Chapter XII
Raging Swan Gaming
Dept 13 Comic, Issue #4
Junkyard Wars, Strip #19
Avalon Pathfinder
Multi-Verse
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Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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The 14 essays in Game on, Hollywood! take on several points of game and film intersection.
They look at storylines, aesthetics, mechanics, and production. The book is about adaptation (video game to film, film to video game), but it is even more about narrative. The essays draw attention to the ways and possibilities of telling a story. They consider differences and sim... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$40.00 $12.99
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Gamemastering. No other task is as unpopular in a roleplaying group. Very often, it is the gamemaster who ends up doing all the work so everyone can enjoy the game. But the job of gamemaster is at least as exciting and unpredictable as taking on the role of a player character.
When comparing gamemasters, it becomes obvious that some are better at their task than others--which is why rum... [click here for more] |
Vagrant Workshop |
$19.95 $9.95
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In Hobby Games: The 100 Best, the top designers, authors, and publishers in the hobby games field write about the most enjoyable and cleverly designed games of the last fifty years. Their essays cover the gamut of the hobby market, from roleplaying games to collectible card games, and miniatures games to wargames to board games, with titles both familiar and esoteric. These are the games... [click here for more] |
Green Ronin |
$9.99
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In many people's minds, dungeons are synonymous with roleplaying. The most successful game of all time includes the word in its title. But what is it about dungeons that really make them... [click here for more] |
Avalon Game Company |
$5.99
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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 text adventures of Zork, to the arcade game of Pac-Man, to the corridors of Doom, and on to the city streets of Grand Theft Auto IV, the maze has often been used as a space to trap and confuse players in their navigation of gameworlds. However, the maze as a construction on the landscape has a long history before the invention of the videogame.
By examining the change in the ma... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$35.00 $12.99
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Open Game Table, The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs aims to bridge the gap between the RPG blogging community and the broader table-top gaming fan base by showcasing the best talent in the RPG blogosphere. Within these pages are nearly fifty blog posts from dozens of top-quality RPG blogs chosen by the fans who read them. An expert panel of RPG bloggers, editors, and game designers judged ... [click here for more] |
Nevermet Press |
$5.00 $1.00
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Foreword by Justin Achilli
Edited by Jonathan Jacobs, Kameron Franklin, Berin Kinsmen, Tony Law, Ben McFarland
Inside you will find timeless interviews with Dave Arneson on the roots of roleplaying games, Robin D. Laws on RPG theory and game play, and Jonathan Roberts on his career as a master cartographer. Open Game Table, Volume 2 features in all 65 art... [click here for more] |
Nevermet Press |
$5.00 $1.00
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The RPG Handbook ~ Getting Started is a system-free guide to playing tabletop roleplaying games (RPGs). It contains key information from the complete RPG Handbook. This concentrates on information for those interested in finding out more about playing RPGs. That includes content for new players and families who would like to try out what Roleplaying Games.
In... [click here for more] |
Thistle Games |
$0.99
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Many Cthulhu games feel the same. You shoot cultists. You do rituals. You unearth a buried god that's like every other god you've dug up. This book shows you how to make your games new and horrifying: by stealing from H. P. Lovecraft.
Stealing Cthulhu is my guide to Lovecraftian storytelling for roleplaying games. Its central idea is: by stealing, adapting and combining Lovecra... [click here for more] |
Graham Walmsley |
$15.00
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This study takes an analytical approach to the world of role-playing games, providing a theoretical framework for understanding their psychological and sociological functions.
Sometimes dismissed as escapist and potentially dangerous, role-playing actually encourages creativity, self-awareness, group cohesion and "out-of-the-box" thinking.
The book also offers a detail... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$35.00 $12.99
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The Game Master is a book about roleplaying games. It is intended for game masters from the aspiring novice trying to figure out how to launch their first campaign to the veteran who wants to discover how to consistently produce games that work and avoid train-wreck campaigns. It aims to foster a deeper appreciation of the unique nature of RPGs as both a dynamic literary form and a typ... [click here for more] |
Tobiah Panshin |
$0.00
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Leadership Through Serenity, Positivity, and Transparency.
Whether you are already a leader or aspire to be one, we all know how challenging it is to run a guild, clan, corp, kinship, or any sort of organization. So why try to do it alone?
There is little doubt that taking on a position of leadership requires hard work and dedication. You’re going to be responsible for motivating... [click here for more] |
Epic Slant Press |
$7.99
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This collection of essays situates the digital gaming phenomenon alongside broader debates in cultural and media studies. Contributors to this volume maintain that computer games are not simply toys, but rather circulate as commodities, new media technologies, and items of visual culture that are embedded in complex social practices.
Apart from placing games within longer arcs of cultur... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$35.00 $12.99
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Learn to raid, complement your skills, build your Legacy.
Have you ever considered delving into the depths of a dungeon to slay a dragon and claim its treasures for your own? Does the idea of banding together with other adventurers to fend off the savage attacks of giants excite you? If so you might just be ready to start raiding in your MMORPG and Ferrel is here to hel... [click here for more] |
Epic Slant Press |
$7.99
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UPDATE - A full colour version has just been added on 30/4/13 :)
The RPG Handbook is a system-free guide to playing tabletop roleplaying games (RPGs). The RPG Handbook looks at:
Inviting new players to try out tabletop RPGs.
Getting kids involved in trying out imaginative games.
Emphasizing deeper character development.
... [click here for more] |
Thistle Games |
$9.99 $0.99
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Tsunami Quarterly Review is a companion publication for the Prismatic Tsunami web community and its podcast partner, Metagamers Anonymous. The magazine expands on the Tsunami's mission statement by offering gaming advice from community contributors and focusing on popular features from the podcast, particularly the Tsunami City Project.
In the first iss... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$1.00
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Tsunami Quarterly Review is a companion publication for the Prismatic Tsunami web community and its podcast partner, Metagamers Anonymous. The magazine expands on the Tsunami's mission statement by offering gaming advice from community contributors and focusing on popular features from the podcast, particularly the Tsunami City Project.
In the second is... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$1.00
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"Yaruki Zero" is Japanese for "Zero Motivation." It’s also the name of Ewen Cluney’s blog about games. Ewen (which is pronounced like "Aaron" for reasons his parents have never fully explained) is the translator of Maid: The Role-Playing Game, and the designer of Channel A, Magical Burst, and entirely too many weird things that mix anime and tabletop ro... [click here for more] |
Yaruki Zero Games |
$6.00
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