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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 RPGs tick. Get... [click here for more] |
Kobold Press |
$14.99
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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 Selinker (Betrayal at House... [click here for more] |
Kobold Press |
$14.95 $9.99
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There are a lot of different ways that you can create flesh out a campaign and this is one of my favorite ones. With a Tarot deck and a bit of thought, a GM can churn out a multitude of facets for sessions and campaigns. The GM's Tarot Guide is a collection of spreads for various aspects of GM prep. From one-off NPCs to the entire world and scope of the campaign. The only things that limits you are... [click here for more] |
Mad Pierrot Games |
$2.00
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 Tämä opas on koottu kasaan ja toimitettu Limun Ropellukset -blogin saman nimisestä kirjoitusten sarjasta, eli Aloittelevan luolamestarin oppaasta. Oppaan synty on ollut osa erittäin miellyttävää löytäretkeä, jonka tarkoituksena on ollut ymmärtää alkuperäisen Dungeons & Dragons -roolipelin henkeä ja tyyliä.... [click here for more] |
D-oom Products |
Pay What You Want
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 ARP Publication plans for 2017. It has been a few years since our last publication and now we're planning to come back with a vengeance. The product lines mentioned in this document rise from the ashes during the remainder of the year. ... [click here for more] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
FREE
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 ARP Publication plans for 2018. But we're still planning to come back with a vengeance! While many say "revenge is a dish best served cold", I can tell you from personal experience, it needs to be served up quite healthy, too. And healthy I haven't been. The product lines mentioned in this document rise from the ashes during the remainder of the year. Matter of fact, one has already been delivered.... [click here for more] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
FREE
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 ARP Publication changes coming in the Fall of 2018. It mostly concerns product alterations in the Big Bang Shootout line, starting with the next new product to be released a few days from now. Also, a little exposition on why we never really did any books focused on specific "gun families" and likely never will. With these various changes in style and production methods, the series can finally truly... [click here for more] |
Alternate Realities Publications |
FREE
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Over the last two decades, The Big List of RPG Plots has been cited, quoted, thanked and excerpted in articles for computer-game design, a book on Hollywood screenwriting, and more than a few pen-and-paper RPGs. I wrote it in 1993 as an article submission for Pyramid magazine (they rejected it). I later tried to shop it to Dragon and Shadis and others... [click here for more] |
Cumberland Games & Diversions |
FREE
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Bullet journaling has become something of a phenomena over the past few years. The ability to combine the calendar functions of a day planner, the utility of to-do lists, and the personal documentation of a diary into a single, easy-to-use notebook is appealing and practical. It’s a simple, efficient, and flexible means of organizing a lot of information. I’ve used one for a few years now... [click here for more] |
Dancing Lights Press |
$2.99
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This collection of essays serves as the ‘commentary track’ for the smash hit Salt in Wounds Setting and features advice, insight, and a fresh look behind the screen of a professional writer and game designer. Whether you’re a player looking for a new perspective, a GM aiming to build richer worlds, or a hobbyist game designer/writer striving to make the leap towards being a professional:... [click here for more] |
Pangolin Press |
$3.99 $2.99
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Second title in my elegant design series focuses on combat iniatiative system options and turn order structure in general. If you have interest to see how your current initiative system could be spiced up with some additions or even replaced completely with a one more fitting to your play style, you should find this an interesting read.
Many of the systems and mechanisms are in use in various... [click here for more] |
ThinkDifferent |
$0.90
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Narrative tools and game prep for an improv GM.
Do you struggle to improvise at the table?
Are you tired of working through a punishing prep routine for every session?
Do you simply need faster game prep?
Would you like to adopt a lighter GM schedule which still gave you a fun story?
I have the answer for you: Fast... [click here for more] |
Phil Nicholls |
$4.99
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Have you ever wondered what the deal is with games like Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder? What are they? What are RPGs? How do they work? How do you play them? And what’s a Game Master anyway?
Well, wonder no longer. The Angry Game Master is here to explain it all.
Game Angry: How to RPG the Angry Way will introduce you to the amazing world of table-top role-playing... [click here for more] |
Angry Games, Inc. |
$15.00
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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 Pathfinder, Unseelie Rings
Multi-Verse,
Cancrian Mercenariy...
Geek Profile
Battle Axe, More Figures
Reviews... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$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
Geek Profile
Battle Axe
Reviews
Arcana
Cool Stuff
What's New
Free Stuff
... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$2.95 $1.00
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 GM Direction is a book designed to answer those common questions new GMs have when they're thinking about running a game. If you're an experienced GM, this probably isn't the book for you, but if you're just getting into the role, this book will give you the advice you need to prepare and run a great game.
The book is split into two sections: prepping the game and running the game. I discuss... [click here for more] |
C. Daniel Bush |
$10.00
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It’s Easy to Build, Manage, and Record a Truly Epic Campaign!
Build your world. Create great adventures and interesting locales. Jot down ideas, intriguing creatures and NPCs, and locations you can pull out on the fly. And log the your sessions as the campaign unfolds, so you’ll always remember when the players met that key NPC, found that important item, or discovered that vital clue... [click here for more] |
Monte Cook Games |
$8.99
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![Gold Best Seller [BUNDLE]](https://www.rpgnow.com/images/2132/289500-thumb140.jpg) This special bundle product contains the following titles. The Noble Wild Regular price: $6.69 Bundle price: $2.55 Format: PDF A 2008 ENnie Award Nominee!
This exciting book introduces comprehensive rules for playing intelligent animals in a wide variety of game settings and situations. It will be popular with everyone from groups that want to try all-animal... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$117.31 $30.00
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 A complete revamp of the previously released GOMO GUIDE TO THONEPORT. Reorganized, re-edited, new art from a new artist, available from DriveThruRPG in print and PDF.
Jorune is a world of many races. Thantier is a human based culture that resists influence or present of all the other races. The largest trading city is Thantis and... [click here for more] |
Oak and Lotus |
$10.00
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![H.G. Wells, Grandfather of Gaming [BUNDLE]](https://www.rpgnow.com/images/2132/290857-thumb140.jpg) This special bundle product contains the following titles. H.G. Wells' Little Orc Wars Regular price: $4.99 Bundle price: $2.49 Format: PDF H.G. Wells’ Little Orc Wars is a fun, simple, fast-paced system that is designed to be quick to learn and easy to play, so that players can focus on concerns like strategy and having fun, rather than on mechanics.... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$17.92 $8.96
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 Personal growth sounds like a lot of work, but it can be fun with the BOSS mod system. This system fuses Jungian psychology, MBTI, and other personality models with role-playing games. This book is filled with abilities, pre-made characters, quests, and techniques to help you "gear up" with mental fortitude. Dive into a journey of self-discovery, take on your personal dragons head first,... [click here for more] |
BOSS mod |
$0.99
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Do you want to be a better roleplayer or GM? Do you want to encourage spontaneous creativity in your gaming group? Do you want to create dynamic, compelling characters?
If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” Improv for Gamers is for you! Based on the popular workshop series, this book provides a selection of fun and easy improv exercises designed to take... [click here for more] |
Evil Hat Productions, LLC |
$10.00
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The third issue of Avalon Game's great Sci-Fi e-zine, Infinite Horizons will bring to you all the great Sci-Fi stuff you have been wanting, and more.
Each issue is packed full of great gaming, fiction, comics and review. Did we mention that it's free!!!
Gaming
Infinite Futures, Heritage New Adaptoid
Infinite Futures, New Prestige Classes
Infinite Futures, New Feats
Infinite... [click here for more] |
Avalon Game Company |
$1.00 $0.75
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This first issue of Avalon Game’s great Sci-Fi e-zine, Infinite Horizons will bring to you all the great Sci-Fi stuff you have been wanting, and more.
Each issue is packed full of great gaming, fiction, comics and review. Did we mention that it’s free!!!
Gaming
Infinite Futures, Heritage
Infinite Futures, New Prestige... [click here for more] |
Avalon Game Company |
$1.00
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Decades of GMing Experience at Your Fingertips!
“Kobold Press builds on its excellent track record with another great release—new and provocative.” —Mike Mearls
Whether it’s advice from grognards who were running games at the dawn of RPGs, or suggestions from the new generation of game designers, these 21 essays by experts are here to help you improve your... [click here for more] |
Kobold Press |
$19.99 $9.99
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Run Your Best Campaign Yet
Whether you’re a new gamemaster or a seasoned vet looking for a new angle to shake up your game, these 19 essays by expert gamemasters help construct your campaign from the ground up—and keep your players engaged until the dramatic conclusion.
Kobold Guide to Plots & Campaigns shows how to begin a new campaign, use published adventures or loot... [click here for more] |
Kobold Press |
$19.99 $9.99
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Do you feel a bit intimidated by Dungeons & Dragons? Would you like to impress your gaming group and feel more confident when playing? Then check out Level UP: the fully illustrated fantasy gaming book of lists, answering all of D&D's most pressing questions. Why do wizards live in towers? What are the biggest news stories in the history of Dungeons & Dragons(r)? What don't you know... [click here for more] |
Hack & Slash Publishing |
$9.99
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No one starts out with all the answers.
Knowledge is hard won over the years buy surviving setbacks and learning from them.
But humanity possesses the rare ability to learn from the pain of others.
Many Glorious Lies of Battle is therefore distilled agony for your enlightenment!
Many Glorious Lies of Battle is a collection of letters that experienced gamers... [click here for more] |
Nanuk Ambitions |
$5.26
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John Wick's monthly game master advice column in Pyramid was the most controversial in the magazine's history.
It was seen by some as revolutionary and dismissed by others as outright dangerous. Collected here for the first time are all eleven episodes including "Hit 'em Where it Hurts," a new introduction and closing statements by the author.
Learn the worst, most despicable,... [click here for more] |
John Wick Presents |
$19.99 $9.99
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15 years ago, John Wick's book of GM advice, Play Dirty, took the gaming industry by storm. Some called it monstrous. Others refused to read it all together. Some retailers even refused to carry the book.
Now, John Wick is back with a whole new tome of dastardly tricks to keep your players guessing and your table humming: Play Dirty 2: Even Dirtier.
Take a tour through twelve new chapters, each... [click here for more] |
John Wick Presents |
$19.99 $9.99
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Every Character Has a Story. Every Character Is a Story.
Your character is more than a collection of stats and gear. No matter what tabletop RPG you play, your character has background, interesting traits, and relationships with player characters and NPCs. And as your story grows, you’ll visit new places, meet interesting creatures, discover incredible items, and take part in legendary feats.... [click here for more] |
Monte Cook Games |
$8.99
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Most likely, if you’re reading this, you’re a gamer. And I hope a dictionary of every term in gaming interests, and even helps you. But it isn’t really for you, it’s for your friend. That one who is a little interested in playing, and has tried a few sessions but has never been able to get into it. It’s written for your partner, who you always ask to join you in that next... [click here for more] |
Straight Path Games |
Pay What You Want
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Do you want to write better role playing game story plots? Don't have much time but would like to have engaging storylines for your players to explore?
Key highlights:
Harness your full personal capability using keyword association
Write fast - as quickly as in 10-15 minutes from scratch to gaming table
Be more varied than ever - avoid cliched anti-climatic story arcs
How... [click here for more] |
ThinkDifferent |
$0.90
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STARRY KNIGHT PRESS 2019 CATALOG
A Full Color Catalog Featuring the Gaming Supplements of Starry Knight Press
Hello and welcome, gamers!
The Starry Knight Press 2019 Catalog features our entire selection of currently available books and supplements, information on upcoming titles, and a map of the currently discovered portion of my campaign world of Terrans, all depicted... [click here for more] |
Starry Knight Press |
Pay What You Want
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The Book of Worlds is a comprehensive guide to building fantasy worlds.
Starting from scratch, this book will show you how to map continents, design cities, build adventuring regions, and more. You may also generate characters, civilizations, religions, magical systems, dungeons, creatures, natural wonders, dynamic plots, and other elements to create your own lore and adventure-filled world.... [click here for more] |
Sam Smith |
$9.99 $4.99
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 This document is meant to spread the word about the Elk Man.
It's something like an urban legend, I guess. It seems dangerously dismissive to say it that way, though.
I really can't tell you anything more about the thing, or it'll be too late for you.
What I can tell you is that this document is designed to scare you. It's meant to make you fall into paranoid habits, to keep you safe. It's meant... [click here for more] |
Anomalous Entertainment Co |
$4.61
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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 type of... [click here for more] |
Tobiah Panshin |
Pay What You Want
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 On the surface the Mercenary Field Guide 2019 is a very specific book relating to a single group, going to a single event on a single year. However, the advice contained within it holds wider appeal and would be useful to anyone attending any roleplaying based convention. Tackling issues around how to be a good GM and player it also contains general advice on surviving a convention without giving... [click here for more] |
Nanuk Ambitions |
$5.26
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RLS777 |
$3.00
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 Unlock the secrets of consistently awesome RPG experiences—for players and GMs!
We’ve all had them: games where the party clicked perfectly. Climactic moments when everything came together amazingly. Favorite characters everyone loved. Sessions and campaigns that became the stuff of legends—moments that were talked about for years! Sometimes, everything just turns out right. But... [click here for more] |
Monte Cook Games |
$18.99
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This is a free preview of the Your Best Game Ever. You can also purchase the complete book.
Unlock the secrets of consistently awesome RPG experiences—for players and GMs!
We’ve all had them: games where the party clicked perfectly. Climactic moments when everything came together amazingly. Favorite characters everyone loved. Sessions and campaigns that became the stuff of legends—moments... [click here for more] |
Monte Cook Games |
FREE
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