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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 that... [click here for more] |
Green Ronin Publishing |
$9.99
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This month in Game Geek we have…
Behind the Game, Me and D&D
Mark’s Musings by Mark L. Chance
Junkyard Wars
Bedrock Games
Map of the Month
Coral Thrown
Geek Profile
Artist Spotlight, Miguel Santos
Avalon Pathfinder, Life Beyond 1st Level, Part 2
Multi-Verse, Lizardmen
Shuffler Map and Tiles by Claudio
Battle Axe, Dragon Princes
Arcana, Planes and the Multiverse... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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This month in Game Geek we have…
Musing of the Avalon Stogie
Behind the Game
Junkyard Wars,
Map of the Month
Coral Thrown
Avalon Pathfinder
Fiction by Ramsey
Multi-Verse
Battle Axe
Sonja Sage
Geek Profile
Arcana
Maps by Claudio
Reviews
What’s New
Cool Stuff
Avalon Promotions
Free Stuff
... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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When you play games often, and especially when you play many different games, at some point you might notice that the playing routine starts to get really similar and linear each time you play. Player behavior as well as your own behavior as a game master can easily become all too uniform if you do not vary the game experience enough. This book covers suggestions for many different techniques that,... [click here for more] |
Avalon Game Company |
$5.99
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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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Charaktere sind der Dreh- und Angelpunkt des Rollenspiels. Die Figuren bestimmen darüber, ob der Spielabend ein Erfolg wird oder an Langeweile scheitert. Egal ob man Charakterspiel bevorzugt, packende Geschichten in den Vordergrund stellt oder sich einfach gerne durch ein Verlies prügelt – interessante und vielfältige Charaktere bereichern jedes Rollenspiel.
Dieses Buch richtet sich an Spieler... [click here for more] |
Ulisses Spiele |
$10.77
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Best of Fenix includes some of the best gaming material from the Swedish gaming magazine Fenix – translated to English. In Best of Fenix you will find inspiring material written directly for Fenix’ readers by renown international game designers such as Kenneth Hite and Pete Nash, but also some of the best from the Swedish arena. To top it off, we got our own comic strip Bernard the Barbarian, created... [click here for more] |
Askfageln |
$14.95
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From the dawn of feature films, fans—be they artists, gamers, visionaries, writers, or dreamers—have drawn inspiration from the big screen. Now, between the covers of Cinema & Sorcery, embark on a decades-long journey through time from the earliest days of sword and sorcery films up to the present day.
Learn the who, the what, the where, and the how of your favorite fantasy movies... [click here for more] |
Green Ronin Publishing |
$12.95
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Most RPGs puts you and your friends in the role of a brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. It's a very short trip from there to the world of superheroes.
While fantasy games and superhero fiction have a lot in common there are some important differences. This how-to book will help you make that transition from traditional fantasy RPGs to the superhero genre,... [click here for more] |
Avalon Game Company |
$5.99
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2022 STARRY KNIGHT PRESS CATALOG
A Full Color Catalog Featuring the Gaming Supplements of Starry Knight Press
Hello and welcome, Game Masters and adventurers!
The 2022 Starry Knight Press Catalog showcases our entire selection of currently available books and supplements, with information on upcoming titles and brief descriptions... [click here for more] |
Starry Knight Press |
$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 role-playing... [click here for more] |
Yaruki Zero Games |
$6.00
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Best of Fenix includes some of the best gaming material from the Swedish gaming magazine Fenix – translated to English. In Best of Fenix you will find inspiring material written directly for Fenix’ readers by renown international game designers such as Kenneth Hite and Pete Nash, but also some of the best from the Swedish arena. To top it off, we got our own comic strip Bernard the Barbarian, created... [click here for more] |
Askfageln |
$14.95
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To many people the prospect of playing in a comedy-driven game can be intimidating. It's one of the few styles of gaming that people will refuse to play not because they don't think they'll enjoy it, but because they don't think they're capable enough or “funny enough”. Nothing could be further from the truth. You no more need to be a comedian to play in a comedy game than you need to... [click here for more] |
Avalon Game Company |
$5.99
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In „Spieler machen Leute“, seinem Buch in der Reihe „Handbücher des Drachen“, hat Lars-Hendrik Schilling ausführlich dargestellt, wie man beim Erstellen von Charakteren neue Wege gehen und ihnen deutlich mehr Tiefe geben kann. In diesem PDF findet ihr 16 weitere NSC-Beschreibungen, die Mithilfe der im Buch vorgestellten Methoden erstellt wurden. Ideal, um die Methoden noch weitergehend im... [click here for more] |
Ulisses Spiele |
Pay What You Want
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The Digital Age has created massive technological and disciplinary shifts in tabletop role-playing, increasing the appreciation of games like Dungeons & Dragons. Millions tune in each week to watch and listen to RPG players on podcasts and streaming platforms, while virtual tabletops connect online players across the world. Such shifts elicit new scholarly perspectives from a variety of disciplines.... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$45.00 $27.99
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STARRY KNIGHT PRESS 2020 CATALOG
A Full Color Catalog Featuring the Gaming Supplements of Starry Knight Press
Hello and welcome, gamers!
The 2020 Starry Knight Press Catalog features our entire selection of currently available books and supplements, information on upcoming titles, an adventure compatibility chart... [click here for more] |
Starry Knight Press |
$1.00
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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 have... [click here for more] |
Green Ronin Publishing |
$9.95 $7.46
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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
Avalon Pathfinder
Sorceress Issue #6
BedRock Interview
Artist Spotlight.... [click here for more] |
Avalon Game Company |
$0.56
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If you're a GM writing your own adventures, this guide is for you. This is an entirely new method to write and GM adventures. It will help you do two things: Write an amazing adventure reminiscent of a movie or a novel, and relieve you of the usual burdens of GMing, so you can concentrate on what's really important: presenting the adventure to your party.
If you're a beginner GM and maybe you're not... [click here for more] |
algi |
$7.99
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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 way that hobbyists... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99 $9.59
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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 game you’re starting... [click here for more] |
Straight Path Games |
Pay What You Want
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In the second issue of Tsunami Quarterly Review, you will find the following great features:
RPG Crucible: Friendships On The Fly: How to use the "yes, and..." philosophy to build PC backgrounds and relationships during the game.
Be An Interesting Player: Phil Vecchione offers tips to enrich your gaming experience by being more interesting at... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$1.95
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In the third issue of Tsunami Quarterly Review, you will find the following great features:
RPG Crucible: Previous Lives: Another look at character backstory development with people who have lived another life before becoming adventurers.
Five GMing Mistakes: Happy Jacks' Stu Venable discusses a group of common pitfalls that every GM should be aware of.
Tsunami... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$1.95
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2023 STARRY KNIGHT PRESS CATALOG
A Full Color Catalog Featuring the Gaming Supplements of Starry Knight Press
Hello and welcome, Game Masters and adventurers!
The new 2023 Starry Knight Press Catalog showcases our entire selection of currently available books and supplements, with information on upcoming titles and brief... [click here for more] |
Starry Knight Press |
$1.99
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STARRY KNIGHT PRESS 2021 CATALOG
A Full Color Catalog Featuring the Gaming Supplements of Starry Knight Press
Hello and welcome, Game Masters and adventurers!
The Starry Knight Press 2021 Catalog showcases our entire selection of currently available books and supplements, information on upcoming titles, an adventure... [click here for more] |
Starry Knight Press |
$1.00
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In the fourth issue of Tsunami Quarterly Review, you will find the following great features:
RPG Crucible: Devils in the Details: Tips for adding roleplaying flavor by fashioning behavioral routines unique to your PC.
Creating the Mood: JiB from Happy Jacks suggests ways to enhance your horror gaming experience by engaging the senses of your players.
Tsunami... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$1.95
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Inside you'll find all projects included in the zinequest event on Kickstarter.
Even better, all projects are categorised and sorted to group similar things together and help you to get a clearer overview.
Each listing includes all the main project details, the smaller images are in high resolution so you can zoom in for a better look.
If you see something you like, just click the project image to... [click here for more] |
Modelling Miniatures |
$3.16
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How to Run a Game
In this little book I present a way to develop the skills to run a game. Or ones I think are useful to running a game. I don't find much of this in most GMing books. Most of it is on preparing, and that is essential. You can't cook if you don't have a recipe, ingredients, pots, pans and a stove. But cooking is another skill alltogether.
No this isn't a cook book. I was hungry when... [click here for more] |
DM Studios |
$0.50
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In the first issue of Tsunami Quarterly Review, you will find the following great features:
RPG Crucible: Told by the Victor: Advice on building backstory that leaves room for suprises!
Are Gamemasters Playing Too?: A philosophical look at the GM's role in the game.
Tsunami City Project: Fourteen fantastic city locations discussed on Metagamers... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
FREE
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40 Years of Gen Con at a Glance
A detailed history of a premier gaming con…and the hobby game industry that spawned it.
Written by award-winning game designer Robin D. Laws, an industry pioneer and insider.
Features in-depth interviews with gaming greats, secrets, and little-known facts.
More about 40 Years of Gen Con
Each year, thousands of gamers converge for an epic convention... [click here for more] |
Atlas Games |
$14.95
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In the fifrth issue of Tsunami Quarterly Review, you will find the following great features:
RPG Crucible: Eye on the Prize: Tips for adding roleplaying flavor by exploring your character's personal ambitions, no matter how unrealistic.
Freshening Up Your Game: George from RPG Circus suggests six ways to freshen up a stale gaming experience.
Tsunami... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$1.95
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¿Cansado de tener que memorizar páginas y páginas de información tediosa solo para dirigir una pequeña mazmorra? ¿O tal vez estás cansado de escribir nombres para un trillón de NPC solo para que tus jugadores pasen por un área de mercado? Sí, yo también.
Odio memorizar cosas, y odio el trabajo de preparación que se torna demasiado largo, así que en el transcurso de 25 años, he aprendido... [click here for more] |
Steampop Games |
Pay What You Want
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In the sixth issue of Tsunami Quarterly Review, you will find the following great features:
RPG Crucible: Be Ashamed of Yourself: Tips for adding roleplaying flavor by exploring potentially comlpex regrets that can inform character development.
Exploring Character - A Qualified Rant: George from RPG Circus discusses the fundamental difference between... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$1.95
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Tiger of Cilengkrang is a beatifully drawn comic series drawn by Alex Irzaqi, inspired by the tabletop Roleplaying game: Musha Shugyo RPG! This is the first issue, available in PDF and print on demand format. The entire serie will count 4 episodes.
This issue includes playable characters for Musha Shugyo RPG! Playable RPG contents will be available in each episode.
Synopsis
A... [click here for more] |
Acchiappasogni |
$2.50
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In the seventh issue of Tsunami Quarterly Review, you will find the following great features:
RPG Crucible: Be Part of That World: Tips for adding roleplaying depth by engaging details of your character's setting while designing a backstory.
Tools, Companions, and Gods - Using Computers in your SciFi Game: Writer/designer Phil Vecchione explores the use... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$1.95
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Gute Ideen gibt es überall. In Filmen, Serien, Büchern, Videospielen - kein anderes Medium lässt sich nicht doch irgendwie für die heimische Runde ausschlachten. Aber in dieser Vielfalt steckt schon die erste Hürde: Wo setzt man überhaupt an?
Was gilt es zu beachten, wenn man Videospiele für die eigene Runde adaptiert? Was können wir von Hollywood oder von unserer liebsten TV-Serie für die... [click here for more] |
Ulisses Spiele |
$5.38
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The Tabletop Games Kickstarter Report compiles all projects which were successfully funded during Spring 2020 in the Tabletop Games category on Kickstarter.
Better yet, everything is sorted into categories to make it easier for you to browse and find the stuff that interests you.
Listings include all the main details of the... [click here for more] |
Modelling Miniatures |
$6.31
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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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Since the release of Dungeons & Dragons in 1974, role-playing games (RPGs) have spawned a vibrant industry and subculture whose characteristics and player experiences have been well explored. Yet little attention has been devoted to the ways RPGs have shaped society at large over the last four decades.
Role-playing games influenced video game design, have been widely represented in film, television... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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This collection of all-new essays approaches the topic of immersion as a product of social and media relations. Examining the premises and aesthetics of live-action and tabletop role-playing games, reality television, social media apps and first-person shooters, the essays take both game rules and the media discourse that games produce as serious objects of study.
Scholars of social psychology, sociology,... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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In our beautifully reformatted and reimagined ninth issue of Tsunami Quarterly Review, you will find the following great features:
RPG Crucible: Outside the Box: Explore a creative approach to matching disparate backgrounds with your new character's current career path.
Coloring Between the Lines: The Radiating Gnome extracts the most graceful elements... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$2.49
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This biographical dictionary is the first of its kind to document artists' contributions to one of the most popular and far-reaching of contemporary teenage social pastimes of the last quarter of the 20th century; that of role-playing games and collectible card games.
The book presents full information on 150 artists, both painters and cartographers, whose influence and illustrative contributions... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$49.99
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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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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 maze from the... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$13.99
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Now free E-zine each and every monmth.
Issue 16 offers...
Musing of the Avalon Stogie <o:p></o:p>
Behind the Game, Robot Jocks <o:p></o:p>
Coral Thrown, <o:p></o:p>
Mark’s Musings <o:p></o:p>
Junkyard Wars, <o:p></o:p>
Raging Swan Gaming <o:p></o:p>
Avalon Pathfinder, Unseelie Rings.<o:p></o:p>... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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The immensely popular Grand Theft Auto game series has inspired a range of reactions among players and commentators, and a hot debate in the popular media. These essays from diverse theoretical perspectives expand the discussion by focusing scholarly analysis on the games, particularly Grand Theft Auto III (GTA3), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (GTA:VC), and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (GTA:SA).
Part... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$9.99
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Since the emergence of digital game studies, a number of debates have engaged scholars. The debate between ludic (play) and narrative (story) paradigms remains the one that famously "never happened."
This collection of new essays critically frames that debate and urges game scholars to consider it central to the field. The contributors examine various digital games, assessing the applicability... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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In the eighth issue of Tsunami Quarterly Review, you will find the following great features:
RPG Crucible: Secrets: Tips for adding roleplaying depth by folding secrets into your character's past and timing their reveal in game.
Faces of Horror: JiB discusses the horror potential of characterizing elements of a game like you do NPCs.
Mercy Hospital:... [click here for more] |
PT Publishing |
$1.95
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THis issue is free, so get a copy right away.
Musing of the Avalon Stogie . <o:p></o:p>
Behind the Game, S&G <o:p></o:p>
Mark’s Musings <o:p></o:p>
Junkyard Wars, Strip #15 <o:p></o:p>
Coral Thrown, Chapter IX.<o:p></o:p>
Artist Spotlight <o:p></o:p>
Mark’s Musings<o:p></o:p>
Geek Profile ... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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ZINEOGRAPHY is a project about our love of RPGS and ZINES - and the only way to truly do that is with a set of zines about zines (aren’t we just so META? LOL). This project can be thought of as a classic “bibliography” - a book of books.
This would be a zineography - a zine of zines.
The Zineography is a set of 3 zines, covering ZINE QUEST 1, ZINE QUEST 2, and ZINE QUEST 3. Each volume... [click here for more] |
9th Level Games |
$9.99
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