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Adventure Crucible — Building Stronger Scenarios for any RPG

Adventure Crucible — Building Stronger Scenarios for any RPG


Put Your Adventures in the Crucible In his latest contribution to the KRAKEN Chapbook Series, award-winning game designer Robin D. Laws shows the key structures underlying tabletop roleplaying scenarios. Sharpen your adventures in any game by learning the big five adventure types and how they tick. The Dungeon: Whether you use it regularly or remember it from gaming...   [click here for more]
Tentacles Press  $8.00

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Fate Plus Monster Vault — Vampires

Fate Plus Monster Vault — Vampires


They are watching from the shadows... ... waiting for the right moment to take their prey. Vampires are between us since old times, when they ruled the human kind with power and superstition. You better watch out for the long nights. In this monster vault, the GM will find tools to create stories about vampires as PCs or NPCs as part of human society. What are these creatures...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $3.09 $2.86

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Sharper Adventures in Glorantha

Sharper Adventures in Glorantha


Quest for Story! Quest for Adventure! Learn to build sharper, more rewarding Gloranthan scenarios. Robin D. Laws returns from the other side with tips, tricks and structures to make your adventures as open and wild as the world of Glorantha itself. Master the power of the Core Activity, the underlying action that propels your heroes into mystery and danger. Heighten the excitement with...   [click here for more]
Tentacles Press  $8.00

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Be Awesome At Dungeon Design (Augmented Edition)

Be Awesome At Dungeon Design (Augmented Edition)


Any GM can design a basic dungeon. A dedicated GM takes the extra time to craft exciting, logical and challenging dungeons that are so much more than a series of rooms stuffed full of monsters and treasure. Be Awesome At Dungeon Design comprises over 200 pages of dungeon design advice from ENnie Award winning designer Creighton Broadhurst. Handling such subjects as a dungeon’s purpose,...   [click here for more]
Raging Swan Press  $5.95

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Fate Plus Cyberpunk

Fate Plus Cyberpunk


The future will not bring hope... ... only the struggle for survival. You have to be active, or the world will run over you mercilessly. Be determined and smart. Maybe you don’t need strength, but everyone needs a little luck. The world is very big and full of uncertainty, dark streets, neon lights, and violence;...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $13.23 $9.26

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Fate Plus Monster Vault — Infernals

Fate Plus Monster Vault — Infernals


They rebelled ... ... against celestial forces and humanity. They were once righteous, but something grew in their hearts and rebellion began. Others may be born from their infernal origin, placing them within the hordes of the lower planes. Either way, they have greed and a thirst for revenge. They are watching everything... and everyone. In this monster vault, the GM will find...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $3.11 $2.64

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Fate Plus Monster Vault — Celestials

Fate Plus Monster Vault — Celestials


They will fulfill their assignments ... ... whatever it takes! Celestials live on the ethereal plane, but their designations are often linked to the material plane. Many of them are in an internal conflict to resist not breaking one of the six prescriptions, the heavenly laws, so as not to become an infernal. Be careful if you cross paths with one of them. In this monster vault,...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $3.04 $2.69

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A Paleontologist's Guide to Running Prehistoric Beasties

A Paleontologist's Guide to Running Prehistoric Beasties


A basic GM advice column for running prehistoric animals. One of my three entries to Wayfinder #22. The other two entries will be published in it. ...   [click here for more]
Druid GM Designs  Pay What You Want

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Fate Plus Dark Fantasy

Fate Plus Dark Fantasy


In a world covered in shadows... ... heroes shine like the splendor of hope. It takes courage and wisdom not only to overcome challenges, but to not be corrupted by the darkness that plagues the world. This is a decaying place that needs to be raised from the ashes of its own destruction. Fate Plus Dark Fantasy...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $13.08 $9.15

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Buried Bones: Creating in the Realms of Pugmire

Buried Bones: Creating in the Realms of Pugmire


"Is Pugmire a joke? No. Because it can be so much more." - Eddy Webb Since the release of Pugmire, creator Eddy Webb has gotten a lot of questions. Is Pugmire a “funny” game? Can I play my favorite dog? What products inspired the game? How can I make my Pugmire game as authentic as possible? Collecting a variety of internal documents, email exchanges, blog posts,...   [click here for more]
Onyx Path Publishing  $3.99

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Chatbots for RPGs

Chatbots for RPGs


Start your journey into the realms of tabletop gaming with Chatbots for RPGs by Jacob DC Ross. This guide unveils the secrets of crafting AI chatbots as your game master, enhancing the tabletop RPG experience without replacing the human touch. It also includes guidelines and tips for publishers, including indie operations, to use chatbots in conjunction with their published books and PDFs. The book...   [click here for more]
Thunderegg Productions  $19.99

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Fate Plus Monster Vault — Zombies

Fate Plus Monster Vault — Zombies


They crave the fresh meat ... ... of living! Zombies are everywhere, invading the streets, homes and pop culture, bringing horror and death wherever they go. There is no safe place. In this monster vault, the GM will find tools to create stories about zombies as PCs or NPCs, with specific rules for contagion, hordes, and more! Will these creatures take over the world? Content ZombiesRising...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $3.12 $2.76

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Shining Knight - Clash of Darkness ( Guide )

Shining Knight - Clash of Darkness ( Guide )


The complete how to play guide for the digital tabletop edition of Shining Knight - Clash of Darkness! Developed by Comix-Blade. A tabletop pixel art game based off the Youtube Series of the same name. Pick your classes, establish your adventure in the world of 1011! Move forward fearlessly or move out catiously in the many dangers of the world ahead! ...   [click here for more]
Comix-Blade  $2.00

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Old School House Rules for 5E RPGs

Old School House Rules for 5E RPGs


These are a set of HOUSE RULES for world’s greatest role playing game that you can use to make new-school feel more like old-school. Here’s a few topics we cover: Ability Scores Alignment Classes Encumbrance Healing Stealth Initiative Undead Broken Spells Cantrips Magic Items Called Shots Morale Critting/Fumbling Shield Walls Mounted Combat And much more! All the rules have one...   [click here for more]
Castle Clark  $5.99

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Fate Plus Vikings

Fate Plus Vikings


Pick up your sword and get ready to fight! Fate Plus Vikings is a 112-pages brainstorm about historical fiction adventures set in Scandinavia in a dark age, populated with mysticism and tales of bravery. In this zine, the GM will find tools to create stories about brave PCs that can ascend to Jarls and kings, cities that arise, and wars that drown kingdoms in their own suffering. Watch out for the...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $13.46 $9.42

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How to Create Great Fantasy Maps (Even if You Can't Draw)

How to Create Great Fantasy Maps (Even if You Can't Draw)


Don't you wish you could draw those really cool fantasy-style maps to use in your game? Well, you can! This step-by-step guide shows you how to use the most basic of equipment to create brilliant fantasy maps even if (like the author) you have no artistic talents at all. Your scenarios and game resources will never look the same again! ...   [click here for more]
Draken Games  $1.50

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The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM

The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM


The Practical Guide to becoming a Great GM is the book that brings all the areas you need to know as a Game Master into a single space and shows you how to do all of it better, faster, clearer, and with confidence to know your game will be awesome. Inside you'll find practical, applicable knowledge to improve your game, training modules to entrench the learning, plus a step by step guide for you to...   [click here for more]
Geekstable  $24.99

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Be Awesome At Village Design

Be Awesome At Village Design


Any GM can design a basic village. A dedicated GM, however, takes the extra time to craft exciting, logical and flavoursome villages that are so much more than a general store, village inn and some dreary peasant huts. Be Awesome at Village Design comprises village design essays by ENnie Award winning designer Creighton Broadhurst and a suite of tables designed to help the busy GM quickly and easily...   [click here for more]
Raging Swan Press  $3.99

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Homebrew and Hacking: Crafting Personalised Feats

Homebrew and Hacking: Crafting Personalised Feats


This book is designed to help narrator's, DM's and game designers who are happy with the lore of their games make suitable and fitting feats to fit within their games and be more closely personalised to the characters needs. You can design and make a huge variety of feats using the drag and drop system that will work with advanced 5th edition products as well as basic 5e products. The rules also...   [click here for more]
Homebrew and Hacking  $11.00

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Fate Plus Equipment (Compilation)

Fate Plus Equipment (Compilation)


This zine is a compilation of articles about equipment published in the Dark Fantasy, Cyberpunk and Vikings issues of Fate Plus. Equipment... ... you will need it! Characters need to be well equipped to live their adventures. Fate Plus Compilation Equipment is a 78-pages featuring lots of ideas for using equipment besides pre-made item to speed up your game session. Get ready for...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $8.94 $6.25

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Fate Plus Power Systems (Compilation)

Fate Plus Power Systems (Compilation)


This zine is a compilation of articles about power systems published in the Dark Fantasy, Cyberpunk and Vikings issues of Fate Plus. The power... ... runs through our veins! The characters are ready to release that energy. Fate Plus Compilation Power Systems is a 41-pages featuring some magic and power systems that will make PCs and NPCs more interesting. Get ready for the adventure!...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $9.93 $6.95

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Fate Plus Monster Hunter

Fate Plus Monster Hunter


In the dark corners of the world... ... monsters watch over humanity with hunger for flesh and thirst for blood — others wish to devour their spirits. You have to  be active, or the  they will get you, and your loved ones. Be brave, or you won't get very far, be smart about who you can really trust, and hope...   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $12.97 $9.07

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Fate Plus Allies and Monsters (Compilation)

Fate Plus Allies and Monsters (Compilation)


This zine is a compilation of articles about monsters and allies published in the Dark Fantasy, Cyberpunk and Vikings issues of Fate Plus. Allies and creatures... ... they are everywhere. NPCs cross characters' paths as aids or obstacles. Fate Plus Compilation Allies and Monsters is a 70-pages featuring about 70 pre-made NPCs that the GM can use as allies or obstacles in the PCs path....   [click here for more]
Rolepress  $9.23 $6.46

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Charting History: Worldbuilding with Historical Cycles

Charting History: Worldbuilding with Historical Cycles


It can be all too easy to create a history for your world which feels lifeless and static, and carrying out the research necessary to address that can be a daunting task that seems increasingly impossible the longer you try to work at it.  Luckily, worldbuilding doesn't need to be real, it just needs to feel real, and that's where this book comes in. Charting History covers the...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $2.95

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Jester David’s How-To Guide to Fantasy Worldbuilding

Jester David’s How-To Guide to Fantasy Worldbuilding


Inside this 150-page tome you will learn how to: Sculpt a continent Design a nation Plan a city or village Create a Pantheon And build your owm fantasy world! Over its eighteen chapters, this book walks you through the steps needed to create a fantasy world for your roleplaying game, from the initial brainstorming to the niggling details. Included is advice on geology & climate, culture &...   [click here for more]
5 Minute Workday Publishing  $4.00

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Worldbuilding For Writers, Gamers and Other Creators Volume One: Star, Planet, Moon

Worldbuilding For Writers, Gamers and Other Creators Volume One: Star, Planet, Moon


This concise first volume of Worldbuilding For Writers, Gamers and Other Creators provides straightforward guidance on how to model the astronomical elements of an Earth-like planet for your storyworld setting. Author and storyworld creator Matthew Wayne Selznick ("Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era") explains the science and helps you through the (basic) math required to: Select...   [click here for more]
MWS Media  $2.99

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Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination

Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination


Lao Tzu said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” But the journey of imagination begins with a single idea—one that can shape entire worlds, if you so choose. And no one knows that better than bestselling fantasy author Richard C. White, who brings his expertise for world building to this reference guide for writers interested in crafting their own storytelling environments....   [click here for more]
Starwarp Concepts  $4.99

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After an apocalypse

After an apocalypse


This module can be used with an TTRPG, but was made for TTRPG "Apocalypse Keys".  This module seamlessly integrates with the renowned TTRPG "Apocalypse Keys", promising an immersive experience in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Whether you're facing the aftermath of a Harbinger or navigating a primitive world, the possibilities are as vast as your imagination. Lucky 7 Enticements: Explore seven captivating...   [click here for more]
DMDU  Pay What You Want

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Frogs-mice wars

Frogs-mice wars


**Join the Epic Frog-Mouse Wars in Mice-at-Arms TTRPG!** Embark on a thrilling adventure crafted by the Grandmaster Radan Chrobok, the mastermind behind the incredible DMDU! Dive into the conflict between the mighty frogs and cunning mice with this open multi-scenario designed for the Mice-at-Arms TTRPG and all mouse-related tabletop role-playing games. **Key Features:** 1. **Repaired Rulebook:**...   [click here for more]
DMDU  Pay What You Want

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Be Awesome At Designing NPCs

Be Awesome At Designing NPCs


Your PCs have final emerged from the dungeon laden with loot prised from the clutches of their slain foes. Heroically returning to civilisation, they find a tavern, divide up their loot and relax. Then they ask “So what are the people like here, anyway?” At this point, the GM likely panics and either replies “nothing special” or improvises a series of similar, one-dimensional (and ultimately...   [click here for more]
Raging Swan Press  $5.99

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How-To: Hill Tribes

How-To: Hill Tribes


Generally, designing a culture for a book or a game presents you with a choice: either you base it on real-world cultures and likely end up with something that could be described as "Fantasy Bedouin with some Navajo bits tacked on" or you run hog wild and run the risk of overlooking something that, however innocuous, turns out to be vitally important for that type of culture.  There's another way...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $2.95

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How-To: Far North Peoples

How-To: Far North Peoples


Generally, designing a culture for a book or a game presents you with a choice: either you base it on real-world cultures and likely end up with something that could be described as "Fantasy Bedouin with some Navajo bits tacked on" or you run hog wild and run the risk of overlooking something that, however innocuous, turns out to be vitally important for that type of culture.  There's another way...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $2.95

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How-To: Horse Nomads

How-To: Horse Nomads


Generally, designing a culture for a book or a game presents you with a choice: either you base it on real-world cultures and likely end up with something that could be described as "Fantasy Bedouin with some Navajo bits tacked on" or you run hog wild and run the risk of overlooking something that, however innocuous, turns out to be vitally important for that type of culture.  There's another way...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $2.95

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The RPG Handbook

The RPG Handbook


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. Making it easy to run and vary solo and team RPG gameplay. Turning players into GMs - and GMs into games designers. Offering GMs the means to rapidly...   [click here for more]
Dragonfly  Pay What You Want

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KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 1

KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 1


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 Baur, Ed Greenwood,...   [click here for more]
Kobold Press  $14.95

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Aliens, Dystopias, & Monster Ecologies: Worldbuilding Essays for Writers and GMs

Aliens, Dystopias, & Monster Ecologies: Worldbuilding Essays for Writers and GMs


Aliens, Dystopias, & Monster Ecologies is a series of worldbuilding essays on alien psychologies and ethical systems, functional dystopias, recreating vampires and werewolves, original elemental systems, and figuring out just how many human-eating monsters your setting can support.  This content previously appeared on Seventh Sanctum, The Oak Wheel, Sanitarium...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $4.95

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[BESM 4] The Training Arc Guide

[BESM 4] The Training Arc Guide


The Training Arc Guide for Big Eyes, Small Mouth! Training Arcs are segments of a story that focus on a character's development, forcing them to grow by overcoming a variety of obstacles and challenges. By successfully completing a Training Arc, characters become drastically more powerful than before, finding ancient weapons, unlocking incredible...   [click here for more]
Dyskami Publishing Company  $4.00

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Directing the game – Black Belt techniques for GMs

Directing the game – Black Belt techniques for GMs


Exclusively in Drive-Thru RPG! Your players will think you are the Best Game Master. This book provides 30 Black Belt techniques for Game Masters to level up – all in less than 60 pages.  Improve your GM skills from beginner to advanced, covering the contents of getting the players more involved in the story, delivering your adventure in more entertaining ways, and using...   [click here for more]
United Creatives  $17.38

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The Crow's Nest #1 - Navigating Delicate Negotiations

The Crow's Nest #1 - Navigating Delicate Negotiations


Welcome to first issue of The Crow's Nest, the newsletter where we help you put the rules of 7th Sea into practice along with ideas for new NPCs, Monsters, Plot Hooks, and Secret Socieities. to throw at your Heroes. In our first issue, Navigating Delicate Negotiations, you'll learn how to use Raises and Pressure to negotiate agreements between your Heroes and NPCs....   [click here for more]
Chaosium  $2.00

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Write Better Factions

Write Better Factions


Good vs. evil is cliche, boring, and predictable. It's a simplistic plot device for children's fairy tales, not epic world-building campaigns. You can add considerably more depth to your factions with just a couple simple techniques discussed within. (5 pages) ...   [click here for more]
Anachromystic  Pay What You Want

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Alien Body Plans #1: Hexapods and Other Ecdysozoa

Alien Body Plans #1: Hexapods and Other Ecdysozoa


It's easy to make aliens: take a person or a dog, slap some antennae on 'em, maybe some ooze and some spooky talons, and then put some random letters together in a nigh-unpronounceable combination.  As I said, it's easy to make aliens. What isn't easy is making them well.  Even when you're working hard to be creative, it can sometimes be hard to get out of the rut of familiarity, to go...   [click here for more]
WMB Saltworks  $2.95

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Realm of Aquilae Mapping Guide (unisystem)

Realm of Aquilae Mapping Guide (unisystem)


What is This? This guide was a tool I created as a visual reference while I mapped out the Realm of Aquilae. While the software tool I am using to produce this massively-ambitious project is enormously useful, I find that sometimes, there are so many options, that I need some way of making sense and keeping track of it all, and more to the point, of how I make use of the tool. Thus,...   [click here for more]
Infinium Game Studios  Pay What You Want

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Symbaroum - Balanced Combat Resistance

Symbaroum - Balanced Combat Resistance


Included in the Symbaroum Core Rulebook is a simple template for designing suitable challenges for a group of newly created player characters. Here follows a more detailed model on what the GM should keep in mind when designing combat challenges, based on the player characters’ Competence Level and the intended Difficulty of the fight. This document ends with a list of pre-made...   [click here for more]
Free League Publishing  Pay What You Want

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Medieval Civilization Generator

Medieval Civilization Generator


Tired of samey and tropey medieval civilizations and societies in your realistic or fantasy RPGs? With this generator, based on actual theories of political development, you can generate entirely unique, detailed societal structures, governments, and conflicts which are entirely realistic, but may have never occurred in the real world. You may create civilizations appropriate to your world’s equivalent...   [click here for more]
Currentpattern  Pay What You Want

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A Little Guide on Town Creation

A Little Guide on Town Creation


Have you ever got stuck without ideas when creating towns, cities, etc.  for your RPG adventures? Are you tired of creating dull one-dimensional towns? Do you want to add a little extra depth to the towns where your adventures are taking place? Then this little guide is for you! A town is not just a place where a bunch NPCs live and wait for the...   [click here for more]
Mist Bard Press  $2.49

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KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 2

KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 2


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! With insights won...   [click here for more]
Kobold Press  $9.99

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KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 3: Tools & Techniques

KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 3: Tools & Techniques


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 & Dragons...   [click here for more]
Kobold Press  $14.95

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Game Master Journal

Game Master Journal


Game Master Journal:Goblin Journals Book #5 in a series of books that help tabletop game masters create content for their quests.The Goblins Journalsl are a set of journals that help Game Masters and Players alike create content for their games. Game Masters Journals walk a Game Master through the creation of their own game sessions. It takes them step by step asking...   [click here for more]
GoblinsNest Games  $2.99

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Exemplars & Eidolons

Exemplars & Eidolons


Tales of Thundering Heroism Welcome to Exemplars & Eidolons. Within these few pages you’ll find a game of titanic heroes and glorious paragons, living legends of every stripe banding together to accomplish deeds of deathless fame. Using the basic framework of classic old-school gaming you’ll fashion fresh exemplars of daring to battle foes far beyond the...   [click here for more]
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Write Better Encounters

Write Better Encounters


A collection of tips and tricks - with examples and anecdotes - to enhance your encounters, making them more engrossing, engaging, rewarding, and memorable for the players. (5 pages) ...   [click here for more]
Anachromystic  Pay What You Want

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