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Adventure Design in Practice is a structured analysis on my upcoming next adventure that will hit the gaming table with my regular group in three days from the time of writing this. It is my personal preparation work in a documented format with designer notes in a classic game master guide style.
I analyze collaborative storytelling and how it can be fused with more linear story design.... [click here for more] |
ThinkDifferent |
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Encounters are the motor of your storytelling. The way they are structured contributes the most to your table top experience.
I've compiled a collection of design principles for encounters using my business consultancy skillset. It's been refeshing to deploy those practices to role playing domain and I feel it has given me a new angle to the subject in general.
Key highlights and learning include:... [click here for more] |
ThinkDifferent |
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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 to run... [click here for more] |
ThinkDifferent |
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Awarded a Judges Spotlight ENnie in 2021
This is filled with great fantasy art which is used to showcase and highlight the quick to read, bite-sized prompts that are presented. The pictures are also used as creative prompts with thought-provoking questions referencing the illustrations.
This is an art book that educates. Something to flick through for inspiration,... [click here for more] |
The Grinning Frog |
$43.51 $39.78
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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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This is a one page guide on how to organize an one-shot story in an easy structure so anyone can easily come up with great ideas for Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPG) without much effort. Note that the stories that come from this structure are very limited, superficial and not focused on any specific genre, this is merely to break the idea of being the Game Master (GM) as something hard for just a... [click here for more] |
Target Role |
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Quick Worldbuilding is a one page guide on how to create a world and scenario for you to set your story for a one-shot or small campaign in Tabletops Roleplaying Games (TTRPG). This file contains one page filled with specific questions which answers will be the details of your world, and a second page which is a fillable sheet for you to take proper note of these questions.
To use this guide it is... [click here for more] |
Target Role |
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In this booklet we’ll be approaching role-playing games like an exercise in collaborative storytelling. The GM and players are authors in more-or-less equal measure, though the GM bears perhaps a little more responsibility than the others in terms of keeping everything organized. These tips are based on the author’s career experience as a screenwriter and author of genre fiction. ... [click here for more] |
Taoscordian Games |
$4.99
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Some people play roleplaying-games for the challenge; others play them for the story. Award-winning fantasy author and freelance game writer Marie Brennan is unabashedly in the latter camp. In these essays she looks at tabletop and live-action RPGs from a narrative perspective, exploring the ways the framework of a game can generate and support (or undermine) your tale. Whether you are a player or... [click here for more] |
Swan Tower |
$2.99
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Written by a veteran game store owner, the Game Retailer Guide is a how-to industry manual that contains everything you need to know in order to start and run a successful game-selling business.
Topics the Game Retailer Guide covers include:
* Administration & Planning
* Building and Equipping the Store
* Competitive Analysis
* Products and Services
* Marketing & Advertising... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$9.99
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The Guide to Naked Geomorphs provides tips, suggestions and examples of how to use the Naked Geomorph products. It includes two free full products: Cavern Basic Set D (C1-15D) and Cavern-Tunnel Passage Set C (M1-12C) so you can try out actual product content before buying anything.
Additionally, it includes an archive of supplementary textures for digital editing of the map tiles, and an archive... [click here for more] |
Safatti Games |
FREE
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FORMAÇÃO DE RPGISTAS Este projeto surgiu em um conjunto entre Sesc, Lampião Game Studio e RPGWord com o objetivo de apresentar para as pessoas o RPG, a partir das explicações do que é jogo até as formas de criar e publicar seus próprios jogos. As dez oficinas de formação de jogadores, mestres e criadores de RPG foram ministradas através de aulas estruturadas, jogos de RPG e criação guiada... [click here for more] |
RPGWorld |
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If you have a really hard time learning random numbers & chances (probability) in math, then you should get help!
This little book will amke learning probability easier for you.
This is also great for learning how to develop games, case scenarios, & obviously assumptions.
Probability is everywhere! Percentages, fractions, rouleetes, dice of all shapes sizes & kinds, playing cards,... [click here for more] |
RLS777 |
$1.00
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Zine Making, a wikibook on how to make your zines, by contributes Mcld and Thenub314, is licensed under the Creative Commons-Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 imported license, and here is the URL Address: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ You wanna make a zine? Now's your chance to make your very own zine! This very Wiki Book will guide you in the process of making the zine you have always... [click here for more] |
RLS777 |
$2.00 $1.00
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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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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 eight dungeon design essays by ENnie Award winning designer Creighton Broadhurst. Handling such subjects as a dungeon’s purpose, design, ecology, dressing... [click here for more] |
Raging Swan Press |
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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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Want to break into freelance game design, but don’t know where to start? Have you already had a crack at pitching a project and failed? If so, this is the book for you! Inside, Creighton Broadhurst publisher at Raging Swan Press and an ENnie Award winning game designer reveals his hints, tips and strategies for a successful career in freelance game design.
This book covers such subjects as:
What's... [click here for more] |
Raging Swan Press |
$4.99
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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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This template helps you draft a robust, clue-based adventure for tabletop RPGs.
While system-agnostic, the Mystery Matrix is a natural match for sleuthy systems like Monster of the Week, Call of Cthulhu, or Candela Obscura.
Create a mystery that is …
USER-FRIENDLY. Follow easy steps to craft your story, and have all major threads visible at one glance during play.
LOGICAL. Build... [click here for more] |
QuestHappens |
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Twenty videos with a runtime of around four hours, covering every common aspect of creating your own RPG game from your brainstorming of concepts all the way through to selling it. This work is accompanied by a series of worksheets that you can reference as your project unfolds.
Game design
Genre choices
Marketing
Sales points
All this, and more, are covered. ... [click here for more] |
Postmortem Studios |
$19.99
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GENERIC ADVENTURE MAGAZINE, #1, 2018.
In this issue: Speed writing an adventure!
In a few steps, I lay out a simple path on how to speed write an adventure to any role playing game. It doesn't matter if what you're going to play is horror, sci-fi, fantasy or anything else - you can use these techniques and ideas to any game and genre.
Four simple steps to create... [click here for more] |
PenguinComics |
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GENERIC ADVENTURE MAGAZINE, #2, 2019.
In this issue: Backwards gaming!
Remember Memento? Ever seen Irréversible? Both are amazing movies. And both are made using the same story telling technique: telling the story “backwards”. In this magazine, I will explain how to use this technique in a role playing adventure! Backwards game play isn't easy – but it can be pretty rewarding. Included... [click here for more] |
PenguinComics |
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"This is the single most valuable resource to date for the design of cooperative games."
— Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun
"Meeples Together is a must read for any emerging game designer, and an interesting read for all hobby gamers."
— Richard Launius, designer of Arkham Horror
“Required reading for game designers of any kind, bursting at... [click here for more] |
Pelgrane Press |
$9.95
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Easier Encounters
Encounters are fundamental to great game sessions and campaigns. This book contains my ideas on combining player goals, character choices, stakes, and consequences for building encounters that build into adventures and into satisfying campaigns.
... [click here for more] |
Parts Per Million |
$7.99 $4.99
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Make your own minieuro to play PaperTown or everything you want!
Print the pages of this pdf in black and white on paper of different colors.
You can use some different material and size washers to represent the 1 and 2 euro coins, as you can see from the picture.
In this case... [click here for more] |
PaperTown |
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This guide is to help purchasers of my Intellectual Property for RPG Designers guide in finding their own attorney. Think of it as my I AM NOT YOUR ATTORNEY love letter on how to find one of your own.
This product provides a GENERAL OVERVIEW on how to hire an IP attorney, with an emphasis on RPG designer clients. Viewing this product DOES NOT CREATE AN... [click here for more] |
Omnichromatic Pirate Unicorn Games |
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This guide covers the very basics of the USA's intellectual property law, as applied to roleplaying games. The guide covers copyrights, trademarks, patents, and how they apply in the RPG world. The guide then goes over a few types of pre-existing material that creators can leverage in their own creations without incurring legal liability, such as stock characters and publicly-licensed content.
It's... [click here for more] |
Omnichromatic Pirate Unicorn Games |
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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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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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Solo Roleplaying - A brief introduction
This is a guide to the barest essentials of solo roleplaying. If you are unfamiliar with how playing RPGs by yourself works at its core, this guide will help you get started.
Reasons to play by yourself
The most common reason tends to be not being able to find a suitable group to play with. While it’s true there are numerous online platforms... [click here for more] |
Little Dreamer |
$2.00 $1.25
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What can change a person's very nature?
How can the broken be made whole?
What does it mean to be a hero?
In a world where most people still dismiss genre fiction as ‘trash’ or ‘pulp,' it should be no surprise that role playing games don’t have a reputation for literary value. And, to be fair, I can understand why: most adventures are just... [click here for more] |
Larcenous Designs, LLC |
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This eBook will help guide you on the different topics to improve your hobby skills from building miniatures, painting them to a level you are happy, and how to showcase them online. While I focus on gothic sci-fi miniatures, you can use the tips in this book for figures for wargaming, tabletop games, RPG, scale models, or really any other plastic miniature.
This is the first book in the Beginner... [click here for more] |
Joe Baird |
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This document collects several tools and tips that I have used as a Game Master in my TTRPGs for over thirty years. Each of the ideas works either by itself or in conjunction with any or all of the other ideas. Pick and choose what works for you! Enjoy! ... [click here for more] |
JacobtheGM |
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An average gamer is sitting at his desk, scribbling "My setting" on the first page of his notepad. He has prepared in advance: in his mind, he has a plan for the setting, its history, inklings of geography and names. He’s read some guides to creating fantasy worlds as well. He knows a lot of PnP and video game settings, has browsed the websites of complex alternate worlds, and by reading forums... [click here for more] |
GRAmel |
$9.99 $2.49
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So You Want to Design an Adventure...
a game design template by Geoff Gander
Designing adventures with a compelling storylines that allow players to explore their world, yet keep them on track without railroading them, can be a challenge. How much background do you need? Do you need random encounters to keep things interesting? How do you maintain pacing to keep the players interested?
All of these... [click here for more] |
Geoff Gander |
$3.99
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The Backstory Cards Technique Guide is your one-stop source for unlocking the potential of Backstory Cards. This free 10-page PDF includes:
The instructions on one page, so you don't have to just refer to the three cards in the core deck
Essential tips for players and GMs
Plenty of advice on creating and using an effective setting grid, including genre-based... [click here for more] |
Galileo Games |
FREE
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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 freelancers looking to make the... [click here for more] |
FR Press |
$0.99
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Tous les conseils pour améliorer vos parties de jeu de rôle !
La Bible du Meneur de Jeu est un guide complet de 200 pages illustrées en couleurs qui rassemble en un seul ouvrage tous les conseils pour des parties plus intenses et plus fun.
Vous y trouverez notamment des conseils pour :
- gagner du temps lors de la préparation et l’écriture de vos scénarios... [click here for more] |
Footbridge |
$36.62 $12.74
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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The purpose of this rating system is to allow players to gather and share information about what sort of game they prefer, allowing them to beter match themselves with like minded gamers. This will make the chances of having fun much more likely, and after all, the real point of any game is to have fun. It is not intended to evaluate or judge others, or to suggest that one style of play is better... [click here for more] |
Critical Hit Publishing |
FREE
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How to best describe Landscapes?
It’s important to give your audience (readers or fellow gamers) a sense of place. That is, a landscape they can identify with and/or visualize.The difficulty here is placing a feature, a moment or a mark on the landscape that's memorable and (more importantly) indigenous to the landscape. This is exactly what these cards... [click here for more] |
Conflict Games, LLC |
$0.99
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Writer's Handbook at a Glance
Use the tools provided by the Once Upon a Time game to fuel your own fiction writing.
Requires a copy of Once Upon a Time to use.
Spin a Yarn: More about the Writer's Handbook
In Once Upon a Time, players work together to tell a tale based on the information on the cards in their hand. Use this game to jumpstart your... [click here for more] |
Atlas Games |
$2.95
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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 |
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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 |
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