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In a game centered on mechanics, alignment can be a confusingly abstract concept. It’s a quick-and-dirty way to tell the heroes from the villains, and to provide a vague idea of how characters can be roleplayed, but a lot is left open to interpretation. This Mayday Manual was written to offer up some practical options for getting more out of alignment within your own game. It is not intended... [click here for more] |
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How can you make alignment more useful and meaningful in your roleplaying games?
This is the first edition. You can find the second edition here.
Roleplaying Alignment presents a system for using the traditional nine-point alignment system to enrich your game. It presents alignment as a means for customizing your character's personality, goals, and beliefs. Simple... [click here for more] |
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 In a Bitter Rivals adventure, the player characters will be called upon to compete against an adversary that is their equal in nearly every way. The nature of the competition can be nearly anything, but is centered on the types of abilities and challenges that the PCs are meant to be the best at. During the course of the adventure, they will have to not only do their best, but find new ways... [click here for more] |
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 Cantrip Fantasy is a simple, easy-to-learn tabletop roleplaying system. It was designed for people who’d like to play something like that big, brand-name fantasy game but feel overwhelmed by big, fat books full of rules. This system was also created for people who don’t like being limited to the character options in those books, and would like to create their own.
There are only... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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Character creation and leveling up can be confusing, even for experienced players. There’s a lot of keep track of, including abilities to choose and statistics to be recalculated. The Character Workbook: Fighter for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is a game aid designed for the core combat-oriented class, walking you through the process of character creation and help you keep track of all those... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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One of the great strengths of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is that it provides players with so many options for their characters. Yet that very strength can also be a source of confusion for new players and casual gamers. For folks who have school, careers, family, and other activities, the seemingly simple task of creating a character and periodically leveling up can feel like a serious commitment... [click here for more] |
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 Running a one-shot or short campaign, and need a system that doesn’t require a lot of prep? Wondering how to introduce roleplaying to people intimidated by big rulebooks? Be ready to play within minutes using Domnio!
Domnio is a 4-page PDF packed with all of the information you need to create characters and run the game. The minimalist presentation uses every bit of space on useful content. ... [click here for more] |
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Foragers Guild Fantasy Roleplaying is a high fantasy story game. As members of the Guild, you explore the ancient world of Desteon seeking out powerful artifacts. Opposing you is the Moirologist Society, a secret organization of graverobbers, assassins, and necromancers. Can you keep the dangerous relics of lost civilizations from falling into the wrong hands?
This product contains... [click here for more] |
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Add more terror and suspense to your horror adventures!
Horror Stories (Genre Structure Vol. 1) helps you to develop and tell frightful tales of dread and darkness. It is an essential sourcebook for creating fiction and tabletop adventures. Written for writers and roleplayers, with clear step-by-step instructions, you can:
Determine which horror genre elements you wish to... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more excitement and bold vision to your science fiction adventures?
Science Fiction (Genre Structure Vol. 2) helps you to develop and tell tales of discovery and possibility. It is an essential sourcebook for creating fiction and tabletop adventures. Written for writers and roleplayers, with clear step-by-step instructions, you can:
Determine which science... [click here for more] |
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How can you add more wonder and enchantment to your fantasy adventures?
Fantasy Stories (Genre Structure Vol. 3) helps you to develop and tell spellbinding tales of magic and imagination. It is an essential sourcebook for creating fiction and tabletop adventures. Written for writers and roleplayers, with clear step-by-step instructions, you can:
Determine which fantasy genre... [click here for more] |
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How can you get your game group to work better together and have more fun?
This is the first edition. You can find the second edition here.
Most of you don’t need to be told how to play well with others. Unfortunately, you’ll run into people who do. For whatever reason, they never learned this particular set of social skills. Sitting down to play a game with them can be like... [click here for more] |
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You hate your job. Your relationship is on the rocks. We won’t even get into your financial woes. Obviously something has to change. What you need is to inject some excitement into your life. The only logical thing to do is to become a private investigator!
In Hardboiled Follies, you take on the role of a completely unqualified amateur detective. You and your friends... [click here for more] |
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Welcome to Issue Five: Quaranzine Part 2
If you haven’t read Issue Four, I need to tell you that this is not an issue packed with advice converting the classic board game Pandemic in to a tabletop roleplaying scenario, nor is it a devoted to Max Max-style post-apocalyptic settings. Sorry. It’s the second of three issues that I’ve put together in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. I’ve... [click here for more] |
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Welcome to Issue Four: Quaranzine Part 1
A bit of clarification before we begin: This is not an issue packed with advice on running modern-day medical thrillers, developing post-apocalyptic fantasies, or rules for deadly viruses. Sorry. It’s the first of three issues that I’ve put together in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. During this period of social distancing and self-isolation,... [click here for more] |
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in this issue:
fandom as religion - In the past decade fandom has become contentious and un-fun. With the mainstreaming of things formerly relegated to the fringes, is there any reason to continue supporting an increasingly toxic fan culture?
novel-style character profiles - A character sheet is only good for the game system it was created for, but a character profile... [click here for more] |
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In This Issue:
The Soft Reboot
Revisiting the Black Box Movement
RPG Manual Cost as Barrier to Entry
Game Design: The Man in the Arena
Do What You Can
Black Box: Everything is a Remix
Politics in Roleplaying Settings
Black Box and Remix Culture
Freebies, Trolls, and What Have You
Guide Instead of Gamemaster
System Rather Than Rules
Why “Player” Is In But “Game” Is Out
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Welcome to Issue Six: Quaranzine Part 3
If you’re experiencing a bit of deja vu, then you’ve already read Issue Four and Issue Five. Thanks! For those just tuning in, this “quaranzine” special is not an issue packed with advice recreating the 1995 medical disaster movie Outbreak at your tabletop. Nor does it delve into the possible armor class protection offed by hazmat suits. Sorry. It’s... [click here for more] |
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in this issue:
The Necessity of Kindness - Rather than write about horror as originally planned, I decided to focus on being pleasant to one another instead. There is no tabletop roleplaying without people. Play nice.
Paladins Revisited - We think of paladins as holy warriors, but what if we came at them from a more romantic perspective? Rather than devotion... [click here for more] |
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in this issue:
why do a wrestling issue? - If you don’t care about professional wrestling, why are you reading this issue? Well, it’s about unarmed combat, improvised weapons, character development, and storytelling. That’s RPG material right there.
characters: wrestler archetypes - How to make RPG characters inspired by professional wrestling. Whether you’re... [click here for more] |
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In This Issue:
Welcome to Issue Zero - It’s a game system! It’s a zine about tabletop roleplaying! It’s both! An introduction to the Hippogryph project, what to expect in this issue, and what you can look forward to in future issues.
How to Create Things - From characters to magic items to worlds, a unified system for creating all of the elements that go into... [click here for more] |
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 In a Hot Pursuit adventure, the player characters will be running for their life to get away from some person, organization, or force that’s chasing them. During the course of the adventure, they will have to run, hide, and do everything they can to slow doing their pursuer and stay ahead in the chase. By the end, they should safely escape, either by resolving the issue they’re... [click here for more] |
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An all new Lighthouse System edition of the giant monster story game!
In a world where giant monsters roam the Earth and alien invaders threaten all of humanity, can the heroes of the Kaiju Patrol manage to find true love?
The first explosions over Hiroshima and Nagasaki did more than unleash the atomic age. They gave birth to an age of giant atomic monsters! Fallout from... [click here for more] |
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A simple, universal storygame system.
Core Mechanic
Roll a d20 and add modifiers.
If the result is high (11+) you succeed.
If the result in low (10 or less) you fail.
When the result is even, you narrate the outcome.
When the result is odd, the guide narrates the outcome.
Risk
When you declare your action, you bid a die.
The size of the die dictates the desired outcome.
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 In a Long Strange Trip adventure, the player characters will set out to see the world. They know that fortune and fame await them, but it won’t be found at home. It’s a type of adventure that’s more a showcase for your worldbuilding than it is a vehicle for character development. That doesn’t mean that the player characters can’t learn and grow, but it’s... [click here for more] |
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More than simple plot hooks or adventure seeds!
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A premise is the heart of a story summed up in a single sentence. It should provide a general overview of what happens, without spoiling anything. A good premise contains, explicitly or by implication, four key elements of the story: who the protagonists are, what the goal of the story... [click here for more] |
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More than simple plot hooks or adventure seeds!
Click on Full Size Preview for a sample!
A premise is the heart of a story summed up in a single sentence. It should provide a general overview of what happens, without spoiling anything. A good premise contains, explicitly or by implication, four key elements of the story: who the protagonists are, what the goal of the story... [click here for more] |
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More than simple plot hooks or adventure seeds!
Click on Full Size Preview for a sample!
A premise is the heart of a story summed up in a single sentence. It should provide a general overview of what happens, without spoiling anything. A good premise contains, explicitly or by implication, four key elements of the story: who the protagonists are, what the goal of the story... [click here for more] |
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More than simple plot hooks or adventure seeds!
Click on Full Size Preview for a sample!
A premise is the heart of a story summed up in a single sentence. It should provide a general overview of what happens, without spoiling anything. A good premise contains, explicitly or by implication, four key elements of the story: who the protagonists are, what the goal of the story... [click here for more] |
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Stories at the intersection of fantasy, science fiction, and horror!
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A premise is the heart of a story summed up in a single sentence. It should provide a general overview of what happens, without spoiling anything. A good premise contains, explicitly or by implication, four key elements of the story: who the protagonists are, what... [click here for more] |
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