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“An exceptional survey of the form... thoroughly researched and full of joy.” —Emily Short (Galatea)
“An awesome exploration of the long history of the genre.” —Nick Walton (AI Dungeon)
Since a winter morning in 1971 when a teacher wheeled a teletype into his classroom to debut a game about the Oregon Trail, people have been... [click here for more] |
Aaron A. Reed |
$24.95 $19.95
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When designing a fantasy setting, the biology of our home planet can serve as a wonderfully rich source for generating a new world and the creatures that inhabit it. But a world creator should not forget the fantasy aspect, or feel restricted to using Earth’s biosphere as an unyielding template. Several otherwise excellent resources all suffer from the flaw of using real-world ecology in fantasy... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$4.99
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How to Normal Tarot is the companion book for the Normal Tarot (Note that you will have to buy it separately, as cards and books can't ship from the same printer on here). The Caretaker runs Normal Horoscopes, a fantastic blog of horoscopes and mystical advice. The blog is still updating daily now on Tumblr, and the Caretaker, the blog's tender, can be found on twitter and patreon as well at @NormalHoroscopes... [click here for more] |
Seven Thirteen Books |
$5.00
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A Universe of Possibility
The rich story of the BattleTech setting has played out across more than a thousand years of future history, encompassing the full sweep of human experience. Here, for the first time, that story is presented in one comprehensive volume!
Dive deep into BattleTech lore with this look at the factions of the Inner Sphere, Clans, and Periphery, and learn about... [click here for more] |
Catalyst Game Labs |
$19.99
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Explore the town of Arkham, setting for the beloved Arkham Horror series of tabletop games, in this comprehensive, full-color guide to its people, places and strange goings on…
Witness Arkham like you’re walking its streets, peering into its shadows…
It is the height of the Roaring Twenties. Flappers and young fellas dance the Charleston at raucous jazz clubs gleaming bright with electric lights.... [click here for more] |
Aconyte Books |
$49.95 $34.95
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S.PETERSEN’S FIELD GUIDE TO LOVECRAFTIAN HORRORS A Field Observer’s Handbook of Preternatural Entities and Beings from Beyond The Wall of Sleep "With its clear visuals and hard-won information, this guide has saved my bacon on more thanvone occasion!"
—Ernest P. Wilderbeast, Visiting Professor of Preternatural Studies Miskatonic University Weird shapes in the park? Odd rumbling... [click here for more] |
Chaosium |
$17.95 $9.49
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 Updated digital edition of the essential tome for all the most daring fans of the beloved Arkham Horror family of tabletop games, now expanded to 55 short stories with full-color illustrations.
The Ancient Ones, beings so impossible that to behold them is to lose one’s mind, stir in their slumber. To herald their awakening, cultists prepare malefic rituals from... [click here for more] |
Aconyte Books |
$29.95
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 The Normal Tarot, in all its golden glory.
Follow the Caretaker, the author of Normal Horoscopes and Furiously Prognosticating, and divine the future with their totally unique tarot deck. Follow along on their Tumblr for more esoteric advice, research, tools, and general fuckery.
This deck is illustrated by Samantha Dow, and is unique from the original deck and the silver deck.
The Normal Tarot:... [click here for more] |
Seven Thirteen Books |
$46.53
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FURIOUSLY PROGNOSTICATING represents the journey of the Normal Horoscopes blog over its first seven months. The blog is still updating daily now on Tumblr, and the Caretaker, the blog's tender, can be found on twitter and patreon as well at @NormalHoroscopes
Funny, touching, and at times just downright spot on, the Caretaker takes on the burdens, worries, and fortune requests of all their readers... [click here for more] |
Seven Thirteen Books |
$10.00
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Dungeons Are Half the Game.
You can’t control what players are going to do. That’s half the fun. But you can control where they do it. That’s a whole other half! The Kobold Guide to Dungeons gives both new and experienced Game Masters over 100 pages of insight and ideas into making dungeons great.
In-depth essays from industry luminaries teach you... [click here for more] |
Kobold Press |
$19.99 $12.99
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PENNY DREADFUL A Mage: The Ascension Novel By Kevin Andrew Murphy
Penelope Anne Drizkowski-Penny Dreadful to her friends-leads an interesting life, but it's starting to get just a bit too interesting. First off, a young lady has enough trouble fending off unwanted advances, but what is one to do when they're from vampires? What about werewolves?
Then again, most girls aren't witches.... [click here for more] |
White Wolf |
$3.99
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What is the deep one skeletal structure? How does the byakhee hune organ allow them to travel through interstellar space? What organs and biological material makeup the mysterious and ancient flying polyps?
These questions and more will be answered in Luis Merlo’s groundbreaking scientific study of the anatomy, biology, and ecology of more than two dozen Lovecraftian horrors!
Luis... [click here for more] |
Petersen Games |
$39.99 $9.99
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I was there when the first attackers landed on our planet. I watched the jets of green light flashing through the night’s sky with my astronomer friend, Ogilvy. We even followed one to its landing site outside London. It had embedded itself in the earth, billowing hot steam and foul smoke as we approached to watch that dreadful cylinder unscrew, allowing its foul contents to spill forth...
But the... [click here for more] |
Onyx Path Publishing |
$4.99
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The Normal Tarot, in all its silver glory, and updated, darker edition of the original deck.
Follow the Caretaker, the author of Normal Horoscopes and Furiously Prognosticating, and divine the future with their totally unique tarot deck. Follow along on their Tumblr for more esoteric advice, research, tools, and general fuckery.
This deck is illustrated by Amy Smith, and is unique completely from... [click here for more] |
Seven Thirteen Books |
$46.53
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Stunning art and illustration from the Japanese-inspired fantasy realms of Rokugan, setting for the famed Legend of the Five Rings series of games.
For more than a quarter of a century, Rokugan has provided the setting for one of tabletop gaming’s most beloved sagas, the Legend of the Five Rings. Now, the land of Rokugan, its Imperial rulers and the Great Clans who vie for their favor are set center-stage... [click here for more] |
Aconyte Books |
$39.95 $29.95
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TAKE AIM AND FIRE!
Join the Clans and all their friends on their fun-filled adventures against the Great Houses of the Inner Sphere! MechWarriors of all ages can take command—each page features ‘Mechs to color, puzzles, mazes, games, cutting activities and things to make and do. Your favorite ‘Mechs and characters are featured in other great BattleTech products. ... [click here for more] |
Catalyst Game Labs |
FREE
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Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab
Although skeptics claim that the Necronomicon is a fantastic tome created by H. P. Lovecraft, true seekers into the esoteric mysteries of the world know the truth: the Necronomicon is the blasphemous tome of forbidden knowledge written by the mad Arab, Abdul Alhazred. Even today, after attempts... [click here for more] |
Chaosium |
$11.95
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THE COMPANION is a sourcebook of articles, stories, and pictures useful to or entertaining to RuneQuest referees and players alike; its wide variety of subjects and forms will stimulate new adventures in any campaign or fill up quiet evenings at home.
The Companion fills a void left by the demise of Wyrms Footnotes, a magazine dedicated at the last solely to RQ articles; it was then the best... [click here for more] |
Chaosium |
$9.99
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In Kicking It, game designer Monte Cook (D&D 3rd Edition, Numenera) and author/editor Shanna Germain (Geek Love, The Lure of Dangerous Women) each use their experience in running recent, successful Kickstarter campaigns to provide a step-by-step guide for you to plan, create, manage, and fund a money-making crowdfunding venture. You'll find a comparison of the various crowdfunding sites,... [click here for more] |
Stone Box Press |
$5.99
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The Mythos Society Guide to New England is an expansive universal sourcebook that can be used to enhance any horror, mystery, or adventure roleplaying scenarios set in New England. This fictional travel guide is intended to be a fun and provocative read for anyone interested in the esoteric history of New England, and a resource for stories or other projects that have horror or the weird as... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$9.99
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Bask in the wonders of the Sixth World dystopia! If you need something to pass the time, if you’re feeling a little isolated, this activity book is for you! It has tons of classic black-and-white art you can bring to glorious, colorful life, word searches, a crossword, and a bunch of other puzzles. Pay whatever you want for the PDF, then dive in and pass the time! ... [click here for more] |
Catalyst Game Labs |
Pay What You Want
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24 Scenes of Bronze Age Fantasy for you to Color!
Enjoy coloring an amazing array of scenes, with fantastic images from Greg Stafford's Glorantha and the award-winning RuneQuest RPG.
Turn This...
.. Into This
Create your own technicolor cure for generic fantasy. ... [click here for more] |
Chaosium |
$4.99
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The Known Text • The Secret Doctrine • Additional Sources • A Life of Mme. Blavatsky
"The Stanzas, therefore, give an abstract formula which can be applied, mutatis mutandis, to all evolution: to that of our tiny earth, to that of the chain of planets of which that earth forms one, to the solar Universe to which that chain belongs, and so on, in an ascending scale, till the mind reels and... [click here for more] |
Chaosium |
$7.95
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The Worlds of Android is your definitive guide to Android setting and its unique vision of the future. A beautiful, 272-page setting guide and art book, The Worlds of Android features full-color art, stunning gatefolds, and a polyphony of narrative voices that convey the immense diversity of human experience in the rich, fictional universe made famous by Android:... [click here for more] |
Aconyte Books |
$39.95 $19.95
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In THE THRILL OF DRACULA, Kenneth Hite takes apart Dracula — the novel, the movies, the myth, even the history — into his component pieces: characters, tropes, symbols, story beats, effects. With those pieces, Ken shows you how to build new yet mythic stories about the King of the Vampires or about your own creatures of the night, tuned for thriller adventure, cosmic horror, or even intense personal... [click here for more] |
Pelgrane Press |
$6.95
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How to Normal Tarot, 2nd Ed Gold is the companion book for the Normal Tarot Gold edition (Note that you will have to buy it separately, as cards and books can't ship from the same printer on here). The Caretaker runs Normal Horoscopes, a fantastic blog of horoscopes and mystical advice. The blog is still updating daily now on Tumblr, and the Caretaker, the blog's tender, can be found on twitter and... [click here for more] |
Seven Thirteen Books |
FREE
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Even the freshest shovelhead knows the dangers of traveling while vampire. Many a pack has perished on the road due to poor planning or bad luck.
Thus, this book. Written in a frank (sometimes insulting tone), A Cainite's Guide to Travel finds itself passed from pack to pack and abbot to abbot. Jealously guarded and copied only rarely, this slim volume is a must-have for any pack planning... [click here for more] |
White Wolf |
$6.99
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Rawhead and bloody bones
Steals naughty children from their homes,
Takes them to his dirty den
And they are never seen again.
So says the nursery rhyme that gives birth to Rawhead, the most fearsome entity to imperil the living since the infamous Roller. Once an obedient mummy by name of Benefre, a desperate bid... [click here for more] |
Onyx Path Publishing |
$1.79
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This small tarot-size deck of cards is a great way to show off and collect the art present in the Furiously Prognosticating book! ... [click here for more] |
Seven Thirteen Books |
$10.48
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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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Every werewolf tribe has its traditions, legends, and customs. From the tales of lordly Silver Fangs to the debased Black Spiral Dancers, and from the isolated Siberakh to the long-dead White Howlers, those legends live on. Part of that culture comes across through each tribe’s attitude towards food. This book is a first for the World of Darkness, providing both extra background... [click here for more] |
Onyx Path Publishing |
$4.99
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How to Normal Tarot, 2nd Ed Silver is the companion book for the Normal Tarot Silver edition (Note that you will have to buy it separately, as cards and books can't ship from the same printer on here). The Caretaker runs Normal Horoscopes, a fantastic blog of horoscopes and mystical advice. The blog is still updating daily now on Tumblr, and the Caretaker, the blog's tender, can be found on twitter... [click here for more] |
Seven Thirteen Books |
FREE
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Food is Life
We are what we eat. As mages throughout history have realized, the foods that sustain our bodies sustain enlightenment as well. Such foods become extensions of the people and cultures that create them. Now Brother Oliver Lyon, Knight Templar and a humble baker’s son, travels around the world hunting the Fallen and gathering fine recipes along the way.
Enchanting... [click here for more] |
Onyx Path Publishing |
$4.99
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An Ancient Text Revealed and Re-Examined
The story of Longinus is not a secret story, although some would hide it. But neither is it an open story. It requires study. It requires respect. To some it is the final source of wisdom, freedom, survival. To others it is an evil book, the source of all oppression. No matter what viewpoint you hold, the fact remains that the Testament of Longinus cannot... [click here for more] |
White Wolf |
$3.99
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And I have seen it pass sterile into textbooks, just more facts to be learned to please a stern tutor, then forgotten when the lesson is over.
But the lessons of the Awakened must never end. By the divine Avatar within each of us, we are bound to history just as we are charged to create it. We, of all mortals, cannot forget what has gone before us. Nor can we shunt it into scraps of paper and shove... [click here for more] |
White Wolf |
$7.99
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28 Eldritch Scenes of Lovecraftian Horror for You to Color!
Enjoy coloring an amazing array of scenes, with striking images from H.P. Lovecraft’s stories—and the Call of Cthulhu RPG his imagination inspired (Horror on the Orient Express, Masks of Nyarlathotep, The Fungi from Yuggoth and more).
... [click here for more] |
Chaosium |
$4.95
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I do not write to beg. I do not pray to you the way your worshipers do. I do not bargain as immortals do with one another. My message is the Ax of Sutek. It cuts away your toxic desires as a surgeon amputates diseased limbs, leaving you with nothing but yourself.
— The Heretic
Dreams of Avarice is a personal manifesto penned by the Arisen called the Heretic. This in character... [click here for more] |
Onyx Path Publishing |
$5.99
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 Role-playing games seemed to appear of nowhere in the early 1970s and have been a quiet but steady presence in American culture ever since.
This new look at the hobby searches for the historical origins of role-playing games deep in the imaginative worlds of Western culture. It looks at the earliest fantasy stories from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, at the fans--both readers and writers--who... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$45.00 $20.99
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Kobolds Work a Little Magic
The popular and wildly useful Kobold Guide series tackles the biggest subject in fantasy: Magic!
What makes a fantasy fantastic? Magic, of course! Whether it’s unearthly beasts, scheming sorcerers, legendary swords or locales that defy logic and physics, a compelling fantasy story needs magical elements. The tricky part is that in order for the story to work,... [click here for more] |
Kobold Press |
$14.99
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Run Your Best Campaign Yet
Whether you’re a new gamemaster or a seasoned vet looking for a new angle to shake up your game, these 19 essays by expert gamemasters help construct your campaign from the ground up—and keep your players engaged until the dramatic conclusion.
Kobold Guide to Plots & Campaigns shows how to begin a new campaign, use published adventures or loot them for... [click here for more] |
Kobold Press |
$12.99
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“Don’t write merely to shock. People are used to shock-horror. You need to get beneath the skin. Use a flensing knife and keep it sharp. It’s good to shock, but only as part of the story you tell.”
In these essays, Kaaron Warren—the Shirley Jackson Award-winning writer behind Slights, The Greif Hole, and Into Bones Like Oil—explores the craft... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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This system-free supplement provides a detailed overview of ORUS, the Office for Research of Unusual Science, from its origins in the ancient world, through its various incarnations over the ages, and up to its ultimate realization in the current era as a covert government agency. It is suitable for use with any games, can provide inspiration for other esoteric organizations, and is also just a fun... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$1.99
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 The author writes:
This book began as an expansion of my essay, "H. P. Lovecraft: The Decline of the West," in The Weird Tale, but very quickly became something quite different, to the degree that the two works have little save the title in common. I have always been interested in Lovecraft the philosopher, and in my Starmont Reader's Guide to Lovecraft (1982) I attempted a very compressed... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
$4.99
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Let the Monster Masters Guide You
Classic monsters can get stale, and Game Masters often need to generate their own monstrosities to properly challenge players. But concepting, creating, and using monsters is no easy feat for any Game Master—and that’s where this book comes in. In these pages, 15 of the brightest stars in the gaming industry share their wisdom for conceptualizing, developing, and... [click here for more] |
Kobold Press |
$19.99 $12.99
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 “I'm not going to lie to you. There are no secret handshakes or rules that will get you on your particular dream-path. If there was, we'd all be on our own already. If you want to be a successful writer, be prepared to have to make up most of it as you go along.”
In these essays, Sean Williams—the best-selling author of over 120 short stories and fifty novels—shares his thoughts on... [click here for more] |
Brain Jar Press |
$2.99
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Strange Encounters The Vigil brings no easy explanations — every night is a new mystery, a bizarre creature, an unknown terror. But hunters are humans, and humans must categorize — they take notes, keep journals, snap pictures and attempt to illustrate the horrors they meet on the hunt. By doing so, hunter cells try to find patterns, solve enigmas, and most important of all, keep hold... [click here for more] |
White Wolf |
$8.99
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Heed the Signs and Beware
The seals of the Abyss are sundered and demons walk the earth again, claiming souls as they vie for dominance across the globe. Hidden within their ancient sanctums, the Earthbound stir after millennia of sleep, summoning their scattered worshippers and forging chains of slavery for fallen and mortal alike. Now come the words of Lucifer himself, lost Prince of the Fallen,... [click here for more] |
White Wolf |
$4.99
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RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization and was named one of "America's 100 Best Charities" by Worth magazine.
RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE and online.rainn.org) in partnership with more than 1,100 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe... [click here for more] |
RAINN |
Pay What You Want
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“Stories from the Northern Myths” delves into some of the tales that directly influenced 20th century fantasy literature in general and its most famous exemplar, The Lord of the Rings, in particular. This historical reprint covers legends that include the cursed hoard of the Rhine Gold and the ring associated with it that corrupts and transforms its owners; the adventures of the Germanic... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$2.99
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In the dark dungeons beneath Nazi Germany, teams of occult experts delved into ancient and forbidden lore, searching for lost secrets of power. This book tells the complete history of the Nazi occult programs, from their quests for the Ark of the Covenant, the Spear of Destiny, and the Holy Grail, through their experiments with lycanthrope and zero-point energy.
It also includes information on the... [click here for more] |
Osprey Publishing |
$19.00 $7.46
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