Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Role Playing Game Studies written by José P. Zagal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the latest research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in one single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by more than 40 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons to the rise of live-action role-play and contemporary computer RPG and massively multiplayer online RPG franchises, like Baldur’s Gate, Genshin Impact, and World of Warcraft. Individual chapters survey the perspectives, concepts, and findings on RPGs from key disciplines, like performance studies, sociology, psychology, education, economics, game design, literary studies, and more. Other chapters integrate insights from RPG studies around broadly significant topics, like worldbuilding, immersion, and player-character relations, as well as explore actual play and streaming, diversity, equity, inclusion, jubensha, therapeutic uses of RPGs, and storygames, journaling games, and other forms of text-based RPGs. Each chapter includes definitions of key terms and recommended readings to help students and scholars new to RPG studies find their way into this interdisciplinary field. A comprehensive reference volume ideal for students and scholars of game studies and immersive experiences and those looking to learn more about the ever-growing, interdisciplinary field of RPG studies.

Download or read book The Midderlands written by Glynn Seal and published by Necromancer Games. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A green-hued, dark-fantasy, old-school mini-setting and bestiary set in a twisted middle-England. Situated in the middle of Havenland is an area known by the ancestors as the Middle Havenlands. They don't use that name much anymore, preferring to talk lazily, and skip letters. In strange accents, often misheard and little understood by those outside of the central region, they call it 'The Midderlands', and themselves 'Midfolk' or 'Midderlanders'. Everywhere though, the Midderlands is tainted by a green-tinged menace that rises from 'Middergloom', the deep and mysterious realms beneath the surface. It affects nature and order. Sometimes subtly and sometimes catastrophically. Middergloom is often described as hell bathed in green fire and flames. Green-tinged, viscid slime; noxious, acrid vapours; and miasmas of hopelessness creep upwards from below. Amongst them, viridian-coloured demons, lime-green tentacles, and other malachite horrors claw their way to the surface to wreak havoc. The Lords of the land are always working to keep things at bay. They fight endlessly as if holding back a torrent of despair. Things stir in this viridian-hued landscape. Evil eyes blink and watch. Teeth and claws scratch and sharpen. Gaping maws slobber and drool. All is not content in the Midderlands.

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Download or read book Starfinder Alien Archive 4 written by Paizo Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battle, befriend, or become more than 100 bizarre alien life forms in this all-new creature collection for the Starfinder Roleplaying Game! On countless worlds orbiting countless stars, strange and wonderful creatures await discovery. In this book, you'll find rules and background information about creatures ranging from undead androids and robot dragons to deadly laser-spined flowers and mysterious sea skeletons. Many species include rules for making your own playable alien character, from beings made of coral to animals uplifted by sapient fungus to creatures truly bizarre to behold. You'll also find plenty of new equipment and player options, including a new set of augmentations that allows your character to adopt the strange features of dozens of existing playable alien species. Explore the extraordinary with Starfinder Alien Archive 4! Inside this book, you'll find the following: -Nearly 100 uncanny life-forms both classic and new, from the batlike grioth and horrifying brain collector to the vengeful endling and dreaded plasmalisk. -A dozen races with full player rules, letting you play everything from a fungus-uplifted animal to a humanoid made of magical coral. -New alien technology to help give your character an edge, including armor, weapons, magic items, and more. -New rules for grafting the strange physical traits of other species onto your own character, creating a staggering array of customization options!

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Download or read book John Carter of Mars Prince of Helium Notebook written by Modiphius Entertainment and published by Modiphius Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modiphius Entertainment presents the John Carter of Mars Prince of Helium Notebook. The exterior features amazing rendered artwork from the cover of the core rulebook, while the interior features blank, lined and gridded paper to detail your journey across Barsoom as well as character sheets to keep your heroes information all in one place. Fully illustrated cover with elastic closure. 160 page notebook featuring blank, lined and gridded paper. Character sheets built into the notebook for ease of use in play.

Download or read book 13th Age RPG written by Jonathan Tweet and published by 13th Age. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 13th Age is the highly-anticipated new rules-light fantasy RPG from two legendary game designers - Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinso of Dungeons & Dragons fame, combining an old-school approach with indie story game design. Players take the roles of fortune-seeking adventurers in a world where powerful individuals called Icons pursue goals that may preserve an ancient empire, or destroy it.. By defining each characters relationship to the Icons, along with a rich background and a trait that makes him or her unique in the world, 13th Age lays the groundwork for epic stories that emerge through play.

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Download or read book Kids on Bikes Strange Adventures Volume 1 written by Jonathan Gilmour and published by . This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odd events are happening in Small Towns. There are Shadows in Sharon Hollow, Strange Things are afoot at the Circle Q... Not to mention there is some Double Trouble at Skateland! Will a bunch of Boxcar Boys, face a Minor Threat of Ghosts & Steel? Or will there be a Culling in Cheyenne?Only YOU can find out!Strange Adventures #1 is a non-core book of adventure hooks and story guidelines to help you find new adventures in the RPG Kids on Bikes. Featuring 20 unique towns under the writing expertise of both new and seasoned story writers - such as Ross Watson, Scott Woodard, Elisa Teague, Matt Colville, Sen-Foon Lim, and Amanda Harmon Kunz. Find out more, in this edition of STRANGE ADVENTURES!

Download or read book Star Trek Adventures Beta Quadrant written by Modiphius Entertainment and published by Modiphius Entertainment. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YOU JUDGE YOURSELVES AGAINST THE PITIFUL ADVERSARIES YOU'VE ENCOUNTERED SO FAR: THE ROMULANS, THE KLINGONS... THEY'RE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT'S WAITING.

Download or read book Symbaroum Adventure Pack 2 written by Modiphius and published by Modiphius. This book was released on 2017-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Davokar region has a grim, horrifying past, and that which has been forgotten by most is sometimes rediscovered by the curious and the greedy. This way, struggles that were laid to rest centuries ago can come to life and cause much grief and destruction, to both Ambrians and the barbarian clans; the hunger of a few awakes the famished powers of ancient times, and the common woman, man and child has to suffer.

Download or read book Planet Mercenary Role Playing Game written by Howard Tayler and published by . This book was released on 2017-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Starfinder Near Space written by Paizo Staff and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey to Near Space, the galactic region that contains the Pact Worlds, the Veskarium, and many of the planets discovered and colonized by explorers from those civilizations. This hardcover rulebook expands the Starfinder campaign setting with details on dozens of worlds and cultures found in Near Space, each perfect as a locale for science-fantasy adventure! Inside this book, you'll find in-depth gazetteers of the nine worlds of the Veskarium, the interstellar empire founded by the warlike vesk; detailed entries on other planets and civilizations of Near Space; new starships from the Veskarium and beyond; alternate racial traits for playable Near Space races; and new themes, archetypes, equipment, spells, and more for any character!

Download or read book Star Wars Omnibus The Other Sons of Tatooine written by Jeremy Barlow and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Star Wars: Empire (2002) #8-9, 12, 15-18, 23, 36-40. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1997) #0.5, Star Wars: Rebellion (2006) #0-5. In the Galactic Civil War, Luke Skywalker was not the only hero to hail from Tatooine. Luke's story has been told time and again, but what about the journeys of his boyhood friends, Biggs Darklighter and Janek "Tank" Sunber? Two very different paths led them both to be heroes in their own right: one a hero of the Rebellion, the other a hero of the Empire...Plus, a tale starring galactic smuggler BoShek, yet another son of Tatooine!

Download or read book Star Wars Legends Epic Collection written by John Wagner and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Death Star falls, what will happen next for the galaxy? Find out in this collection of tales set in the immediate aftermath of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope! Stinging from defeat, Darth Vader is consumed with tracking down the Force-strong young pilot who destroyed his battle station. What would it mean for the Empire if Vader and the evil Emperor Palpatine discover Luke Skywalker's identity? With the Rebellion emboldened, Princess Leia leads a stealth squadron, Han Solo and Chewbacca face off against the bounty hunter Boba Fett, and Luke and Wedge Antilles infiltrate an Imperial Destroyer. Witness the continuing adventures of everyone's favorite Star Wars heroes and villains! Collects STAR WARS: EMPIRE #7, #14, #16-18; STAR WARS: VADER'S QUEST #1-4; STAR WARS (2013) #1-12.