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This dual-language English and Ukrainian publication includes full-color illustrated cover surfaces and 24 black-and-white interior pages with two-dozen coloring book images, two puzzles, and a board game.
One of the most serious threats to children in Ukraine, especially those in parts of it that have been occupied or fought over, is the presence of landmines and unexploded ordnance like grenades,... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$4.99
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City Builder: A Guide to Designing Communities is a resource specifically designed to help storytellers create exciting and compelling urban areas and other sorts of communities and places within them. It is a universal sourcebook that can support the needs of any ancient, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, Renaissance, or fantasy fiction or role-playing game setting.
This comprehensive, fully-illustrated... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$24.99 $24.95
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During World War I, development of artillery reached unprecedented levels of lethality, and the most powerful armaments of this sort were truly the super weapons of their day. “Guns and Super-Guns” was written during the last year of the Great War and examines weapons capable of firing huge shells 75 miles on arcs that took them 24 miles over the surface of the earth.
This edition of “Guns and... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$0.99
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When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, it sparked an arms race between the Union and the Confederacy, some of the most dramatic episodes of which involved the development of heavily armed and armored ironclad warships. Two of the first and most famous of such vessels were the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, which engaged in a brutal hull-to-hull battle off the coast of Virginia... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$1.99
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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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Many aspiring game designers have crippling misconceptions about the process involved in creating a game from scratch, believing a "big idea" is all that is needed to get started. But game design requires action as well as thought, and proper training and practice to do so skillfully.
In this indispensible guide, a published commercial game designer and longtime teacher offers practical instruction... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$9.99
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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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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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A memorable passage from The Art of the Dragonlance Saga explains the saga's birth in 1984:
"The god who began to envision the possibility of this world in his mind was the God of Marketing. This god ascended from his mighty throne one day in early 1983 and announced that he had done a survey. And, according to the survey, people who played the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS? game wanted more dragons."
And... [click here for more] |
Wizards of the Coast |
$9.99
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This download includes a complete PDF copy of La Baoinnette No. 32: Raemaekers, a French magazine published during World War I, and high-resolution TIFF format images of all 35 illustrations that appear in the publication (31 black-and-white images at 600 dpi and four spot color images at 300 dpi). These high quality-images can be freely used in publishing projects of all sorts and are especially... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$2.99
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This download includes a complete PDF copy of La Baoinnette No. 34: Système D, a French magazine published during World War I, and high-resolution TIFF format images of all 43 illustrations that appear in the publication (10 full-color images at 300 dpi and 33 black-and-white images at 600 dpi). These high quality-images can be freely used in publishing projects of all sorts and are especially... [click here for more] |
Skirmisher Publishing |
$2.99
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Tracing the evolution of fantasy gaming from its origins in tabletop war and collectible card games to contemporary web-based live action and massive multi-player games, this book examines the archetypes and concepts within the fantasy gaming genre alongside the roles and functions of the game players themselves.
Other topics include:
How The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings helped shape fantasy... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$8.70
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"Cadets, how do we know the Kzintis considered building a battleship? Anyone other than Cadet Granger? Yes, Cadet Granger?”
"They attempted and failed to build the large warp engines it would require. Simulations showed that the proximity of the engines would require extra shielding and the engines would be more vulnerable to damage."
"You are correct, Cadet Granger.... [click here for more] |
Amarillo Design Bureau |
$21.95
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The premier issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
* Behind the Game, Micro Games and my own Mini-Games
* Map of the Month
* Junkyard Wars, Strip #1
* Coral Thrown, Prolog
* Multi-Verse, S&G Game Report
* Battle Axe, Goblin Fetish Maker
* Arcana, Cave of Screams
* Review of Malifaux by Wyrd Miniatures
* Cool Stuff, Decoder Ring Theater... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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“The only test is combat; the only valid result is victory.”
– Admiral Ardak Kumerian, Commander of the Klingon Red Fleet
The Federation Commander Tactics Manual is designed to create better players. Building on your understanding of the rules, key topics are explored and advice is given on how to take advantage of your knowledge. The book includes both broad tactical... [click here for more] |
Amarillo Design Bureau |
$24.95
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Born in the dark days of the great crusades, the warrior monks of the Knights Templar vowed to defend pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. Yet strangely, there are few historical records of the Templars ever fulfilling this task. Instead, their history is one of bloodshed and conquest, wealth and power, dark secrets and conspiracies. Today, the story of the Knights Templar is intimately linked with... [click here for more] |
Osprey Publishing |
$17.95 $7.46
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From his court at Camelot, King Arthur ruled over a unified Britain in a mythical age of peace and prosperity. His glory, however, would be short-lived. For even as he drew the sword from the stone, a doom settled over Arthur that would see his kingdom fall to betrayal and war.
In this book, Daniel Mersey retells the great stories of Arthur, from his winning of Excalibur and his marriage to Guinevere,... [click here for more] |
Osprey Publishing |
$17.95 $7.46
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The third issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
Behind the Game, Titan
Map of the Month
Junkyard Wars, Strip #3
Coral Thrown, Chapter 2
Geek Profile
Avalon Pathfinder Wind Sister
Multi-Verse, Rubber Band Man, Heroes Inc. Solo Character
More Shuffler Maps and Tiles by Claudio
Battle Axe, Mines of Mordith-Mor, Scenario and Battle Tiles... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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The fourth issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
Musing of the Avalon Stogie
Behind the Game, Warhammer
Map of the Month
Junkyard Wars
An Open Letter in Defense of Gamers by WJ MacGuffin
Coral Thrown, Chapter 3
Geek Profile
Multi-Verse, New Battle Tiles
Origins of Twilight by Sean Wilt
Shuffler Map and Tiles by Claudio
Mark’s... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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The sixth issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
Musing of the Avalon Stogie
Behind the Game, Graveyard Dash, New Map Board and Rules
Junkyard Wars,
Geek Profile
Map of the Month
Coral Thrown
Avalon Pathfinder, Life Beyond 1st Level, Part 1
Favors as Treasure by Sean Wilt
Multi-Verse, Zombie Mash
Sonja Saga
Shuffler Map and Tiles... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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The fifth issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
Musing of the Avalon Stogie
Behind the Game, Web of Tears
Map of the Month
Junkyard Wars
Building a Balanced Character by Ramsey “Tome Wyrm” Lundock
Geek Profile
Coral Thrown, Interlude I
Artist Spotlight, Bradley K. McDevitt
Mark’s Musings by Mark L. Chance
Multi-Verse, Mina Dark Elf
Avalon... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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The second issue of Game Geek, inside you will find all sorts of fun stuff, including…
Behind the Game, Ameritrash and Eurogames
Map of the Month
Junkyard Wars
Avalon Pathfinder, Fire Mage
Coral Thrown, Chapter 1
Geek Profile
Multi-Verse S&G Scenario – Dept. 13, Monster Hunters
Shuffler Map and Tiles by Claudio
Battle Axe, Elven Wood Elf Ranger Lord
Arcana, Giant... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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In Hobby Games: The 100 Best, the top designers, authors, and publishers in the hobby games field write about the most enjoyable and cleverly designed games of the last fifty years. Their essays cover the gamut of the hobby market, from roleplaying games to collectible card games, and miniatures games to wargames to board games, with titles both familiar and esoteric. These are the games that... [click here for more] |
Green Ronin Publishing |
$9.99
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This month in Game Geek we have…
Behind the Game, Me and D&D
Mark’s Musings by Mark L. Chance
Junkyard Wars
Bedrock Games
Map of the Month
Coral Thrown
Geek Profile
Artist Spotlight, Miguel Santos
Avalon Pathfinder, Life Beyond 1st Level, Part 2
Multi-Verse, Lizardmen
Shuffler Map and Tiles by Claudio
Battle Axe, Dragon Princes
Arcana, Planes and the Multiverse... [click here for more] |
Avalon Classic |
$1.00
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The U.S. Army is the best-equipped force in military history, from the simple bayonet to multi-million-dollar technological marvels like the M1 Abrams tank and Apache Longbow helicopter.
This We'll Defend outlines the most important weapons and equipment the Army currently uses. All facts, figures and images in this ebook are direct from publicly available Army sources, edited and annotated... [click here for more] |
Shilka Publishing |
$1.79
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Learn how to paint exciting miniature creatures and elevate your tabletop experience, with Arcane Arts. Professional miniature painter and instructor Noxweiler Berf has created an immersive guide to painting miniatures for tabletop games. In his engaging and playful style, Berf demystifies the miniature painting process for the beginner and offers new perspectives and encouragement for advancing... [click here for more] |
Andrews McMeel Publishing |
$19.99
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Over the years, board games have evolved to include relatable characters, vivid settings and compelling, intricate plotlines. In turn, players have become more emotionally involved--taking on, in essence, the role of coauthors in an interactive narrative.
Through the lens of game studies and narratology--traditional storytelling concepts applied to the gaming world--this book explores the synergy... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$19.99
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In 1982, the average Briton didn't know the Falkland Islands existed, let alone their status as a disputed British territory just off the coast of Argentina. That changed when the Argentinians invaded the islands and overwhelmed the small defending force. Both nations claimed the islands were theirs, but now Argentina thought the British would give them up without a fight.
They were wrong.
Britain... [click here for more] |
Shilka Publishing |
$1.79
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A Matomaton national and period dress reference collection for wargamers, roleplayers and LARPers.
Forty-one full page, full colour illustrations of the history of dress, arms and tools of Classical Greece and Rome along with the Celtic Nations. This PDF contains reproductions of the actual illustrations from Frederich Hottenroth's Dress, Arms And Tools Of People Ancient And... [click here for more] |
Matomaton |
$7.99
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A Matomaton national and period dress reference collection for wargamers, roleplayers and LARPers.
Forty-three full page, full colour illustrations of the history of dress, arms and tools of Egypt, Africa and Asia in antiquity, along with images of the Byzantine Empire and others during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. This PDF contains reproductions of the actual illustrations... [click here for more] |
Matomaton |
$7.99
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In Family Games: The 100 Best, top game designers and publishers write about the most enjoyable, most cleverly designed titles of the last one hundred years. Their essays cover the spectrum from board games to card games, wargames to miniatures games to role-playing games, including old favorites and little known gems. These are the games that the designers themselves play, the ones that have... [click here for more] |
Green Ronin Publishing |
$9.95 $7.46
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Madagascar provided the stunning backdrop for one of the strangest conflicts of the Second World War — when Britain went head to head against one of its closest allies.
When British forces landed on the island in 1942, the enemy they faced wasn’t German, Japanese or even Italian, this time the opposing forces were French.
Concerned that Japan might use Madagascar as a strategic... [click here for more] |
Shilka Publishing |
$17.99 $4.99
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While board games can appear almost primitive in the digital age, eurogames--also known as German-style board games--have increased in popularity nearly concurrently with the rise of video games. Eurogames have simple rules and short playing times and emphasize strategy over luck and conflict.
This book examines the form of eurogames, the hobbyist culture that surrounds them, and the way that hobbyists... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99 $9.59
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This is our new version of the core game rules!
Rome is Burning is a recreation of the real world of the 1st century. You subscribe to it like you would a magazine, and take part as one of the leading figures of the time, who can range from being a Roman governor to a barbarian king or chief of a tribe beyond the borders of Pax Romanus.
This isn’t a computer game but has a great deal of human input... [click here for more] |
AGEMA |
$4.98
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The revolution in tabletop gaming revealed and reviewed, in this entertaining and informative look at over 40 years of award-winning games.
The annual Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) Awards are like the Oscars of the tabletop. Acclaimed British author and games expert James Wallis investigates the winners and losers of each year’s contest to track the incredible explosion in... [click here for more] |
Aconyte Books |
$19.95
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Odin, the dark and mysterious lord of Valhalla, looms over all of the ancient tales of the Vikings. With his brothers, he formed the world from the body a giant, then went on to seek greater wisdom by sacrificing himself on a tree and trading one of his eyes to a witch. With this vast wisdom, he sits upon his throne, gazing over the nine worlds, watching for anything that might threaten his people.... [click here for more] |
Osprey Publishing |
$17.95 $10.46
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Science Fiction Hobby Games serves as a history and guide to tabletop gaming franchises set in original science-fictional milieux. Its subject is the pen and paper role playing games and model and counter based wargames that preceded modern videogames and still evolve alongside them, as well as the gamebooks, board games, card games and postal games that are their less famous cousins. Included... [click here for more] |
Pseudonymz |
$24.99 $9.99
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The Ottoman Army features sections on:
Command structure.
Battle tactics.
Ottoman flags.
Army size.
The Regular Army:
- the Imperial Guard (the Solaks, Peyks, Bostangis, Mutefferikas).
- the Sipahi of the Sublime Porte.
- the Janissary Corps.
The Provincial Army:
- Seratculi troops.
- Israelys.
- Semenys.
- Muselims.
- Martolos.
- Derbents.
- Dellis.
- Beslis.
- Gonullus.
- Kurds.... [click here for more] |
AGEMA |
$3.74
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The Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine -- The Austro-Hungarian Navy -- was in at the beginning of World War I when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie lay in state aboard its flagship, and at the end when it dissolved along with the empire that commanded it. During the war, this small but powerful "fleet in being" forced the Allies to maintain a blockade of the Otranto Straits. German... [click here for more] |
Shilka Publishing |
$1.79
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Find out more about Battlewagon’s background!
This is the first in a series of historical articles going back to the original edition of Battlewagon. Published originally in Nexus Magazine no. 1, Rulers of the High Seas discusses the historical background for the game. Focusing on the history of the dreadnoughts, this is a fascinating glimpse of history for anyone... [click here for more] |
Amarillo Design Bureau |
$0.99
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A Matomaton national and period dress reference collection for wargamers, roleplayers and LARPers.
Twelve full page, full colour illustrations of the history of dress, arms and tools of Russia and Eastern European nations. This PDF contains reproductions of the actual illustrations from Frederich Hottenroth's Dress, Arms And Tools Of People Ancient And Modern. These high... [click here for more] |
Matomaton |
$3.99
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40 Years of Gen Con at a Glance
A detailed history of a premier gaming con…and the hobby game industry that spawned it.
Written by award-winning game designer Robin D. Laws, an industry pioneer and insider.
Features in-depth interviews with gaming greats, secrets, and little-known facts.
More about 40 Years of Gen Con
Each year, thousands of gamers converge for an epic convention... [click here for more] |
Atlas Games |
$14.95
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COVERED IN THE MISCELLANY, which is a supplement for The Glory of Kings 18th century campaign game (but will be of interest to all 18th century enthusiasts!): Army sizes / Western Army ratios / Western infantry / Light cavalry tactics / Camp followers / Multi-stage Chinese Rockets / Improved bandoliers / Musket stock cavity / Musket slings / Improved bullets / Thin overcoats / Climbing equipment... [click here for more] |
AGEMA |
$7.47
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In-game newspaper for March 818 (the year is using ancient Roman dating) from our play by email game ROME IS BURNING! The newspaper's dating is Roman! You can grab a copy here to see what the game is like, or just because it's a good read.
The game is set in the 1st century AD, in the troubled Imperial times when the Emperor Nero was in power in Rome. This issue has 20 pages, plus two more about how... [click here for more] |
AGEMA |
$1.86
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Science Fiction Hobby Games serves as a history and guide to tabletop gaming franchises set in original science-fictional milieux. Its subject is the pen and paper role playing games and model and counter based wargames that preceded modern videogames and still evolve alongside them, as well as the gamebooks, board games, card games and postal games that are their less famous cousins. Included... [click here for more] |
Pseudonymz |
$24.99 $9.99
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This is a supplement/expansion for The Glory of Kings 18th century PBM/PBEM wargames campaign from AGEMA, the core rules for which are also available on this website. However it does contain lots of esoteric information which may also be of interest to the general reader or games player in relation to the 18th century!
This book features sections on:
120-gunner ship of the line.
Galley... [click here for more] |
AGEMA |
$4.98
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This is a newspaper from our science-fiction game Regime Change II. We think roleplayers and wargamers alike will enjoy reading it, if only to gather ideas for scenarios or just because it's a good read!
More will be published to allow you to follow the various story threads. ... [click here for more] |
AGEMA |
$0.62
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Considered to be “the god of modern war” by the Soviet army, artillery played a vital role in the Cold War period.
The armies of the Warsaw Pact made artillery a cornerstone of their military strategies. And the importance they placed on this type of weaponry saw them use their technology and expertise to develop a wide range of munitions including mortars, rocket launchers, missiles and large-calibre... [click here for more] |
Shilka Publishing |
$3.99
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This is the first newspaper from our new play by email game ROME IS BURNING!
You can grab a copy here to see what the game is like, or just because it's a good read.
The game is set in the 1st century AD, in the troubled Imperial times when the Emperor Nero was in power in Rome. ... [click here for more] |
AGEMA |
$1.25
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A Matomaton national and period dress reference collection for wargamers, roleplayers and LARPers.
Twenty-nine full page, full colour illustrations of the history of dress, arms and tools of India, China and the Tartar Tribes. This PDF contains reproductions of the actual illustrations from Frederich Hottenroth's Dress, Arms And Tools Of People Ancient And Modern. These... [click here for more] |
Matomaton |
$5.99
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