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Cold Harvest

Roleplay During the Great Purges of Stalin's RussiaAll is not well at Krasivyi Oktabyr-3, a collective farm hidden away in the wilds of central Russia. A fall-off in production has come to the attention of the Soviet authorities and communications are down. No one has a clue as to what is happening out there.Despite the ravages of the Russian winter, someone must be sent to uncover the reasons for the slackening production and to deal with the situation. Vigilance is key, as there may be anti-Soviet agitators at work. Trust no one!Cold Harvest is a Call of Cthulhu scenario set at the height of Stalin's Russia in the late 1930s. Player take on the role of NKVD agents from the people's Commissariat For Internal Affairs, tasked with investigating strange happenings at Krasivyi Oktabyr-3.Cold Harvest has been designed to be playable by one Keeper and one player, as well as for groups of between two to six players. Eight pre-generated investigators are included, allowing players to chose from a range of characters. Directions are also provided as to the role and duties of an NKVD officer, allowing players to quickly understand the motivations and responsibilities of their characters.Throughout the scenario, guidance and roleplaying tips are provided for the Keeper, as well as advice for using other published Soviet-era scenarios with Cold Harvest to form a larger campaign set against the backdrop of Communist Russia.
Source: Cold Harvest

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Sheoloth: The Sprawling City

Far below the skies of the surface world, beyond the notice of many of the cities, towns and villages above, lies Sheoloth, a city of mystery, intrigue, and danger where the formidable and cunning dark elves live. A city full of priestesses that worship alien beings of immense power, creatures bending reality to their whim, drawing upon primal, fears to shape their forms.Noble houses constantly vie for power; the most powerful can be lost in seconds should they fail in their schemes, so they all try to curry favour in the Dark Mother's court and protect their positions, all the while making sure daggers are firmly placed in the backs of their enemies and the throats of their allies.The dark elves here need to be careful, for they have enemies above and below, and have to contend with their own callous natures. Unknown to them, they have enemies within the city's own shadows - the ovarisites, a strange race of highly intelligent creatures that plot and plan their demise.The residents of the city must also contend with squabbling merchants, wily thieves and deadly assassins. The shadows cast by these groups interweave with common folk and nobility alike, and not a day goes by when some plan fails or succeeds, resulting in loss of life or freedom either way.
Source: Sheoloth: The Sprawling City

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The Book of Ants

From City of Lights to Palaces of DreamEvocative, enigmatic, and haunted by airborne polyps, The Book of Ants, a.k.a. Livre des Fourmis, gives Trail of Cthulhu Keepers and players an essential window into Paris of the 20s and 30s, and into the Dreamlands beyond.From November 1918 to September 1929, the young poet Henri Salem fell in with the surrealists of Paris. Swept up by the imperious charisma of group leader Andre Breton, he rapidly found himself sharing cafe tables with the key figures of this most influential and fractious art movement of the pre-war period. According to this, his diary of the era, he traded quips with Marcel Duchamp, feared the madness of Antonin Artaud, and served as model for the famous shot of ants crawling from a hole in a man's hand in Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel's scandalous film Un Chien Andalou.If his tale can be fully believed, he stepped with them from waking Paris to an ancient yet surprisingly malleable realm of dream. (Save for Breton, who could never make the leap.) There he walked along-side such Mythos figures as Randolph Carter, King Kuranes and the ghoul once known as Richard Pickman.As such his diary serves as an indispensable guide to anyone wishing to explore the dangerous demimonde of the Parisian art scene, where disagreements over aesthetics are often settled with knife wounds and broken bones. Even more, it provivdes a rare look into the ever-shifting shores of the Dreamlands, just as its air of the fantastical gives way to horrific reflections of a world spinning into chaos and death.
Source: The Book of Ants

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Stay on Target

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...At the heart of the Galactic Civil War, daring ace pilots risk everything in the fight for freedom. On the hangar deck, in the saddle, and behind the stick, these brave individuals take the fight to the evil Empire.Jump into the cockpit of your starfighter with Stay n Target. This rulebook expands upon the Age of Rebellion Roleplaying Game, adding new content for Ace characters as well as any character looking to master the many vehicles of Star Wars. Dogfight against dangerous adversaries, tame the wild beasts of the galaxy, and gain glory in the name of the Rebellion.This supplemental rulebook includes:Expanded character options including Motivations, Duties, species, and specialisations.New, powerful signature abilities that allow Ace characters to become masters of their career.Specialised equipment and dozens of powerful vehicles useful to characters looking to dive into a dogfight.Rules for riding the many beasts of the galaxy, along with profiles for the most common mounts used by the Rebel Alliance.
Source: Stay on Target

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Achtung! Cthulhu: Guide to the Eastern Front

Horror Stalks the Steppes!A terrifying world war two setting, fully compatible with the Call of Cthulhu, Sixth Edition and Savage Worlds roleplaying games.Discover the secret history of the war in Russia: a vast land under the thumb of a brutal regime; a downtrodden yet determined population who have seen many horrors, not all of them of man's making; and a land where giant machines of war rage across the countryside, terrorising all in their path.- Alec TowtonSection MThe Guide to the Eastern Front adds a new dimension to the secret war, including:New Investigator Occupation Templates: play member of the Soviet underworld, political prisoners, a NKVD agent, and the cavalryInformation on Russian military structure and the issues faced when waging a war on the Eastern Front.More nameless horrors and vile creatures, such as the Krysolud, the insects from Shaggai, and the Stalin Lampen.Details on the inner workings of Institute 21, Otdel MI, and the Cult of Red Horus, as well as a variety of independent occult organisations and their nefarious plans for the Soviet Union.Tanks! (including Nachtwolfe's proposed super tank that puts the Maus and Ratte to shame...)In fact, a whole dossier's worth of useful historical and fantastical information to help you expand your campaign out into the wider world of the secret war.
Source: Achtung! Cthulhu: Guide to the Eastern Front

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Achtung! Cthulhu: Guide to North Africa

Blood, Terror, and Sand...A terrifying world war two setting, fully compatible with the Call of Cthulhu, Sixth Edition and Savage Worlds roleplaying games.Discover the secret history of the war beyond Western Europe: a land of great antiquity, steeped in legend; a fiery cauldron of political and occult intrigue where the heat is as much your enemy as any man with a gun; and a formidable wilderness where only the strong will survive with their sanity intact.-Alec TowtonSection MThe Guide to North Africa adds a new dimension to the secret War, including:New civilian and military occupation templates: Play as an archaeologist, SAS special forces, a Bedouin tribesman, Askari, the LRDG, and the French Foreign Legion.New Tomes of Forbidden Lore, such as the The Book of Thoth and The Book of Angels, and yet more summoning spells and protective enchantments.Desert vehicles and equipment, fantastical and mundane (including Nachtwolfe's latest developments)Intriguing weapons and artifacts, such as the Atlantean sliver gun, the Yithian Stone Hunter and the Ashes of Sebek.Ancient Horrors from the depths of the desert (and space and time): Crocodile Hybrid Mummies, Djinn, and the Great Race of Yith.Details on Black Sun's quest for Irem and Nachtwolfe's constant search for Atlantean technology.In fact, a whole dossier's worth of useful historical and fantastical information to help you expand your campaign out into the wider world of the secret war.
Source: Achtung! Cthulhu: Guide to North Africa

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Sheoloth: The Sprawling City

Far below the skies of the surface world, beyond the notice of many of the cities, towns and villages above, lies Sheoloth, a city of mystery, intrigue, and danger where the formidable and cunning dark elves live. A city full of priestesses that worship alien beings of immense power, creatures bending reality to their whim, drawing upon primal, fears to shape their forms.Noble houses constantly vie for power; the most powerful can be lost in seconds should they fail in their schemes, so they all try to curry favour in the Dark Mother's court and protect their positions, all the while making sure daggers are firmly placed in the backs of their enemies and the throats of their allies.The dark elves here need to be careful, for they have enemies above and below, and have to contend with their own callous natures. Unknown to them, they have enemies within the city's own shadows - the ovarisites, a strange race of highly intelligent creatures that plot and plan their demise.The residents of the city must also contend with squabbling merchants, wily thieves and deadly assassins. The shadows cast by these groups interweave with common folk and nobility alike, and not a day goes by when some plan fails or succeeds, resulting in loss of life or freedom either way.This book allows players to create dark elf characters and explore the City of the Dark Mother from top to bottom, immersing them in dark elf culture for the Legend RPG while providing up new advanced skills such as Style and Intimidation. New professions such as Assassins and Warlocks open the door to the dark elves' magical and vicious natures, while the dark elven magic of Shadowcraft, the ability to shape shadows into living beings or objects. Fleshcrafting, too, has it own dark secrets.So prepare to explore the city from the Ashen Bulwark to the Lair of the Dark Mother; just keep one hand on your dagger.Welcome to Sheoloth.
Source: Sheoloth: The Sprawling City

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Deep Magic

An Age of Wizardry!Magic is everywhere. Whether it's a hidden power wielded by a secret few or the energy that powers an entire realm, magic is a vital part of any fantasy world. And now its secrets are yours!Deep Magic: 13th Age Compatible Edition is for options that allow them to bend reality to their wills and perform spectacular feats of sword and sorcery. This book offers an astounding variety of new magic options, including:555 wizard spells, ranging from clever tricks to summoning the World Serpent itself to wreak havoc4 new class talents that put wizard spells within the grasp of every class - play an arcane ranger, a spirit-calling barbarian, a time-warping commander or face-stealing trickster druid30 new schools of magic, including the Cult of Ouroboros, the Red Inquisition and the Scholars of Dust, with guidelines for creating your own magical tradition5 magical campaign options: post-apocalyptic vril magic, the mysteries of the ley lines, a class-warfare arcanopunk campaign option, and moreFor GMs looking for new material, or players looking for character customization options, this massive tome is the book you've been dreaming of.Dive into Deep Magic!
Source: Deep Magic

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Dreamhounds of Paris

Follow the Trail of Cthulhu into the DreamlandsFrom the 1920s to the coming of the Occupation, a new breed of artist prowled the fabled streets of Paris. Combative, disrespectful, irresponsible, the surrealists broke aesthetic conventions, moral boundaries - and sometimes, arms. They sought nothing less than to change humanity by means of a worldwide psychic revolution. Their names resound through pop culture and the annals of art history.But until now, no one has revealed what they were really up to.In this comprehensive campaign guide for Trail of Cthulhu, you recreate their mundane and mystical adventures as you stumble onto the Dreamlands, a fantastical realm found far beyond the wall of sleep. At first by happenstance and later by implacable design, you remake it in the fiery image of your own art. Will you save the world, or destroy it?Choose your player character from a roster of 19 visionaries and madmen:Put up your dukes as two-fisted filmmaker LUIS BUNUEL.Flee a formless entity as Dada impresario TRISTAN TZARA.Photograph tentacled entities as American expat MAN RAY.Personify the joy and decadence of the city as chanteuse KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE.Wield the magic cane that will end the world as theatre of cruelty inventor ANTONIN ARTAUD.Or arrive in Paris as fresh-faced young painter SALVADOR DALI, who has come to tear the movement all down and rebuild it in his image.Includes:A guide to Paris in the 20s and 30s, from the swirl and sin of Montmatre to the staged atrocities of the Theatre du Grand-Guignol.A tour of its occult depths, from primeval Druids, to today's opium-addled ritualists.A survival manual for invaders of dream. Do you shape the Dreamlands to your will, or surrender to its madness?A gazetteer of 43 dream locales, from the meandering River Ai to the furnaces of Zar, where yesterday's useless poets burn.13 monsters of dream, from the familiar yet terrifying gugs and ghasts to the new grotesqueries like the bulbhead and putrefacto.Brilliant advice to help you pull off the campaign of your GMing career.And a full introductory adventure, in which the characters meet that notorious icon of Gallic literary madness, Maldoror.The Dreamlands are as strange as you can imagine.
Source: Dreamhounds of Paris

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The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse

The End of the World is a series of roleplaying games unlike the traditional games you are used to. In The End of the World, you don't play a figure out of history or fantasy, you play yourself!What are your chances of survival after everything you know has collapsed around you? Do you think your plan will get you through the catastrophe? Can you trust your friends to save you from the dangers of the apocalypse? Do you have what it takes to fight the horrors that await at The End of the World?Could you survive a zombie apocalypse?It is the end of the world as we know it. The undead walk the earth and nothing and no one can stop them. Some say a meteor from outer space has covered the earth in dangerous radiation, others fear that the time of reckoning has come and there is no room left in Hell, while others still fear a global pandemic. The only certainty is that no one knows exactly what caused the dead to rise, but now they are here and they have won.Yet there you are, in the middle of it all. How will you survive? Do you have a plan? Will you fight, will you hide, or will you die?This is not a game about action heroes or movie stars. This is a game about you, who you are, what you know, and what you can do.This book includes:An elegant narrative rules system to aid you in telling your survival story.Character creation rules that allow you and your friends to put yourselves in the game world.Five unique scenarios of the Zombie Apocalypse that each include locations, NPCs, and specific zombie rules for each type of zombie horror.How would you survive the end of the world? Discover the answer!
Source: The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse

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Deus Vult: Sacerdos Custos Training Guide

In Deus Vult, players are members of a highly secretive order of the Church at the end of the 12th century, dedicated to fighting supernatural evils that would otherwise corrupt God's divine plan for humanity. From hunting ghouls and werewolves in the forests of the Holy Roman Empire, from tracking down diabolic cults in Rouen, to quests across the Holly Land for powerful relics that may save humanity, there is much work ahead of them.The Sacerdos Custos Training Guide contains everything a player needs to know in order to create a character, equip them with the finest weapons of the Order, and fight supernatural evils hidden within the medieval world.Requires the Legend Core Rulebook.
Source: Deus Vult: Sacerdos Custos Training Guide

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Deus Vult: Games Master's Story Guide

In Deus Vult, players are members of a highly secretive order of the Church at the end of the 12th century, dedicated to fighting supernatural evils that would otherwise corrupt God's divine plan for humanity.The Deus Vult Games Master's Story Guide will show you how to run an effective campaign for this setting using the Legend Core Rulebook, illustrate the alternative history of the latter part of the 12th century, and give you all the tools you need to create your own adventures see across Europe and deep in the Holy Land.From hunting ghouls and werewolves in the forests of the Holy Roman Empire, from tracking down diabolic cults in Rouen, to quests across the Holy Land for powerful relics that may save humanity, your players will have plenty to do. They will also encounter the witch-hunters and first stirrings of the Inquisition - both hate the Order your players serve with a passion, and there is a three-way power struggle stirring within the darkest parts of the Church for which is best placed to counter the supernatural...Requires the Legend Core Rulebook.
Source: Deus Vult: Games Master's Story Guide

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The Monastery of Tuath

A medieval role-playing game with a horrific and gothic influenceThe Monastery of Tuath is a supplement for the Shadows of Esteren series intended for Game Leaders. Contents include:The Monastery of Tuath:50 colour pages book, focused on the Temple faction and features "Vengeful Words", a large investigation scenario inspired by The Name of the Rose, as well as several game aids: The Temple and Religious Life. The Monasteries of the One and a description of the monastery of Tuath.AS Map of the Monastery of Tuath:A colour map depicting the monastery where the "Vengeful Words" adventure is set.A Set of Aid Sheets in a Black Folder:A deck of Clue Cards and game aid sheets for "Vengeful Words", including technical sheets to optimize the gaming experience for both Leaders and Players.
Source: The Monastery of Tuath

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Dungeons and Dragons: DM Screen (5th Ed)

Rise to the ChallengeThis durable, four-panel Dungeon Master's screen, lavishly adorned with illustrations inside and out, will enchant and inspire players and Dungeon Masters alike.The screen's landscape orientation allows the Dungeon Master to easily see beyond the screen and reach over it, even as it keeps die rolls and notes hidden from players. Tables on the inside provide essential support for the three pillars of play - combat, exploration and social interaction - to Dungeon Masters of all skill levels.The outside of the screen features an epic scene illustrated by Craig Spearing, depicting the red dragon Thraxata the Flamefiend and her kobold minions confronting a party of intrepid adventurers. The group's ranger tries to finish the fight with a legendary arrow of dragon slaying meant specifically for this wyrm.
Source: Dungeons and Dragons: DM Screen (5th Ed)

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Albion Hardback

Two centuries ago the Age of Madness ended in the event known as the Shrug. Gaia's outrage raised the sea and changed the weather, and society crumbled. The Druid Order came forth to lead us in a new way, inspired by the ideas of ancient times. Now the seven kingdoms know peace and prosperity, but rumours and shadows are growing. Who will confront them?Albion is a fantasy roleplaying game using Celtic elements and themes in an isolated future Britain that has turned back to its past. Magic lies below the surface and can be stirred by any skill or roused by spells, and the paths of destiny call for champions. The basic rules are simple, with plenty of options for adding more detail to characters when you're ready.
Source: Albion Hardback