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In the vastness of space, the ship’s intrepid crew discovers a starship, floating wounded in the void. The boarding party opens the hatch in anticipation: what is down the corridor? Tabletop Adventures provides scores of descriptions of the sights and dangers of a derelict starship, stat-free and suitable for use with nearly any futuristic game, regardless of system. Whether a ship is damaged, abandoned, or filled with the victims of a space-borne plague, these pieces will help bring the dead ship to life.
This is a “Bits” book, with our usual 100 short descriptions that can fit in anywhere. You could also choose among dozens of special locations within the ship: hatches and corridors, life pods and crew quarters, hydroponics, medical bay, cargo hold, weapons turret and more. Excellent original art by Jeff Uryasz depicts several scenes that can help you set the mood for your game.
Bring even more realism to your vision of the future with “Skeletons in Space.” This article reveals what happens to a dead body in a vacuum, and it’s not pretty!
Into the Future: Derelict Starships has all the details needed to make your futuristic adventures just that – adventurous. To make your life easier, a thorough index allows you to quickly find a description to fit a particular need.
Tabletop Adventures products are available on Your Games Now, paizo.com, e23, the EN World PDF Store, RPGNow and DriveThruRPG.
Augment your imagination with Into the Future: Derelict Starships from Tabletop Adventures. Buy it Today, Play it Tonight!
Our booth has some bonuses that our fans might find interesting. We are hosting some great products from Three Sages Games. They have just begun putting out a series of flexible tile mats that have great graphics and which can use both dry erase or wet erase markers. We will have these available at the booth. As well as their crystals and some of their other products.
Epic Words - a new character blog site will have info available about their website at our booth. Their website offers a host of online tools for GM's and players alike. They are helpful for campaign tracking and character journaling, among other things. Plus they will be doing a seminar on how to use their tools at GenCon.
Speaking of seminars, our editor - Vicki Potter, is part of a seminar panel Saturday morning at 9:00 am. All Grown Up and Still Gaming. The panel will focus on gaming as an adult, gaming with a spouse and gaming as a parent. If you've ever wondered how folks fit gaming in as various life stages change - this is the seminar for you.
The GPA Showcase will again have a unique mix of products from many of the companies in the Game Publishers Association. We've got a range of RPGs, board games, card games, fiction and movies. It is an ecclectic collection that has some really great surprises in the mix. Stop by and see some of our newest games being demo'd.
Ok... time to get on the road again. Hope to see you at GenCon!
For those that cannot make GenCon, our newest release Derelict Starships will be available on-line soon. Watch for it! It's coming!
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In addition, if you are a mom who is a gamer, have a mom who is a gamer, or know a mom who is a gamer, write us and tell us about her and we will give you a coupon for 30% off the product of your choice. (Sorry, coupons not available for e23 or paizo.com. See our website for more information.)
Send your mom info to publisher@tabletopadventures.com. Please tell us about the gamer mom you know (or are), let us know where you heard about the sale and state for which product you would like a coupon and at which sales site. (Coupons will be good through June 30, 2009.) These accounts of moms in gaming may show up on our web site - or here on the blog - with all identifying information removed, of course. To read some of the great comments we received in previous years, see the sale information page of our website.
Our friends at Generic Universe Publishing are also having a special Mother's Day sale, with a 25% discount on all their fantasy city locations from now through Sunday, May 10. City Streets establishments can be used in almost any fantasy setting, and at these prices you can try several!
Take advantage of these special offers and, along with Generic Universe Publishing, join Tabletop Adventures in celebrating Mother's Day. Buy it Today, Play it Tonight!
The minions have been quite busy since the end of the Overlord’s birthday celebration. They’re not quite sure yet if things ended well or badly. Acceptable gifts were becoming difficult to find, and the minions were forced to dig deep. Then the Overlord’s Esteemed Consort upped the ante on day 13. To top her gift, the minions had to come up with the most extreme gift ever! Now, of course, the question is what are they going to do next year to top this. They are considering quietly committing mass suicide rather than having to go through this all again. The final list of gifts:
On the fourteenth day of the Overlord’s Birthday, his minions gave to him...
Fourteen independent nations,
Thirteen groveling gaming companies,
Twelve first-born children,
Eleven wraiths a' writhing,
Ten totems screaming,
Nine lepers leaping,
Eight golden thumbscrews,
Seven cat-o-nine-tails,
Six TPKs,
F-i-v-e unicorn horns,
Four accursed tomes,
Three sacrificial paladins,
Two squawking crows,
And a gnome's head on a tree limb.
Tabletop Adventures produced one printed book that specificially used the d20 logo, and it is now on sale. This is Bits of Darkness: Dungeons Duo, a compilation of our two Dungeons products into one item. It comes as two separate booklets, enclosed in a cover and shrink-wrapped, similar to some modules of yore. (You can view an electronic preview of the content here.) The only place to buy one online is at paizo.com and literally only a handful of these are still available, so if you are interested you need to pick one up soon.
You can see all of Tabletop Adventures' print products at paizo.com. Also, if you hurry you can catch the last day of the Overlord's Birthday Sale, on paizo.com, Your Games Now, and other places.
The minions began the festive season by gather en masse and serenading the Overlord with The Birthday Dirge. He was very pleased, and commented "Ah it warmed the EO's heart to hear his minions singing the birthday song for him. Really cheered me up for the night." ["EO" is the minions' friendly nickname for the Evil Overlord.] They followed this up with an assortment of presents. In fact, the roster of gifts could be set to another well-known tune. As of yesterday, this was the list:
Ten totems screaming,
Nine lepers leaping,
Eight golden thumbscrews,
Seven cat-o-nine-tails,
Six TPKs,
Five unicorn horns,
Four accursed tomes,
Three sacrificial paladins,
Two squawking crows,
And a gnome's head on a tree limb.
The minions of Tabletop Adventures are pleased to announce that it is once again their favorite time of year – the Overlord’s Birthday. In keeping with the spirit of giving required of them at this season, the minions would like to invite all and sundry to a sale to be held in his honor. A discount of 20% will be granted on each electronic product during this sale. All of our sales sites are involved in the minions’ tribute to their beloved Overlord. (They know the Overlord is beloved – he tells them so!)
Not only do the minions celebrate the Birthday of the Overlord at this time, but also that of his Esteemed Consort. In her honor, the sale will continue through her natal day, November 30th.
Included in this sale are the “Bits of…” line of descriptive products, the various Deck O’ Names products, the Destinations science-fiction line, the modern Vatican horror RPG Against the Darkness, the modern descriptions of Halls of Horror, and more.
Do not fail to take advantage of this opportunity! Slackers are likely to find themselves in the oubliette, which is not a nice place to spend the winter. You can purchase Tabletop Adventures’ electronic products at Your Games Now, paizo.com, e23, the ENWorld Download Shop, DriveThruRPG and RPGNow. Augment your imagination with products from Tabletop Adventures.
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We thank all those who serve or have served!
Veterans have a special place in our hearts – one-third of our company members are veterans, as are many other relatives and friends. In honor of all gamers who are veterans, and in thanks to all military veterans and current military personnel, Tabletop Adventures has a special offer for this week only.
If you are, or know, a veteran who plays roleplaying games, write us and tell us about him or her by November 15, and we will give you a coupon for 30% off the product of your choice. (Coupons available for Your Games Now, ENWorld Download Shop, RPGNow or DriveThruRPG.) This offer includes future veterans – in other words, current military personnel – and military spouses. Although not the ones who receive the paychecks and the awards, spouses play a crucial role in supporting the military and deserve recognition as well.
Send your veteran info to publisher@tabletopadventures.com. Please tell us about the gamer veteran you know (or are), and state for which product you would like a coupon and at which sales site. These accounts of veterans may show up on our web site or company blog, with all identifying information removed, of course. Coupons will be good through December 31, 2008, but you must get your stories in by November 15.
We offer our sincere thanks to all veterans and military personnel and wish you many hours of happy gaming.
The good people of Tabletop Adventures,
and the Overlord
In honor of Halloween, Tabletop Adventures has bundled up its modern horror products, the better to serve those gamemasters who plan to unleash a little darkness on their players this fall.
The Against the Darkness RPG and Halls of Horror book of descriptions are available in a single bundle, at 15% off the cover price of each book. The Modern Horror bundle gives you:
Against the Darkness: This Halloween, strike back against the supernatural horrors that threaten the world! Armed with miraculous powers, help protect humanity against unspeakable evils in this exciting game of modern Vatican horror and investigation.
Halls of Horror: 150 creepy descriptions of building interiors and more, for use in any RPG from the pulp era to the present day. Includes the merely abandoned, the slightly weird and the downright horrific.
In addition, Tabletop Adventures is offering Halls of Horror in a bundle with Ghostories, a modern horror game by Precis Intermedia for their genreDiversion i system. Check out the Halloween Special bundle to see what type of gloomy goodness you can get there.
And now, for the ultimate in terrifying goodness – Horror Helper! This bundle gives you everything you need to add a little spice to your game and make it easier to cook up an adventure. It features 100 Horror Adventures Seeds (by Postmortem Studios) to get you started, and Halls of Horror (by Tabletop Adventures) to help make the darkness come alive! Next up is Disposable Heroes Horror Statix 1: Classic Monsters (by Precis Intermedia), paper minis to make those desperate battles easy and quick. Finally, for maximum inspiration: Lives of Necromancers (by Bards and Sages). This historical record of supposed real-world magicians, sorcerers and necromancers is sure to fire your imagination.
All of these bundles are available only through Halloween, so don’t delay. Buy it Today, Play it Tonight!
Today we have an article from the site Dark Roasted Blend. It features Socotra Island, which is off the coast of Yemen. Their intro:
Socotra Island: you have to see it to believe it
We covered some otherwordly places before (see, for example, Bolivian Salt Lake, or The Richat Structure), but this island simply blows away any notion about what is considered "normal" for a landscape on Earth.
We are the proud publishers of three newly printed products, which will be available next week at GenCon and then also this Fall at conventions in our area - NukeCon in Omaha/Council Bluffs, and Shaun Con in Kansas City. You can now buy physical copies of Halls of Horror, Bits of the Wilderness: Into the Mountains and Bits of the Boulevard.
All three of these books are already available in electronic form at our various sales sites. We will also have CD-ROM disks with the electronic version for sale at GenCon.
We would be very happy to meet any blog readers or TTA fans at GenCon so be sure to stop by Booth #400 and say hello!
The first thing is that we have a booth! It is booth #400. Well, half a booth. (We will be sharing with Active Mind Games, which provides storage solutions for miniatures.) Stop by and see us at booth #400! It is right next to the booth of the Game Publishers' Association Showcase, and very near where the Guests of Honor will be located. Did we mention it is booth #400?
The second thing is that we are going to have new printed books to sell at our booth! Bits of the Wilderness: Into the Mountains will be available as a 64-page book. We also anticipate having Bits of the Boulevard and the modern-day Halls of Horror there in print form. In addition, a new printing of Against the Darkness (with corrections and clarifications) will be available.
The third thing is that TTA is going to provide primary staffing for the GPA Showcase booth this year, so much of the time you may be able to find two or even three of us in the area.
The fourth thing is that we are going to be running games of Against the Darkness. Four games are scheduled, of which three were filled at the time that event registration closed. Friday's game from 10-2 still has some openings. All games are scheduled to be played in Union Station.
The fifth thing is that one of our products, Bits of Magicka: Pocket Items, received an Honorable Mention from the EN World GenCon RPG Awards (ENnies). (See a previous post on this.) We're not sure if any of our people will be able to attend the ceremony, but if you're there, be sure to watch for Pocket Items to be mentioned in the Best Free Product category.
We would be delighted to meet any EN Worlders or other folks who would like to say hello. Stop by our booth, or look for us in our dark green shirts with the TTA logo on the front.
During the voting period for the ENnie Awards (July 21-Aug. 4, 2008), Bits of Magicka: Pocket Items will be available free through the Tabletop Adventures website. Check the front page then for a link to the special download.
If you ever have a thief in your game who might want to pick some pockets, you owe it to yourself to take a look at Bits of Magicka: Pocket Items, from the slightly twisted mind of author Greg Ragland. Like the other products in the Bits of Magicka series, it is well written and highly devious. It has 20 magical items that - get this - all fit in a pocket or pouch. Each pocket comes complete with an owner, along with his or her reaction to an attempt at theft. Including such things as an almost infinitely long ball of pink yarn and a noxious magical cheese, these unexpected items will keep the unsuspecting thief alert!
Augment your imagination, with products from Tabletop Adventures.
Tabletop Adventures' Summer Sale officially began on June 18, but really took off the next day. Early sales seemed to have no effect on the sunlight situation, though. On June 20th, the Evil Overlord was given the news that the day was the longest in the year so far and he indicated his displeasure. Sales continued, though, and the minions hoped for the best.
Then, on the 21st, the Overlord’s scientists reported good news – their measurements indicated a decrease in the amount of daylight by 1 second. The Overlord was skeptical at this admittedly tiny change. However, as the sale went on and new minions were enrolled, the darkness continued to increase. On June 22, the period of daylight was 5 seconds shorter than the day before. The next day scientists observed a decrease of 8 additional seconds, for a net decrease of 14 seconds! Given this information on Monday, the Overlord remarked, “I thought this was all a ploy. I never expected it to work!” The minion who developed the concept was honored but disturbed by the Overlord’s notice.
Positive change continues. The daylight hours of Tuesday, June 24, were 13 seconds shorter than the prior day, almost doubling the previous total. This was attributed to the larger-than-usual number of minions signed up that day. Predictions look good for June 25 as well, with the pattern of increasing darkness now seeming to be well established.
Now that the Overlord has been placated in the matter of all that daylight, he will no doubt be looking for some other topic for his displeasure – and lowered prices are always something he finds distasteful. The minions will be delighted to welcome new compatriots as long as they can but anyone who still wishes to take advantage of these sale prices would be advised to do so as soon as possible.
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Ah, June! The sun is shining, the days are getting longer – and the Evil Overlord is cranky. Without bad weather to keep everyone trapped in the castle, minions keep slipping away and enjoying themselves, much to his chagrin. Before he could order wholesale executions to boost his mood, the minions came up with a distraction: Pushing Back the Light – Tabletop Adventures’ Big Summer Sale.
This book includes 100 Bits, small pieces of terrain description which can be stuck in anywhere a little detail is needed and numbered so they can be used randomly. Each Bit is also provided in index card format for ease of use by Game Masters. Sixty other pieces portray special features or the variations of seasons and weather. In addition, we have again included terrain “Kits,” which can help you make distinctive types of mountains in your world.
