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All new maps, same great format! A map for any encounter at your fingertips! We have refreshed our iconic Big Book of Battle Mats. Now boasting 60 all new maps for all the essential fantasy RPG encounter locations. Inspiration for your adventures! The must have accessory for tabletop roleplaying games, the Revised Big Book of Battle Mats is a collection of battle maps detailing all the essential f…

Dangerous Destinations will help you create all manner of adventuring locations to populate the worlds in which you play, be they existing settings, or your very own. Inside, you'll find easy-to-use chapters to flesh out your destination, its environment, and the danger that lurks there, as well as antagonist profiles, and a wide variety of other useful tables. For GMs in a hurry, 60 fully realize…

The Dumb Dares & Silly Side Quests deck of cards will guarantee hilariously memorable roleplay moments the party will talk about for months to come in stunned disbelief. These quirky dares and side quests will lead your RPG characters into scrapes where creativity improvisation and humor take centre stage. Simply deal a handful of cards to the players for their RPG Character to complete during tha…

Do you dare to dungeon? These 50 ridiculous dares and bite sized side quests encourage wild improv and in character chaos, perfect for loosening up a serious campaign or taking one shots to new levels of unpredictable fun. As with the core set of Dumb Dares & Silly Side Quests - The In Character Game for your RPG Party, these cards deal out fun dares for characters to complete during the RPG sessi…

100 cards to level up your Dungeon Game! The Dungeon Designer's Deck is your gateway to dynamic dungeon adventures for 5E (easily converts to other systems). It is essentially a random dungeon generator tool in a box, complete with battle map, terrain tokens and a host of random encounters, quests, quickstart rooms and more. Perfect for generating a dungeon in seconds, expanding an existing dungeo…

Will your players be blessed with good fortune or besieged with darkness and dread? Divine what the future holds with this mystical, fully illustrated Tarokka deck, capable of foreshadowing Darklord encounters or even creating entirely new Domains of Dread. Contents: 54 Tarokka cards Instruction booklet

Get Your Hands Dirtier The Ultimate Guide to Foraging, Harvesting & Natural Discovery is the follow-up to Nord Games' Ultimate Guide to Alchemy, Crafting & Enchanting, expanding on that book's item creation system with a comprehensive guide to ingredients that can be foraged in the wilds, or harvested from creatures. Delve into the wilds and discover the bounty of nature, with hundreds of plants,…

Welcome to a world of science, myth, & magic… Introducing the Geologist's Primer, a system-agnostic illustrated guide to real-world crystals, minerals, and metals. Inspired by 19th-century field guides and the millennia of folklore, myths, and legends, it brings a wealth of easily-accessible, organized information straight to your gaming table. From demon-binding agate to immortal zircon, the Geol…

Loke's GM Screen- Terrain & Random Encounters is the must have accessory to fully immerse your players in your game and your setting. Featuring stunning artwork, the screen is long and low so you can see and reach the action easily! It is the perfect size to conceal GM notes and dice rolls, while expanding the battle map on the table into the setting with amazing artwork. The reverse of the screen…

An illustrated guide to magical plants! Herbalist's Primer is a system-agnostic illustrated guide to real-world magical plants. Inspired by the 19th-century herbalists and the millennia of folklore, myths, and legends, it brings a wealth of easily-accessible, organized information straight to your gaming table. From screaming mandragoras to shape-shifting deadly nightshade to hawthorns holding por…

The Ultimate Resource for Gamers, Game Masters, and Designers. The first edition of the COMPLETE KOBOLD GUIDE TO GAME DESIGN laid out concepts, techniques and advice for designing roleplaying games and enhancing adventures. This second edition brings together essays from the original volume by Wolfgang Baur, Monte Cook, Keith Baker, Ed Greenwood, and others, many updated to reflect the changing ga…

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 to think outside your own boxes, and into a larger…

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…

The Essential Elements for Building a World Roleplaying games and fantasy fiction are filled with rich and fascinating worlds: the Forgotten Realms, Glorantha, Narnia, R’lyeh, Middle-Earth, Barsoom, and so many more. It took startling leaps of imagination as well as careful thought and planning to create places like these: places that readers and players want to come back to again and again. Now,…

The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2, features 15 stars of tabletop roleplaying games and fantasy fiction, such as Gail Simone, Keith Baker, Veronica Roth, Ken Liu, Kate Elliott, Mike Shea, Tobias S. Buckell, Shanna Germain, Gabe Hicks, the Dungeon Dudes (Monty Martin & Kelly McLaughlin), Jeff Grubb, and more. Middle-Earth, Faerûn, Westeros, Eberron, The World of the Wheel, Exandria … these…

Brew poisons, potions, and elixirs for every occasion. From the award-winning team that brought you Broken Weave, A Life Well Lived and Uncharted Journeys! Learn the lost art of alchemy and harness the magical power innate to the Material Plane in this new 5th edition supplement! Mortar & Pestle introduces new rules for brewing potions, poisons and explosives, along with rules for finding and refi…

Introducing the Mycologist’s Primer, a system-agnostic illustrated guide to real-world magical mushrooms, lichens, and slime molds. Inspired by 19th-century field guides and millennia of folklore, myths, legends, and occult writings, it brings a carefully curated collection of delectable morsels right to your gaming table. From agarikon, a favorite snack of nature spirits, to antler-growing yellow…

What if building a homebrew campaign setting was as easy as opening a book? Creating a living, breathing homebrew world doesn’t have to be hard. No Place Like Homebrew gives you hundreds of settlements, factions, NPCs, monsters and more, all designed to slot seamlessly into your DnD campaign. The book is perfect for when your players wander off the beaten track, or when you just want to add someth…

Remarkable Cults & Their Followers is the ultimate GM guide on roleplaying evil fantasy factions. This system-neutral sourcebook is compatible with any fantasy roleplaying game ruleset and contains everything you need to create and roleplay your own unique villainous guilds. Remarkable Cults & Their Followers is the ultimate GM guide on roleplaying evil fantasy factions. This system-neutral source…

Remarkable Guilds & Their Heroes is the 4th book in the popular series of game master guides. This system-neutral book offers 200 pages of richly detailed content that is easy to adopt into your game sessions, from 10 pre-made Guilds to a wealth of information on creating and running your own Guilds. The hardcover tome features richly illustrated artwork and layout.

“Remarkable Inns & Their Drinks is the best-selling, definitive guide to roleplaying taverns and inns. This richly detailed 88-page tome offers a wealth of new gameplay options, D&D inn maps, 8 ready-made taverns, NPC’s, rumours, secrets and over 1.000 random list options. Every story has a beginning, and more often than not they start in a tavern! Now you can turn boring tavern visits into memora…

Remarkable Shops & Their Wares is the ultimate inspirational sourcebook to create and roleplay fantastical shops, and is the sequel to our best-selling Remarkable Inns. A richly illustrated book, featuring eight ready-made and remarkable shops to use in any campaign world. Complete with staff NPCs, items, and exciting quest hooks. Turn ordinary shop visits into memorable roleplaying experiences. F…

The Fantasy Character Kit is your ultimate toolkit for creating DnD characters that steal the show in any game. With random tables packed with unique backstories, epic gear and imaginative details for every class, your characters and NPCs will feel real and fleshed-out. If you want to make a cunning Rogue or a mighty Paladin, this A5-sized toolkit gives you the tools to make them truly legendary.…

Roll & Play: The Game Master’s Fantasy Toolkit is the ultimate collection of random tables for D&D, Pathfinder and all fantasy RPGs! The tables in this book are filled with story prompts, character names, loot ideas, random encounters and magic items that will take your campaign to the next level. The GM’s Fantasy Toolkit’s A5 wire-bound design means it can lie flat and fit snugly behind your GM S…