GM Tools

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Game Master's Sci-Fi Toolkit is the perfect tool for a GM faced with creative block while planning a sci-fi session, unexpected player questions at the tabletop, or a fluky dice roll that changes the course of their carefully-planned boss battle. Ensure your next sci-fi RPG adventure becomes an unforgettable odyssey by adding rich world-building detail, unexpected encounters and imaginative lo…

The ultimate collection of one-shots for DnD. With our book of DnD one shots, you're armed with over 100 ready-to-play adventures. Perfect for when you've had no time to plan, or if a player drops out last minute, or if you just want an epic session without hours of planning. Each DnD adventure in One-Shot Wonders takes around 3 hours to play and, because they're on two pages or less, you can read…

Perfect for GMs or players in need of a brand-new character after a disastrous spacewalk! Add memorable details to your NPCs or build a well-rounded, unique playable character with over 130 pages of random tables. Each chapter focuses on a different archetype or career, with prompts to inspire original backstories, traits, clothing, gear, crew bonds, friends and enemies. There are 11 chapters in t…

Jump into battle with this stunning set of 100+ DnD tokens. You'll never again have to worry about finding the perfect mini when combat kicks off – the twelve token designs are incredibly versatile and can represent anything from Bandits to Krakens. Tarrasque terrorising your town? Mage meddling with magic? Revenants ruining your roads? There's a token for all that, and more. The Tabletop Token si…