Brett M. Bernstein

Portray action heroes and superheroes in this exciting roleplaying game that focuses on what characters can do rather than lots of numbers. Over 200 abilities allow for a wide variety of heroes. Build up a character over time until his "ideal form" is realized or play him as a paragon right off the bat. Whether vigilantes with extensive training, martial artists with exotic powers, or wizards with wild magics, just about any type of character can be realized, including superheroes able to accomplish herculean feats. Guidance on creating adventures and settings, and running superhero games is provided, as are ready-to-use aliens, animals, mythic beasts, dinosaurs, Chthonic horrors, demons, undead, dragons, fairy folk, magical servants, plants, and robots. Now is your chance to be the hero with... Action and Adventure B&W Version.

Portray action heroes and superheroes in this exciting roleplaying game that focuses on what characters can do rather than lots of numbers. Over 200 abilities allow for a wide variety of heroes. Build up a character over time until his "ideal form" is realized or play him as a paragon right off the bat. Whether vigilantes with extensive training, martial artists with exotic powers, or wizards with wild magics, just about any type of character can be realized, including superheroes able to accomplish herculean feats. Guidance on creating adventures and settings, and running superhero games is provided, as are ready-to-use aliens, animals, mythic beasts, dinosaurs, Chthonic horrors, demons, undead, dragons, fairy folk, magical servants, plants, and robots. Now is your chance to be the hero with... Action and Adventure (Color interior)

Calling All Action Heroes Originally published in 1980, Supergame was one of the earliest roleplaying games specifically designed for super-powered heroes. This book can be used on its own as a stand-alone game or as an expansion for the Supergame Third Edition Rules (2017). Focus on "mere mortals" rather than super-powered characters with quick and exciting gameplay that doesn't strain your budget.Create your own action hero in minutes that can be recorded on an index card.Use a wide range of knacks to get the job done.Size the scope of action with six different scales.Compatible with Supergame 3E: double ratings and benchmarks for super-powered characters (or halve them when using this game's characters with Supergame).Spend hero points to call on fate, seize the opportunity, shrug it off, and request backup.Customize the game with various options.Use 4DF (+/-), D6 (six-sided), or D10 (ten-sided) dice (the choice is yours).This rules book provides everything you need to play, from an easy system for creating police officers, secret agents, and vigilantes to fast gameplay, as well as advice on running and building your adventures.

You would give anything to be normal. What is normal? Normal is not having to live on the streets because you can't keep a job and your family can no longer get along with you. Normal is not knowing the truth about reality--that it is engineered by creatures from The Darkness. Normal is not having to cope with the strange powers that afflict you. No None of this is normal. Unbidden is a roleplaying game about personal exploration of the darker aspects of humanity and taking a stand against that which lurks in the shadows. Characters must tackle Agents of The Darkness, as well as their own personal demons. Can you survive it all while maintaining a firm grip on reality? Features: Simple Rules: Unbidden uses two (or more) 6-sided dice.Character Development: In addition to the normal set of traits, Unbidden also focuses on a character's personal demons, including delusions, fears, triggers, temptations, and secrets.Special Ability: Unbidden characters have access to a limited selection of endowments (from a total of 90) based on one of six castes.Real, Pyschological, and Imagined Horrors: Characters must face agents of The darkness, as well as their own personal demons and perceived dangers, tracking levels of dementia as the story progresses.Gamemaster's Section: This provides all the tools you need to examine an Unbidden's journey from sanity to either madness or salvation. Plus, plot themes, adventure seeds, a timeline of Secret Stories, and setting information (Los Angeles) are included.

When they are trying to sleep, but the house seems to be plagued with lots of eerie noises... When they investigate the noises and find all the cupboard doors swinging open and shut, almost as if in harmony, one right after the other... When they have had enough and it is time to get some help... They grab a smart phone, download the Spooked, Inc. app and hire a qualified team of Advocates to investigate the ghostly encounters and rectify the situation. Whether dealing with alien abductions, ghostly hauntings, vampires, giant insects, or evil cults, you and your friends must solve such cases as Spooked, Inc. Advocates in this Frightfully Scenematic Roleplaying Game.

It is the year 1884. Many places sank beneath the earth after a worldwide tremor. Strange creatures spill forth onto the streets of towns and cities, as governments struggle to keep these monstrosities a secret. The lawful and wealthy hire the bold and adventurous to fix their issues and recover their possessions from places of wonder and danger, unseen but for myths and legends. Worlds have collided and adventure awaits the brave. Imagine mixing the worlds of Jack the Ripper, H.P. Lovecraft, Hammer Horror, and old science-fiction fantasy movies like Journey to the Center of the Earth in this OSR roleplaying game of dark gothic horror.

Take your fantasy adventures to a chain of islands filled with danger, intrigue, and excitement. For use with the Original Edition rules or an OSR equivalent, this book compiles all three classic Wee Warriors(TM) Dungeon Kits into a single volume: Palace of the Vampire Queen(TM), The Dwarven Glory(TM), and The Misty Isles(TM).

Great Heroes Need Great Villains The South Pacific Island of Poseidonis is the new seat of world politics and epicenter of the Improbability Wave, the catalyst for new technologies, powers, heroes, and villains. Updating the Classic Supergame Roleplaying Game setting material, this supplement for Supergame Third Edition features: 15 ready to use heroes14 ready to use villainsA base of operations for your storiesLots of story ideas for inspirationRandom tables for even more inspiration7 scenarios focusing on the island's power plant (choose one, mix and match, or serialize them)

Watch Out, Super-Villains Originally published in 1980, Supergame was one of the earliest roleplaying games specifically designed for super-powered heroes. This all-new, third edition provides quick and exciting gameplay without straining your budget. Create your own hero in minutes that can be recorded on an index card. Use a wide range of powers with effects that can be measured with universal benchmarks. Size the scope of action with six different scales. Spend hero points to call on fate, summon resolve, pull off stunts, and shrug it off. Customize the game with various options. Use 4DF (+/-), D6 (six-sided), or D10 (ten-sided) dice (the choice is yours). This core rules book provides everything you need to play, from an easy system for creating heroes to fast gameplay, as well as advice on building your settings and adventures.

Have you ever wondered what happens when bloodthirsty barbarians face off against vile alien invaders from beyond the stars? Barbarians Versus... is a tongue-in-cheek roleplaying game that packs all the rules you need to loot, pillage, maim, and party. The easy-to-learn, fast-paced mechanics are centered around descriptive roleplaying and imagination. Choose cool abilities and awesome items Fight opponents with descriptive, brutal action Use random looting tables to find shiny things Explore ancient barbarian wisdom Includes Dwarf and Zombie Meat alternate settings

Unleash even more of your imagination... pious clerics and resourceful pathfinders join mighty warriors, powerful wizards, and crafty rogues. Their exploits are no longer limited to ancient dungeons and catacombs, as they venture through the wild landscapes of the surface, and face the crime and trade of towns. This supplement for Ancient Odysseys: Treasure Awaits adds new options for play, from creating new types of adventurers and building landscapes to spending time in town and procuring goods to tackling new spells, traps, and creatures. Go beyond the basics, while maintaining the same fast-playing and flexible experience. This digest-sized book requires the Treasure Awaits PDF, Boxed Set, or Pocket Edition.

New World Disorder is the easy-to-learn, miniatures-based tabletop game that takes place in a very near and very dystopian future. This Expanded Edition also includes rules for Cybernetics and Zombies. Create deadly crews of vicious characters that improve as they accumulate experience from their firefights. Equip them from an extensive list of weapons. Pit gangs of urban warriors against each other, as corporate mercenaries, mob-hitmen, cannibals, and other nasties fight for survival on the streets of this world gone wrong. Enter the CyberZone, a prison for the hordes of illegally-mechanized citizens that once plagued the outside world. The residents take advantage of the power that their cybernetics provide-from stronger limbs and better vision to mounted weapons and subdermal armor. Embrace the metal Instead of just facing off against competing crews, worry about a threat worse than simple death. Lose to flesh-eating zombies and characters rise to attack their own. Muster enough firepower to burn them to ashes, shred them to ribbons, or blast them to smithereens. Crews fight for survival among zombie swarms on the streets of this world gone wrong. Prepare for the apocalypse

Storytelling is one of the oldest living traditions, continuing today as theatre, literature, television and film. Roleplaying games evolved their own version of storytelling by piecing together a tale based on the outcome of dice rolls and player choices. Story Engine breathes new life into this multi-authored game format, infusing it with the fluidity of oral tradition while liberating it from the confines of turn-based mechanics.Create characters using adjectives and phrases. Like novels, the different elements of a character all contribute to the story -- even flaws and foibles. Collaborate to tell a story of the characters. Pool resources to work as a group to solve conflicts. Narrate the outcome of scenes based on success.This updated 2011 edition of the original ground-breaking Story Engine roleplaying game features: Complete rules, plus introductory Story Bones(TM) rulesOptional rules for customizing the systemExtensive advice on running gamesThree plug-ins for running different genres: Six Guns & Whiskey(TM) (Wild West), In the 'Zone(TM) (Sci-Fi), and Of Legend(TM) (Fantasy)Plug-in for use with the Maelstrom Storytelling(TM) worldTwo adventures

The alien Korr have come, crippling the once-mighty global superpowers and leaving the Earth defenseless. Tanks have stopped moving and planes stay grounded. Now, a horde of bioengineered, alien war-machines sweeps across the countryside, killing everything. But there is still hope. pockets of resistance have begun to gather and fight the invaders. Outnumbered and outgunned, they need your help. Do you have what it takes to close the stormrifts and halt the invasion of Earth? This stand-alone game is powered by Precis Intermedia's critically-acclaimed genreDiversion(TM) third edition rules, requiring only two 6-sided dice and can be played with or without miniatures.