So You Want to Be a Game Master?
Added 2023-05-08 17:40:08 +0000 UTCFROM MACMILLAN & PAGE STREET PUBLISHING
COMING TO A BOOKSTORE NEAR YOU
OCTOBER 31st, 2023!
Long-time fans of the Alexandrian who have been asking to have the site’s incredible trove of GMing lore collected into a book: This is what you’ve been waiting for. It’s your complete guide to:
- Dungeons
- Megadungeons
- Mysteries
- Node-based adventures
- Raids
- Heists
- Factions
- Urbancrawls
- Social events
- Routes
- Hexcrawls
- Pointcrawls
Plus a huge selection of extra credit, including:
- Creating Your Campaign
- Campaign Status Documents
- Learning a New RPG
- The Open Table
- Quick-and-Dirty Worldbuilding
- Rumor Tables
- Running Combat
- Scenario Hooks
- Supporting Cast
- Splitting the Party
But these aren’t just your familiar favorites. The book is chock full of brand new material, too! And everything has been freshly updated into a comprehensive and cohesive volume — the most authoritative book ever written about being a Game Master.
You can find more information and preorder links and the like over on this page:
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Comments
Great question! There are a couple of maps and a few diagrams in the section on node-based scenario design. But the vast majority of the book is text-based, so I think you'll be just fine with an e-book.
Justin Alexander
2023-05-11 15:49:11 +0000 UTCVery much looking forward to this! One question that came to mind: Will this be mostly text-based and thus e-reader friendly, or will it contain graphics, diagrams and other elements that might be better experienced in print or some other format?
David Canela
2023-05-10 21:02:27 +0000 UTCWould be delighted! Shout when you’re ready to schedule. 👍
Che Webster
2023-05-10 19:06:18 +0000 UTCPreordered! Can't wait!!
2023-05-10 15:28:23 +0000 UTCPreordered as soon as I saw the post
Dauchande
2023-05-10 00:17:03 +0000 UTCAbsolutely! We're going to be figuring out that phase of things later this month or maybe next, and you were already on my list to reach out to!
Justin Alexander
2023-05-09 01:05:20 +0000 UTCOrdered!
Dan Williamson
2023-05-08 19:19:57 +0000 UTCClassic "take my money" situation. 😊 Congrats Justin!
Doan Roessler
2023-05-08 18:10:14 +0000 UTCExciting! Any chance I can get you back on Roleplay Rescue to help promote this book?
Che Webster
2023-05-08 17:45:26 +0000 UTC
