Celebrating GM’s Day

Happy GM’s Day! For the twentieth year in a row, Tabletop Adventures celebrates game masters on their special day.

As a company, there are only so many ways we can do something to make GMs’ lives easier. One is to publish material to make it easier for them to plan and play games, which we do. When we started this company, we could see that our own lives were getting busier and our work as GMs was getting harder, so we published products we would have wanted. We call this “Help for the Harried Game Master,” and we hope we have made some people’s lives a little less harried over the years.

Another way to make GMs’ lives easier is to make our materials available for less money, on special occasions – like GM’s Day! Right now, all our electronic products are on sale at 40% off the regular price, at DriveThruRPG. Check out our fantasy terrain descriptions, classic historical fantasy, sci-fi products, modern horror, and more!

GM's Day Sale adTabletop Adventures is not the only company with discounts available – hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of products are on sale through March 10th. (Note: Due to display glitches, sale prices do not always appear in lists of products. If in doubt, check the product page itself.) Some that have GM aids we like are:

Raging Swan Press, with everything from dungeon dressing to adventures for multiple systems

Fat Dragon Games, with plans for paper or 3D-printable terrain of all types

Kobold Press and especially their excellent “Kobold Guides” series

Mythmere Games, publishers of the great ‘old school’ Swords & Wizardry game system, but also of the incredible, system-neutral, revised and expanded “Tome of Adventure Design

And last but not least, our friends at
Frog God Games, with their “Adventures Worth Winning,” and
Necromancer Games, where no matter the system, they still make things with that “First Edition Feel.”

All of these products are worthwhile at the regular price; being able to get them at a discount is just a special bonus.

Let your GM know you appreciate him or her this week! We wish you – and your gamemaster – good gaming.

The good people of Tabletop Adventures

and the Overlord

 

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Introducing Classic Historical Fantasy

Let us introduce to you: the “Plain Brown Wrapper” line of Classic Historical Fantasy products!

Tabletop Adventures has acquired a line of historical fantasy material previously published by Avalanche Press, Ltd. and we are excited to be re-issuing this classic series of sourcebooks from 20 years ago. While the game mechanics offered are those of the 3rd Edition of “the world’s best-known roleplaying game,” the excellent historical material and its fantasy applications could be useful with any system.

Aside from the ‘packaging’ and certain legal bits, the text is identical to that found in the original books published by Avalanche Press in the early 2000s. The writing and the conventions (including, for example, the designation of Open Game Content) represent the styles of the early years of 3rd Edition and should be approached from that perspective.

Many of the original covers had artwork that was suggestive (or even provocative), so each book of the series is being reissued in a ‘plain brown wrapper.’

See the products currently available (with more still to be added) on Tabletop Adventures’ page at DriveThruRPG.

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March 4th – Happy GM’s Day!

Once again that uniquely roleplaying holiday is upon us – GM’s Day! We use it to celebrate the people who bring worlds to life so the rest of us can play. As a commercial establishment, Tabletop Adventures would like to suggest that you celebrate it by buying your GM a token of your gratitude, preferably one of our products! However, the key is to let your GM know that you recognize and appreciate how important he or she is to the game.

This year, Tabletop Adventures is participating in two GM’s Day Sales. One is the rare holiday sale at Steve Jackson Games’ Warehouse 23 through March 6th, where our products are 30% off. (Sale prices are visible when you put an item into your cart.) Steve Jackson Games also has products on sale as well as dice and other accessories.

The other is the annual big sale at DriveThruRPG. (Our products are 30% off there also; you can use whichever site is more convenient for you.) You could also check out the rest of the sale; DriveThruRPG has over 72,000 products on sale through March 14th.

We hope you are able to take advantage of these great sales, and we wish you – and your GM – good gaming!

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How We Spent our Weekend – At Nuke-Con!

TTA banner at Nuke-ConWe had a great weekend at Nuke-Con! Our people ran some scheduled events (two “Map and Play” sessions, about methods of drawing maps for games, and some Against the Darkness) as well as a few pick-up games. It was so good to see many familiar faces in person, after last year’s virtual con, and we’re looking forward to seeing more people and playing more games next year.

By the way – at our booth we were giving away discount coupons for our electronic products at DriveThruRPG. Honorary Minions can also find this coupon code on their secret page through January; click here for more information.

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Tabletop Adventures at Nuke-Con

This weekend Tabletop Adventures is going to be attending Nuke-Con, alive and in person! We’re excited to finally be back at a convention. We have a new sign, and some new shiny things to offer people. Our minions are running three events, but may add in a couple more if folks show interest. If you’re at Nuke-Con, stop by and say hello!

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Talk Like a Pirate, Mateys!

Arr, mateys! Today once more be Talk Like a Pirate Day!

On this worrrthy occasion, the lubbers at Tabletop Adventures be callin’ attention to ye “Uncharted Isles.” These scribin’s tell o’ the islands o’ the southern seas, which might be port o’ call or places fer plunderin’. (This little treasure be free on all our sales sites during this special time, but be ye an Honorary Minion, ye can find it on the Minions’ secret page any time o’ the year.)

 

 

 

Ye can also be viewin’ “Pirate Places,” scribin’s from a contest to describe the best place for a pirate. E’en better, thar’s bonus descriptions o’ a trek across an island fer an adventure, to ease the life o’ a piratey GM! This gem be free fer the askin’ on the sites that be sellin’ our swag, but ye can also dig it up right here.

 

 

 

Should ye be needin’ more learnin’ o’ this excellent holiday, ye can get the word straight from the fish’s mouth at the “International Talk Like a Pirate Day” website.

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Happy Star Wars Day!

It’s Star Wars Day – as in, “May the Fourth be with you.” In celebration of this very specialized holiday, we are pleased to share this video that one of our minions discovered on YouTube. (The minion has ties to this high school, which made it even more special.) We present the Mission Vista High School (CA) Steel Drum Band with their arrangement of Star Wars music! https://youtu.be/5HqcGdwu9jY

To get into the spirit of things, Tabletop Adventures has put all our space-themed products on sale at DriveThruRPG from May 4-6. Need a Destination for some adventures? We can provide that. Want ideas for what might be inside a derelict starship? We can help with that too.

In addition, we have the Deck O’ Names 1, which provides pronounceable, reasonable-sounding names for characters or NPCs. Names like Sylma, Quinis, or Calanna, can be useful in many science-fiction settings. Choose from the printable random name card deck or the name generator to run in a computer browser, or get both!

We hope you have a great Star Wars day! Enhance your imagination, with products from Tabletop Adventures.

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Community Appreciation!

printable weekly calendar imageIn observance of GM’s Day, Tabletop Adventures is pleased to offer this free printable fantasy-themed weekly planning calendar to the roleplaying community. Whether used on a desk or attached to a fridge, this page can give you a place for your important notes each week. (The file includes both color and grayscale versions of this single-page calendar.) You can get it at DriveThruRPG, if you want it available in your library there, but why bother when you can get it right here: Tabletop Adventures Printable Weekly Planning Calendar

Let it be a reminder to us all to aim high!

 

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GM’s Day Sales

In observance of GM’s Day, Tabletop Adventures has sales going on at two of our on-line sales sites. Take advantage of the great prices to check out our terrain and location products for fantasy, future, or modern horror settings, or try out the “Deck O’ Names” random name generators. Other items for the fantasy game master are the “Bits of Magicka” magic item products and “Shards of the Heart” NPCs. If you prefer horror, try “Against the Darkness,” a modern-day Vatican horror roleplaying game.

Our entire catalog is on sale at the Open Gaming Store. (This on-line storefront is affiliated with d20pfsrd.com, 5esrd.com, and other SRD sites.) In fact, the site is having a broad sale for GM’s Day with products up to 40% off. See the entire list at the store’s “On Sale!” page. The sale lasts to March 10th.

 

 

Meanwhile, on DriveThruRPG, all our electronic products are 40% off; check them out at the Tabletop Adventures page on DTRPG. (Note that a glitch has sometimes shown products in a list without displaying their sale prices. Click through to a product page if necessary to view the sale price because trust us – all our electronic products there are on sale!) The DriveThruRPG sitewide sale for GM’s Day includes more than 64,000 products at prices discounted as much as 40%, and continues through March 14.

One way or another,  show your appreciation for your gamemaster this GM’s Day!

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GM’s Day is here!

Happy GM’s Day! March 4th is the day we celebrate Game Masters everywhere. For those of us who focus our company on “Help for the Harried Game Master,” it’s like our big holiday of the year. More information will be coming along shortly, but we just want to start by saying “Thank you” to all the GMs out there (and to ours in here), because we – all of us – couldn’t do this without you.

 

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