Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters
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Much more than a simple book of plots¸ Eureka! stands as one of those essential tools that GMs and game designers will find themselves reaching for again and again." -- Game designer Wolfgang Baur¸ Kobold Quarterly review
2010 Golden Geek Award nominee for Best Supplement
Featuring a foreword by gaming industry legend Monte Cook¸ Eureka contains 501 complete adventure plots usable with almost any roleplaying game¸ plus GMing advice and tools for making the most of every plot.
If you game once a week¸ that's nearly 10 years of adventures¸ all right here in the largest collection of its kind ever published. Written by nine veteran game masters -- the authors of the most widely read game mastering blog on the planet¸ Gnome Stew -- Eureka is more than just adventure seeds.
Each plot includes a hook to draw your players in¸ an outline detailing enough material for a complete adventure¸ generally in the form of 3-5 meaty encounters¸ and any game mastering notes¸ plot twists¸ and advice you might need to turn that plot into a fun night of gaming.
Adventure hooks alone don't give you much to work with¸ but fully developed adventures can be hard to personalize and fit into an ongoing game. Eureka is the perfect middle ground: We provide the main ingredients¸ and you decide how to prepare them.
Packed with ideas and inspiration and including DRM-free PDF¸ EPUB¸ MOBI¸ and text versions of the book¸ this massive collection is designed to be the ultimate adventure toolkit:
- Fantasy¸ science fiction¸ and horror plots: 167 of each¸ all easily adaptable to multiple genres
- Clear¸ concise game mastering advice: We show you how to adapt plots to other genres (effectively giving you 464 fantasy¸ 420 sci-fi¸ and 338 horror plots) and how to turn Eureka plots into full-blown adventures
- The tools you need: Plots are grouped by theme¸ from "Revolt" to "Mistaken Jealousy¸" and categorized by tags like intrigue¸ exploration¸ and combat-heavy
- Four indexes: Quickly find a plot for any situation by genre¸ tag¸ title¸ or author
- No game mechanics and no proper names: These system-neutral plots are simple to use and easy to personalize to your game
- Fully hyperlinked and bookmarked: We've made Eureka as user-friendly and GM-friendly as possible
Want to find out more about Eureka? You can download a free 19-page PDF excerpt of the book and read more reviews on the Engine Publishing website.
Need NPCs to go with your plots? Check out Masks: 1¸000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game ¸ which makes a great companion to Eureka. You can also buy both books in a bundle for 20% off: Ultimate Game Master's Toolkit: 501 Plots and 1¸000 NPCs.