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"A novel about an interactive game designer with no face by the singer-songwriter behind the Mountain Goats and the author of Black Sabbath's Master of Reality (33-1/3)"--
Isolated by a disfiguring injury, Sean Phillips crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to play in. From his small apartment in southern California, he orchestrates fantastic adventures where possibilities, both dark and bright, open in the boundaries between the real and the imagined....
2) Slay
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An honors student at Jefferson Academy, seventeen-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret, multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating black culture, until the two worlds collide.
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Alex Cross novels volume 7
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Alex Cross joins forces with a female San Francisco detective to investigate a pattern of murders occurring across the country that draws him into the bizarre subculture of ritual role-playing and vampirism.
4) Elden Ring
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"Rise, tarnished. A unique adventure. Create your character and charge into epic battles with dozens of powerful skills. Face the demigods and claim the shards of the Elden Ring known as the Great Runes. Claim the Elden Ring. Journey through the Lands Between where the Golden Order has been broken and unravel the mysteries of the Elden Ring's power"--Container.
5) Monster Camp
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When eleven-year old Sylvie joins a monster LARPing (a.k.a. live action role-play) summer camp, she finds herself in the performance of her life after realizing that she is the only human among real monsters.
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"Queen Evergreen has been poisoned! To save her, you must pick a team of heroes to travel across a series of perilous fantasy landscapes, from a witch's desert tomb to a giant's palace in the sky. YOU get to choose how they win they day, using the greatest heroic power of all: your imagination. On your journey, you'll meet new heroes, battle a dungeon that's also a dragon, and discover that the poisoned book that attacked Queen Evergreen was just...
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"When a couple feels like they're married to a stranger, a flirtatious game of pretend becomes the spark they need to reignite their relationship in this romance from the authors of The Roughest Draft. Eliza and Graham's marriage is quietly failing. With their five-year anniversary approaching, neither of them are thrilled about the weeklong getaway to the Treeline Retreat they've been gifted. Nestled on the Northern California coastline, the inn...
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"In the mystical realm of Bríandalör, every day the brave and the bold delve into hidden temples or forgotten dungeons, battling vile monsters and evil wizards to loot their treasure hoards for sweet, sweet magic items. But in their free time, our heroes--Thromdurr the mighty barbarian, Devis the shifty thief, Vela the noble paladin, Sorrowshade the Gloom Elf assassin, and Albiorix the (good!) wizard--need to relax and unwind. That's why they meet...
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In this sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you'll decide your own path through the sprawling landscapes of Hyrule and the mysterious islands floating in the vast skies above. Can you harness the power of Link's new abilities to fight back against the malevolent forces that threaten the kingdom?
10) Pokémon scarlet
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Catch, battle, and train Pokémon in the Paldea Region, a vast land filled with lakes, towering peaks, wastelands, small towns, and sprawling cities. There is no set path, so you can adventure freely through three grand stories. In one such story, you can challenge Pokémon Gyms in any order you desire as you aim for the Champion Rank! Explore a wide-open world at your own pace and traverse land, water, and air by riding on the form-shifting Legendary...
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"Playing a role-playing game is a delicate dance. If everything runs smoothly, it feels like you and your friends are able to maneuver effortlessly through dramatic, epic, and uproariously silly scenes where everyone gets a chance to shine. And yet, other times it just doesn't come together. Combat slows to a repetitive grind, the Game Master runs out of good Non-Player Character (NPC) ideas, or after twenty-six rounds maybe even the most beautifully...
12) Index card RPG
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"Indie hit Index Card RPG and its much anticipated new 'Master Edition' has slowly built a die-hard following of DIY RPG creators and players over the past 5 years. Until now, it has been found in 3 hardcopy books and numerous PDF's published by its creator, Runehammer, via DriveThruRPG. This newest edition, the MASTER EDITION, combines ICRPG's numerous worlds, streamlined D20 rules and critically acclaimed GM know-how all in one high quality hardback,...
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Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business.
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"Most of us tend to think that there are two kinds of people in world: those who have power, and those who don't. But in reality, says Stanford Business School professor Deborah Gruenfeld, we all have more power than we think. And success is not about how much power we have, but rather how we use it. It's often assumed that power flows to those with the highest rank, the loudest voice, or the most commanding presence in the room. But in fact, there...
15) Dark archive
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Enter the paranormal! From the fringes, the unknown beckons, and the eight lost files of the Dark Archive arm you to explore, understand, and confront it. Unleash the untold power of your mind as the new psychic class or leverage supernatural secrets and mystic implements as the thaumaturge! As you pore over each casefile, you'll find paranormal player options like divine magic wielded by secret cults, eldritch pacts with powerful entities, and archetypes...
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Spellbinders volume 1
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"How far would you go to play the hero? One lonely seventh grader gets way more than he bargained for when he is swept into the fantasy quest of his gaming dreams in this magical illustrated series full of laughs, adventure, and twists. Ben doesn't feel chosen by anybody--not by his friends, who haven't kept in touch since he moved after his parents' divorce, or by his mom, who's so busy he barely sees her. He spends all his time living in fantasy...
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"All the important rules, charts, and maps at a glance! This is a 3-panel keeper screen mounted on thick hardcover stock, folding out to 34 inches wide. One side, intended to face the players, portrays glorious artwork. The rear of the screen, the Keeper's side, collects and summarizes important rules, statistics and charts, to assist the Keeper when running games."--Amazon.com.
19) Miitopia
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Take your Mii characters on a face-off between good and evil. Cast your friends and family as heroes, villains, and villagers in a fantasy world. Fight side by side, grow closer by spending time at the inn, and go back out to battle again.
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Get ready for a new kind of grand, Pokémon adventure in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, a brand-new game from Game Freak that blends action and exploration with the RPG roots of the Pokémon series. Embark on survey missions in the ancient Hisui region. Explore natural expanses to catch wild Pokémon by learning their behavior, sneaking up, and throwing a well-aimed Poké Ball. You can also toss the Poké Ball containing your ally Pokémon near a wild...