Looking for facts abut the characters, armament, starships, planets, alien species, or battles in the most exciting adventure of them all? You'll find the whole universe of Star Wars covered in this fully revised and expanded second edition, including: the original Star Wars movies, National Public Radio dramatizations, Role-playing games, sourcebooks, storybooks, sketchbooks, and more.

A Guide to the Star Wars Universe

Humor & Entertainment

Slavicsek, Bill

Movies

Del Rey

Featuring new material on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace . . . the latest Star Wars series: The New Jedi Order . . . and the entire thrilling saga! How did Exar Kun nearly destroy Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy? When did Han Solo first meet Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian? Where was Mara Jade when the Emperor died? What are the secrets of the terrible super weapons—the Death Stars, the Sun Crusher, and the World Devastators? What are the Qom Qae? How powerful is the Black Sun criminal organization? Looking for facts about the characters, starships, weaponry, droids, alien species, and historic battles in the most amazing adventure of them all? From airspeeders to N-1 starfighters, Coruscant to Tatooine, Nom Anor to Leia Organa—you'll find the whole universe of Star Wars covered here: ¸ The original Star Wars trilogy movies ¸ The novels—from Star Wars to Vector Prime ¸ The animated TV series Droids and Ewoks ¸ National Public Radio dramatizations ¸ Young Adult novels ¸ The Star Wars comic-books ¸ Role-playing books ¸ Video games and CD-ROMs . . . plus sourcebooks, storybooks, sketchbooks, portfolios, and more!

LucasBooks

Open the book and find: <ul>
<li> Everything a new player needs to get started playing D&amp;D </li> <li> Details on four fantasy races and four iconic classes </li> <li> Explanations of every number and statistic on the character sheet </li> <li> The best magic items and equipment for characters of all classes </li> <li> Advice on roleplaying and teamwork </li> <li> A ready-to-use adventure to get you started as a Dungeon Master </li> <li> A ready-to-use battle grid with character and monster markers </li> </ul>

Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition For Dummies

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Baker,Richard

Gaming

For Dummies

Whether you've been a Dungeon Master (DM) before and want to fine-tune your skills or want to get ready and take the plunge, this is the book for you. It gives you the basics on running a great game, info for more advanced dungeon mastering, guidelines for creating adventures, and tips for building a campaign. It shows you how to:

Dungeon Master For Dummies

Wyatt, James

Whether you’ve been a Dungeon Master (DM) before and want to fine-tune your skills or want to get ready and take the plunge, this is the book for you. It gives you the basics on running a great game, info for more advanced dungeon mastering, guidelines for creating adventures, and tips for building a campaign. It shows you how to: 
<ul>
<li>Handle all the expressions of DMing: moderator, narrator, a cast of thousands (the nonplayer characters or NPCs), player, social director, and creator</li> <li>Use published adventures and existing campaign worlds or create adventures and campaign worlds of your own</li> <li>Conjure up exciting combat encounters</li> <li>Handle the three types of encounters: challenge, roleplaying, and combat</li> <li>Create your own adventure: The Dungeon Adventure, The Wilderness Adventure. The Event-Based adventure (including how to use flowcharts and timelines), The Randomly Generated Adventure, and the High-Level adventure</li> <li>Create memorable master villains, with nine archetypes ranging from agent provocateur to zealot</li> </ul>
To get you off to a fast start, Dungeon Master For Dummies includes: <ul>
<li>A sample dungeon for practice</li> <li>Ten ready-to-use encounters and ten challenging traps</li> <li>A list of simple adventure premises</li> <li>Mapping tips, including common scales, symbols, and conventions, complete with tables</li> </ul>
Authors Bill Slavicsek and Richard Baker wrote the hugely popular Dungeons and Dragons For Dummies. Bill has been a game designer since 1986 and leads the D&amp;D creative team at Wizards of the Coast. Richard is a game developer and the author of the fantasy bestseller Condemnation. They give you the scoop on: <ul>
<li>Using a DM binder to keep records such as an adventure log, PCs’ character sheets, NPC logs/character sheets, treasure logs, and more</li> <li>Knowing player styles (role players and power games) and common subgroups: hack’n’slasher, wargamer, thinker, impulsive adventurer, explorer, character actor, and watcher</li> <li>Recognizing your style: action movie director, storyteller, worldbuilder, puzzlemaker, or connector</li> <li>Using miniatures, maps, and other game aids</li> <li>Using 21st century technology, such as a Web site or blog, to enhance your game</li> </ul>
The book includes a sample adventure, The Necromancer’s Apprentice, that’s the perfect way to foray into DMing. It includes everything you need for a great adventure—except your players. What are you waiting for? There are chambers to be explored, dragons to be slain, maidens to be rescued, gangs of gnoll warriors to be annihilated, worgs to be wiped out, treasures to be discovered, worlds to be conquered….

Dungeon Master For Dummies (for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game)

'GUIDE TO THE ''STAR WARS'' UNIVERSE'

Boxtree

Caught in traffic. Trapped in a cubicle. Stuck in a rut. Tangled up in red tape. In the real world, sometimes you feel powerless—but not in Dungeons &amp; Dragons (D &amp; D). In this fantasy-adventure, you have all kinds of special powers. You can slay the evil dragon, overcome the orc or the ogre, haunt the werewolf, and triumph over sinister trolls. You venture into strange realms, encounter strange creatures, and use magical powers. Your character grows and develops with every adventure. With this guide, you can learn the ins and outs of D &amp; D and start playing right away. Dungeons &amp; Dragons For Dummies gives beginners the basics of the complex game and helps experienced players fine-tune their roleplaying. It guides you through: <ul>
<li>Creating your character (a powerful fighter, a sneaky rogue, a crafty sorcerer, or a charismatic cleric), and character advancement</li> <li>The races: humans, dwarves, elves, and halflings</li> <li>The types of character actions: attack rolls, skill check, and ability checks</li> <li>The 6 abilities: strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, charisma</li> <li>Feat requirements and types</li> <li>Playing the game, including moving in combat, attacking with a weapon (melee attacks or ranged attacks), and damage and dying</li> <li>Picking skills, armor, weapons, and gear</li> <li>Choosing spells if your character is a sorcerer or domains for a cleric</li> <li>Building encounter or combat strategies and using advanced tactics</li> <li>Maximizing your character’s power with the acquisition of the right magic items: armor, weapons, potion, scroll, ring, wand, staff, rod, plus wondrous items</li> <li>D &amp; D game etiquette</li> <li>Becoming a Dungeon Master</li> </ul>
There’s even a sample play session that walks you through typical play, gets you comfortable using the battle grid and character markers, lets you test player characters against each other and against monsters, and shows you how to add story elements to create an adventure. Produced in partnership with Wizards of the Coast, written by D &amp; D game designers, and complete with a battle grid, a sample dungeon map, and a glossary, this guide arms you with the knowledge to create and equip a character and empowers you to enter the captivating, fascinating world of D &amp; D.

Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies

Set contains Wanderer's Chronicle; Age of Heroes; Way of the Psionicist; Mystery of the Ancients; 1 cloth map, 2 poster maps; DM screen.

Dark Sun Campaign Setting, Expanded and Revised

Puzzles & Games

Wizards of the Coast

Doors to the Unknown is a collection of four PLANESCAPE adventures that can be played separately or as a mini-campaign. When four doors appear in the Cage, the barmies crawl out of the shadows, and the heroes get drawn into events that could have consequences for the entire multiverse. Each door leads to a different plane and a different deadly challenge for the player characters. Together they offer a way to stop an ancient menace before it strikes again.

Doors to the Unknown (AD&D/Planescape)

TSR Hobbies

Imagine that you are a dragon--possessing amazing abilities, deadly breath weapons, claws like long swords, and teeth like daggers.
 This Campaign Option provides everything you need to create a campaign for dragon player characters, dragon kindred, half-dragons, and dragon slayers.
 Every page has been updated and expanded from the original COUNCIL OF WYRMS boxed set and includes:
 --Rules for creating dragon and kindred PCs --Campaign details revealing the secrets of dragonkind --New kits for dragon PCs --A series of adventures designed to challenge the strongest dragon characters --A 16-page full-color section illustrating dragon size comparisons --Details on all 15 metallic, chromatic, and gem dragons

Campaign Option: Council of Wyrms Setting (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying)

Literature & Fiction

TSR, Inc.

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Books by Slavicsek, Bill

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A Guide to the Star Wars Universe

A Guide to the Star Wars Universe

Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition For Dummies

Dungeon Master For Dummies

Dungeon Master For Dummies (for the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game)

'GUIDE TO THE ''STAR WARS'' UNIVERSE'

Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies

Dark Sun Campaign Setting, Expanded and Revised

Doors to the Unknown (AD&D/Planescape)

Campaign Option: Council of Wyrms Setting (AD&D Fantasy Roleplaying)