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Spice up your city adventures with over 100 unique random encounters. With Generica: Urban Encounters, you won’t ever have to rely on flavorless wandering encounter charts again. Tedious excursions to town morph into thrilling escapades featuring deceitful swindlers, chaotic magical mishaps, and spine-tingling supernatural horrors. After meeting Filth Faeries, Dread Tom, and Sister Fu of the Iron Crown, your players will never view cities the same way again. In this book, you will find a collection of random encounters that will give your players the opportunity to face challenging ...

For twelve years, Alexis Kennedy has been writing some of the most original and intelligent narrative games of the last decade - Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Cultist Simulator, and more, as well as guest-writing gigs for BioWare, Paradox and Telltale Games. And for most of that time, he's been writing *about* games as well. Here for the first time in one place are the best of his essays and columns - from hard-won lessons about game development to reviews of unreviewable games, from narrative design principles to writing masterclasses, from historical discursions on labyrinths to the ...

If she can’t stay away from Blake, she could lose her job. When Elise is caught kissing relief pitcher Blake Rygs in the physical therapy room, she's placed on probation. The only problem is that Blake is everywhere, and it doesn’t take long before he’s worked his way into her family’s hearts by loading groceries, crashing birthday parties, and changing flat tires. The more she learns about Blake, the harder it is to stick to the “no dating” rule. Can she walk away from the career she’s always dreamed of to have the man of her dreams, or will the rule be a permanent delay of ...

DEAR PARENT OR TEACHER, We have four children and have been missionaries in Southeast Asia for the last twelve years. Three of our grown children have returned to America and are continuing to follow the Lord. Each child is active in a church; making a difference in this fallen world. My wife and I made plenty of mistakes as parents and thank God every day for the blessing of children who follow Him. Especially when we consider the statistic that over half of those who leave home as young adults also leave the church… forever. If you were to ask our children how they learned to follow ...

As Damien increases in power, his world balances on the edge of a sword – He’s so close to achieving everything that he’s fought for, strengthening his harem and building a safer virtual fantasy world. But his greatest enemies are yet to be revealed, enemies who want Damien and his allies eradicated. If fighting monsters and armies aren’t enough, his greatest battle awaits – the BBEG – Neurotheos, the God of Cybrion. It’s Damien and his harem of warrior women against the world. The truth awaits Damien – why he’s here, how he got here, and exactly what game he’s being ...

This box set includes both books in the Marshall High Society duology. A drama-filled, twisting Dark High School Bully Romance ALL in one series bundle. Three powerful families. Three privileged sons. Roman, Ethan, and Klay are dark, devilish, delicious, each in their own way. I shouldn't even be on their radar, but they've marked me. I don't know why. I can't remember the last two years. A mental breakdown, they tell me, after both my parents died. I just want a fresh start to my senior year, a normal life, a graduation. But those three untouchables own Marshall High, and they're fighting...

KING RICH has the juice on the streets. His name resonates power, respect and fear. But will he have the same credentials when he finds himself behind bars, surrounded by wolves who want his head? LATRELL, THE DOPE MAN'S BODYGUARD, is just as savage in prison as he is on the streets. When vicious convicts test the boss, will Latrell execute them with extreme prejudice? Or, without a gun on his hip, will his murder game suffer, leaving King Rich to fend for himself? With the vast riches he's amassed from the game, freedom is just one wise move from King Rich's grasp. But will the streets ...

Fate, and pizza, brought them together but will they realize how much more they could have, or will pride keep them apart? Parker Garrison should have seen the trade coming, but he was the last to know he was moving to Salt Lake four months into the season. Rather than letting the surprise ruin his season, he decides to throw himself into becoming an integral part of the team––on and off the ice––and he knows just the person to help him. Vivian Ashwood was looking for a change but never expected her new roommate would introduce her to a world she’d only seen in gossip magazines. ...

A woman sat in a car in the parking lot. With her hand on the handle of the car door, she found her body frozen and could not move. Struggling to breathe, tears started falling into her lap. For years, she had felt buried and things only seemed to be getting darker. She was tired, emotionally broke and ready to call it quits. But quitting wasn’t an option, so she had to find another way… God’s call doesn’t always come when you are at your best. But how can you answer a call when you have been buried six feet under excuses, situations, and circumstances? God called Gideon at the ...

Bell Casper is running a stealthy game in the Blue Parrot, a swanky bar in Manhattan catering to wealthy pleasure seekers. The game seems shady, and maybe it is. Leticia pretends to be his assistant. She's twenty-four and Bell's twenty-seven. Their relationship isn’t clear. Gigi is a pretty blonde, twenty-five years old. She also works out of the bar, running her own racket. She's attracted to Bell, but she can't understand why Bell and Leticia are together, or what his game is all about. She's determined to unravel both mysteries.

Generica: Towns is a rules neutral guide for busy dungeon masters or game masters to create intriguing fantasy communities. Learn the importance of resources in a town’s growth, forms of government, racial demographics, and monstrous inhabitants. Besides pages of adventuring hooks, NPCs, and sample towns, get the fully fleshed out town of Mapleford to drop into your games. Generica: Towns can be used with any fantasy roleplaying game like Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, GURPS, and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Hone your worldbuilding skills with Generica: Towns.

Some codes are meant to be broken. Damian Blackburn's life runs on logic and control. As CEO of a cutting-edge cybersecurity firm, he's racing to complete a classified NSA project that could change the face of national security. His past work with the CIA makes him uniquely qualified, but the pressure is crushing. Like many powerful men, Damian finds himself drawn to a strong woman who dominates him in his personal life. In Eden’s presence, he can finally let go of the control he maintains everywhere else. During a romantic night out, their forbidden connection is sealed with a contract ...

Embrace the game. Conquer your fear. Will you defy the ultimate evil force and save mankind from extinction? In the real world, he is no one. But in Amarvana, he is the legendary Preserver - humanity's last hope. When his mentor, the revered Elder Sage, falls into the enemy's clutches, the ultimate battle begins. Welcome to 1 October 2038, where the lines between real and virtual lives blur in the ultimate video game war. Brahm, the self-replicating AI overlord, has amassed a vast army of his offspring, encircling the Black Valley - the last city of human civilization. Prepare to enter the ...

Fake dating and sleeping with the new boss isn’t part of my job description. But an unexpected perk since he’s also my best friend. I moved away from my hometown, found an amazing apartment, and landed my dream job. Little did I know that the new CEO is also my childhood best friend and secret crush. I hear the dread in his voice when he tells me he is being set up on yet another awful date. A ploy orchestrated by his mother who insists he should be married, like, now. As a favor, I went along with his secret plan to relieve him - at least, temporarily. Fake date… which leads to a ...

Many times, I have spoken and written about the pleasures my second wife and I would have preparing meals for our friends at our West Village triplex penthouse in New York City. The copper posts and great food were well known among friends and neighbors. One of the other things we enjoyed was cocktail hour at our home. Each of us was masterful in turning out drinks to start the evening off on the right foot and help set the mood. Making a drink for you and your friends can be so much easier with what is "a bartender's black book" to preparing cocktails. "Mixology Master" by Jeff Altman is ...

Life is a lot like sports, as author Dr. Donna Dannenfelser will attest to in her book about how she left a world behind to go after a dream. A dream that many told her was impossible. She began her journey as a young mother of three on Long Island, without any money and a psychology degree that she couldn’t do anything with, and wound up as the mental health clinician to the NY Jets. This led to her creating the hit TV series, “Necessary Roughness” in 2011,” which was based on her life, accomplishing this without an agent or a manager. Many have asked her how she did it. Dr. Donna ...

Fourth Wing but edgier. Banyan Thriceborn has always been different, but it’s never been a good thing. Until now. When she competes in a tournament for admission to the South Ridge Dragon Academy, she gets noticed by Odion Naxim. Odion is the most promising student at the Academy, brilliant and daring, the best hope the Trinal Kingdoms has to banish the menace of the Frost. Odion sees Banyan’s potential as a soldier. And he wants her. Before Banyan knows it, she’s enrolled as a student at the Academy. The curriculum mostly consists of wargames—battles in an arena, students soaring ...

No one has seen Antoine since he left to play European basketball a decade ago. It's disconcerting when he shows up claiming he needs to protect me from the "gray ones." I think he's a card short of a full deck. Lee and I are moving to Baltimore next month. I haven't found the right time to tell Mama and Daddy the exciting news. No, there's no ring yet. Still, I'm sure Lee has just been too busy to propose. Right? I need to clear out my caseload before leaving town. My clients are not being helpful. I'm running all over North Alabama searching for my client's scorned wife to stop her from ...

A romantic tale of a woman in her sixties who teases her friend's son. He ends up porking her pussy really good!

When the richest infertile couples in the world want children, they travel to Kakoa where Dr. Moore helps them conceive the offspring of their dreams. Beauty, brains, exceptional athletic ability, musical genius, or leadership ability, are available on demand when you have money to buy the baby you want. But Dr. Moore gives parents more than they bargained for. He’s not earning a living, he’s creating a species, and he’ll stop at nothing to see it thrive.