 | Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook by Rob Heinsoo
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $12.93 First of Three core rulebooks for Forth Edition Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). Dungeons and Dragons was first published in 1973-1974, being the first role playing game, and remains the most popular. It is the de-facto standard for 'Dragon, Knight & Wizard' type fantasy.
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 | Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide: Roleplaying Game Core Rules, 4th Edition by Wizards RPG Team
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $9.96 Second of Three core rulebooks for the Forth Edition of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D).
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 | Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual: Roleplaying Game Core Rules, 4th Edition by Wizards RPG Team
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $13.91 Third of Three Core Rulebooks for the Forth Edition of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D).
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 | Traveller Core Rulebook by Gareth Hanrahan
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $24.95 Current Edition of Traveller, the classic Sci-Fi/Space Opera RPG. Traveller was first published in 1977. The setting is in a Galactic Empire, similar to Dune, Asimov's Foundation series, and Larry Niven's Known Space.
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 | Traveller: Spinward Marches (The Third Imperium) by Martin J Dougherty
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $22.95 Setting book for the current edition of Traveller
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 | Call of Cthulhu: Horror Roleplaying in the Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, 6th Edition by Sandy Petersen; Lynn Willis
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $22.35 The rulebook for the sixth edition of the 'Call of Cthulhu' role-playing game, first published in 1981. It is the only book you need to play the game. This game is based on the Horror stories written by H. P. Lovecraft in the 1920s and 1930s. Imagine the X-Files as written by Agatha Christe.
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 | Hero System 5th Edition (revised) by Steven Long
Buy used from: $39.99 This is the fifth edition of the Hero System/Champions rules, first published in 1981. This is the definitive Super Hero rpg. The rules had to handle anything that could be covered in a Comic book, hence just about any genre can be represented, but the players may need to do some design work.
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 | Champions by Aaron Allston
Buy used from: $9.85 This is the optional classic 'Champions' setting book for the Hero System rules.
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| Paranoia (RPG Rulebook) by Allen Varney
Buy used from: $69.95 Paranoia is a science fiction game of political satire and gallows humor. Paranoia was first published in 1984. Players live in a post-apocalyptic, totalitarian regime ruled by ‘The Computer’, where they hunt down traitors. However, each player is himself a traitor, and also trying to frame his teammates for treason. All of this is covered with a thick layer of Monty Python like humor.
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 | Rifts Ultimate Edition Rpg by Rifts
Buy used from: $35.29 Rifts is a science fiction RPG set in post-apocalyptic world where both technology and magic work, and inter-dimensional rifts allow travel between worlds were anything may exist. First published in 1990, it has core following to this day.
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 | The World of Darkness by White Wolf Game Studio
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $12.49 Core rulebook for the new version of Whitewolf's 'World of Darkness' games. These games first appeared in 1991. This setting is postmodern horror, such as the Dresden Files or Anne Rice's early novels. This book will work as a stand alone game, but you will probably want 'Vampire: The Requim' to go with it, and maybe 'Werewolf: The Forsaken' and 'Mage: the Awakening' as well.
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 | Vampire: The Requiem by Ari Marmell
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $13.95 Vampire book for 'World of Darkness', which allows players to play characters who have been turned in angsty Vampires.
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 | Werewolf: The Forsaken by White Wolf
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $13.50 Werewolf book for the 'World of Darkness', which allows players to play characters who are Werewolves.
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 | Mage the Awakening by Kraig Blackwelder
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $14.00 Mage book for the 'World of Darkness', which allows players to play characters who are modern wizards.
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