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Terror is in the eye of the beholder! Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons will not only set players against four of the classic role-playing game's most fearsome foes, but will also introduce new gameplay elements inspired by the mechanisms of D&D, including the use of a 20-sided die. Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons features gameplay elements familiar to players of other games in the series: Players work together to face monsters and puzzle-like obstacles to gather item tokens, protect citizens, and avoid attacks. Unique and thematic challenges for each monster further immerse players into the detailed setting and story.

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Ghoul Island is the first campaign adventure for Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos and can be easily introduced into any 5E fantasy setting. This first act (of four), Voyage to Farzeen, begins with a mutiny and ends in underground tunnels where our adventurers discover an ancient temple dedicated to a horror thought to have been vanquished long ago!

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Mansions of Madness Second Edition is a fully cooperative, app-driven board game of horror and mystery for one to five players that takes place in the same universe as Eldrich Horror and Elder Sign. Let the immersive app guide you through the veiled streets of Innsmouth and the haunted corridors of Arkham’s cursed mansions as you search for answers and respite. Eight brave investigators stand ready to confront four scenarios of fear and mystery, collecting weapons, tools, and information, solving complex puzzles, and fighting monsters, insanity, and death. Open the door and step inside these hair-raising Mansions of Madness Second Edition. It will take more than just survival to conquer the evils terrorizing this town.

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It began with murder most foul. Two families of prestige, power, and influence. A shadowy group of zealots and an addled troupe of entertainers. At the center of it all, a masked figure intent on bringing a forbidden play, The King in Yellow, to the city of Tiarazan. As the play’s influence spreads, waves of madness and violence wash over the populace, leaving streets slick with blood. The clock is ticking, and time runs short before dark and ancient powers answer the play’s eldritch summons. This adventure path for 4 to 5 characters starts at 5th level and ends at 8th. The adventures stand on their own or can be played as part of an epic, four-part Mythos-based campaign titled Have You Found It? Sandy Petersen, the author of the Call of Cthulhu Role-playing game published by Chaosium, changes the tabletop world once again with Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos – a complete sourcebook for all things Lovecraftian for 5th edition fantasy. Have You Found It?  is the fifth campaign saga for Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos for 5th edition.

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You and your heroes now seek assistance from the mountain kingdom of Lorenz, but King Leo proves troublesome indeed. He demands your heroes lead an expedition to the cultists’ hollow mountain. Unfortunately, his secret dreams and weaknesses threaten your mission, and your heroes must flee on Pegasus-back in an exciting aerial chase against winged nightmares. Your heroes make their way to the imperial capital, but the court is in turmoil. You have the unique opportunity to shape the empire’s response to the crisis. Can you organize and unify the empire? Can even the massed forces of humankind stave off the looming disaster? Or is all the world fated to end up in the gullet of the monstrous Sleeper – Tsathoggua himself. The Fate of the Empire is the third Act of four of the Big Sleep Saga from the brain of Sandy Petersen! Get them all for an amazing campaign dedicated to the horrors of the ravenous alien monster-god Tsathoggua. Sandy Petersen, the author of the Call of Cthulhu Role-playing game published by Chaosium, changes the tabletop world once again with Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos – a complete sourcebook for all things Lovecraftian for 5th edition fantasy. The Big Sleep is the fourth campaign saga for Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos for 5th edition.

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Within the lavish rooms of the Silver Twilight Lodge, the most influential citizens of Arkham gather to forge business alliances, plan parades, and lobby politicians. In secret, they also meet to enact forbidden rituals with dark consequences. The poor souls who discover this truth often vanish, never to be seen again. Sanctum of Twilight is an expansion for Mansions of Madness Second Edition that unites two new investigators against the Order of the Silver Twilight in two thrilling scenarios. With new spells, items, mechanics, and a new monster, this expansion immerses players in the Arkham Files universe as they confront the dangers threatening Arkham from within. This is not a standalone product. It requires Mansions of Madness Second Edition Core Set to play. 

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Yig Snake Granddaddy is an amazing campaign in which evil serpent folk seek to bring back prehistoric times, complete with pterodactyls, dinosaurs, and other monstrous beings. In Land Out of Time, the first act of four, your player characters adventure into the wilds of Yilan, a primeval wilderness infested with carnivorous slime molds, gigantic crocodiles, and other lost horrors. There they encounter an evil serpent wizard, who prepares for an evil ritual beyond belief. Betrayed, marooned, and hunted by super-intelligent enemies, can the heroes even survive, yet alone prevail?

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1 to 4 awakened heroes recover their dark memories in this cooperative J-RPG-inspired legacy, skirmish, and story-driven board game. - Minimal setup, deep gameplay- Unique battles, exploration & secrets- Unlock new locations, branching stories, and comics- A full 50–60 hour campaign "Feels like a Final Fantasy board game." Nanolith is a cyberpunk-dungeon crawler with heavy RPG elements. The game is played in two books (the encounter book and the story book) which present the players with the fatalistic story of the four main characters and their quest to retrieve their lost memories. In the encounter book artworks, scenario maps, and comics tell the progressing story of a human civilisation on the brink of extinction. Scenario outcomes, items the players get during the encounters and player decisions reference text sections in the storybook which advance the surprising and creative novel situated in the world of nanolith. Depending on player decisions and the outcome of scenarios the narrative paths of the story diverge greatly. The mechanics used to bring the unique skill sets of each character to live provide a deep tactical, cooperative experience. Through the use of five six-sided activation dice movement, item activation and special skills can be activated by the players. But fear not the bad luck of rolling a hand full of dice! The clever mitigation mechanics using aggro to manipulate the value of your rolled dice guarantees, that if you really need to power up your mightiest abilities you will be able to do so. But every power comes with a price. The more you push your luck the harder your character may fall. Overusing the nanomachines your body produces you will at some point overcharge and set free the power of the nanolith inscribed in your DNA. You will get nanoshocked and be able to use a mighty character specific nanoshock ability once for free. But the more often you do this the closer you bring your precious character to the threshold between live and death. So choose you weapons wisely. Most importantly Nanolith is a game of adventure and storytelling. The world in which this game plays out is different from any generic science fiction world you ever visited before. Player decisions do have a heavy impact on the story and the prose written for this game is much more than decorative attachment. It's a cyberpunk novel in which your characters are the main protagonists. Your decisions seal the destiny of Neo Eden. So don't hesitate any longer. The Nanolith awaits you! Contents:- 80-page campaign book- 100-page story book- 40-page rulebook- 4 hero + sidekick acrylic standees- 4 player boards- 40 acrylic dice- 60 enemy acrylic standees- 6 boss acrylic standees- 180 cards + 180 card sleeves- 60 tokens- 3 vinyl sticker sheets- 30 custom six-sided dice- 8 eight-sided dice- 4 tuck boxes- 2 bookmarks

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The epic story of Ghoul Island continues with Ghoulocracy, in which the adventurers investigate a subterranean temple of eldritch horror occupied by the necrophages of Farzeen. Narrowly escaping an encounter with the nascent elder influence of a Great Old One they emerge to find Farzeen nigh unrecognizable, and their allies have fled to the nearby jungles.The good islanders of Farzeen will not give up their home without a fight, and the adventurers infiltrate the walled city looking for arms and supplies for the impending battle to reclaim what was lost. Armed, trained, and led by the adventurers, the act closes with the Battle for Farzeen!

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The epic story of Ghoul Island continues with Ghoulocracy, in which the adventurers investigate a subterranean temple of eldritch horror occupied by the necrophages of Farzeen. Narrowly escaping an encounter with the nascent elder influence of a Great Old One they emerge to find Farzeen nigh unrecognizable, and their allies have fled to the nearby jungles.The good islanders of Farzeen will not give up their home without a fight, and the adventurers infiltrate the walled city looking for arms and supplies for the impending battle to reclaim what was lost. Armed, trained, and led by the adventurers, the act closes with the Battle for Farzeen!

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You and your allies have temporarily escaped some of the worst effects of Tsathoggua’s rising, but now the Great Old One walks the surface world. What do the Sleeper’s demented cultists seek? You follow a pilgrimage of cultists through a deadly forest, to an enchanted mountain, hollow within. From there you must penetrate and escape a fortress of sub-human bestial horrors. Eventually your heroes enter the neighboring, not-yet-blighted Kingdom of Yetive. You rush to seek the Queen’s aid, but she has her own plans and goals, and you and your fellow heroes are not the only factions calling upon her. The Doomed World is the second Act of four of the Big Sleep Saga from the brain of Sandy Petersen! Get them all for an amazing campaign dedicated to the horrors of the ravenous alien monster-god Tsathoggua. Sandy Petersen, the author of the Call of Cthulhu Role-playing game published by Chaosium, changes the tabletop world once again with Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos – a complete sourcebook for all things Lovecraftian for 5th edition fantasy. The Big Sleep is the fourth campaign saga for Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos for 5th edition.

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