Alice is Missing, a silent role-playing game about the disappearance of Alice Briarwood, a high school junior in the small town of Silent Falls....The game is played live and without verbal communication. Players inhabit their character for the entirety of the 90-minute play session, and instead of speaking, send text messages back and forth to the other characters in a group chat, as well as individually, as though they aren’t in the same place together.Publisher's blurb:The game is played live and without verbal communication. Players inhabit their character for the entirety of the 90-minute play session, and instead of speaking, send text messages back and forth to the other characters in a group chat, as well as individually, as though they aren’t in the same place together.Haunting beautiful, deeply personal, and highly innovative Alice is Missing puts a strong focus on the emotional engagement between players, immersing them in a tense, dramatic mystery that unfolds organically through the text messages they send to one another. Right at home with games like Life Is Strange, Gone Home, Oxenfree, and Firewatch, it’s designed to feel as much like an event-style experience as it does a role-playing game.

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Publisher's blurbDiscover Aventuria in all its diversity! The Aventurian Almanac takes you into the world of the Black Eye, and offers an overview of the fantastic continent of Aventuria, the home of the fantasy role-playing game The Black Eye, on 240 full-coloured pages.This description of the world forms the basis for your game on Aventuria and is aimed at players and masters alike. In the region overview you can learn everything about the different aventurian countries and their customs. Read about the icy glaciers of the far north, the home of the elves in the evergreen salamanders and the vast dimensions of the feudal Middle Kingdom. Discover the expanses of the Khôm desert, the pitfalls of the lizard swamps, the wrestling of the dwarven peoples or the steaming jungles of the meridianas. In addition to descriptions of the most important cities and regions and their inhabitants, excursions into the Aventurian flora and fauna with ready-to-play values for selected creatures and plants, interesting facts about trade and change, law and order as well as magic and gods' work await you. But also famous personalities, the history of the continent and mysteries especially reserved for the master are included in the Aventurian Almanac.Two posters with large-format maps of the continent are included in the volume.

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In an ancient land of sand and sunThose who burn brightest cast the longest shadows.When the rightful empress returned home to reclaim her throne, the empire rejoiced. As the empire awakens to a new dawn, Anatoli merchants to Sarmion nobles work towards a new life, holding close the ideals which make the empire strong—family, honor and kindness.However, progress is not made without pebbles in the sand. The dethroned sultan plots to recover his throne and his lover, controlled by an otherworldly force, seeks to aid him. Jinn have awoken hungering for the power over mortals they had many years ago...This book contains material for 7th Sea: Second Edition including new mechanics for Poetry Duels, Backgrounds, Advantages, Stories and Sorceries. It also includes five new Nations: • Anatol Ayh, the seat of power and shining star of the Crescent Empire • Ashur, an independent city state run by both Assassins and pacifists • Persis, ruled by a cruel shah whose vendetta against the empress may tear his country apart • Sarmion, a proud Nation rebuilding after the most recent Numanari attack • The 8th Sea, a vast desert filled with proud tribes and ancient beastsWill the empire fall under these threats? Join the fight for the empire’s bright new destiny!Welcome to the Crescent Empire, a land of myth and might, where rivalries of faith, family, and politics constantly threaten the fragile bonds between kingdoms.

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