{"product_id":"the-game-masters-book-of-instant-towns-and-cities-160-unique-villages-towns-settlements-and-cities-ready-on-demand-plus-random-generators-for-n-hardcover","title":"The Game Master's Book of Instant Towns and Cities: 160+ Unique Villages, Towns, Settlements and Cities, Ready-On-Demand, Plus Random Generators for N - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Ashworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatheus Graef\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Game Master's Book of Instant Towns and Villages\u003c\/i\u003e provides GMs with all of the inspiration they need to conjure up unique, vivid urban environments at a moment's notice, or when trying to come up with ideas for new places to be explored. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis game-saving collection brings together nearly 170 fully-realized places organized by environment and divided up into villages, towns, cities and capitals, so that when players are trudging through a dangerous swamp, unrelenting desert or stormy coastline and need to find shelter, they can stumble upon a fully realized settlement, elven enclave or dwarven mining camp, without requiring any development in advance on the part of the game master. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt its core, this book works a bit like the bestselling \u003ci\u003eGame Master's Book of Non-Player Characters\u003c\/i\u003e, but instead of providing information about the people one might meet, \u003ci\u003eInstant Towns and Cities\u003c\/i\u003e provides sketches of urban centers which can act as on-demand solutions to unexpected needs (ex. the characters need to find a physician right away and head for the nearest town, which until now, the GM had not developed) or as concepts that inspire entire adventure story arcs, depending on the party's (or the GM's) wants or needs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach location is packed with interesting people to meet, locations to explore and story hooks to investigate (or avoid!). It's a problem-solving tool unlike any other, certain to take the pressure off game masters who find themselves in need of a creative solution for urban areas at any time in any location.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Ashworth\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling author and editor whose credits includes \u003ci\u003eThe Game Master's Book of Random Encounters, The Game Master's Book of More Random Encounters, The Game Master's Book of Traps, Puzzles and Dungeons, The Game Master's Book of Non-Player Characters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything I Need to Know I Learned from RPGs \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Baker\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and senior editor for Newsweek Special Editions, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bruce Lee Way \u003c\/i\u003eand co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Game Master's Book of More Random Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Egloff\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Game Master's Book of Astonishing Random Tables\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributor to the bestselling books \u003ci\u003eThe Game Master's Book of Non-Player Characters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Game Master's Book of Traps, Puzzles and Dungeons\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 11.11 x 8.73 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47950045905108,"sku":"9781956403985","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2309\/8324\/files\/s-Wip_SXaD9781956403985.webp?v=1779012882","url":"https:\/\/role-players.shop\/products\/the-game-masters-book-of-instant-towns-and-cities-160-unique-villages-towns-settlements-and-cities-ready-on-demand-plus-random-generators-for-n-hardcover","provider":"Role-Players","version":"1.0","type":"link"}