New Releases by Steve Kenson

Freedom City gives you the world''s most renowned city of heroes to rescue from the forces of evil! Called "the greatest superhero setting ever," the award-winning Freedom City is a fully realized and detailed metropolis that can serve as a home base for your heroes or just one of the many places they visit while saving the world of Earth-Prime from disaster. Your heroes can fight the forces of SHADOW, puzzle out the schemes of the Labyrinth, and defeat the alien invaders Syzygy and the Meta-Grue. With dozens of foes and hundreds of locations, Freedom City gives you everything you need to run an exciting Mutants & Masterminds campaign.

The Mutants & Masterminds Gamemaster''s Kit is a key accessory for your superhero campaign. It features a sturdy and practical 3-panel hardback screen with all the charts and tables you need to play the World''s Greatest Superhero RPG. The kit also includes 4 quick reference cards and a combat tracker that you can write on with wet or dry erase markers. The Mutants & Mastermind''s Gamemaster''s Kit is the perfect complement to the Deluxe Hero''s Handbook and will help you kick off your game with style. "Price Includes VAT"

The cosmos is a vast realm of primal powers, alien empires, and wonders and dangers beyond imagining. Now it is yours to explore with The Cosmic Handbook for the Mutants & Masterminds Superhero Roleplaying Game. This sourcebook looks at the universe beyond Earth, from the history of the cosmic in the comics to the conventions of cosmic stories and characters. In its pages you will find advice and rules for creating characters and adventures in the depths of space. GMs get ready-to-use villains, from space tyrants and aliens to nigh-omnipotent cosmic beings, and an expanded look at the universe of Freedom City and Emerald City beyond the bounds of Earth. Get ready, heroes, infinity awaits!

Icons Superpowered Roleplaying is a tabletop game of superhero adventure that lets you devise stories of the imagination with your friends, based around the heroes you create. The new Assembled Edition revises and expands the original game, putting all options you want under one cover. Icons features quick character creation, a flexible game system that''s easy to learn, and flavorful rules to give your games that comic book feel. Icons is your all-in-one package for superhero roleplaying adventure: quick, easy, descriptive, and fun!

Modern AGE is a roleplaying game that lets you have exciting adventures in any era from the Industrial Revolution to the near future. The game can handle everything from two-fisted action to urban fantasy to weird conspiracies. Modern AGE uses the Adventure Game Engine (AGE), the ENnie Award-winning system made popular by the Dragon Age, Fantasy AGE, and Blue Rose RPGs. The Basic Rulebook includes a new, classless implementation of the AGE system, 20 levels of advancement, an innovative stunt system, psychic and magic powers, rules for chases, player and GM advice, and an introductory adventure so you can hit the ground running. Options let you tune the rules for grim and gritty stories, high adventure, or something in between. Enter the Modern AGE!

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The Mutants & Masterminds Superhero Roleplaying Game gives you all the tools you need to create the super powers you imagine. Power Profiles gives you those powers ... and more! In this book are more than thirty power types from Air and Armor to Water and Weather, each with some two dozen or more powers described and built in M & M game terms. That''s more than seven hundred different ready-to-use powers, all in one book! Power Profiles includes something for everyone. Think your ideal hero doesn''t have any powers? Think again: Power Profiles includes Luck Powers, Martial Powers, and Talent Powers, special abilities that could all be described as superior training or skill! You can find endless ideas for M & M heroes and villains just by turning the pages of Power Profiles and letting your imagination go, and you can point both new and experienced players to just the right section for the hero they want to play. Power Profiles includes new power options, extras, flaws, and variants to modify the basic power effects from the Hero''s Handbook, so you can create the powers you want. More than just powers, each profile also covers complications associated with those powers, to give your characters added depth and to help you earn hero points in play. Power Profiles refines and greatly expands the power options from Mutants & Masterminds, taking its basic effects and turning them into a wealth of options you can choose from. With this book, there''s no limit to your power!"--Publisher description.

Since 2002, Mutants & Masterminds has earned its title as the World''s Greatest Superhero RPG, inspiring countless game sessions and winning many awards for excellence. The Mutants & Masterminds Deluxe Hero''s Handbook is the revised and expanded core rulebook of the game''s Third Edition, detailing everything you need to have your own superheroic adventures. The character creation system lets you make the hero you want to play, choosing from a wide range of skills, advantages, and power effects. Customize your hero''s powers with modifiers to create an almost endless range of superhuman abilities. The Deluxe Hero''s Handbook includes a Quickstart Character Generator and two brand-new adventures.

Visit a world not our own, but strangely familiar--a world of heroes and villains, of wonders and dangers, and limitless adventure! The Atlas of Earth-Prime is a trip around the world of the Freedom City and Emerald City settings for the Mutants & Masterminds RPG. Your heroes can explore the sites and perils of all seven continents, as well as fabled Atlantis, the Lost World, and the strange realms of Sub-Terra that lie at the center of the earth. Packed with locations, heroes, villains, and worldwide agencies, the Atlas of Earth-Prime is the campaign setting book Mutants & Masterminds fans have been waiting for!

"Where do you get all those wonderful toys? Right here! Gadget Guides is a collection of diverse devices for the Mutants & Masterminds Superhero Role playing Game, from armor and weapons to psychic crystals and steamtech. In this book are twenty-two individual guides, each looking at a particular type of gadget, putting together the effects and modifiers from the Hero''s Handbook to create a catalog of dozens of ready-to-use items. It includes: Weapons from guns and blasters to archaic and martial arts weapons, even weapons of mass destruction!; Constructs like artificial intelligences, robots, piloted mecha, and a wide variety of vehicles; Enhancements from biotech, cybertech, and nanotech to power devices, psychic gadgets, and magical items; Information compiled and stored in computers and the sensor and spy-tech to protect and get at it; Installations from hidden lairs to orbiting satellites, along with security systems and deathtraps to challenge your heroes! What Power Profiles did for super-powers, Gadget Guides does for gear, making it a great character creation and in-play resource for both players and gamemasters."--Publisher description.

Hero High was one of the most popular and sought after books in the history of Mutants & Masterminds--and now it''s returned for the game''s Third Edition! The book examines the genre of teen heroes (and villains), provides players and GMs with all the information they need to create characters and run games featuring teenaged heroes, and includes pages and pages of plot ideas and story hooks. Finally, Hero High includes information on the Claremont Academy, a private school for the "gifted," and introduces a team of eight playable heroes--and their evil counterparts from a rival school known as the Elysian Academy. This Revised Edition updates and expands the original, making Hero High a must for any Third Edition Mutants & Masterminds campaign.

As a narrator you have your hands full when running the game, but that just got easier with the Narrator''s Kit for A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying. This handy accessory features a 3-panel hardback screen with useful tables and charts on one side and a beautiful illustration of the Wall on the other, as well as a full color poster map of Westeros and a 16-page introductory adventure by Steve Kenson. It also includes 4 quick reference cards that put key rules at your fingertips, and a combat tracker that you can write on with wet or dry erase markers. Kickstart your chronicle with the Song of Ice and Fire Narrator''s Kit! "Price Includes VAT"

Aldis, the Kingdom of the Blue Rose, shines as a new light following the dark age of the Sorcerer Kings. Now, envoys of the Soverign''s Finest strive to protect Aldis. Aided by the rhydan - their psychic animal allies - the champions of the Blue Rose guard the Light against the power of the Shadow. This book gives your everything you need to play.

Dragons invade the world of the Pathfinder RPG in Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Dragons Unleashed! This collection of deadly foes and potent allies reveals 15 of Golarion''s most powerful and influential dragons, from cunning draconic manipulators to great wyrms capable of testing even the most experienced adventurers. Dragons of every chromatic and metallic breed fill this collection, along with mysterious primal dragons and regal imperial dragons. Each entry includes full statistics for running the dragon, details on its history and ambitions, ways to use the dragon in an ongoing campaign, descriptions and maps of the dragon''s lair, the contents of its vast hoard, and more. Unleash Golarion''s ultimate monsters on your game with Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Dragons Unleashed!

Answer the call to arms with the Pathfinder Player Companion: Knights of the Inner Sea! Join the fray as a noble Knight of Ozem, crush the servants of anarchy as a merciless Hellknight, slay the demons of the Worldwound as a veteran Mendevian Crusader, or take up the banner of any of Golarion''s most esteemed knighthoods. Knights of the Inner Sea reveals the most stalwart martial orders of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting, with details supporting crusaders of any class and new options for all manner of knights -- be their armor shining or jet black. Recruit a squire customized to your individual quest, make your steed more than just a horse with new mounts and equine breeds, adopt a knightly code of conduct to give your quest a cause, or take up a diverse array of spells and magic items designed empower knights -- or destroy them! Whether you''re an armored champion, a militant magic-user, or a slayer from the shadows, launch your character''s crusade with the Pathfinder Player Companion: Knights of the Inner Sea!

The DC Universe features a dazzling array of characters who have thrilled readers for generations. The two-volume Heroes & Villains set details more than 500 of those characters for use in your DC Adventures games, all featuring character stats fully compatible with the award-winning Mutants & Masterminds RPG. With Heroes & Villains in-hand, you will never lack for characters to use in your game, from heroic guest-stars and villainous foes to heroes suitable as ready-to-play characters. You''ll also have a comprehensive guide for modeling your own DC characters based on existing examples along with a collection of animals and monsters useful for mimics and shapechangers. It''s the comprehensive guide to the heroes and villains of the DC Universe no fan should be without! Volume 2 covers characters from the League of Assassins and Legion of Super-Heroes to Zatanna and Zauriel.

This is what Dragon Age RPG fans have been waiting for! Set 3 completes the core rules of the game, providing everything players need to take their characters from level 11 to 20, including new specializations like the chevalier, force mage, and shadow, plus new spells, talents, and backgrounds. Game Masters get a host of fearsome monsters to deploy, including stats for high dragons and the dreaded Archdemon itself. Set 3 also introduces rune magic for weapons and armor, and narrative rules for mass battles. And, of course, it wouldn''t be Dragon Age without lore, and Set 3 delivers on that score as well, with new info on Orlais, the Tevinter Imperium, and more. A full-length adventure and handy accessories complete the package, making Set 3 a must for any Dragon Age fan!

The DC Universe features a dazzling array of characters who have thrilled readers for generations. Now they come to life for tabletop gaming in DC Adventures Heroes & Villains! Volume 1 covers characters A-K, from Abra Kadabra and Adam Strange through Kid Flash and Kobra. Each entry comes complete with DC Adventures game information, character details, and a full-color illustration from one of DC Comics'' best artists. Heroes & Villains also includes entries on various teams, from the Justice League and Justice Society to the Injustice Gang and the Fearsome Five. With Heroes & Villains in-hand, you have a tremendous wealth of material for your DC Adventures games, all usable with the award-winning Mutants & Masterminds game system.

Return to Ferelden and face the Blight in Dragon Age Set 2! Set 1 put adventurers on their path and covered characters of level 1 to 5. Now Set 2 brings them to the next stage of their journey, providing everything needed to play characters of level 6 to 10. Its many highlights include rules for playing the legendary Grey Wardens, the introduction of roleplaying and exploration stunts, nearly 40 new spells, expanded world info and character backgrounds, and the addition of specializations like arcane warrior, berserker, and assassin.

Emerald City is a brand new setting for your MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS Third Edition campaign. Set in the same universe as the award-winning Freedom City, Emerald City provides a home base for your heroes and a place they can shine. This rich and detailed sourcebook describes a fully realized city that until recently was downright normal. It didn''''t have alien armadas filling the sky, or mad gods trying to turn it into a Hell on Earth. Things were stable... until the Silver Storm tore through the city and unleashed a flood of dangerous super-villains and monsters. Now criminal masterminds have cast aside years of fragile peace, ready to go to war to settle old scores and claim the throne of the city''''s underworld. Emerald City has no established teams to call on in this crisis. It is a city that needs heroes. Will you answer the call?

"Mutants & Masterminds, or M & M for short, is an adventure roleplaying game in which you, the players, take on the roles of fictional superheroes having thrilling adventures in an imaginary world. One player, the Gamemaster, takes on the job of creating that world and the stories for the other players to take part in. Together, you create your own tales of heroic action and adventure, like your favorite superhero comic books, television shows, or movies. You don''t need any expensive computers or video game systems to take part though. You just need a book, some friends, and plenty of imagination"--Mutants & Masterminds website. In this title meet the characters that people this game, get hints on how to create you own M & M characters based on those depicted in this book -- and much more!

Superheroes are always in the spotlight, courted by the media and worshipped by the ignorant masses. Now at last bad guys get their due with the Supervillians''s Handbook. This devious sourcebook is a complete guide to creating and running supervillians and their sinister schemes in M&M, from detailed pre-generated villian archetypes, to different plot archetypes. secret lairs. and Gamemaster advice and guidance. They all said you were crazy in school but after reading the Supervillian''s Handbook you''ll make them rue the day !!

Ultimate Power, the complete Mutants & Masterminds guide to super-powers, won 5 ENnie Awards in 2007 and sold out its print run shortly thereafter. Now Ultimate Power is back in a handy pocket edition. Its pages are packed with detailed power descriptions, expanding the material from the M&M rulebook alongside new powers, power modifiers, power feats, and applications. Pocket Ultimate Power makes creating any sort of super-powered hero or villain a breeze: all the work is done for you! Just choose the powers you want your character to have; no assembly required. Pocket Ultimate Power includes the entire contents of the original book and has been updated to include all known errata. Don''t miss out on the ultimate sourcebook for Mutants & Masterminds and your chance at... Ultimate Power!

Includes information on character design, magic, equipment, villains, monsters, and more. This title offers a Mutants & Masterminds rules companion to Green Ronin''s popular Pirates Guide to Freeport, along with an introduction and overview of Freeport as a setting for fantasy adventures.