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Founded in 2009

Engine Publishing is dedicated to creating insanely good gaming products.

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Over 2,400 copies sold

Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots came out in 2010, and Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs is now available.

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You can reach Engine Publishing via email at martin (at) enginepublishing (dot) com. We're also on Google+ and Twitter (@enginepub).

 

Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs is now available in print and PDF

Front cover of Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game

Our second book, Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game, is now available as a print + PDF bundle, a standalone PDF, and a package deal with Eureka in our online store!

Masks is in the top 2.5% of all products on DriveThruRPG, and topped the charts on the web’s two largest PDF stores within five days of its release: #1 on RPGNow, #2 on DriveThruRPG, and #1 Small Press on DTRPG.

“Just got done looking at a preview of @gnomestew’s new book, Masks, filled with cool NPCs for any game or genre. Looks great!” — Game designer Monte Cook (via Twitter)

Written by the award-winning authors of the GMing blog Gnome Stew and featuring a foreword by RPG industry legend Wolfgang Baur, Masks is designed to be the ultimate NPC resource.

This massive tome contains 1,000 system-neutral NPCs, and includes all the information you need to vividly portray each and every one of them. Divided into three genres (fantasy, sci-fi, and modern) but easily adaptable to any genre, Masks NPCs are broken down into roles: villains, neutrals, and allies.

If you liked our first book, Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters, Masks makes a great companion to that volume — but you don’t need one to enjoy the other.

You can read lots more about Masks on the Masks product page, and find out about related news on our blog.

Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots

Front cover of Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters

Engine Publishing’s first product, Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters, has received rave reviews, was nominated for a Golden Geek Award for Best Supplement in 2010, is in the top 1% of all products sold on DriveThruRPG, and has sold over 1,500 copies.

Eureka is available as a print + PDF bundle or a DRM-free PDF in our online store.

“Much more than a simple book of plots, Eureka! stands as one of those essential tools that GMs and game designers will find themselves reaching for again and again.” — Game designer Wolfgang Baur, Kobold Quarterly

Featuring a foreword by gaming industry legend Monte Cook, Eureka contains 501 complete adventure plots usable with almost any roleplaying game, plus GMing advice, indexes, and other tools to help you make the most of every plot.

Visit Eureka’s product page for complete details, a 19-page PDF excerpt, reviews, and more, and check out our blog for news, updates, and information about Eureka and Engine Publishing.

Where to Buy Our Products

Engine Publishing products are available in our online store, in retail game stores worldwide, and from these fine online retailers:

PDF Guarantee

We don’t believe that you should have to pay for content twice, and we don’t want you to have to choose between supporting us and supporting your local game store, so Engine Publishing offers a PDF guarantee for all of our books:

If you buy an Engine Publishing book in print (new), we’ll give you the PDF for free.

All books ordered from our online store automatically come with a free copy of the PDF version, but it doesn’t end there. When you buy one of our books from a retail store, at a convention, or anywhere else that doesn’t automatically provide you with a free PDF copy, just email a photo or scan of your receipt to martin (at) enginepublishing (dot) com and we’ll send you a copy of the PDF version for free.

Engine Publishing is also part of the Bits and Mortar coalition, an alliance of like-minded publishers and retailers who believe that print books should come with free PDF copies. Through B&M, retailers can give you a free PDF copy of our books on the spot when you buy the print version in their stores.

That’s all there is to it — short, sweet, and simple.