The squabbling in the Bear household between parents and cubs subsides after Mama and Papa Bear and Brother and Sister Bear perform humorous role-playing skits.

Three little girls try to decide what they should pretend to be: princesses, fairies, or ballerinas?

D.C. Detective Alex Cross has seen a lot of crime scenes. But even he is appalled by the gruesome murders of two joggers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park - killings that look more like the work of savage beasts than humans. Local police are horrified and even the FBI is baffled. Then, as Cross is called in to take on the case, the carnage takes off, leaving a trail of bodies across America and sweeping him to Savannah, Las Vegas, New Orleans,...

LARPing, or live-action role playing, is one of the hottest hobbies today. Its devoted participants develop detailed characters, inventing names and personalities, as well as costumes and props. The improvisational nature and opportunity for creativity at LARP events makes for a new experience every time. Readers will dive headfirst into this fascinating pastime, guided by experienced LARPer and writer Michael Sciandra through the ins and outs of...

"The lives of two Minnesota teenagers are intertwined through the world of role-playing games"--

Isolated by a disfiguring injury since the age of seventeen, Sean crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to play in. From his small apartment in southern California he creates Trace Italian. Lance and Carrie are high school students, explorers of the Trace. When they take their play into the real world, disaster strikes, and Sean is called to account for it. He is pulled back through time, tunneling toward the moment of his own self-inflicted departure...

"The Wild Crows meet with Hob to join a new game of Champion's Quest but discover that they must win their game or the world of the Lower Etchlands, where the game is played, will cease to exist"--

When Lucas Silver, who is trying to run away, and his friend Miles and two girls they know, Jasmine and Vanessa, step out of Hob and Bogie's Olde Curiosity Shoppe, they discover that they have agreed to play a match of Champion's Quest, a role-playing game--played from inside the game with goblins, trolls, witches, and a three-headed monster.

When Rev Fletcher and Emma Blue meet, they both long to share secrets, his of being abused by his birth father, hers of her parents' failing marriage and an online troll who truly frightens her.

This book contains tools a Dungeon Master needs to provide stories and game play. A resource for new and existing Dungeon Masters to engage in both adventure and world creation, with rules, guidelines, and advice from the game's experts. Created as part of a massive public playtest involving more than 170,000 fans of the game.