Boys' Life

Boys' Life
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2005-10
Genre:
ISBN:

Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

Everquest Online Adventures

Everquest Online Adventures
Author: Debra Lockridge
Publisher: Prima Games
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2003
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780761544227

Brave the New Frontiers - Exhaustive walkthrough for each class quest (up through Level 20) - Detailed city maps listing every important NPC and merchant - Complete loot tables for every area - Breakdown of all class abilities - Complete faction listings - All trade skill recipes revealed

Creating Personal, Social, and Urban Awareness through Pervasive Computing

Creating Personal, Social, and Urban Awareness through Pervasive Computing
Author: Guo, Bin
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2013-10-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1466646969

The recent emergence and prevalence of social network applications, sensor equipped mobile devices, and the availability of large amounts of geo-referenced data have enabled the analysis of new context dimensions that involve individual, social, and urban context. Creating Personal, Social, and Urban Awareness through Pervasive Computing provides an overview of the theories, techniques, and practical applications related to the three dimensions of context awareness. Through the exploration of emerging research trends of pervasive computing, this book is beneficial to professors, students, researchers, and developers interested this latest development in the field of context-awareness and pervasive computing.

Video Game Worlds

Video Game Worlds
Author: Timothy Rowlands
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2016-06-16
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1315416042

Timothy Rowlands brings a diverse mix of ethnographic, semiotic, and analytical approaches to analyze the massively multiplayer online game Everquest.

Vindeon

Vindeon
Author: Tom Oden Ahlqvist
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9178510430

Vindeon is a brand-new fantasy role-playing game focusing heavily on immersive acting and fast action rules, enabling players to get the most out of their game sessions. The Setting The world is not healed. The elves, dwarves and humans have just begun to recover and rebuild after the devastation wrought by conflict and change. But not all. Some realms fell in the chaos, and now lies in ruins or serve even darker purposes. In this time of instability, you are trying to find your place in the world. There is no telling what fate Vindeon has in store for you or your companions. No telling how small or grand adventure looming just beyond the horizon or behind the next bend of the forest trail. Player - Character You play a character in a darkening, torn world, who embarks on an adventure or campaign, forging your destiny along the way or die trying. The world is unforgiving an often brutal, but it is not yet bereft of love and joy. There will always be hope. Embark on these undertakings as one of the three playable races: humans, dwarves and elves, choose from nine unique human, dwarven or elven cultures and their culture-specific professions, to customize your character to fit your preferred play-style and acting. Or go rogue and create a profession of your own. Fate is in your hands! Welcome to Vindeon

The Black Company Campaign Setting

The Black Company Campaign Setting
Author: Robert J. Schwalb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-11
Genre: Computer games
ISBN: 9781932442380

The Black Company Campaign SettingA Mythic Vistas Campaign Setting for the d20 SystemWritten by Robert J Schwalb and Owen KC StephensCover by Wayne Reynolds320 page hardbackMSRP: $44.95GRR1409ISBN: 1-932442-38-3In 1984, Glen Cook introduced the world to the Black Company. Readers followed the Company's service to the Lady, watched as they battled the Dominator, and traveled with them to find their origins in fabled Khatovar. Now, 20 years later, the world of the Black Company is finally yours to explore in this campaign setting for the popular d20 System.The Black Company Campaign Setting is suitable for games set in any era in the novels, during either the Books of the North or the Books of the South. Moreover, it is suitable for any style of play, from low-magic fantasy to epic excitement. Players can take part in the Lady's consolidation of the Empire in the north, become embroiled in the intrigues of Taglios, and even lead armies at the Tower of Charm. They might take the role of unsavory thieves in Oar, or face Kina in an epic showdown. Players can explore the time before the novels, or even pick up where the novels left off. The Black Company Campaign Setting has it all, promising new worlds of excitement for fans of the series both new and old.Characters take the role of powerful wizards, terrifying berserkers, or dastardly thieves, taking advantage of new skills and feats to achieve the heights of power as generals or as the terrible Taken. For campaigns set within the novels, this new sourcebook details everyone's favorite characters in the novels from Sleepy and Croaker, to the enigmatic Raven, and the terrifying Lady. With new classes, monsters, setting information, mass combat rules, and an all-new magic system, this book gives you everything you need to play from 1st to epic levels and beyond. Relive favorite moments of the novels, or tell your own stories, but watch out... 'cause the Black Company is looking for you!

Fall of Plaguestone

Fall of Plaguestone
Author: Jason Bulmahn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Fantasy games
ISBN: 9781640781740

"A group of new adventurers, traveling through the small community of Plaguestone, must come together to solve the murder of a friend. What starts as simple investigation quickly turns sinister with the discovery of forbidden alchemy, mutant animals, and a nearby forest rotting away due to a mysterious blight. It becomes clear that if these young heroes don't get to the heart of the plot, then the fall of Plaguestone is all but certain! The Fall of Plaguestone is the first Second Edition Pathfinder roleplaying game standalone adventure, taking new players and Game Masters on a daring adventure filled with wilderness exploration, dungeon encounters, and much more! This 64-page softcover adventure is designed for 1st-level characters, built using the rules in the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, facing off against monsters found in the Pathfinder Bestiary. The Fall of Plaguestone is the first Second Edition Pathfinder roleplaying game standalone adventure, taking new players and Game Masters on a daring adventure filled with wilderness exploration, dungeon encounters, and much more! This 64-page softcover adventure is designed for 1st-level characters, built using the rules in the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, facing off against monsters found in the Pathfinder Bestiary. "--Provided by publisher.

Byzantium in the Popular Imagination

Byzantium in the Popular Imagination
Author: Markéta Kulhánková
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2023-08-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0755607295

What is the contemporary cultural legacy of Byzantium or The Eastern Roman Empire? This book explores the varied reception history of the Byzantine Empire across a range of cultural production. Split into four sections: the origins of 'Byzantomania' in France, modern media, literature, and politics, it provides case studies which show the numerous ways in which the empire's legacy can be felt today. Covering television, video games and contemporary political discourse, contributors also consider a wide range of national and geographical perspectives including Russian, Turkish, Polish, Greek and Hungarian. It will be essential reading for scholars and students of the reception and cultural history of the Byzantine Empire.