| Jen Seiden |
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So, everyone’s going back to school and so should your players’ characters. After all, a lot of things can happen in a schoolyard and most of them not pretty.
Formal schools where students are gathered together to hear a teacher talk about a subject have been around since ancient antiquity and most post-apocalyptic or futuristic settings assume that they will continue to exist thousands of years from now. Most emphasize knowledge of facts and figures, although some taught military tactics and exercises and others spent their time wondering about the existence of things. Particular schools of learning may have taught trades and crafts, although generally in the past this was achieved through an apprentice program.
In most roleplaying games of a fantasy nature, it is generally provided that there are schools of magic from which to learn, and often in larger cities there are academies or universities from which to obtain more generic knowledge. Being a fantasy world, there is no reason why you couldn’t have schools similar to those colleges of modern day, and then ensure that they need the PCs to solve one problem or another. More importantly, the school may not be able to pay in monetary units, but could offer education as a reward.
Some possible scenarios? A teacher is suspected of corrupting students and using their souls to appease her own demons, but evidence is slim. Perhaps the characters could pretend to be new students to learn the truth? Or a professor in philosophy is found dead on the school grounds and a wild bear is blamed. The characters are sent to eliminate the threat but learn that there may be more going on than a random wild animal attack. Maybe the wealthy son of a diplomat insisted on entering a local public university to learn a trade and is now missing….
While you’re pondering the appeal of school bells in your campaign, check out this new stuff from Avalon Games.
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Heroes Weekly
5 Pages plus
$3.99
Writer: Charles Smith
Each week Avalon Games offers a new issue of Heroes Weekly.
Packed full of great superhero fun, each issue will offer a short adventure, an NPC, or some game mechanics for the Heroes Wear Masks system. While compatible with the HWM system, you can always use the information presented in each issue for other superhero games—just monkey around with the stats and mechanics to fit the system you are using.
Don’t miss an issue, they are super!
AVG4100-HW-53, Heroes Weekly, Vol 3, Issue #5, The Roar of the Crowd
It’s football season, and this week’s adventure has the heroes dealing with a game that has gone all wrong. Can the heroes win the day and still be able to watch the game?
AVG4100-HW-54, Heroes Weekly, Vol 3, Issue #6, Malius
Malius is the personification of the human fear of the “other.” It is the hostile neighboring tribe, the lurking stranger, the terror of unknown humans. For as long as there have been humans these fears have been feeding Malius, and they are what sustain the creature to this day. Malius feeds on the hatred and mistrust between humans, and the entity constantly endeavors to increase the level of this primal fear. This issue also comes with some creepy brain monster figure flats.
AVG4100-HW-55, Heroes Weekly, Vol 3, Issue #7, The Super Patriot
The living symbol of a nation and its people, the Super Patriot is the standard bearer for their country, a steward of its ideas, goals, and pride. This issue also comes with several Sci-Fi security guards and soldier figure flats.
AVG4100-HW-56, Heroes Weekly, Vol 3, Issue #8, The Circus of Crime
A not-so-fun circus has come to town—a circus of crime! Comes with this crime group’s figure flats and some circus animal figure flats.
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Avalon Art, Pose Book 7
AVG4400-07
$4.50
15 Pages
Many young artists and experienced illustrators often find it hard to get started on an image, or to find the right poses for figures. Avalon is here to help. Using our fast and easy-to-use Pose Books, you can simply trace or copy the pose you want, and get right to work. Use the poses in this and other books to build scenes, compose figures images, and to create dynamic character art.
All included materials are royalty free and you may resize, crop, copy, or alter these images as you wish and need. There is no need to credit Avalon Games in any way when using the image present in this product, although you are more than welcome to offer such credit if you want to. You may not include these images in any sort of pose book or art collection.
Why re-invent the wheel when Avalon Games has already done all the hard work?
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Avalon Clip Art, Wood Elves
AVG 1655
13 pages
$4.50
Over the years, Avalon Games has collected a ton of artwork for use in various games. Well, we got to thinking: why couldn’t you use this great art in your products? So here it is, our most useful product—Avalon Clip Art. Each set within this series offers you a ton of great art and for a great price. Each product focuses on a set genre or character type and provides you with great filler and character art for your gaming products.
Look for new sets to come out all the time, as we have thousands of pictures to offer!
Usage Requirements/Limitations:
You may reduce, re-color, or crop any image included here. You may not resell these images in clip art packets or art collections.
If you use any of these images, in your product, you must include the statement:
Some artwork copyrighted by Avalon Games, used with permission.
By purchasing this product you agree to these terms.
All work has been scanned at 300 DPI.
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Arcana Journal #52
AVG2300-13-52
30 Pages
$2.99
The true wonders of Arcana are explored in the monthly journals. Each issue focuses on a hex within the game world, offering rumors, hidden lore, and detailed descriptions of all the important sites and people of that area. Full color maps (also offered in print-easy black and white) are provided on the hex itself, plus all sites of worthwhile note, such as towns and major adventure sites. Floor plans of castles and other location are also offered.
In addition to this detailed write-up of the hex, each issue will also focus on other aspects of the game world, its history, important people, the Magi and gaming classes. When you add it all up, these journals take the mundane and make it magical. It is through the journals that the Arcana game world will grow, expand, and become a living place of adventure.
This issue of the Journal will cover the following aspects of the game world.
The Shorenborg Royal Holdings
Black Magic
Magi of the Age of Ancients
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Nova Blast Forces of the Fringe, Avalon Mini-Game #146
AVG1500-146
33 Pages
$5.99
A great expansion to the Nova Blast game system, this expansion explores the different forces of the Fringe, human militia, corporate security, and merc companies. All you need to field one of these forces is supplied in this great expansion.
This expansion comes with new scenarios, new figure flats, objectives and much more.
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Avalon Art, Cars Set 3, Battle Car #4
AVG4600-02
5 Pages
$2.99
A great series of top-down views of a car, it comes in several versions: black and white line art, full color, full color and ready for a race, full color with guns, and four road warrior versions set with different guns and colors.
A great way to add some fun to your board game — use them as counters, art images for your products, or just print them up and use them in your RPG. Whatever you use them for, you will find they are great quality images at a great price.
Look for more cars in the series, each month a new release will arrive, expanding your options and adding to your fleet of road warrior-ready cars.
Usage Requirements/Limitations:
You may reduce, re-color, or crop any image included here. You may not resell these images in clip art packets or art collections.
If you use any of these images, in your product, you must include the statement:
Some artwork copyrighted by Avalon Games, used with permission.
By purchasing this product you agree to these terms.
All work has been scanned at 300 DPI.
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Avalon Models, A-Frame Aliens Set 2
AVG4700-A-02
$1.50
A collection of 10 A-Frame Paper Models. This set offers 10 aliens in full color. Save your money and don’t go out to buy those expensive plastic and metal figures when you can get great models for a small price. Print up as many as you need and have fun.
Look for other great models in this series.
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Avalon Models, Tri-Frame Aliens Set 2
AVG4700-T-02
$1.50
A collection of 10 Tri-Frame Paper Models. This set offers 10 aliens in full color. Save your money and don’t go out to buy those expensive plastic and metal figures when you can get great models for a small price. Print up as many as you need and have fun.
Look for other great models in this series.
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Avalon Models, Figure Flat Aliens Set 2
AVG4700-F-02
$1.50
A collection of 10 Figure Flat Paper Models. This set offers 10 aliens in full color. Save your money and don’t go out to buy those expensive plastic and metal figures when you can get great models for a small price. Print up as many as you need and have fun.
Look for other great models in this series.
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Nova Roma, Innsmouth Prison
AVG4100-NR-0-1
36 Pages
$5.99
Writer: Charles Smith
Carcer Maximus Innsmouth, more commonly known as Innsmouth Superprison, is the highest concentration of evil in one location in the entire world. Its mere presence throws off tarot readings for miles around. The inmates are as ingenious as they are evil—making mutagens out of cleaning fluids and turning everything they can pry off the walls into makeshift ray-guns. The administration is able to maintain some vestigial semblance of control only by being more evil and insane than the prisoners. This leaves anyone sane caught between a rock and a jagged whirling place.
Innsmouth Superprison is a detailed look at the most notorious prison in the Nova Roma setting. This book contains information on the prison itself, the staff, inmates, and gangs of Innsmouth, as well as the many special security measures (and how to defeat them).
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The one good thing about introducing a school to a group of players is that it’s a familiar setting to nearly anyone over the age of 10, so it unifies the group image of the setting. Take it and run with it!
Jen Seiden
Promotional Manager for Avalon Games
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