6 Best reference books like So You Want to Be a Game Master?: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure—For Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and Other Systems by Justin Alexander

Cover of So You Want to Be a Game Master?: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure—For Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and Other Systems by Justin  Alexander

So You Want to Be a Game Master?: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure—For Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and Other Systems

By: Justin Alexander

4.45

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

USA Today Bestselling Book ENNIE Award-nominated More people than ever are discovering Dungeons…

If you liked the reference plot in So You Want to Be a Game Master?: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure—For Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and Other Systems by Justin Alexander , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #2)

By: Fritz Leiber

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the second instalment of this rousing series, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser journey from the ancien… read more

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2. Blades in the Dark

By: John Harper

4.11

Format: 14 pages, ebook

Blades in the Dark is a tabletop role-playing game about a crew of daring scoundrels seeking their … read more

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Cover of Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master: Get more from your D&D games by preparing less by Michael E. Shea

3. Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master: Get more from your D&D games by preparing less

By: Michael E. Shea

4.42

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master is a book designed to help all of us GMs get more out of our RPGs… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • role playing games
  • gaming
  • games
Cover of The Monsters Know What They're Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters (1) by Keith Ammann

4. The Monsters Know What They're Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters (1)

By: Keith Ammann

4.42

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a compilation of vi… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
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5. Dragons of Fate

By: Margaret Weis

4.27

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

A clash of powerful magical forces sets off the Graygem of Gargath, sending Destina and her compani… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
Cover of Live to Tell the Tale: Combat Tactics for Player Characters by Keith Ammann

6. Live to Tell the Tale: Combat Tactics for Player Characters

By: Keith Ammann

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes an introduction to combat tactics for… read more

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Cover of Mothership: Player's Survival Guide by Sean McCoy

7. Mothership: Player's Survival Guide

By: Sean McCoy

4.33

Format: 44 pages, Paperback

Mothership is a sci-fi horror roleplaying game where you and your crew try to survive in the most i… read more

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8. Mörk Borg

By: Pelle Nilsson

4.54

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

MÖRK BORG är ett nattsvart, apokalyptiskt fantasyrollspel om förlorade själar och dårar som söker v… read more

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  • reference
Cover of The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) by Christopher Buehlman

9. The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, g… read more

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"To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree as written in advance and as presented to others. To receive a woman's love is to have a very personal letter written on one's body."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

Cover of Vaesen: Nordic Horror Roleplaying by Nils Hintze

10. Vaesen: Nordic Horror Roleplaying

By: Nils Hintze

4.45

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying is based on the work of Swedish illustrator and author Johan Ege… read more

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Cover of So You Want to Be a Game Master?: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure—For Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and Other Systems by Justin  Alexander

11. So You Want to Be a Game Master?: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure—For Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and Other Systems

By: Justin Alexander

4.45

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

USA Today Bestselling Book ENNIE Award-nominated More people than ever are discovering Dungeons… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • role playing games
  • gaming
  • games
Cover of Mausrítter: Sword-and-Whiskers Roleplaying by Isaac Williams

12. Mausrítter: Sword-and-Whiskers Roleplaying

By: Isaac Williams

4.61

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

Take up the sword and don the whiskers of a brave mouse adventurer in Mausritter, a rules-light fan… read more

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13. Into the Odd Remastered

By: Chris McDowall

4.50

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A revised edition of the RPG originally released in 2014, Into the Odd Remastered is a 136 page boo… read more

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Cover of Kobold Guide to Gamemastering (Kobold Guides) by Keith                Baker

14. Kobold Guide to Gamemastering (Kobold Guides)

By: Keith Baker

3.76

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

DECADES OF GMING EXPERIENCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS! Whether it’s advice from grognards who were running… read more

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  • dungeons and dragons
  • nonfiction
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  • role playing games
  • gaming
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15. Death in Space

By: Christian Plogfors

4.34

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

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  • role playing games
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Cover of Pirate Borg by Luke Stratton

16. Pirate Borg

By: Luke Stratton

4.63

Format: 167 pages, Hardcover

A scurvy ridden, rules light, art heavy RPG based on Mörk Borg. Inspired by history, fantasy, horro… read more

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Cover of Black Sword Hack Ultimate Chaos Edition by Kobayashi

17. Black Sword Hack Ultimate Chaos Edition

By: Kobayashi

4.29

Format: 112 pages, ebook

Grab your sword and shield of bronze, don your demonic breastplate, and recall the spells you stole… read more

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Cover of The Game Master’s Handbook of Proactive Roleplaying: Guidelines and Strategies for Running PC-Driven Narratives in 5E Adventures by Jonah Fishel

18. The Game Master’s Handbook of Proactive Roleplaying: Guidelines and Strategies for Running PC-Driven Narratives in 5E Adventures

By: Jonah Fishel

4.34

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

Introducing the first book in The Game Master's new " Handbook " series! Is your roleplaying in … read more

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Cover of ShadowDark RPG Core Rulebook by The Arcane Library

19. ShadowDark RPG Core Rulebook

By: The Arcane Library

4.77

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

WHAT IS SHADOWDARK RPG? Classic gaming with elegant execution. Shadowdark RPG is what old-schoo… read more

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20. Worlds Without Number

By: Kevin Crawford

4.41

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

The stars gutter and the skies fade and the earth grows weary with years. Ages of men and of Outsid… read more

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Cover of Knave Second Edition by Ben Milton

21. Knave Second Edition

By: Ben Milton

4.35

Format: 74 pages, Hardcover

Knave 2e is an exploration-driven fantasy RPG and worldbuilding toolkit, inspired by the best eleme… read more

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7 must-read dungeons and dragons books like So You Want to Be a Game Master?: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure—For Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder and Other Systems by Justin Alexander

Transform Your Habits

Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master: Get more from your D&D games by preparing less

Michael E. Shea

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Monsters Know What They're Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters (1)

Keith Ammann

4.42

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Dragons of Fate

Margaret Weis

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Live to Tell the Tale: Combat Tactics for Player Characters

Keith Ammann

4.15

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Transform Your Habits

Curse of Strahd (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)

Tracy Hickman , Laura Hickman , Kim Mohan , Jeremy Crawford , Adam Lee , Christopher Perkins , None

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Dungeon Master's Guide (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)

Mike Mearls , Jeremy Crawford , Robert J. Schwalb , Rodney Thompson , Peter Lee

4.50

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Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons)

James Wyatt , Bruce R. Cordell , Robert J. Schwalb

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History

Michael Witwer

4.59

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