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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Corebook

The graveyard is cold and still. Bright moonlight deepens the shadows. The silence is disturbed by a throaty moan. Breaking through the soft, recently packed earth, a claw extends, sharp and grasping. A sickly sweet stench rises with the corpse. Desperate hunger is etched on it cadaverous face-a hunger for your blood!

It’s time to slay. Get ready for action and adventure-Buffy-style.

Now you can join the Slayer's world!

Inside these lustrous covers, you will find:

An introduction to roleplaying and the Buffyverse
A guide to character creation, including pre-constructed Heroes and White Hats, as well as the entire Original Cast, for your quick-play pleasure
The Buffy Unisystem, streamlined for cinematic slayage and sneakage
A primer on magic mojo, for those who dare
A guide to the hotspots of Sunnydale
The monsters of mayhem, all stat-ed out and ready-to-slay, and the skinny on the first five Big Bads
Blow-by-blow instructions for creating Buffy roleplaying Episodes, Seasons and Series
A complete Episode to get slaying fast and easy
A guide to Buffyspeak to add sparkle to your dialogue

Written by CJ Carella
Foreword by Christopher Golden
Format: 8.5" x 11" Hardcover, 256 pages, full color interior

$40.00

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Director's Screen

Do you have a plan? If you're a Director and your Buffy the Vampire Slayer roleplayers are looking to you for adventure, you'd better! You don't want things to get ugly, do ya?

No worries though, we've got your plan right here, all wrapped up in one killer package. Yep, everything you Director types need to run a high intensity, large-living and sweet Buffy the Vampire Slayer roleplaying game session (or sessions-hey, there's a whole lotta stuff packed in this bodacious bundle).

A must-have reference for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game, the Director's Screen includes:

A full-color, four-panel screen covered with Buffy images and designs to rock the players
Easily referenced charts and tables on the flip side of the screen, freeing you up to focus on the scintillating storyline
A solid section laying out game-running and session-mastering tips to simplify your job and make the players look for more where that came from
Three ready-to-run, interrelated Episodes for the BtVS RPG corebook Archetypes, the Original Cast or your players' own character creations

$20.00

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Buffy Character Journal

Torn-out pages, three-hole punches, worn spots from too much erasing, cramped margin scrawl. That's all so . . . last season. Get with the program and make your evil-eradicating existence that much easier with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Character Journal. Beautify your stuff, keep everything nicely organized, and watch the Queen of Mean go green with jealousy. Record your character stats, skills, maneuvers, Qualities, Drawbacks, description, history, magic, items, contacts, friends, bragging rights, memorable quotes and much more in this must-have gaming accessory.

So drop the paper shuffling and gear up the do-gooding!

Format: 8.5" x 11" softcover, 16 pages, black and white

$5.00

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Slayer's Handbook

Just found out you're the Slayer, and feeling a bit overwhelmed? Never fear, it's all right here in Technicolor goodness: the dos, the don'ts, the whys, the wherefores, even a few what's whats. There's also some notes from the Slayers' diaries, just in case you don't hail from Sunnydale.

The Slayer's Handbook is a supplement for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer roleplaying game. In it, you will find:

Background on being a Slayer, tales of the Slayers and advice for Directors on using Slayers in their games
New character creation ideas, qualities and drawbacks, and more character archetypes
Guidelines for alternative settings in a Slayer-oriented game, including different places, times and histories
Three ready-to-play mini-settings for Slayers of all shapes and sizes
A complete Episode continuing the plotline begun in the BTVS corebook

Format: 8.5" x 11" Hardcover, 160 pages, full color interior.

$30.00

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Monster Smackdown

Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, and a Slayer's gotta have something to slay. Fortunately for her, there's no shortage of vamps, demons, nasties, and Big Bads wandering around out there. And when the latté hits the fan, knowing an Acathla from a Gorch can save the world. The keys to combating these charmless creatures of nightmare are all here, in vivid detail.

Buffy: To make you a vampire, they have to suck your blood and then you have to suck their blood; it's like a whole big sucking thing.
-1.1 Welcome to the Hellmouth

Hey, nobody said living on the Hellmouth was going to be all sunshine and stylish garb

The Monster Smackdown is a supplement for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer roleplaying game. In it, you will find:

An overview covering the nature of the Buffyverse, hellmouths, and hell dimensions, including some never before seen samples
A complete rundown on vampires, including their powers, vulnerabilities, morality, nature, and hangouts
A similar treatment for demons, with specific on many demonic races
Details on non-vamp undead, primals, human villains, and various other critters that populate the Buffyverse
Background and specifics on Buffy's major villains, unique demons, hellgoddesses, and real bad nasties, including a revisit of all the seasonal Big Bads
Rules, guidelines, and ideas for creating monsters true to the spirit of the Buffyverse, including a list of mix-and-match monster powers
A complete Episode featuring a major turning point in the Djinn Season

Written by Thom Marrion. Format: 8.5" x 11" Hardcover, 168 pages, full color interior.

$30.00

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The Magic Box

Okay, so you're not the one and only Slayer . . . whatever.

With ancient and powerful magicks on your side, you don't need to be able to bench press a car to fight evil with the best of them. Whether you're a witch, a warlock, a dabbler in the dark arts, a psychic or even a superscientist, you have powers granted to few mortals. 'Course, there's a potential downside . . . but bad stuff never happens to the good guys. Right?

Here you'll find all the info you need to master your powers and learn how to introduce the monsters to a world of magical hurt. Oh, and there's also some talk of the dark side . . . just in case . . .

The Magic Box is a supplement for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer roleplaying game. In it, you will find:

A history of magic and the supernatural in the Buffyverse

New character creation ideas, Qualities and Drawbacks, and more character Archetypes for witches, warlocks, psychics and other users of arcane arts

Descriptions and stats for rituals and items of mystical power from the BtVS TV show as well as a few never seen before

Expanded rules for creating new spells and magical "talismens . . . mans . . . talisguys"

Details on psychic powers and other paranormal abilities

A complete Episode featuring a monster that only powerful magic can vanquish

Written by John Snead

Format: 8.5" x 11" softcover, 128 pages, full color interior

$27.00

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Your Guide to the Unisystem: Volume 1

Eden Studios, Inc. is pleased to announce a new supplement series called Eden Studios Presents (ESP). Focusing on a wide variety of Unisystem materials, each book will be filled with scenarios, archetypes, monsters, new and alternate rules, and much, much more.

The first book of the ESP series features:

New monsters by David Chapman for your Buffy or Angel RPG game
L, a Terra Primate Apeworld
An interview with the writer of the upcoming AFMBE supplement, Dungeons & Zombies, plus a sneak preview of the book!
Archetypes for any Unisystem game
A Unisystem sci-fi setting
An intercepted phone conversation between the Con X 2.0 Developer and a mysterious "Agent X"
Tigereye, a Con X scenario from Jason Little with notes for both Unisystem and original Con X game mechanics
More to come!

Future issues will contain articles just as exciting as this first book. Prepare yourself for scintilating scenarios, archetypes galore, previews of future products, handfuls of bad guys, Chronicler and player tips, and even a multi-episode campaign with notes!

Eden Studios views ESP as an ideal showcase for both new and known authors, giving everyone the potential to be a part of the team! Eden realizes there are a great many quality "unknowns" out there and wants to give them the opportunity to shine. Veteran writers are also welcome, providing solid groundwork for gamers to use, spindle, and mutilate. Whether you are a up-and-comer, an oldtimer, or just a fan, you'll find new and interesting material in each book. So, what are you waiting for? Submit your material today!

Estimated Length: 64 pages

$15.00

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