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Books, games, and the stuff that goes with them — curated by the Rainbow Crow community and the team behind it. At the top of this page are our main picks this week. Find the full curated catalog below. Scroll down, browse around, find something you like, then come talk about it with us!

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Advanced Race Guide (Pathfinder, 1st Edition)

Advanced Race Guide (Pathfinder, 1st Edition)

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Jason Bulmahn · Paizo

Deep-dive sourcebook for building and playing dozens of fantasy ancestries in 1E Pathfinder.

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Basic Role-Playing System

Basic Role-Playing System

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Chaosium

The percentile-based engine underneath Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, and a dozen other classics — the toolkit itself.

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Cyberpunk 2020

Cyberpunk 2020

RPGs

Mike Pondsmith · R. Talsorian Games

The dystopian megacorp noir that the whole genre keeps circling back to. Style over survival, always.

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Desert of Desolation

Desert of Desolation

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Tracy Hickman · TSR

Classic AD&D adventure compilation — pyramids, curses, and desert peril from one of the genre’s formative designers.

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Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rules

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Tom Moldvay · TSR

The red-box-era Basic Set that introduced a generation to the hobby. Simple, clean, foundational.

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Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia

Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia

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Aaron Allston · TSR

The classic-era D&D ruleset compiled into one dense, beloved volume — a cornerstone of OSR nostalgia.

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Fiend Folio (AD&D, 1st Edition)

Fiend Folio (AD&D, 1st Edition)

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Don Turnbull · TSR

The monster book that gave 1st-edition AD&D some of its weirdest, most memorable creatures.

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Forgotten Realms: Adventures

Forgotten Realms: Adventures

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Jeff Grubb · TSR

AD&D 2E-era sourcebook for the Forgotten Realms — a snapshot of the setting before decades of further lore piled on.

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Ninjas and Superspies

Ninjas and Superspies

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Erick Wujcik · Palladium Books

Palladium’s martial-arts-and-espionage toolkit — build a whole dojo’s worth of fighting styles.

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Pharaoh

Pharaoh

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Tracy Hickman · TSR

An Egyptian-flavored AD&D module — tombs, traps, and ancient royal secrets.

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Player’s Handbook (D&D 4th Edition)

Player’s Handbook (D&D 4th Edition)

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Wizards of the Coast

The tactical-combat era of D&D — powers, grids, and set-piece battles built like a board game.

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Star Trek Roleplaying Game: Player’s Guide

Star Trek Roleplaying Game: Player’s Guide

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Christian Moore · Last Unicorn Games

Explore strange new worlds under a d6 system built specifically for Trek-flavored diplomacy and away missions.

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Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game

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Greg Costikyan · West End Games

The original Star Wars RPG, back when the galaxy far away only had three movies to draw from. A formative piece of tabletop history.

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The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game

The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game

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Charles M. Ryan · Wizards of the Coast

d20-era adaptation of Robert Jordan’s epic — channel the One Power, dodge the Dark One’s reach. Highly sought after collector’s item at this point.

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