fantasy games

"Designed to provide Game Masters with the information they need to 'fill in the holes' in their campaign play, [this book] enables fantasy RPG referees to instantly add depth, color and expanded gameplay to unexpected or underwritten people, places and things at a moment's notice"--Provided by publisher.

"Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer -- a poor Chinese kid whose avatar in the game illegally collects valuable objects and then sells them to players from developed countries with money to burn. This behavior is strictly against the rules in Coarsegold, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at stake."--Cover flap.

"After two hundred long years apart, Kirito has finally been reunited with Ronie and Tiese, as well as Alice's younger sister, Selka! But Kirito's face is not the one they're most shocked to see. . . Commander Eolyne Herlentz of the Integrity Pilothood bears a striking resemblance to Eugeo, a likeness that deals a heavy blow to the hearts of the reawakened women. But before they can process their emotions, the call to arms sounds once more. Protectors new and old of the Underworld will have to fight side by side to repel this fresh threat! And not to be outdone, the party back in Unital Ring reaches the second tier and launches into their next major encounter!"--Back cover.

When thirteen-year-old Zoe, an aspiring pro-gamer, receives an invitation to play on a pro-team, she must navigate her dad's skepticism of professional gaming as well as her squad's feelings of betrayal.

The gamer squad is on an Open World quest to save Atlantis from sea monsters, but thirteen-year-old Kai is uncomfortable with his vital role in this game, and worried about an upcoming oral presentation at school.

"Middle school is a dungeon--at least, that's how Jess sees it. Luckily, she and her best friend Olivia know how to escape into the sprawling worlds of their own imaginations. The two friends have always loved making up stories, first with little kid games of make-believe, and more recently with the fantasy roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. When they play, Olivia runs the game as Dungeon Master and Jess is the solo party member, playing a take-no-prisoners, lone-wolf fighter of her own design named Sir Corius. But when Olivia wants to add new players to their group, Jess finds herself struggling to share their game--and her best friend. Will their epic campaign withstand all this change, or has their adventure--and their friendship--finally come to an end?"--Provided by publisher.

Friends Finn, Liva, Maddy, Carter, and Ever begin a farewell round of the game they have played for three years, but each is hiding secrets and the game itself seems to turn against them.

Tenth-grader Yugi always had his head in some game--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharoahs! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evildoers to the Shadow Games games with high stakes and high risks!.

Thirteen-year-old Mason and his friends are totally absorbed by an online fantasy video game, and their current task is to collect ingredients for a meal to deal with a fierce dragon, but Mason has an even more frightening task--preparing dinner for his demanding eight-year-old brother while their mother is at work.

"Pickles, a rough and tumble fighter; Tonka, a playful and fun-loving bard; and Zoey, a wise and caring cleric, are given a quest to fetch a magical dog collar from a nearby swamp. But when they triumphantly return, they soon find that the collar isn't the only thing that has gone missing from Tail's Bend. All the squeaky toys in town have disappeared and Squish, the mayor's young son, has set off on his own to find them"--Provided by publisher.