Impromptu Gaming Resources

[Quantum]

An impromptu Gaming Resources is a resources that was not specifically publishd by a game company that can be used to help your gaming.

For example, when "Kinghts Of The old Republic" (KOTOR) came out, there was a guide published for it that shows you how to beat the game and goes into every nook and cranny, such as how to play Pazak and how to beat the trial.

These are Prima and Brady game guides. And an honorable mention goes to Gamefaqs as well for they have hundreds of game walkthrough for many different game playforms.

The best thing about these guides is that you can use them to have many different ideas for a game. For example, with KOTOR, you have a ready set adventure that you can use for the Star Wars RPG. This game pretty much already uses the d20 system as well.

But these guides often have all important maps that you can use as-is or cannibalize the content for your own needs.


So what other kinds of impromtu resources have you used to help your games?

 

[Wik]

Ha ha. My archaeology textbooks. Instead of cashing them in for the textbook rebate, I kept them - and have been using them as floorplan maps ever since. I wonder if my players will ever find out that the entire map of an old tomb was actually a temple from the Valley of Kings.

Recently, I used fish bait (as in, flourescent yellow fish "powerbait") as a prop, to describe the bug eggs that are part of a magical cure.

 

[Wycen]

Taking a clue from Kaizer Soze, we grabbed an NPC name off the side of a box of oranges.

I got a character background from hearing about the antikythera mechanism.