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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9319165" data-attributes="member: 6796661">The only two games where I run long campaigns where I find third-party content helpful are D&amp;D 5e and Warhammer Fantasy.With Warhammer, it is mostly material on fan blogs and posted to the Ratcatcher's Guild Discord an their periodical, Ratter.&nbsp; I mainly scour these sources for adventure material and maps. With 5e, I've used quite a bit of third-party content. I have bought a lot of Frog God Games Material, including all of their setting books and many of their adventures. I've also bought and used their Tome of Alchemy, but I have mixed feelings about this book.&nbsp; I much prefer FGG's adventures and Lost Lands setting books than their bestiaries or rule sub-systems. I heavily used MCDM's Strongholds and Followers book in my last campaign. My favorite third-party bestiary is Tome of Beasts by Kobold Press, along with the Book of Lairs supplement and their cardboard standee miniatures for it. I also bought their Creature Codex, but didn't make much use of it. I really like their Flee! Mortals bestiary, which has some great ideas for new mechanics for spicing up enemies in 5e, but I got the book just as I was ending my last campaign and taking a break from 5e.&nbsp; If I start running 5e again with the 2024 rules, I hope to revisit and use this book. I've used a lot of stuff from the early issues of EN World's EN5ider. When I ran games in person, there were a lot of physical game aids I enjoyed. In particular Alea Tools Magnetic Status Markers and Paizo's combat tracker.I've cycled through a lot of software over the years, but they are not really game specific.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 9319165, member: 6796661"] The only two games where I run long campaigns where I find third-party content helpful are D&D 5e and Warhammer Fantasy. With Warhammer, it is mostly material on fan blogs and posted to the Ratcatcher's Guild Discord an their periodical, [I]Ratter.[/I] I mainly scour these sources for adventure material and maps. With 5e, I've used quite a bit of third-party content. I have bought a lot of Frog God Games Material, including all of their setting books and many of their adventures. I've also bought and used their [I]Tome of Alchemy[/I], but I have mixed feelings about this book. I much prefer FGG's adventures and Lost Lands setting books than their bestiaries or rule sub-systems. I heavily used MCDM's [I]Strongholds and Followers[/I] book in my last campaign. My favorite third-party bestiary is [I]Tome of Beasts[/I] by Kobold Press, along with the [I]Book of Lairs[/I] supplement and their cardboard standee miniatures for it. I also bought their [I]Creature Codex,[/I] but didn't make much use of it. I really like their [I]Flee! Mortals[/I] bestiary, which has some great ideas for new mechanics for spicing up enemies in 5e, but I got the book just as I was ending my last campaign and taking a break from 5e. If I start running 5e again with the 2024 rules, I hope to revisit and use this book. I've used a lot of stuff from the early issues of EN World's EN5ider. When I ran games in person, there were a lot of physical game aids I enjoyed. In particular Alea Tools Magnetic Status Markers and Paizo's combat tracker. I've cycled through a lot of software over the years, but they are not really game specific. [/QUOTE]

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