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Role-Playing Advice: Assemble!This books contains 101 essays on all manner of topics related to the tabletop role-playing game experience. We collated, expanded, and corrected the content from Random Encounters Volumes 1-5, then added more than 20 brand-new ideas to expand and improve your games. The best part of any gaming supplement is the ideas that let you grow your game, your play, and your involvement in the hobby. Here are 101 such ideas. Ideas like..."Gold Rush" -- an adventure seed about what happens when a dragon horde and a high-level adventure party's equipment are left unguarded in a town full of mid-level adventurers."The Oh-Shit Block" -- a mechanic for speeding combat and eliminating player analysis paralysis. "Barker Zombies" -- a monster based on zombies glomming on to one another and becoming larger, more powerful zombies. "Frozen Legacy" -- a campaign framework for a spacefaring game where the heroes gather colonists to stake a claim, then hold it against corporate interests. "Killing a Fool" -- ideas for making character death a meaningful threat without derailing the game."Map Sourcing" -- a list of places you can find great maps for any genre of tabletop play. "Ultimate Badass" -- why Klingons and Orcs aren't so tough, and what a real warrior race might look like. Whatever you're looking for, we can't promise the answer. But you'll at least find a couple of interesting questions to help you solve your problem. Gamers, rejoice! The print, expanded edition of Random Encounters is here at last!