We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.įor PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. "Dread is so damn good, I'm converting my home D20 Modern game of psychological horror and madness to Dread!" - Chris O'Neill, 9th Level Games Unease and nerves are physically built into the resolution mechanics of the game!" - Luke Crane, author of the Burning Wheel and Burning Empires a look at what roleplaying can be, not a look at what it already is." - James D. Turn down the lights, pull out the tower, and try to keep your hands steady!" - Matt "BlackHat" McFarland, former developer of White Wolf's Dark Ages line "The most intense, innovative horror game I've had the pleasure of playing in years. This PDF, a few friends, your own sick imagination, and one set of Jenga® blocks is all you need. When moments of conflict and peril arise in the story, it is the players' nerves, rather than the whims of dice, that determine the fates of their characters.
These characters are plunged into macabre tales devised by the host.
Through individually crafted questionnaires, players are coaxed into revealing their characters' abilities, shortcomings, personalities, and fears. where It waited, just where we left It.Įxplore hostile worlds of your own creation with Dread, a game carved from the intense emotions buried in your favorite horror stories. Only the lighter's dying blue flame interrupted that ocean of darkness. But the twenty feet between us and the door, between us and the highway. WINNER OF THE 2006 GOLD ENNIE FOR INNOVATIONīeyond the door we could hear the highway, the cars, the trucks, the roar of freedom.
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