{"product_id":"experience-points","title":"Experience Points - The Lost Chapters from Monsters, Aliens, \u0026 Holes in the Ground","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ennie-awards.com\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"257\" width=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0025\/6006\/5625\/files\/Nominee-Black-logo-1.jpg?v=1720459260\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eExperience Points \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ehas been nominated for an Ennie for Best RPG Related Product!\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The working title for my book was \u003cstrong\u003eExperience Points\u003c\/strong\u003e...but in the end, I wound up calling it \u003cstrong\u003eMonsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground\u003c\/strong\u003e, a title I think speaks more broadly to the act of playing RPGs, rather than their mechanics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIt’s not a gigantic guidebook to tabletop RPGs. Rather, it is a small collection of chapters that, for a variety of reasons, didn’t appear in the final book (and I would invite readers to give these chapters the same sort of charity they might give to the deleted scenes included on a DVD). Nevertheless, I felt, in some way, that they still merit the motivated reader’s attention. They add additional texture and context. They’re a little more relaxed, a little more reflective of my personal interests, a little less concerned with the big picture and what posterity might think.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e-Stu Horvath, author \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the book:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the chapters cut from the full MIT Press encyclopaedic history of role playing games,\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Monsters, Aliens, \u0026amp; Holes in the Ground\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, written by \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagerpg.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStu Horvath, co-host of the Vintage RPG\u003c\/a\u003e Podcast. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this companion zine, readers will find entries \"a little more re-laxed, a little more reflective of [Horvath's] personal interests, a little less concerned with the big picture and what posterity might think.\" You'll find entries on Aftermath! Paranoia, Stonehell and others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe Team:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten and photographed by Stu Horvath\u003cbr\u003e“Paranoia” chapter written by Ed Coleman\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCover illustration by Kyle Patterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLayout and design by Derek Kinsman \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLine editor: Orrin Grey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCopy editor: Jamie Springer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFact checker: Joe DeSimone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cem\u003e40 pages, digest sized saddle-stitched zine. Color throughout, includes PDF.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Exalted Funeral Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49768190345512,"sku":"EFRPG1576","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6832\/0296\/files\/experience-points-the-lost-chapters-from-monsters-aliens-holes-in-the-ground-zine-182116.jpg?v=1738026004","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.exaltedfuneral.com\/products\/experience-points","provider":"Exalted Funeral Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}