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Here are a few resources you can use for a variety of games. This list is not comprehensive.

Gaming Systems by Genre

Fantasy

BareBones Fantasy by DWD Studios (not to be confused with the Bare Bones Multiverse)
Basic Fantasy RPG
Castles & Crusades
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons 3.5E System Reference Document
Dungeons & Dragons 5th-edition , free download of basic rules for players and Dungeon Masters
Dungeon World
Fantasy AGE
Pathfinder
Pathfinder Reference Document

Superhero

Modern / Spy / Military

Covert Ops by DWD Studios
d20 Modern - by Wizards of the Coast
Feng Shui- based on Hong Kong/martial arts movies
GUMSHOE System - by Pelgrane Press
James Bond 007 - by Victory Games [out of print] - based on the Ian Fleming character
Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes - Designed by Michael Stackpole.
Over the Edge - by Atlas Games
Spycraft - by Crafty Games - espionage/adventure
White Lies by DWD Studios (espionage with "white box" D&D-type rules)
Modus Operandi - Espionage RPG webring - for all things spy...

Sci-Fi

Horror

Generic or Multi-genre

Rules-light

Libraries

http://www.opengameart.org - Graphics, Sound Effects, etc.
http://rpgmapshare.com - maps
http://www.game-icons.net/ - online repository providing heaps of cool game related graphics(Creative Commons)

Graphics & Mapping tools

See also: Useful links for mapping

http://www.blender.org - open source 3d graphics software
http://www.gimp.org - open source 2d graphics software
http://pyromancers.com - free online map maker
http://rpgvirtualtabletop.wikidot.com/tokens - tokens (free & paid)
Hero Poirtrait Creator
http://www.rptools.net/index.php?page=tokentool - Token Creator
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymapper/ - Map Maker
http://rpgvirtualtabletop.wikidot.com/mapping-software - List of various mapping tools
http://www.gozzys.com - Random Map Generators for Dungeons, Caves, and Wilderness.
http://donjon.bin.sh - Random Generators including Maps of various varieties.

Sounds

http://audacity.sourceforge.net - open source sound recorder/editor
http://www.freesound.org - sounds
http://www.pdsounds.org - public domain sounds - sound library
http://sounddogs.com/ - sound effects
http://tabletopaudio.com/ - Original, 10 minute ambiences and music-loops for your tabletop role-playing games. These loops are now integrated into the Roll20 Jukebox.

There are also SoundPads which are mixing-boards of ambience sounds and music, which can be Broadcast to your players (independently of Roll20).

System Specific Tools

Traveller 5th-edition

http://heldenhaufen.de/T5 - SectorMaker, SystemMaker, BeastMaker, GunMaker
http://eaglestone.pocketempires.com/ - several utilities including Task Roller and ship conversions to T5.

Star Wars D6

Quick NPC Generator downloadable exe
Ship Price Calculator online
Hyperspace Traveltime Calculator online, system agnostic

Books

XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery, by Tracy Hickman
The Lazy Dungeon Master, by Sly Flourish
Gamemastering By Brian Jamison 330 pages, free
Grain Into Gold, A Fantasy World Economy A Simple and Sane Supplement for use with your Fantasy Role-Playing Game

Game Master articles

The Alexandrian, Game Mastery 101
Sly Flourish, General RPG Advice & DM Deep Dive
The Angry GM, RPG Advice with Attitude
Campaign Mastery,Expert advice on creating and running exceptional campaigns.
The Complete Hippo Massive collection of articles in Gming by user famoushippopotamus
Economicon Thoughts about D&D fantasy economy and it's implications

Youtube Channels

How to be a Great Game Master channels
Take20 GM Tips channels
Matthew Colville Running the Game 58 video playlist
Web DM GM tips focused on D&D5e

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 == Graphics & Mapping tools==
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 * http://www.blender.org - open source 3d graphics software
 * http://www.gimp.org - open source 2d graphics software

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