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Here are a few resources you can use for a variety of game systems. This list is not comprehensive. See What Sort of Games Are There To Play? for an introduction to tabletop rpgs and different genres.

Art Libraries

Pre-Made_Maps
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)
http://rpgvirtualtabletop.wikidot.com/tokens - tokens (free & paid)

Graphics Tools

Useful graphics tools to create maps, tokens and portraits for your games. See also: Useful links for mapping

General

GIMP - opensource 2d graphics software(alternative to Photoshop)
Blender - opensource 3d graphics software

Mapmaking

Campaign Cartographer 3 software
Dave's Mapper Online mapmaking tool
Donjon - Random Generators, including dungeons, towns and worldmaps
Dundjinni fantasy mapmaking software
DungeonFog- Vector-based online mapmaker (free & premium) shareable maps & export for Roll20
DunGen - free and high resolution Dungeon Generator, creates maps at 70px per tile and under 5mb to import directly into Roll20.
GM Friend - hex-based map maker with subhexes and random generation
GOZZYS.COM - Random Map Generators for Dungeons, Caves, and Wilderness.
HexTML - free, online mapmaker with custom tiles and multi-user capability
itch.io Medieval Fantasy City Generator - dynamic online city map generator
MapForge - Windows/MacOS mapmaking software
Mipui - simple and fast grid-based mapper with real-time collaboration
Pyromancer's Dungeon Painter - Dungeon Painter Online(uses flash), and Dungeon Painter Studio(Steam)
PyMapper - Mapmaker written in Python (Free, last updated 2016)
RPG MAP EDITOR II by deepnight - online mapmaker
Tiamat The Tile Mapper Online mapmaker
http://rpgvirtualtabletop.wikidot.com/mapping-software - List of various mapping tools

Tokens/Portraits

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).

Gaming Systems by Genre

This is an incomplete display of different game systems, and links to obtain their rules or rulebooks online.

Fantasy

Ars Magica 4th Edition free
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

System Specific Tools

D&D

D&D 3.5e

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

Free Miniature Maps
Hyperspace Traveltime Calculator online, system agnostic
Star System & Planet Generator online, system agnostic

Star Wars D6

Quick NPC Generator downloadable exe
Ship Price Calculator online

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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-Here are a few resources you can use for a variety of games. This list is not comprehensive.
+Here are a few resources you can use for a variety of game systems. This list is not comprehensive. '''See [[Introduction_To_Tabletop_RPGs#What_Sort_Of_Games_Are_There_To_Play.3F| What Sort of Games Are There To Play?]]''' for an introduction to tabletop rpgs and different genres.
+==Art Libraries ==
+* [[Useful_links_for_mapping#Pre-Made_Maps | Pre-Made_Maps]]
+* 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)
+* http://rpgvirtualtabletop.wikidot.com/tokens - tokens (free & paid)
+== Graphics Tools==
+Useful graphics tools to create maps, tokens and portraits for your games. '''See also:''' [[Useful links for mapping]]
+===General===
+* [https://www.gimp.org GIMP] - opensource 2d graphics software(alternative to Photoshop)
+* [https://www.blender.org Blender] - opensource 3d graphics software
+===Mapmaking===
+* [https://secure.profantasy.com/default.asp Campaign Cartographer 3] software
+* [http://davesmapper.com/ Dave's Mapper] Online mapmaking tool
+* [http://donjon.bin.sh Donjon] - Random Generators, including dungeons, towns and worldmaps
+* [http://www.dundjinni.com/default.asp Dundjinni] fantasy mapmaking software
+* [https://www.dungeonfog.com  DungeonFog]- Vector-based online mapmaker (free & premium) shareable maps & export for Roll20
+* [https://dungen.app/dungen/ DunGen] - free and high resolution Dungeon Generator, creates maps at 70px per tile and under 5mb to import directly into Roll20.
+* [http://rhysmakesthings.com/gm_friend GM Friend] - hex-based map maker with subhexes and random generation
+* [http://www.gozzys.com GOZZYS.COM] - Random Map Generators for Dungeons, Caves, and Wilderness.
+* [http://hextml.playest.net HexTML] - free, online mapmaker with custom tiles and multi-user capability
+* [https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator itch.io Medieval Fantasy City Generator] - dynamic online city map generator
+* [https://www.mapforge-software.com/ MapForge] - Windows/MacOS mapmaking software
+* [https://www.mipui.net/app Mipui] - simple and fast grid-based mapper with real-time collaboration
+* [http://pyromancers.com Pyromancer's Dungeon Painter] - Dungeon Painter Online(uses flash), and [http://store.steampowered.com/app/592260 Dungeon Painter Studio(Steam)]
+* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/pymapper/ PyMapper] - Mapmaker written in Python (Free, last updated 2016)
+* [http://deepnight.net/tools/tabletop-rpg-map-editor/ RPG MAP EDITOR II by deepnight] - online mapmaker
+* [http://www.rpgobjects.com/index.php?c=tiamat Tiamat The Tile Mapper] Online mapmaker
+* http://rpgvirtualtabletop.wikidot.com/mapping-software - List of various mapping tools
+===Tokens/Portraits===
+* [http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-2-5-character-portrait-creator/ Hero Poirtrait Creator]
+* [http://www.rptools.net/index.php?page=tokentool Token Creator] -  by rptools.net
+* [https://2minutetabletop.com/tokeneditor/ 2 Minute Token Editor]
+== 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).
 == Gaming Systems by Genre==
+This is an incomplete display of different game systems, and links to obtain their rules or rulebooks online.
 ===Fantasy===
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Magica Ars Magica] [http://www.warehouse23.com/products/ars-magica-4th-edition-core-rulebook 4th Edition free]
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 * [http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpgs/traveller.html  Traveller (Mongoose Publishing edition, soon to go to 2nd edition)]
 * [http://d6holocron.com/downloads/gbooks.html  Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game(WEG D6) (Community created & open license rulebooks)]
 ===Horror===
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 *  Open D6 [http://d6holocron.com/downloads/weg_open_d6.html  Books]  [http://opend6project.org/  SRD] [http://wickednorthgames.com/what-is-d6-gaming/ D6 game conversions]
 * [https://fate-srd.com FATE]
 ===Rules-light===
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 * [http://www.rpgnow.com/product/144558/Mini-Six-Bare-Bones-Edition  Mini Six: Bare Bones Edition] free
 * [http://www.rpgnow.com/product/106605/Hero-Kids--Fantasy-RPG Hero Kids]
-==Art 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)
-== 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://hextml.playest.net - free online map maker with custom tiles and multi-user capability
-* https://www.mipui.net/app - free and open source online mapper with real-time collaboration
-* http://pyromancers.com - free online map maker
-* http://rpgvirtualtabletop.wikidot.com/tokens - tokens (free & paid)
-* [http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-2-5-character-portrait-creator/ 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.
-* https://www.dungeonfog.com - Vector based Online Map Maker (free & premium) shareable maps & export for Roll20
-== 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 ==
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 == See Also ==
+* [[Useful links for mapping]]
 * <span class="plainlinks">[https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/289/game-resources#post-289 Game Resources]</span> in the Off-Topic forum archive
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