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The Anatomy of Adventure

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"It's a lovely read and hugely helpful."

"Tons of great advice for an aspiring adventure writer."

"Inspiring!"

In just a few short years, M.T. Black has established himself as one of the most successful indie-writers on the Dungeons & Dragons scene, with thirty-five platinum best-sellers and over a hundred thousand book sales. In this practical and engaging book, he shares many of the principles, tricks, and secrets he has learned along the way. 

The second edition of this book is now available!

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JP V February 03, 2023 1:41 pm UTC
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Hi! I was too late to join the kickstarter for the second edition. Any idea when that might be up for sale (either here or somewhere else)?
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Justin M January 20, 2021 3:59 pm UTC
Any plan to make an Audiobook?
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M.T. B January 20, 2021 11:44 pm UTC
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No plans, but it is an interesting idea. I'm curious to know how much it costs.
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Den S July 08, 2021 4:00 am UTC
FYI, Amazon has a service -- ACX, I think -- where you can select a narrator to record your audiobook for no money up front. They get a percentage off each sale.
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Zuilin's G November 21, 2020 5:24 am UTC
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I just bought the book and began reading. Somewhere around page 18, I said out loud, "This is really good. Thanks M.T." then realized I should actually tell you, and not just my empty room.

So, thanks, M.T. Great book so far.
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Zuilin's G November 21, 2020 6:22 am UTC
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And this should be a poster; in fact, I might just put this up on my wall:

"The games we play are not an escape from 'real life,' they are a different and intense and profound experience of life, one that is just as real and full as any other. And the world would be so much poorer without them."

Now _that's_ profound. Keep up the great work.
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M.T. B November 21, 2020 7:16 am UTC
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Thank you so much - I appreciate this feedback a lot!
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Jayme A November 12, 2020 12:20 am UTC
Looks great! Any plans for a Print on Demand version?
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M.T. B November 12, 2020 4:17 am UTC
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No firm plans, though I am following sales closely and having a quiet look at my options. What would you pay for a POD version of this?
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Jayme A November 12, 2020 11:16 pm UTC
I'd pay $8-10. That's around twice as much as the PDF, but still in, "Eh, I'll tack it onto the order" territory.

Personally, I'm a lot more likely to purchase a reference/guidebook if I can pull a hardcopy off a shelf when need be.
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Christopher C November 13, 2020 8:59 pm UTC
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I second this thought. The first thing I did was look on Amazon to see if there was a hardcopy.
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Sean V November 14, 2020 5:13 pm UTC
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Count me in, this is the kind of thing I like to have hardcopies of.
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Steve G December 27, 2020 4:22 am UTC
I don't think that 108 pages with a hard cover can be close to that price to be honest. I would pay more like 18$-22$ when a book is good, I pay for it with the Idea of the author making some money, my opinion.
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Donnald J January 10, 2021 2:47 am UTC
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If you are looking for other input, I would like to see an e-book version. As I get older, I find I have a harder time reading PDFs, and just don't have the time to read physical books (my sig fig can't have very much light at night, so I have to read on my Kindle).
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