$1082.00 of Gaming PDF's for $20. Proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.

[Lucifer Lost]

Here is a good way to get a ton of gaming PDF's and help a worthy cause (see Post #7 below for a description of what a "Gaming PDF" is and a complete list of the current books in the bundle!):

Gamers Helping Haiti BUNDLE.

Doctors Without Borders.

Gamers Help Haiti! DriveThruRPG Offers a Mega-Bundle to Spur Donations

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

DriveThruRPG announced a major incentive to the roleplaying gamer community today to incite donations to aid in rescue and recovery in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Called the "Gamers Helping Haiti Bundle," the product includes over a hundred products totaling over $1000.00 in retail value. For a simple donation of $20 - all of which goes to Doctors Without Borders to support their post-earthquake Haiti relief efforts - RPG fans can have this once-in-a-lifetime collection of gaming products.

DriveThruRPG already had opportunities to donate up and running within a day of the disaster. When publishers began asking how they could support the cause, the bundle was created to be an all-inclusive shared effort. Those who donated at the lesser levels won't be left out, however; gamers who have already donated $5 or $10 will be receiving a special coupon code that lets them pay the difference from their initial donation to get the bundle.

"We are humbled by the generosity of both our customers and our publishers," said Sean Patrick Fannon, Marketing and Communications Manager for DriveThruRPG, "all of whom have stepped up at this time of terrible tragedy to offer aid to a desperate people. We are also very proud to facilitate these collective efforts, providing the necessary tools and technology to bring it all together."

More than tools and tech, though, DriveThruRPG is really putting their money where their mouth is, so to speak. "We have always believed in the power of giving and sharing to make the world a better place," said Steve Wieck, President and co-owner of the site. "To that end, we are matching funds with everyone who's making a straight donation at the $5 and $10 level."

There is no set date for terminating the donation efforts, though the bundle will only be available until the end of January.

Anyone wishing more information about this effort, or about DriveThruRPG overall, should contact Sean Patrick Fannon at sean@onebookshelf.com.

EDIT: Since I've posted this they've been slammed pretty hard, getting some 26k+ in donations so far. The pressure on their servers have made them move to giving a coupon code to be redeemed later. You should not let this dissuade you from participating. DriveThru is a leader in Gaming PDFs and a trusted source. They will be around for you to redeem your donation/purchase:

Unfortunately the overwhelming generosity of the gaming community is hampering our ability to deliver the orders purchased with the bundle coupon to you. Your products will be safe in your order history, so if you could wait a day or two before downloading them, it would be much appreciated. Please contact us if you have any questions.

EDIT #2: Reports are coming in that the coupon isn't necessary anymore and that all of the items will be added to your cart upon purchase.

 

[Adam8281]

Sorry, what is a gaming PDF? Is this like an RPG you play on paper?

 

[xboxist]

Definitely a good deal... whatever it is. I can't figure out what a "gaming PDF" is, even after going to the link and investigating.

 

[vryce]

Looks like classic RPG game books (like pen/paper/dice Dungeons & Dragons) with a bunch of RPG magazine PDFs thrown in.

 

[SunnyD]

Appears to be down/hammered right now. Decent deal for "bulk", though I'd rather have actual books in this case.

 

[GotIssues]

Appears to be down/hammered right now. Decent deal for "bulk", though I'd rather have actual books in this case.

Actual books are somewhere in the realm of $30/$40 each.

This is a great deal if you like to RP and don't like carrying books around with you, or are a "closet" D&D player.

 

[Lucifer Lost]

Sorry, what is a gaming PDF? Is this like an RPG you play on paper?

A "Gaming PDF" is an e-book for RPGs (Role Playing Games.) Like most e-books they're usually 40-70% off their dead-tree (paper) versions that you would normally purchase from a local hobby shop or some place like Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Most of the PDFs in this bundle are supplements for some of the most popular Role Playing Games around: D&D 3e/3.5e/4e, Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, Castle and Crusades, Spycraft, d20 Modern, Traveller, OSRIC, and MANY others.

There are some Core Rulebooks for lesser known, but highly regarded systems too. Heck, getting the Serenity RPG for $20 is worth the price of admission! And there are a number of games for the younger crowd or first time gamer as well.

There are Adventure Modules, Rule Expansions/Supplements, Campaign Settings and Locales, generic drop-in Maps/Artwork, and Historical/Mythological Compendiums to add spice to any genre of game or system.

Not all of this is high-end material, but there are a ton of gems in there and a good number of best-sellers that truly sell for the list prices you see on their site.

Below is a quick list of what you get (and they've added more to it since the deal started):

• 
  17 Archer Feats
  17 Bard Spells
  17 Magic Shields
  17 Monk Feats
  17 Plants
  17 Rogue Feats
  43 Space Opera Adventure Seeds - Space Opera Support #6
  90 Phenomena in the City of Copenhagen
  Advanced Fleet Designs: Titan Class Scout
  Adventurer Essentials: Holy Water
  Adventurer Essentials: Rope
  Afterpeak Systemless Setting
  Albenistan: Election Day (Modern Dispatch 113)
  API Demon Codex: Lochs
  API Demon Pack 01
  API Worldwide: Canada
  Apocalypse Prevention, Inc.
  Ápocrypha - Myths of the World
  Barbarians Versus
  BASH! Basic Action Super Heroes (New and Improved)
  Basic poker playing cards 1
  Beast Hunters RPG
  Behind the Monsters: Skeleton
  Behind the Spells: Sanctuary
  Best of The Rifter
  Bits of Darkness: Dungeons
  Bits of Magicka: Pocket Items
  Blood Games II
  Blood of the Innocent: A Savage Worlds mission set in the jungles of Evil
  Book of Races
  Book of the Faithful: Power of Prayer
  Brandy's by the Bay
  Breathe Life Into #1
  C&C Arms and Armor
  C&C Shadows of the Halfling Hall
  Castlemourn Campaign Setting
  Character, Hero
  Chronica Feudalis
  Class options volume II: Paladins Prevail!
  Classic Spycraft: Shadowforce Archer Worldbook
  Classic Spycraft: Spycraft Espionage Handbook
  Colonial Gothic: Secrets
  COPPER DRAGON: Basic Dungeons 1
  Cortex System Role Playing Game
  Counter Collection 4th Edition Paragon 1
  Creatures of the Wastelands: A Menagerie of Mutants and Mutations (Revised Edition)
  Creatures of the Wastelands: Habitats
  Creatures of the Wastelands: The Thrasher Gang
  d66 Ship Names 2
  Damnation Decade
  Dark Raiders of Misty Ridge
  Degenerate Seaside Town
  Demimonde
  Dept. 7 Adv. Class Update: Bar Room Berserker
  Dept. 7 Adv. Class Update: Gravity Slinger
  Dept. 7 Adv. Class Update: Lucky Bastard
  Dept. 7 Adv. Class Update: NeoWitch Guardian
  Dept. 7 Adv. Class Update: The Innocent
  Dept. 7 Adv. Class Update: The Prince of Doggs
  Dept. 7 Adv. Class Update: The S.L.A.M. Soldier
  Dept. 7 Technology Update: AAP/CPR Med Kit
  Destinations: Spaceport Trident Vespa
  Diana: Warrior Princess
  Divine Homelands
  Divine Quests
  Dork Covenant
  DRAGONSHIRE: City Interiors
  DRAGONSHIRE: City Ruins
  Earth Space Marines
  eCollapse
  Ephemeris
  F-211 Copperhead
  Fantastic Maps: The Dragon's Lair
  Fantasy Firearms
  Fantasy Women Clipart JPEG 7
  For the Love of Dungeons
  Forlakh's Tower - CR 4 D20 Module
  Full Light, Full Steam
  Future Firearms Pack One
  Gravitic Thrust Vehicles
  Hollow Earth Expedition Earth Drill
  Instant Antagonist: The Selfish Succubus
  Interface Zero: Modern20 edition
  Items Evolved Rituals
  Karma Roleplaying System Core Rules Book
  Kiddy counters
  Kids, Castles & Caves
  Kobold Quarterly 11
  Labyrinths & Lycanthropes
  Lady's Rock
  Liber Sodalitas: The Dream Healers (Pathfinder edition)
  London Fires module A101 for Fellowship of the White Star
  MADS Role Playing Game
  Magpie Codex 2
  MARS: Savage Worlds Edition
  Martial Cultures: Arytis
  MegaCity Sector Maps
  Mini Nuclear Plant
  Modern Dispatch (#104): Line Zero
  Modern Dispatch 120: Cyber-state Avatar Toolkit
  MonkeyGod Presents: From Stone to Steel
  MonkeyGod Presents: Frost & Fur
  More Mighty Than Steel
  NEO MONKS: The Dragonlord
  NEO RANGERS: The Spider King
  No Dignity in Death: The Three Brides
  Objective Interim Modern Combat System
  One Shot Adventures! Days of Knights
  Open Game Table - The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs, Vol. 1
  OSRPG CCG Card Template 1
  Piledrivers and Powerbombs: Chokeslam of Darkness Edition
  Pimp My Paladin
  Police Precinct
  Portrait of a Villain - The Desire
  Power Pics Heroes 1 -Female Speedster
  Power Pics Villains 1 -Male Cyborg
  Privateers and Pirates
  QAGS Second Edition
  Qalidar
  Quirin Encounter #3: Healing Device
  Quirin Maps #14: Bandit's Territory
  Reign of Discordia (Traveller Edition)
  RIO DRACO: Base Set
  Rise Of a Legend:NEW Issue #1
  Roma Imperious
  Rugged Adventures
  S.C.A.R.E. Vol. 2-Viesca Melin Aella
  Scenes of Space Hex Battle Maps
  Serenity Role Playing Game
  Seven Leagues roleplaying game of Faerie
  Shambles
  Shaolin Squirrels : Nuts of Fury
  Shrouded Agendas for D&D 4E: The Purifiers
  Slivers of Dawn
  Special Vehicles
  Spirit of the Season
  Squirrel Attack! Operation: Get Mr. Jones' Nuts
  Summerland Revised and Expanded Edition
  Tales of Wyn D'mere Role Playing Game!
  Tendril's Oak Inn
  The Black Spot
  The Book of Dumb Tables
  The Book of The Dead
  The Fate of Inglemia - Superlink Edition
  The Kerberos Club
  The Lazy GM: Lizardfolk
  The Lunar Scrolls
  The Otherworld
  The Squared Circle:Wrestling RPG
  The Veggie Patch
  Thousand Suns: Foundation Transmissions
  Thousand Suns: Transmissions from Piper
  Threat Record Vol. I, Issue #2
  Three Sixteen
  Thrilling Tales 2nd Edition (Savage Worlds)
  Trail of Cthulhu Player's Guide
  Treasure Chests: Volume 2
  Turris Lemurum : Tower of Ghosts
  Unorthodox Sorcerers
  Valherjar: The Chosen Slain Core Rulebook
  Vampire Castle
  Wayfarers
  WorldWorksGames / Deadly Encounters Combo
  WorldWorksGames / DungeonLinX: Dragon God
  WorldWorksGames / Uncharted Space: Sathrican Homeworld
  WorldWorksGames / UrbanMayhem: Streets of Mayhem
  WorldWorksGames / Wormhole
  Wyrd of Questhaven (PFRPG)
  Zombacalypse
  Zombie Apocalypse
  [PFRPG] GM's Aid VII: Condition Cards - Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Edition
  [PFRPG] Loot 4 Less Vol. 1: Armor and Weapons
  [PFRPG] The Book of Arcane Magic
  [Savage Worlds] Strike Force 7 - Savaged!

 

[fantolay]

I mean the donation part is what would make one want to do this. Most of those you can get on torrent, and if some of them aren't torrented yet they will be after this...

Promotion of piracy is not allowed on these forums. -Admin DrPizza

 

[Lucifer Lost]

I mean the donation part is what would make one want to do this. Most of those you can get on torrent, and if some of them aren't torrented yet they will be after this...

Well, lets be clear: This is copyrighted material that's not "free." The publishers of these books are waiving their profits to make them available for this bundle to encourage people to donate to Doctors Without Borders. These are commercial products.


The fact that there are places around the net where copyrighted movies, music, and books are available isn't really useful information in a thread like this. When a DVD or music download deal goes up as a "Hot Deal", how useful is it for someone to come along and inform everyone that, if they want, they can probably find a place or 20 around the net that they can steal it?

 

[Craig234]

I mean the donation part is what would make one want to do this. Most of those you can get on torrent, and if some of them aren't torrented yet they will be after this...

Piracy is wrong.

 

[jlee]

My brother & sisters are into D&D, Magic, etc...is this something they would likely put to good use?

 

[Tristicus]

Good deal.

 

[JoshGuru7]

Most of those you can get on torrent, and if some of them aren't torrented yet they will be after this...

 

[fantolay]

Well, lets be clear: This is copyrighted material that's not "free." The publishers of these books are waiving their profits to make them available for this bundle to encourage people to donate to Doctors Without Borders. These are commercial products.


The fact that there are places around the net where copyrighted movies, music, and books are available isn't really useful information in a thread like this. When a DVD or music download deal goes up as a "Hot Deal", how useful is it for someone to come along and inform everyone that, if they want, they can probably find a place or 20 around the net that they can steal it?

Pull the stick out of your ass Lucy.
Personal attacks/thread crapping aren't allowed here either. -Admin DrPizza
Go for 3 violations in one thread?

BTW at $1.99 a pop, the publishers of "Brandy's by the Bay" are really going to lose a TON on this. Definitely tons of people who were after that.

 

[jlee]

It's a great deal for a good cause. If you want to wait for other people to make a donation so you can go steal it, fine - but no need to post about it here.

 

[jjmIII]

() Doctors without Borders ......

Nice some people get it .

 

[Lucifer Lost]

...

I appreciate your efforts to keep bumping this thread.

The people of Haiti and Doctors Without Borders do too.

You, sir, are clearly a lovely individual.


UPDATE:

So far, gamers have donated $40,735.00 to help Haiti!

 

[HybridSquirrel]

I would do this, but I already donated to Haiti and I don't see anything I like. But that is a killer deal.

bump for good cause.

 

[zerogear]

Piracy is wrong.

Mmmm 'kay?

Anyway good deal for people looking for these. I just donated directly using my cellphone

 

[jlee]

So far, gamers have donated $58,860.00 to help Haiti!

Wow.

 

[jlee]

I just got an email saying that they are no longer issuing the coupon, and will automatically add the downloadable items to your order after the $20 donation.

They're up to $61,215.00 now.

 

[Lucifer Lost]

Over $127K and counting with 7 days left on the deal!

It's good to see the gaming community responding so well to this.

 

[Craig234]

My brother & sisters are into D&D, Magic, etc...is this something they would likely put to good use?

It really depends on the type of gaming they like. They may or may not.

 

[nanobreath]

The downloading of the files is slow and painfull. They are all seperate downloads that you're supposed to only do one at a time. And on top of that the downloads seem to be capped at 100kb/s. Too bad they couldn't provide everything in a single zip file to make the downloading easier.

Oh well. Still well worth it.

 

[jlee]

$142,950.00!