PDF Share Thread # 63

Things user Has Mentioned That are Beyond the Knowledge of Da Archivist
(I edited out the ‘Yarrs’ )

Where to U.p.l.o.a.d.?
“S3ndsp@ce, which I prefer, U53rscl0ud or M3G4 for large collections. Using public wifi would be excessive, imo, and carries its own risks. I usually don't bother, but if you are that concerned, use a VPN. I do.”
“HMA is free and easy disposable user email.”

“Mega is relatively safe, a little research seems to back this. I have an active account registered using only email as do many, many others 'round heah. You would have to be an extremely flagrant repeat offender before notice would be taken past anything other than a take-down. As another user mentioned, if you're that noid, use a VPN.
I've never heard of an ISP getting involved unlike trackable torrents and that is mostly because of Hollywood money.
With Mega you get 50 gigs with each standard free account.
It has functions for uploading a whole folder at a time, including everything inside it. So you just select like "A, B, and C" and it does the rest.”
Other sites used here recently include An0nto, g0fileio, & upl0admanc0m

Microscope is a small, hard-to-find game. It is not the Holy Grail, it is more like Where’s Waldo. The author puts a lot of effort into removing it from upload sites, it is usually taken down in an hour or two. It rarely lasts a full day.
You Should Just Go Here: It is like a slideshow demo, probably better/faster than reviewing the rules.
“Detailed example of Microscope game played out”
docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d_gLQUEB0WH4dsD3p2Cr7AJev78Fz2M9uknpgE_NszE/edit#slide=id.g9862c8690_0_10
If you still want it, maybe buying it is easiest.
I will respect the author’s wishes and encourage user to do the same. If the author gets annoyed enough at the myriad short-lived links to their game on these threads, they will complain loudly to New Moot who might remove our ability to post Pdfs at all.
'Kingdom', 'Follow', and 'Ten Candles' are also in this category, and will not be added to Da Archive.

It is human nature to obsess over that which is denied them, while ignoring that which is within easy reach.
If there are any anons with a copy of these games that felt they were worth writing a review of, I would gladly add them to the Big Wall of Text

Relatively Objective Review by Anon13:
“It sounds bloody intriguing. However...in practice, lulz ensue pretty readily - without a single narrative voice/plan/vision, it runs off the rails. Or, I should say, has the tendency to run off the rails - only a highly disciplined group, it seems to me, can pull it off; and even then the end result is just kind of a thing that is there - there's no real agency for the players to invest in emotionally. You get an interesting series of little tales and a possibly cool overall 'lump of story/myth, but there's no reason to come back to it after the game session: it's over and done; next session you make/play an entirely different concept. (You CAN continue to add to a previous game; but each game is so unique and differentiated from what came before that it may as well be totally different.)
This is what we found. Now, my players are bastards, so our experience may not be typical...but I feel that, deep down, most of us roleplayers are a bit bastardly; so I'm sure our experience is not unique...
I don't mean to shit on the game, as it sounds wicked as hell: but I feel it important to share my experience so you can at least approach it with yer eyes open. Microscope can turn into comedic one-upmanship pretty quickly.”

user Says:
“Yo, You, yes YOU. Do you want to help the archive? but you are too poor to buy pdfs or unable to fill requests?

Then start duplicating the collections here. Get yourself an upload account, save everything you like and put it back online on your account. The more who do this, the easier these files will be to find, and the safer they will be if a big collection gets taken down. Especially if you hear that a file is rare when it gets uploaded. “

Do you have a favorite system that you have collected? Consider becoming a Curator.
We have Generals who have taken on the giants of rpgs. Mageguru, TravellergeneralAnon, and others have tackled many of the games with 200+ products. We can never thank them enough. There are other games that are not as prolific. Amber, for example has about 30 titles. Da Archive has plenty of Amber scattered through it, but I don't think there is a single source for a complete set. A Curator that is familiar with a game has a distinct advantage over others. All it takes is adopt a game, try to build a complete set, and re upload it if needed.
It doesn't have to be a single thing. A collection of Veeky Forums and fan generated things would be cool, for example.
Time Wizards has 2 titles, add in Car Lesbians, Lesbo Jet Fighters, and 5 more things and call it good.
The main thing is a collection does not has to be removed from Da Archive, it just gets a new address every once in a while.

Images posted need to reflect a Veeky Forums theme to them.
Images of maps, castles, open source pdfs, One-Page Dungeons, gaming landscapes, and general gaming art are always welcome. Please avoid reaching the 150 image cap too early.
I like pictures of girls, I apologize if my heterosexuality offends the internet. Space Princesses, Chainmail Warriorettes, futuregirls in latex spacesuits, and the like are welcome. Photographs are great, lots of cute cosplayers and LARPers out there, as well as movie shots.
I actually went and read the rules about posting images. Anthropormorphic (furry) images are only allowed on /b/. That means that technically a Veeky Forums thread can have pics of goblins and drow, but shouldn't have lizardmen, werewolves, or gnolls. I am not really worried about it, I believe our Janitor understands the practical aspects of life and is doing a stellar job. As long as the catgirl is holding a sword and not a sex toy I think we are honoring the intent of the rules. I will be diligent in making sure that any art I post has a gaming theme.

>I would punch my teddy bear.
God, that's mean to Teddy.

Some Friendly Tips from a on and off Request Filler, as a Bonus:
Try removing things like "The" and "A" from the start Title and searching again. Try searching for just one word from the Title after that.

Failing all of these, open up the Collections in the first section that state a large number of folders but only list a small portion of them.

Next try searching things from the same core system. Looking for a rare Tri-Stat based game? Look at a BESM trove or two.

Looking at troves for games that come from the same publisher works, too. Need you some Red Tide or Spears of the Dawn? More than one Trove marked Stars Without Number will contain those.

This is what our labors here are all about.

I love digging out rare and hard to come by requests, don't get me wrong. The Treasure Hunt aspect pleases me, for sure, and I get not having the time to dig for hours on end yourself.

But the Archive should always be stop Numero Uno, Friend Anons.

Requesting Nig.ht W.olf Inn as before.

lulu.com/ca/en/shop/anthony-huso/the-night-wolf-inn/paperback/product-22909186.html

Thank you.

He is tough. Besides, I apologized and sewed him back together.

Question to all here: Is adding more specific information on the contents of the Big Collections a desirable thing? It would help finding stuff with Ctrl+F much easier.
The downside is that it causes more exposure and might increase losses of data. Obviously, hiding them entirely turns them into private libraries, and somewhat defeats the purpose.
Da Archive is certainly causing things to be noticed by people, and we have started doing less direct hyperlinking to reduce spiderbot activity. I think 'hot' links in a pdf have less exposure than the same link posted here.
I solicit your opinions, because I can hardly find anything in that big stewpot of goodness that you Anons have worked so hard to create.
(Pic is not Bill Nye saying; "Consider the Following:")

I'd rather not have specif games listed if that means takedowns. A lot of the troves don't seem to be kept up anymore. If they go they are just lost.

Does anyone have the Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen?

Here you are, user. Includes original core book and the revised and expanded edition.
mega.nz/#F!wRFD2ZLa!j4x9NaivBNc08gyYPt1x0w

oh fuck yes thank you so much

I am personally against exposing the troves; but I'm still reeling and rebuilding from the big loss last week. Also still debating whether or not to keep the 'trove killers' in ma stashes....
I'm not knocking the work you and that wiz are trying to do; just don't make it too easy for the spoilsports to wreck our shit.

So... Couple things.

I haven't really worked much on indexing since the takedown of my second work.

One of the things that concerns me is those who actually put in work to oppose us. Meaning I'm not sure bots are our only concern. Anyone can lurk here, and decreasing the effort it takes to find a target could be a problem. In discussing this with a friend I was told that lurking indie developers aren't as big an issue as those who would tattle to earn brownie points with said devs. I have yet to witness it myself, so I'm a bit dubious, but the story I heard was of backers and fans reporting links on social media sites in the hopes of receiving a pat on the head for their efforts.

Though the questions that come to mind are thus: Are they that lazy? Would simply not having an index make nuking a collection too much effort?

I've seen some of the problem games sit in collections for ages with no issue. I've even seen them openly discussed as being there for anyone who does real digging, and still no takedowns. Having them only then nuked when a link and a game name appear in the same post makes me smell a bot. And yet... There have been takedowns where no odor of robot exists.

Gagh! All this typing and I'm still firmly on the fence, in the same position as I've been since the thermonuclear flames first turned my works to ash.

I've seen at least one asshole here bragging that he reported a trove. There are definitely people on Veeky Forums that will do it.

The best way is not too centralize too much; don't have one general or PDF that contains everything, it's too easy and too little work for someone else to report it.

Scatter the links across multiple at threads at least that will slow down the lazy reporters who don't have much time.

Requesting D101 The Company

Last year we had 25 pages worth of links vanish in a day. Different sized collections and single links, different ages, different upload sites, different game companies. No rhyme or reason that I could tell.
Perhaps the venerable stuff should have less detail, but Lotsastuff was posting his own pdf of his links for at least a year before I started. so I don't know.
I notice that m3di@fir3 seemed to get purged more, but it might be because it hosted a bigger proportion of stuff. Some sites dump files automatically when they stop being accessed.

I think the Fahrenheit 451 Curator System may be the best way to do it. The other best way is to not worry about it. This place we are on is very public, I assume authors of pdfs can figure it out.
Even if we radically change things, there are over 50 older versions of Da Archive floating out there, also sort of easy to find. They all have the older big Collections listed.

Anyone have the Fifth Edition Options book by TPK,, would be greatly appreciated

Does anyone have sprawl v1.1 in both midnight and noon versions. The ones that I've found that are labeled 1.1 are actually 1.0

Requesting Secret of Skyhold Tower and Beneath the ruins of Firestone Keep.

Personal wishlist:

EABA V2
More Guns! by BTRC (pictured)
Warriors of the Red Planet
Crawling Under a Broken Moon issues 17 and 18

If it's considered bad form to keep reposting these requests, please slap my wrist. Thanks, gents.

The cat's already out of the bag, so to hell with it? That's not a viable position, it seems to me. We can't just throw up our hands and say NO to security. Just look at how many folks wander in here every day asking for stuff that is already posted in tha thread or listed by name in da archive. Most folk are not capable of finding old archives, let alone what's right in front of them.
Not to mention the paizo, geedubs, and dnd troves: those are fairly big companies that have the resources to fuck with people and they DO hunt down shit they don't like on occasion.
Security is good. At least security against bots.

>Though the questions that come to mind are thus: Are they that lazy? Would simply not having an index make nuking a collection too much effort?
Yes and Probably. But, you can't fight turboautists with an urge to rat. And they're the most dangerous - treacherous scum trying to look good for mummy's approval.
What we CAN do is ignore requests for new stuff - THAT seems to be a potential trap. If I was a dev worried 'bout pirates, I'd go to every pirate site I know to ask for copies of my latest product, then shut down every place that had them. New products draw attention - no one cares about old shit unless they're rebooting it.

I agree with all the viewpoints, that's what makes it a tough choice.
> paizo, geedubs, and dnd troves:
I find it interesting how the ones with lawyers do so little to the Generals. Yes, their archives get deleted periodically, but not nearly as often as I expected.
I certainly approve of coded links on the board.

Does anyone have Paranoia 2017?

I checked the pdf but it only has older versions and i want to check it out before buying

I do, but I can't upload for about 3 hours.

>I find it interesting how the ones with lawyers do so little to the Generals
Perhaps the big guys don't feel the drain we cause, unlike the littler ones? Perhaps they don't see pdf's as a threat to their publishing interests? Perhaps they only engage in shutdowns at certain times of the year? Or, possibly the folks who frequent the generals are more...autistic...than most folk and less likely to report?
I don't know; but that's an interesting observation.

Public indeed.

I wanted to look up an old share thread and found multiple copies of it indexed by Teh Gurgler, including one with an index every URL and file posted in the thread listed right up at the top.

I really wish I could curate. If I had the capacity to do so I'd take on a dozen personal troves toot sweet. Unfortunately my cow-town upload rate is prohibitive in this regard. As an example of my plight: I can't upload any of the files from my open source collection over about 3mb because the captcha runs out before the file finishes uploading. To top off the misery -- I have to share this rancid turd of a connection across 4 computers.

The story I heard was of a fan of a game who gave up trove links and then asked to be upgraded to a backer edition or some such to replace a previously purchased vanilla edition.

Considering the ITT link index I mentioned above, coded links should probably be highly recommended if not mandatory. None of the coded links appeared in the thread index so dodging lazy hunters would be a bonus cherry on top.

Thats no problem i just want to check it out to see if its worth buying or not.

Does anyone have Metahuman Martial Arts 3E for Mutants and Masterminds? Would really appreciate it.

I think you hit the nail square on the head with your first point.

The big guys seem less likely to fall into the fallacy that every download equals a purchase lost. If your daily salt comes from one or two games dropping cash into your paypal 10 bucks at a time, it seems to me you're more likely to obsess on the sawbucks you think you're missing out on.

>indexed by Teh Gurgler
Who da fuck's the gurgler, and why has no one corrected him in a harsh manner?
>The story I heard was of a fan of a game who gave up trove links and then asked to be upgraded to a backer edition or some such to replace a previously purchased vanilla edition.
That completely sickens me - hours and hours and hours of work by many different hands, undone by one simpering ass-sucker for a few pieces of silver...people need to have more honor than that - and I say that knowing exactly where I am.
>None of the coded links appeared in the thread index
Huh. They're not even very dedicated or clever about fucking us over. They sound very lazy indeed.
Hmmmm....seems to me coded links are good links. And srsly this gurgler guy needs to go....

That bytes. (sorry, horrible pun)

I would certainly encourage everyone to not post complete links, would simply adding spaces be enough? I don't really have time to translate links from L33t, that is why they tend to get left in Da Annex.

Could encrypt them all using Base64. /osrg/ used to do that to their trove link.

I am much more concerned about fresh ones posted by Anons. There will always be a new user helping out. (we hope). Once the links are inside a pdf it seems to me to be shielded from cybercrotchspiders, otherwise they would have to open every pdf. Maybe they can and do, I don't know much about such things. I am guessing it might take a human to open the pdf to sic them on it.
One of the Generals maintains a Pastebin, perhaps that adds a layer of obfuscation that is helpful.

I don't know that it's a fallacy - most downloads are not a sale lost, but I'm pretty sure a small chunk of them are. Back in the 80s software houses in parts of Europe begged a pirate group, Fairlight I think it was, to stop releasing cracked versions of games that hadn't hit the street yet, as sales were flatlining hard. (They had somebody in the distribution channel handing them games before their release dates) The group conceded and went back to releasing 0-day or later and everyone was happy, more or less.
Which illustrates a different lesson -- talking to people and politely asking them not to share your stuff is liable to get positive results, unlike being an asshat about it.

Hello. I am looking for Settlers of Catan tiles and cards so I can print it myself and not pay 80 dollars. Thank you.

If I can figure it out, anyone who wants to cause trouble or complain can figure it out too. This place is not a well-kept secret and anyone interested in protecting their game can keep an eye on all relevant chans pretty easily. All the leetspeak and we.ir.d pun.ct.uat.ion in the world won't stop someone with a little time and common sense.

And using Base64 will increase "what do I do with this link" posts by an order of magnitude. And this, of course, will lead to a helpful user posting the link in plain text.

It stops bots from harvesting links and sending them on en masse is what it does. Now they have to pay someone to actually go through the thread and figure out what's where, which raises the costs associated with this stuff, and that means fewer takedowns.

Looking for:
Houses of the Blooded and Wicked Fantasy books by John Wick Presents.
Dark Eden Campaign for Mutant Chronicles.
Set Rising for Savage Worlds Suzerain.
Any Shaintar Guidebooks and Black Lantern Reports for Savage Worlds.

Is there any evidence whatsoever that these tiny RPG presses are using "bots" to "harvest links"? It seems much more likely that they would just have a dude look at the well-known places where PDFs get passed around.

Requesting the core rulebooks for the following games:
- Awaken
- FARFLUNG (PbtA)
- N.E.W. The Science Fiction Roleplaying Game
- The Illuminated Edda
- Würm

Looking for issues 70-77 of "The Rifter" to complete the set

Obscuring links causes a noticeable drop in takedown frequency? Like I've posted things prone to takedown with and without obscuring the link, and the obscured ones stay up longer.

Web spiders are not a new or expensive technology, dude. Hell, I could write a script in twenty minutes that would pull the links off every thread on this board. But if the links are all weird and messed up, it gets harder to find them automatically.

Does anyone have the hero system bestiary?

The fallacy is that EVERY copy downloaded is a sale lost, but I agree 100% on the "Don't be an Asshat" lesson.

Maybe I'm an outlier, but I've never run a game that wasn't either paid for in full, or open source.

However, I do like to read a bit. I don't know that I've read that many RPG books cover to cover but the ones that have kept my attention that well, I've ended up buying. In more than one case PDF sharing has led me to buy things I wouldn't have even glanced at otherwise. Hell, my current campaign is in a system I found via a request right here. I then spent money on a game from an indie writer and my group can't get enough of it.

I don't have a local game store anymore so I can't thumb through a book to decide whether to buy it. All I have to go on without a download is webpage marketing wank which always, without fail, says that every book will blow your hair back. That or reviews which are about as reliable as the aforementioned wank in most cases. My Gods do I wish there was any store that had RPG books within 100 miles of me.

If I had to shell out for every book I wanted to have a peek at, I'd have spent more money on books than I have on my house.

Sorry for the long reply that I guess can be summed up as:

TL;DR Downloading hasn't stopped me from buying , in fact the opposite may be true, though I'm probably a weirdo.

>issues 70-77 of "The Rifter"

I'm currently missing the following previous issues: 12, 14, 18, 20, 24, 28, 40, 41, 42.

Could you help a brother out, by any chance?

Is there a PDF of Robotech: Expeditionary Force Marines Sourcebook One yet?

Is Coriolis available?

Had a bad breakup last winter, the honorable thing to do would definitely be to give her some more time.

That's conjecture, not proof.

Hey guys, I'm searching for a PDF version of Mindshadows, published by Green Ronin Publishing. Can anybody help me?

Has anybody seen Occult Archetypes II yet?

Hey TheWiz!, I thought of an end-around cheat for your slow connection. Curate small files. I noticed that err..a friend of mine has several hundred pdfs under 3meg in his Misc Unsorted folder. Many of these are fanmade and/or open source things. Granted, they are not all one game, but some are often asked for. You could also have a separate Collection of only open source pdfs of 8+ megs that are too big to post on this board, it would probably never get hassled. Those files could be safely and wholesomely uploaded via a friend's speedier connection or at a coffeeshop.

Imagine the awesomeness of the Ultimate Open Source Archive of Everything that the user Brigade has ever found.
20 jillion things that nobody will ever complain that got uploaded. I feel like a Paladin just thinking about it. Now that I think about it, I might even contribute to such a thing. I have never uploaded anything to anywhere except here.

Dwarven steam powered mech and arabian nights with a psionic infusion. I had this at one point, iirc it wasn't very good. I will have a look when I get back to my box.

>I have never uploaded anything to anywhere except here.

A clear violation of the maximum pirate code. Sanctions are forthcoming.

>The fallacy is that EVERY copy downloaded is a sale lost, but I agree 100% on the "Don't be an Asshat" lesson.

Agreed. And it's guys like you that make me feel better about sharing all this stuff over the years.

Oh sorry, Professor, I didn't realize we had such rigorous standards of research here on a Kentucky scrimshaw board.
All I know is what I've seen firsthand in trying to get contended files to anons that want them, but if testimony isn't good enough then I'm afraid you're shit out of luck, because that's all anyone's got on the subject here until that big research firm gets back to us with all the collated data you paid for. You did pay 'em, right?

>You did pay 'em, right?

With spit, derision and middle-fingers.

Well most Green Ronin books aren't good, but I was curious about it. Anyway, I'd be thankful if you could take a look.

Thank you for your kind words, I am not even a privateer. ;)
If we all had local libraries or bookstores that had printed copies of these books, I would not endorse this behavior. Being able to look at a product is crucial to making an informed purchase. Libraries even have photocopiers which clearly violate copyright laws. Schools instruct you to copy data from books as part of your education. Some professors build their own course books from multiple copyrighted sources and require you to go purchase them from the print shop. The print shops happily do this while sometimes hassling the same student about printing a pdf.
My position has always been, "If you use it, support the author."
Reason One: It is the right thing to do.
Reason Two: They won't keep writing the thing you like if they can't make it worthwhile.

Besides, I am an Amish Luddite who can barely understand this sinful typewriter/television thing sitting in front of me.
Actually, I believe you provided Empirical evidence, not conjecture. Which I believe is valid and suitable for our purposes.
"Kentucky scrimshaw" ? Sounds fascinating.

if not for plagiarism, I would have flunked long ago.

long since deleted or lost to one of innumerable HD crashes, but I had a look on the irc. mebs I should give it another shot, here you go, otouto-san. Enjoy.

@$$
/file/0dqd4h

I believe the correct term is 'research'.

potato, tomato

Requesting Shitlord: The Gathering

Requesting Privilege Check

Shitlord: The Triggering.

Damn captchas fuck me up.

I actually can't tell if Veeky Forums is being facetious. Kill me now.

Requesting Dusk City Outlaws.

>52762546

A communist bump!

>I am much more concerned about fresh ones posted by Anons. There will always be a new user helping out. (we hope). Once the links are inside a pdf it seems to me to be shielded from cybercrotchspiders
So, then: continue to 1337 and otherwise hide da links itt. Fuck da bots.
>Downloading hasn't stopped me from buying , in fact the opposite may be true, though I'm probably a weirdo
That is good, though I suspect many of us are similar, 'weirdo' - I'd guess the blatant thieves are more likely to go after the big popular publishers, not the little obscure guys (it takes some thoughtfulness to use littler games, after all).
tl;dr - do your part to fight tha filthy robots: encode links in tha thread!

is there a trove of all the old tsr greyhawk novels?

Hey folks. Looking for pic related, General Quarters 3. I looked through the archive, and I'm 90% sure it's not there, but I could very well be wrong.

Looking for SAVETheEternalSociety for Chill3rdedition. Tnx!
drivethrurpg.com/product/183270/SAVE-The-Eternal-Society?manufacturers_id=4433

Not yet released, only a preview, mate. The game was KS'd last year. Wait until autumn at least.

You know what?

I like this Idea!

I might also start researching dead properties so I can trove games that have copyrights on the page, but have been abandoned i.e. belong to dead publishers or the like. I can see a "Safe To Post In-Thread" trove being quite useful.

Bump for out of this world weirdness

Sounds great! It is a good niche and it is less volatile than a regular trove. Unfortunately, copyrights exist until they expire, even if the publisher and author don't care or even exist anymore. Old Moot asked anons to only link to copyrighted material that was posted elsewhere. He was concerned that he would be required to remove pdf posting entirely. Unlikely as is would be, some rude person could find a scanned book on here from 60 years ago and complain we are being naughty.
I think having some stable troves would be wonderful.
This also lets it have files larger than 8 meg.
You are awesome.
(pic related; I'll send this sorceress over to...dust your shelves.)

oops

Does anyone have the Blades in the Dark: Scum and Villainy hack?

Anybody have any of the DCC adventures above 82? All of the troves in Da Archive seem to stop around there.

try bookzz.org/ n similiar since not rpg manual

I was just reading a post elsewhere, where the EABA guy mentioned that More Guns! is likely to stay out of print, because he doesn't have the files anymore. So there's that.

Sauce, please? I've taken a recent interest in Greg Porter and his work. Seems weird to me he wouldn't have a personal copy kicking around somewhere, but oh well.

Cyber Bump

I'm looking for :
Fate of the Norns : Ragnarock
Fate of the Norns : Ragnarock - Denizens of the North
All previous links for these are dead, does anyone have them?

Anybody have Fragged Empire: Protagonist Archive?

Request - Cypher System Expanded Worlds

Did it come out already? If so, I'll join your request, but I never got an e-mail about it...

>Release Date: 4/19/2017

Should be buyable on PDF any time now, but I'd give it at least a few days if not weeks before it's yoinkable here.