It's Da Archive™ ! It Will Be The Best 9 Hours Of Your Gaming Career! STEP 1 Go to the last thread if you haven't looked at it. there is lots of stuff, including filled requests directly posted to the board. Files posted directly to Veeky Forums are not added to Da Archive, so go grab them now.
STEP 2 Grab your Documents: Da Archive is multiple documents.
STEP 4 Get comfortable and browse through the blasted thing. It is only about 100 pages long. If you skim over the Personal Collections without looking you will miss 7,000 pdfs.
STEP 7 If you want MORE, the previous threads are all archived in here: archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/PDF share/ There are other Veeky Forums archives somewhere as well. 7chan might also be able to help.
STEP 42 Please give as much information as you can when you make a request. The more information you give (cover, a link to product, name of designer/writer/publisher) - the more chances someone might recognize it and upload it.
Step 45 Da Archivist Does Not Have An Opinion. He logs Garbage and Gold equally. Please be respectful and don't belittle others' requests because you dislike the game. Imagine the horrific RPGs I've run across; 'Dragon Dildo Warriors', ‘Cheeto Fingered Gods of Angst’, and 'We're All Little Girls (Frilly Dresses Are Mandatory At the Table)' spring to mind.
STEP 5 Please be patient with the Irrepressible Urchins™ who request without looking first. They are always a regular feature here. They help bump the thread, and they want to look at something that's not porn. They might even read it. You don't have to answer them, although that also bumps the thread. You don't kick a puppy for not being housebroken. If they upset you, tell your monitor or your teddy bear. Please don't tell us about it. I understand your frustration, they used to drive me crazy. I would punch my teddy bear.
P.S. - Remember, We are Better than all of the rest of the horrible internet and Good Manners ALWAYS gets more results. Wise up or please go elsewhere.
STEP Zillion Please post dead links and I will remove them to keep the archive up to date. Be specific - Include a Page Number -, there are dozens of copies of some Pdfs.
STEP: the Next. If you have a fancy pdf that has unwanted clutter on it, here is one way to clean it. Contact our resident Transmutation Wizard and politely ask him to clean a pdf. He will set his scrying device to accept pdfs and then you ship it to him. Magic occurs, then the pdf is purified. [email protected] By the way, Thanks Mageguru, you're the Best!
Ayden Stewart
STEP: 33 1/3 Anons could also help by going through the lists and checking for dead links and notifying the board. This is mentioned again because it really helps us out.
Please ONLY POST OPEN SOURCE PDFS DIRECTLY IN THIS THREAD. Link the others from elsewhere. Excessive infractions could cause TPTB to remove the ability to post any pdfs at all. Check for copyrights before you post anything directly.
Extra Special Thanks to the user Brigade who do ALL of the digging, loading, and posting.
My personal quest is to help Mageguru's noble cause:
1991 Fantasy Collector Cards Factory Set Assault on the Fane of Lolth (3e - Free Worldwide Game Day) CCC-SALT-01-01 CCC-SALT-01-02 CCC-SALT-01-03 Unearthed Archetypes: Heroes for the Ages (5e) Alchemical Archetypes: Created & Creators (5e)
(and my list for Santa) Dungeon Planner 1 Caverns of the Dead Dungeon Planner 2 Nightmare in BlackMarsh, both by Albie Fiore & Robert Neville GammaWorld 1E blank B&W map of the USA from Noble Knight.
Alexander Scott
A Paraphrased Message From TheWiz!: To guard against rapid takedowns by nasty little bots, we suggest encoding links thusly:
The above link is easy to decode but does not show up as a working link to the T-888's that lurk this ruined city with Plasma Rifles Primed. Even just adding spaces helps. This becomes most important when filling requests. Posting a full link right out of a large Trove/Collection risks the whole thing. Just post a page reference for Da Archive or Da Annex, with a short instruction and let the document do the job of guarding the links.
NonAnon says: “I only do 1 to 3 letters, usually A (@), S ($) and E (3), along with "." as , it's not that hard to figure out.“
Kayden Hughes
user Suggests “Where to U.p.l.o.a.d.” “S3ndsp@ce, which I prefer, U53rscl0ud or M3G4 for large collections. Protonmail is a free and easy disposable user email.” “Mega is relatively safe, you would have to be an extremely flagrant repeat offender before notice would be taken past anything other than a take-down. 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 vztur1, $nipli, and An0nto.
user Says: 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. “
Dominic Perez
Images posted should have a Veeky Forums theme. Images of maps, castles, open source pdfs, character art and general gaming art are always welcome. Please avoid reaching the 150 image cap too early.
Some Friendly Tips from RequestFiller: 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. A quick CTRL-F in Da Archive should always be a step that precedes asking for help.
If you like a game you are welcome to tell us why you like it. Feel free to add links to reviews, and such. We are here to learn about new games. Give us your best elevator pitch.
Jaxon Lopez
This thread's topic is about improving our techniques to preserve assets. The very nature of what we do causes exposure. I am not really concerned with people who are attention-seeking jerks. Ignore them. What would be extremely helpful would be duplication of the older files that are not maintained. Even more awesome would be if the re-uploads were somewhat sorted so we didn't have six Collections with just the main book of 'Bushido' and one site with all the supplements.
I like it when The Generals use Pastebin as their data repository, it makes keeping Da Archive up-to-date easier. Are there drawbacks to doing it that way?
Oliver Murphy
Mouseguard? Couldn't find it in PDF.
Luis Barnes
Put a space between the words and you'll find it.
Josiah Kelly
Anything Cthulhutech. Could not find.
Carter Turner
Oh my. I feel silly, thank you user.
Daniel Baker
https://www.m^diafire.com /folder/9glx3z2zllvhv
Just change the '^' to an 'e' and you'll be good to go!
Carson Wood
I didn't have two of those. Thank you.
Michael James
I'll get around to posting those books I Scaned
Jacob Perry
Requesting:
Mutant Chronicles Dark Eden Campaign Frostgrave Into the Breeding Pits
Landon Davis
Hi im looking for the Palladium Fantasy Book "Bizantium and the Northern Islands" Thank you
Nathaniel Russell
Would also like last request
Cameron Thompson
Scums & Villainy anyone?
Grayson Scott
Does anybody have any of the cinematic evirons from Critical Hit Publishing?
I'm looking for the survival and aquatic depths books in particular.
Gavin Roberts
Looking for the Crimson Skies sourcebooks "Pride of the Republic" and "Aircraft Recognition Manual".
Promising sexual favors in return.
Ian Wright
Wah gwan, mi yute?
If any of you fine fellows has any of the following, I'll be as happy as a pig in the proverbial :)
Torchbearer Sagas : Astral Knights Denizens of The Dark Wanderers, Outcasts, and Exiles Rune Casters
Symbaroum : Adventure Pack I Adventure Pack II The Mark of The Beast Tomb of Dying Dreams Thistle Hold - Wrath of The Warden + extras
The last Shadow of The Demon Lord Spell Cards needed to make it all up to date...
s3ndsp4c3
/file/5m3b9f /file/jzgj4k /file/bp6w5j
Jayden Morris
Anyone have The Last Church by Graham McNeill?
Brandon Peterson
>The Last Church by Graham McNeill
y0utub3
/watch?v=qg1MrCyCmNU
Alexander Williams
user, I want you to know that you made me really happy. :)
Ryan Williams
Good :)
Benjamin Martin
Anyone have "Into The Odd" (the 48-page version) please?
Brandon Green
>This thread's topic is about improving our techniques to preserve assets. Copy troves. Collect and Maintain troves of shit that interests you. Be Secure: encode any links you share, and don't share an entire trove, and avoid sharing really new/hot products until the heat dies down. Any other techniques we've agreed upon that I've forgotten?
We are known and are in the spotlight. Idiots come here just to fuck with us for lulz. Thieves come here because they are lazy and stupid. A lot of us are kids with little sense of proportion or consequence, so we make a lot of mistakes. And developers know what we do and lurk here looking to protect their thin profits. These are the dangers we face. We are fairly good at this, though. With knowledge and a little care we have done much: under Da Archivist this past year, the quantity of takedowns has seemed to decrease. Security works!
tl;dr - save the old troves! mirror mirror mirror, friends.
Angel Mitchell
Look like I am the only one who didn't have Dynasties and Demagogues
>What would be extremely helpful would be duplication of the older files that are not maintained. Even more awesome would be if the re-uploads were somewhat sorted so we didn't have six Collections with just the main book of 'Bushido' and one site with all the supplements.
I'm trying to think of a way to work this out, but all I can really think of is sorting through the big collections, making a list of all the games included in Da entire Archive and assigning either specific games or publishers to willing anons who then dig through Da Archive backing up the assigned files.
If these files were backed up with m3ga, someone could in turn create several accounts and import them alphabetically based on publisher. Say, m3ga1 A-G, m3ga2 is H-M, etc.
This would exclude anything with a dedicated thread or in a maintained collection (Mage's, Humble Barder's), but then we have to ask which are and which aren't maintained.
It would require quite a bit of time and collective effort, but I'm really just spitballing here. Protecting Da Archive is something I wholeheartedly embrace.
/long wind
Hunter Flores
This what you want? :)
s3ndsp4c3
/file/e6fvnt
Blake Gutierrez
We're actively attempting to protect these files. Please don't post direct links.
Jacob Butler
Ancalia: The Broken Towers, for Godbound m3g4 dot nz / #!UZNnzCSA!IH5GV05_y2kT4Zxq2crY8D43XsP4T4HI24gul4QBnHM
Does anyone have The Night Wolf Inn, Blood in the Chocolate or Kagegami High?
LP - To Worlds Unknown LP - The Scavenged Codex LP - Dead Vault Descent LP - Confederates of the Shattered Zone LP - The Depths of Desperation LP - Mind Tyrants of the Merciless Moons LP - To Kill a Star
Justin Torres
Great, thank you so much :)
Brody Reed
Requesting the playtest for Broken World RPG version 1.5
>Broken World RPG is a system based on Apocalypse World centered around the Kill Six Billion Demons setting
Brody James
Humbly requesting Hypercorps 2099. I've found dead links to it, so it's been around at some point, but can't find anything recent.
Longer shot, but from Deadlands I'm also looking for: Ghost Towns Murder on the Hellstromme Express Territory Guide #1 - Newfoundland: Rock of Ages Trail Guides: Volume I Whose Coming To Donner
Thanks!
Carter Williams
>What would be extremely helpful would be duplication of the older files that are not maintained
Is there any way for those who want to help to figure out what these might be?
I don't mind helping mirror "at risk" stuff. But I also don't really want to have gigabytes of files for systems that I'm not really interested in when there are also dozens of copies of it out there.
For instance, I'm vaguely interested in Harn, an older system. But I've seen the whole thing on two or three different troves so I don't feel like I need to "do my bit" by downloading the things I'm missing and putting up Yet Another Harn Trove.
Maybe Da Archivist could list out a few things s/he thinks could be mirrored? Or maybe that's something that could go at the top of Da Archive?
Luis Allen
Requesting The Grand Grimoire of Cthulhu Mythos Magic Pdf
Kevin Roberts
The Storms of Yizhao: An Adventure for Godbound please? :)
TIA
Brody Ross
Anyone have the Lighthouse Roleplaying System?
Camden Peterson
Anyone have these Hero Kids supplements please?
The Lost Village Wizard's Tower Monster Compendium Equipment Cards Curse of The Shadow Walkers Glade of The Unicorn Mines of Martek Pet Cards Hero Cards I, II, III, IV Fire in Rivenshore Yuletide Journey Space Adventure - Tyranny's Shadow Space Adventure - Secret of The Crystal Cave Space Adventure - Trouble at Threshold Station Fantasy Adventure Compendium Fantasy Expansion Pack 1 Space Expansion - Hero Cards I, II
Sorry it's such a long list. Not easy to find, except for the same few files over and over.
Here's most (but not all) of the things on your list on medi@f
/folder/yglxxkccg18fl/Hero_Kids
Nicholas Brooks
im looking for 5e reforged: a homebrew guide for 5th edition tabletop gaming pdf would really appreciate the help
Gabriel Jackson
>The Lost Village >Wizard's Tower >Monster Compendium >Equipment Cards >Curse of The Shadow Walkers >Glade of The Unicorn >Mines of Martek >Pet Cards >Hero Cards I, II, III, IV >Fire in Rivenshore >Yuletide Journey >Space Adventure - Tyranny's Shadow >Space Adventure - Secret of The Crystal Cave >Space Adventure - Trouble at Threshold Station >Fantasy Adventure Compendium >Fantasy Expansion Pack 1 >Space Expansion - Hero Cards I, II
Amazing!
Thank you so so much
John Ramirez
Cthulhu Confidential anyone?
Anyone?
Bueller?
William Nguyen
>Cthulhu Confidential
Here you go:
send space dot com /file/ucbd4z
Lincoln Rodriguez
You my friend, are a gentleman, a scholar, and an acrobat ... no, wait ... that's the Pink Panther.
Looking for LLA005 - Stealer of Children by Small Niche please
Jackson Carter
Requesting M20 Book of Secrets.
Angel Edwards
Forgive my ignorance, but how exactly do I use the link to M3di4F? Could you provide me with an alternative coded version that makes it a little clearer?
Dominic Allen
Looking for the Special Edition of Blades in the Dark, or just the U'duasha city info.
Easton Sullivan
It sounds like Fedia Mire and it's probably the most used service for multi-file troves besides m3g4
Landon Lewis
You better hope that someone has the Time sphere and tass to burn since BoS has not been released yet and we don't have a date beyond SOON.
Oliver Campbell
And it is only after I post I discover that the KS backers are about to get their filthy mitts on the book.
We might just get lucky.
Oliver Butler
im looking for Ultimate Bestiary: Revenge of the Horde! New 5E Monsters! book looks grat i hope someone can help
Kevin Phillips
I know you're fat and therefore stupid, but you cannot so stupid that you can't "decipher" M3di4F.
Seriously. You simply can't be that fucking stupid.
Jayden Baker
Thank you for your ignorance. However, I'd prefer it if people behaved in a civil and polite way. Just because I did not know the dl provider (uninformed noob that I am), does not give you the right to insult me.
Thank you, that was very helpful. Next time I'll know, now... :)
Evan Myers
...or rather, next time I'll be able to connect the dots - I actually know MF, but just did not make the connection, it being absent from my mind at the time of commenting... :)
Christopher Johnson
Looking for specific Polyhedron magazine issues, which are missing from the troves in Da Archive where I could find them: #16, #17, #19 (all three are missing the pages which contain the Prophecy of Brie adventures in Mageguru's trove)
also missing from the collections I've found, but of less interest to me at the moment are: #26, #30, #40, #58, #67, #69, #72-75, #77-81, #83-90, #91-95, #97-101 So if some kind user out there has a more complete trove, I'd love a look!
Thomas Foster
Never underestimate the power of a wizard.
Landon Scott
>Thank you for your ignorance.
My ignorance? You're the one who couldn't put down your Mountain Dew and Cheetos long enough to decipher the mysterious phrase "M3di4F".
You can't be THAT stupid. That lazy yes, because you're fat, but not that stupid.
Cooper Williams
Does anyone have Castle Oldskull City Encounters, City State Creator I or City State Creator II all from Kent David Kelly?
I liked the Old Skull Dungeon Design Guide that Megaguru posted in the last thread and I'm looking for more work from the same writer if someone has it to share
Evan Powell
anyone have a scan of mercs 2.0 from megacon games
Liam Roberts
I'm looking for the Degenesis adventure the Killing Game. Can anyone help out?
Lincoln Martin
The first 5 pages of Da Archive have the most of the ‘un -maintained’ troves. The best thing is to go through them all and get what interests you.
I think specific smaller curated troves are easier to maintain than huge Collections. Pick a game or small publisher you like that’s not too big and complete it as best you can easily. Upload the pdfs somewhere. Hunt for and request the missing things. If it gets taken down, put it up again later. Using indirect links seems to work for Mageguru.
Many of the Big Collections have 7th Sea, for example. Most have the core books and a few stray supplements. Perhaps one of these Collections is totally complete. Finding that one first is unlikely.
Possible Candidates, based on modest size and perceived popularity, include:
7th Sea Aces & Eights AFMBE Aftermath Amethyst Amber Anima Apocalypse World Ars Magica Barbarians of Lemuria Blue Planet Blue Rose Burning Wheel Bushido Capes Champions Chill Conan Colonial Gothic The Dark Eye Deadlands DC Heroes Degenesis Dresden Dungeon World Dying Earth Exalted Fading Suns Fate Feng Shui Fragged Empire GammaWorld Golden Sky Stories Gumshoe
Connor Martin
Hackmaster Harn Iron Kingdoms Ironclaw/Jadeclaw Kingdom Death Labyrinth Lord Lamentations of the Flame Princess The Laundry Marvel Heroic RPG Mekton Mistborn Monster Hunter International Mordheim Mouse Guard Munchkins Mutants & Masterminds Mutant Chronicles Mutant Epoch Mutant Year Zero Numenera Osprey Palladium Paranoia Rolemaster/Middle Earth Runequest Savage Worlds Shadow of the Demon Lord Song of Ice and Fire Stars Without Number Stormbringer Twilight 2000
This is not a list of opinions, just games with more than 3 books and less than a jillion.
Dylan Miller
I've posted by Burning Wheel (gold rules compatible only) trove a couple times, that could be added.
