The world's greatest and most celebrated magicians, conjurers and illusionists can make us believe the unbelievable, the impossible possible. But, of course, just like everybody else these conjurors had to start at a beginning. They too had to learn simple (but effective) card tricks, easy (but imaginative) coin tricks and basic (but still mind boggling) sleight-of-hand tricks before advancing to more innovative and radical skills and techniques. Amazing Magic Tricks is a cool compendium of diverse tricks to inspire all aspiring magicians to pick up a wand and impress their friends and family! Full of trivia as well as simple illusions to practice, perfect and perform at home, Amazing Magic Tricks will guide you on your way to becoming a master magician quicker than you can say 'Ta-Dah!'.

If you've ever taken a child (or sat near one) on public transport - you know how important this book is. Five Minute Mum: On the Go is the ultimate companion to any journey, staycation or holiday: 80 games to keep little ones happily - and quietly! - occupied when you're out and about. Also featuring games suitable for big groups on holidays or at parties, this is endless fun for kids, and sanity saving for their grown ups!

Soar above a planet of adventure! The trail of a long-vanished ally leads to the other side of a magical portal called the Doorway to the Red Star. The heroes must earn the trust of the portal's guardians then travel through it-to another planet of red sands and high adventure! Working to gain allies among scholarly brain-people and shifty ratfolk, the heroes must infiltrate a massive airship and fight to free their ally from an insidious trap on an alien world! "Doorway to the Red Star" is a Pathfinder adventure for four 15th-level characters. This adventure continues the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path, a six-part, monthly campaign in which the heroes rise from humble magic academy students to become influential teachers, and ultimately decide the fate of the Magaambya. This adventure also details people, places, and monsters of Akiton, the Red Planet, a fabulous setting for sword-and-sorcery escapades! Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.

Former Unrestricted World Checker Champion introduces you to the game and lets you in on championship secrets.

How Freaks Normals Amateurs Artists Dreamers Dropouts Queers Housewives Are Taking Back an Art Form. Part critical essay, part manifesto, part DIY guide and altogether unprecedented, Anna Anthropys Rise of the Videogame Zinesters shows why the multi-billion dollar videogame industry needs to change - and how a new generation of artists can change it.

Get the most out of your inner magical power with Pathfinder Spell Cards! This must-have accessory for focus spellcasters contains more than 150 spell reference cards, covering every focus spell in the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, giving players immediate access to key game details without the need to slow down play to flip through a giant book. Players can easily arrange and plan their spells within moments, and a quick scan of the cards presents a caster's tactical options at a glance. Take your first step toward mastering your inner power with Pathfinder Spell Cards, and always stay focused on your magic!

Sherlock Holmes may be the world's greatest detective, but he needs your help. Join the renowned sleuth and his assistant Dr Watson as they travel across Victorian England, encountering mysterious crimes along the way. Using just Watson's illustrated case notes, can you unravel the twists and turns of each remarkable story? After reading ten original cases, you will need to solve baffling questions such as: * Who murdered the High Court judge, and why? * How did the Baker Street Irregulars know the warehouse robbery was an inside job? * And did the stonemason really die in a climbing accident? Are you up to Sherlock's challenge?

Games play a crucial role in a childs development, helping children to discover and understand the world around them. Parents are always on the lookout for new games and activities to play with their kids.

The Great Big Book of Childrens Games features more than 450 indoor and outdoor games for kids.

Arranged according to appropriate agegroup, the games run the gamut in theme and mood. There are games designed for quiet times and intellectual stimulation as well as those that contribute to physical development, such as strength and wrestling games and races and relays. This book presents parents with a vast array of games for children of all ages, including:

• Card games
  
• Word games
  
• Sidewalk and blacktop games
  
• Tabletop games
  
• Party games, road games, and more
  

There are two types of people in Texas: those who play 42 and those who need to learn. Winning 42 is written for both. A team game that no one tires of, 42 does not rely mostly on luck or memory. Skill and strategy separate the best from the rest. Veterans who relish the logic of each domino played will find challenge in the advanced chapters and fascination in the history and lore. Many who've grown up with 42 are nonetheless surprised by its utterly Texan heritage, reaching back over a century and a quarter. Beginners will find easy instruction in all the basics, from bidding a hand or setting an opponent to the challenge of the 84 hand, and can advance at their own pace. Replete with championship statistics and stories from veteran players and strategists--including many celebrities from astronauts to presidents--Winning 42 illumines a cherished tradition that links Texans from all walks of life.

This is the perfect gift for those looking to create an exciting experience in their own home! Perfect for playing with your family and friends, this kit contains everything you need to create five intricate escape rooms in your living room. Enter the world of The Wexell Escape Room Kit, but beware... you only have a limited time to solve the puzzles before the seconds runs out and you are locked in forever! Written by an experienced escape room creator, this kit contains five rooms for you to unravel. You must help Adam Parkinson, a young investigative journalist, and his conspiracy-theorist friend Henry Fielding as they take on the diabolical Wexell Corporation. As you decipher the puzzles in each room, an escape route will be revealed and a new location uncovered for you to explore. The story spans from Adam's apartment in London to an ancient ruin buried under a Spanish city... and beyond.

With the chips down and the cards stacked against them, a crew of vengeance-seeking vigilantes must infiltrate Alkenstar's upper crust in order to clear their names and halt a villain's plot to bring the city to its knees. In this action-packed finale, the characters must pull off a daring high-rise heist at a garish gala, shut down a necromancer's shocking schemes in a volatile hydropower plant, and dismantle their last remaining rival's master plan aboard a luxury gearboat, all before an explosive conclusion destined to blast the city apart! "The Smoking Gun" is a Pathfinder adventure for four 8th-level characters. This adventure concludes the Outlaws of Alkenstar Adventure Path, a three-part monthly campaign in which a band of outlaws unravel an explosive criminal plot in the heart of the City of Smog, Alkenstar. This adventure also includes a breakdown of the world's largest arms manufacturer, the Gunworks; new feats, items, and rules options perfect for gunslingers, gearheads, and grenadiers; and new steampunk creatures and mutant monsters to befriend or bedevil your players. Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.

Just as an alchemist's formula book holds the key to crafting alchemical items, the Pathfinder Alchemy Deck contains cards for every alchemical item from the Pathfinder Core Rulebook and the Advanced Player's Guide. Each card holds the item's statistics, a description, and a beautiful full-color illustration so you can see every item in your collection! Whether you're a GM building an alchemist's stall or a player assembling a formula book, the Alchemy Deck keeps your reagents at your fingertips!

The dead are rising! This blasphemous tome gives players and GMs everything they need to bring the shambling menace of the undead to their Pathfinder adventures. This book includes tools for fighting against the undead horde, but also options for the players themselves to control or even become undead creatures. GMs will find new tools and haunts, as well as information about the undead-plagued lands of the Lost Omens campaign setting. A massive bestiary section full of undead creatures brings more threats for GMs to use and summonable creatures for players, including more versions of classic undead like vampires, skeletons, and zombies. This 224-page hardcover rulebook also includes a full adventure themed around fighting the undead! This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.