Our Game Master has provided us with some tools written in Visual Basic to allow other Game Masters easy access to many game mechanics that really need to be automated.

Here are the first tools.  Please visit here frequently to see more tools.  

This site links to our specific product sites when appropriate. 

ASP.NET Web Applications

• Community Creator
  • Using D20 Gamma World rules to build post apocalyptic communities
• Random Mutation
  • allows Game Masters to randomly pick from multiple mutations sources for Gamma World
• Linguistic Drift
  • converts text to Gamma World text via simple linguistic drift rules
• Wild Surge
  • Random Generator for Wild Surges
  • Includes Wild Magic and more
• Adventure Hook Generator
  • Now utilizing the web so you don't have to install anything (except maybe IE4 or above)
  • Can generate 1 to many adventure hooks
  • Future versions may actually allow genre configuration
• Random Stuff 
  • Randomly pick items for use with RPGs
  • Utilizes our online GMH database with many different tables of data
• GMH Data Entry
  • A new view into our GMH database
  • Multiple Lists of Items for use in any RPG universe
• Name Generator 
  • Helps GMs Pick a name from our massive database of names (~169000 and ~134000 unique)
    • Gender selections available
    • First and Last or Full names 
    • Critter names too
    • Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Orc, or Halfling
    • Viking, Byzantine, Anglo-Saxon,  Irish, Kievan  and more
  • Helps GMs fabricate a name from dozens of routines built for name generation.
    • Generates character names
      • multiple array methods
      • whisler matrix method
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    • Generates item names as well like
      • armor, energy weapon, and energy shield 
      • planet and species
    • Genre specific
      • Elven, Sylvan, or Goblin
      • Old English or Arthurian
      • Tekumel or Tsolyani
      • Gamman
      • Romulan or Vulcan
      • Hero or Hero Group 
      • Villain or Villain Group 
  • Future releases will have magic item names
    • scroll, potion, and wondrous items
• Hero Background
  • Helps players create a quick background for a character
  • Helps Game Masters with quick background info for some special NPC
  • Future versions 
    • may allow genre configuration
    • may allow more entity (race) categories
    • will contain the mother of all questionaires
• Alignment Quiz
  • Using a simple formula, determine a characters true alignment
• Roll Generator
  • Random Dice Rolls based on formulas, ranges, or dice
  • With support for modifiers
• Dice Formula
  • Helps Game Masters calculate what dice are needed to roll a particular number
  • Now with "pseudo-optimized" calculation

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ASP.NET Web Services

• Roll Generator Web Service
  • Web Service for use in web applications
  • Random Dice Rolls based on formulas, ranges, or dice
  • With support for modifiers
• Name Generator Service coming soon!

VB.NET Applications

• Roll Generator .NET
  • Latest .NET technology
  • Random Dice Rolls based on formulas, ranges, or dice
  • With support for modifiers

Visual Basic 6 Applications

• Game Master Helper - Mike's Map Maker
  • Helps Game Masters create some pretty cool maps
   
• Game Master Helper - Alien Profile Creator
  • Helps Game Masters with creation of alien species profiles and descriptions
   
• Game Master Helper - Non-Player Character Generator
  • Helps Game Masters with tedious NPC generation
  • This simple generator allows Game Masters to  easily generate NPC and Supporting Cast statistics
  • The current version is driven by the Supporting Cast 
  • Also allows for multiple NPCs to be generated in a batch
  • Will allows the Game Master to save characters too

   

• Game Master Helper - Quick Combat Generator
  • Helps Game Masters with tedious NPC FOE attack and action calculations
   
• Game Master Helper - Roll Generator
  • Helps Game Masters Roll Dice easily with the aid of a PC
    
• Game Master Helper - Dice Formulas
  • Helps Game Masters calculate what dice are needed to roll a particular number
    
• Game Master Helper - Map Creator
  • Helps Game Masters create maps
    

• Game Master Helper - Random Adventure Generator  

  • A simple program that helps generate adventure hooks specific for Gamma World.   
    

• Game Master Helper - Step Scale Slider

  • A simple component representation of the Situation Die Steps Scale used in the Alternity Role Playing Game.
    
• Beta versions for people interested in testing:
  • Player Character Designer
    • Similar to the 1977 Mighty Men and Monster Maker game by Tomy.
    • Allows the user to quickly generate simple graphical representations of characters utilizing the technology to match connected body parts.  Allows the user to mix and match heads, torsos, and legs.
      
  • Name Generator
    • Used to generate some odd names for NPCs or Supporting Cast or even alien encounters
    • Will become an ASP.NET web application real soon.

Coming Soon 

• Game Master Helper - Homeworld Generator 
  • for use with Alien Profile Creator and more
• Game Master Helper - Character Manager
  • Currently helps Game Masters store Player and NPC characters in a database for easy retrieval

• Additional Tools for use with the GAMe MAster Helper
  • Weapon Manager
  • Gear Manager
  • Armor Manager
  • Vehicle Manager
  • Additional Manager applications too!

Installation Notice!

All installations are as is with no implied warranty.  Use at your own risk.  No guarantee implied or otherwise.  

The installations require the download of the Microsoft Windows Installer.  Please download, run, then go to our products to download product specific MSI files.  For further information on Microsoft Windows Installer, please visit Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=30333 

Microsoft Windows Installer requires WinME, Windows 2000 or Windows XP or a special installation upgrade from Microsoft Windows Installer Re-distributable (if this link isn't working, search for the "windows installer re-distributable"

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