The #1 bestselling series finally back in print for the 20th Anniversary of the world-wide phenomenon that has been translated into 12 languages and sold over 5 million copies worldwide! Explore the fantasy world of Ruin Mist in your own way... Visual gaming begins here and you can be a part of fine-tuning and expanding the roleplaying system being introduced with this core rulebook. As the author of the Ruin Mist books and the creator of Battle for Ruin Mist: The Roleplaying Game(tm), Robert Stanek developed this gaming system for gamers and readers of his popular Ruin Mist books. Growing up in Wisconsin just a few miles from Lake Geneva, Robert was there when Dungeons & Dragons was born and was an active gamer throughout his youth as well as an early player and tester of games like Boot Hill and Gamma World and one of the first to play and test the World of Greyhawk. In this 300-page rulebook for the core roleplaying game, Robert introduces the Visual RPG concepts he's developed over a lifetime as an active gamer and RPG fan including Player Battle System, Campaign Battle System, Active Cooperative Adventuring, Active Player-vs-Player Combat, Active Campaign Combat, Dynamic Magic System, d100 System, and Percentile Gaming System -- all of which are trademarks or registered trademarks of Reagent Press. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A gifted and distinguished writer, respected and skilled teacher and recipient of our nation's highest flying honor, the Distinguished Flying Cross, Robert Stanek wrote over 200 books of both fiction and nonfiction in his 30-year career. Although his works were published and/or distributed by nearly every major US publisher, Robert operated against the grain and became the first breakout author of the digital publishing movement. The first to serialize an ebook, the first to e-author a bestseller, and the first to e-author a digital audio bestseller. Robert is the recipient of multiple awards recognizing his outstanding contributions and excellence in writing, and a recent nominee for a Lifetime Achievement award. Translated into 57 languages, Robert Stanek's books have sold nearly 20 million copies worldwide. Achievements for Robert Stanek's Ruin Mist books... #1 Fiction, Audible (12 weeks, 2005) Top 50 Sci-fi/Fantasy, Amazon (26 weeks, 2002) Top 10 Fiction, Audible (25 weeks, 2005) Top 50 Fiction, Audible (52 weeks, 2005-2006) Top 10 Kids & YA, Audible (180 weeks, 2005-2007) #1 Featured Book Audible June-July 2005 Featured in Cover Story, Publisher's Weekly (2009) Featured in VOYA (2007) Featured in Complete Idiots Guide to Elves and Fairies (2005) Featured in Ancient Art of Faery Magick (2005) Popular Series Fiction for Middle School and Teen Readers (2005, 2008) Top 10 Recommended Author -- SciFi Bookcase (2004 - 2012) Top 10 Book -- SciFi Bookcase (2004 - 2012) Top 20 Author -- RateItAll (2005 - 2012) A Top 100 Fantasy -- The Fantasy 100 (2005 - 2007) "Robert Stanek is one of our most featured and respected Kids & Young Adults authors." -- The Audio Book Store "Word of mouth turned it into a bestseller. Very satisfying." -- The Fantasy Guide "Recommended series."-- Ancient Art of Faery Magick "Stanek augments the beginning of this complex tale with illustrations that are sure to attract fans of graphic novels and classic Tolkien alike." -- VOYA - the leading magazine for YA librarians. "A prolific non-fiction writer, Stanek's focus on instruction influences his fiction with a penchant for clear and simple prose. He also prefers swift, action-oriented scenes. Solidly built." -- Foreword Magazine.