The Book of Random Tables 2: Fantasy Role-Playing Game Aids for Game Masters (The Books of Random Tables)

I recently purchased all three editions of The Book of Random Tables, and I'm more than pleased with all three.The second book is has more names than the first, such as goblin and kobold names, or a set of names for towns. My personal favorite table in book 2 must be the Fortunes one, offering a bit of comedy and plenty of options for plot hooks. Whether you have players who do unexpected things (and who doesn't) or want to add some touches to your planning stage, these books are all steals at 8 dollars each.Pros:Beautiful cover art.Thin and Light - no wasted space.Easy to read.Creative and useful tables.Cons:No Table of Contents, but the book is nothing but the tables, so tabbing it is easy.The Failed Pickpocket table is a bit underwhelming. A neat idea, but many of the options feel 'same-y'.

Compared to the 1st and 3rd ones, this book just feels a little lacking. But it's still pretty good. Full set is recommended.

Much like the first volume, I find this to be an excellent set of random tables. They are useful categories, and the rolls are creative and inspiring. Additionally, they do not devolve into silly results I can never really use, which can be a problem in other random charts. Most of this book I find useful for inspiration before playing, but it's also nice to have lists of NPC names for on the fly. Especially recommended for new DMs for general use and for experienced DMs needing inspiration when the well runs dry.

Volume 2 contains 25 tables in all. Tables are for Goblin, Orc and Kobold names, four tables of items in a dungeon room, items in a Smithy and a Troll's Cave, musical instruments, maps, adventuring gear, market booths, NPC's, fortunes, insults, jobs, NPC reactions to a failed pickpocket, non-combat encounters, reasons a player is absent for a session, and five tables of town names.

The town names, Non-Combat encounters, Jobs... etc. I love these rounded out mundane elements for my campaigns. Insults was particularly fun. Goblin, orc, and kobold names is great. I love using detail in games. Most of the players I run campaigns for keep asking for these things. I am excited to use these books in my campaigns.

This is a useful and simple supplement. Applicable to any fantasy RPG. Its based on percentile dice and is not overburdened with information. Its a simple and easy to use book of tables as the name implies.

After purchasing and using the living crap out of the first book of random tables, there was no way I could pass this up. My two favorite tables in this one are the fortunes and the insults. There is also a helpful random table for "reasons a player is absent from a session". I highly recommend all of Matt Davids products to both experienced and new DMs!

I bought all 4 of these books. All together they are not bad and have some useful tables. Some of the tables I found pointless and useful only in niche situations but they could end up useful nonetheless.

Tried to open this on both Kindle for Mac and Kindle for Android and neither worked, same with Random Tables 3. All I got was random characters, as though the file might have been corrupted. I thought the first book was a great idea and would love to support them by buying the others, so if these issues are fixed I would definitely buy in the future.