Savage Worlds is a set of mechanical rules that can be used for various settings. It emphasizes faster play and reduces preparation over realism and detail. The settings for the stories can be whatever players want, and characters can have wide variety and adaptability. Since the rules provided focus on speed of use, it's easy to adapt the rules and characters to the story as needed. If creating a world and story is of interest that has a faster setup, Savage Worlds might be right..
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Call Number: Video: PN1992.77 .A88 2014
A television series inspired by the manga by Hajime Isayama. In this world, humans live alongside huge, destructive giants called titans. After his hometown is destroyed, a young man teams up with others to battle these creatures.
Araki, Tetsuro. Cover image. Attack On Titan, FUNimation, 2014.
Call Number: Garden Level: PQ2226 .A327 2003
An exciting tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure, and revenge. Edmond Dantès is trapped in a dark prison for a crime he didn't do. While in his cell, he discovers that a great treasure is hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo. Motivated by this discovery, he decides to escape and use the treasure to get back at the three men who betrayed him.
Call Number: Video: PN1997.2 .M38759 2007
A man leads a double life, spending his days working in a cubicle and hacking away at night. One day, he gets caught by agents and discovers that his world isn’t as real as he thought.
Call Number: Garden Level: PA4167.A2 O39 2019
One of the classic literary works from ancient Greece, this book focuses on unusual adventures and personal struggles, drawing from Greek myths and legends. It also includes notes and essays that explore the text in more detail.
Call Number: Video: PN1995.9.S24 S4 1998
This classic Japanese film is set in 1586. A group of bandits plans to attack a village full of bandits, but the villagers hire some samurai to keep them safe.
Kurosawa, Akira. Cover image. Seven Samurai, Criterion Collection, 1998.
Call Number: Garden Level: PN1995.9.V3 A24 2016
Modern movies and TV shows are filled with images of the undead. This book looks at and compares how zombies, vampires, and undead are portrayed in the media.
Call Number: Video: PN1997.2 .U6 2009
After a tragedy and with everything around him changing, an old man finally decides to go on the adventure he's always dreamed of by tying so many balloons to his house that it floats away! But he gets an unexpected surprise when a stowaway joins him, leading to more adventure than he expected.
Peterson, Bob. Cover image. Up, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2009.
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This Marvel Comics graphic novel tells the story of a brave werewolf and his ex-girlfriend, who hunts monsters, as they team up to rescue a young girl from actual monsters.
Landy, Derek. Cover image. Werewolf By Night: Unholy Alliance, Marvel Entertainment, 2024.
Call Number: Juvenile Collection: PZ7.G759 Wi 1980
This children's book follows Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad in a version of Britain from the early 1900s where all the characters are animals.
