What They're Saying About e23

"Steve Jackson Games -- the venerable and excellent publisher of strategy and role-playing games -- is producing an amazing new digital line of products: games distributed as PDFs. What's amazing about that? Well, they're only available direct from SJG, and only by electronic cash. They come with "insurance" so that if you delete the files or lose them in a crash, SJG will replace them (this also means that if you find yourself at a friend's house and you want to play the game, you can login to the site and download any of your games). They come with software to help you build characters and otherwise relieve some of the tedious bookkeeping associated with paper-gaming. Finally, they don't have any DRM, because SJG believes that its customers are not crooks.

Q. Are the files in e23 copy protected?

A. No. That would interfere with your use of them. We just have to hope that we can sell enough to honest people to make up for what gets stolen by the kiddies and cheapskates.

I think that this might be the smartest digital publishing venture I've seen so far."

GURPS Mysteries Gets 5 Stars On ENWorld!

ENWorld reviewer "Crothian" had this to say: "GURPS Mysteries is the ultimate in mystery role playing books. It is very useful to any genre and any game but obviously even more useful for GURPS players. I am very impressed with the research, the completeness, and the absolute great approach to mysteries for role playing games. This book is basically a must have for anyone planning on doing a mystery role playing game." Read the entire review.

And Our Customers Say:

"I just completed my first purchase from e23 and I am impressed. The whole process was simple and unobtrusive.
"Also, I like that I can go back and see what I have purchased so I can download it again should I lose/corrupt/delete my previous download.
"Also Also, thank you for not copy protecting the PDF file. I use two computers (work and home) and like that I can freely view the file on both machines without worrying about the protection police knocking on my door."
- Chad Wilson

"I love what you are doing! It's about time a RPG company realized we are living in a digital age. I work abroad and I can't afford to bring anything I don't need for work. As I need my computer and PDA, your idea for PDFs is excellent."
- Scott Christofferson

"I would just like to thank you for a fine online service, and to point out exactly why I decided it was worthwhile making an electronic purchase through e23. Put simply, the fact that the files for sale on the site are not copy protected sold me straight away. I reformat my hard drive 2-3 times per year, and purchase a new PC every two years or so . . . If your products were copy protected I would not have made a purchase, no matter how appealing it might otherwise have been."
- Luke Stirling

"This is an absoloute steal at the price. e23 rocks the house."
- Padre, on the SJ Games Forums

"Hi my name is Paolo Biggio and I am a VERY pleased customer of yours. The first time I got one of your errata-mails you were talking about in your last update on e23 it was sometime around May of last year. It was about a little error in GURPS Mysteries I hadn't even spotted and you just said: "Here's the new file. Go ahead and enjoy" (not a literal quote) I was speechless for half an hour, staring at the text of your mail, not believing what my eyes were sending to my brain. I mean, which company does something like that in a time where everyone is going crazy about DRM and IP and stuff like that. And the answer is simply: YOU!!!
After that I encouraged every RPGer I met to become one of your customers and I am honestly convinced that e23 and SJGames are setting the benchmark for online publishing comanies such as yours.
Repeated thanks from Germany,"
-Paolo Biggio