Our Brick & Mortar PDF Guarantee
If you buy a physical book of ours from a real, brick & mortar store at full price, we’ll give you the PDF. Period.
It’s as simple as that. We want to support local gaming stores the best we can, and we don’t want our fans to feel they have to choose between loving us (by buying a Print+PDF bundle at IPR) or loving their local game store. Why not get both?
With the Evil Hat Retailer PDF Guarantee, you don’t have to choose! But we WILL need you to confirm that you’ve purchased the book. Drop us a line (or have your FLGS do it!) at feedback AT evilhat DOT com and show us your proof of purchase. Scanned purchase receipts are the best way to do this, but we’ll take the word of your FLGS as equivalent. And while you’re at it, tell us where you bought the book, and make sure they know that the Evil Hat Retailer PDF Guarantee sealed the deal!
We are also a part of the Bits & Mortar publisher coalition. Head on over to that site and find out who else offers free PDFs together with the books you buy from your FLGS!
Amazon sells Bubblegumshoe directly for $24.26. I’m not sure if that stock comes direct from EvilHat, but it doesn’t list a 3rd party seller. Does it qualify for the PDF guarantee? The price isn’t much different than direct from your sales page, but the convenience of the Amazon Prime shipping makes it more attractive. Thanks for any help!
When the price is not deeply discounted we tend to provide the PDF. Contact us by email (feedback@evilhat.com) if you want to discuss.
On the Bubblegumshoe front. Is Bubblegumshoe a fate meets gumshoe like the pathfinder supplement Lorefinder: GUMSHOE Pathfinder Mashup is a pathfinder/gumshoe? If not is there one in the pipeline?
Nope, it’s GUMSHOE, but radically stripped down in some ways and with a new-fangled social component.
We have no plans to create a Fate/GUMSHOE merge, though I think some folks in the fan community have bandied about the idea of “Fateshoe”. Just not us.
Hi, will this work for my local store in the UK as well? I’m picking up a few presents there tomorrow and would quite like to get DF if they have it and the offer extends over the pond.
Yes.
What if your receipt is emailed to you from a square device. How would I get that to Evil Hat Production for proof of purchase?
Use your email client’s “forward” feature to forward the message to feedback@evilhat.com.
Or bypass the receipt entirely and email us a single pic of you + the book you bought to the same address.
Fred I bought a copy of paranet papers from Gen Con last yeah, I have the book mark from the shop. I haven’t even opened the book for fear of damaging. How does this work I would love a digital copy.
Hi Wayne, take a picture of your receipt or of you holding the book and email it to feedback@evilhat.com. We’ll send you out a PDF.
Hi,
Quick Question, does the PDF Guarantee work if I by your book at my local gaming store in Germany or is it only for Stores in the United States?
thanks in advance for your reply
Jan, our guarantee applies throughout the universe, so long as the recipient has internet access to receive the PDF. 🙂 Guarantee subject to the restrictions of physics, e.g., speed of light, difficulty of time travel, etc.
I bought the Fates Core Rulebook and the Fate System Toolkit books from Evilhat Production’s Amazon store before realizing there was a store website. is there any way I can buy the PDF version of those books?
Hi Becca, take a picture of your receipt, or of you holding the books and email it to feedback@evilhat.com and we’ll send you the PDFs.
But beyond that: Fate Core, Fate Accelerated, and the Fate System Toolkit are available free/pay-what-you-like to the public right now: http://www.evilhat.com/home/fate-core-downloads
So I got my blades in the dark book on amazon full price plus shipping. Should I screen shot the email they sent me confirming the purchase and a picture of me holding the book? To be guaranteed a pdf. Thank you!!
Either works!
Thank you for doing this. I always buy my Evil Hat games from stores now, even though I’m primarily a pdf guy. Going to be sending you an email with my receipt for my recent purchase of Blades in the Dark!
That is so good to hear Andy! Thanks for supporting your local gaming stores (and Evil Hat!). Happy to send you that copy of Blades!
Got the PDF already! Great, speedy service! Thanks!
Hey guys, I’ve been wanting to run a campaign of Monsters of The Week with my DnD buddies, also since our campaign has taken an indefinite pause it brings up the opportunity. The only problem is that they all live in a few states away from me, and we play via Skype. Would the PDF come with character sheets that I could possibly send them via email? Probably should have led with this, but I’m currently looking at buying both the Monster Of The Week book and the Fate Core System book on Amazon, would I still be qualified for the PDF versions or would I have to either purchase both books from a different store, or buy the PDF variants?
Mark, go to the Monster of the Week page on this site, and click over to the downloads tab for that specific product. You’ll find that we make the playbooks for MOTW free for all to download.
Sorry, the “Resources” tab: https://www.evilhat.com/home/monster-of-the-week-resources/
My parents gave me an Amazon card for my birthday and I wanted to get one of your games. I bought Bubblegumshoe for $25 from the site. I didn’t know if Evil Hat is the supplier and if this would fall under your off offer. If not, no big deal, I just wanted to check. Glad to have the game either way.
Hi!
I didn’t know this was a thing…
The store had an issue with their register and I said ‘Don’t worry I won’t be returning this’ and didn’t get a receipt… is there something that can be done about that?
Hi Stuart. Send us at feedback@evilhat.com either your receipt or a pic of you+the book as proof of ownership and we’ll get you square.
Hi, I had a friend buy the Blades in the Dark book for me at a Con in Essen, Germany (she was there as a game designer herself, won’t advertise though). Any chance I can get a PDF without having a receipt from there?
Hi Danny, did your friend get you a copy in German or English? If German, you’d have to reach out to the translator who holds the rights (System Matters). If English, email feedback@evilhat.com with a picture of you and the book and we’ll send you out a PDF.
Best,
Sean
Hello,
I just saw this after finally finding a copy of parnet papers from a tabletop game store earlier this week, and didnt think of needing the receipt as I owned the first two books in the series and wanted this one to add more gameplay (plus a big fan of dresden so I didn’t pln of returning or reselling. Do I need to find a way to see if I can get a receipt copy from them or something, or did I make a goof not taking the receipt?
Thank you none the less for your games and game system
See our replies to folks right above your comment for instructions on what to do. 😉
I sent in a picture of my receipt for Monster of the Week to the mentioned address a few days ago. How long does it typically take to receive the PDF? 🙂
Hi James, Fred (who handles the PDF guarantee) is on vacation this week, but if you email submissions@evilhat.com with the info, I’ll get it to you!
I am not sure this program is still being offered. In December 2019, I sent an email and never received a reply.
Still being offered, your message dropped into a spam control folder. Fixed as of today.
I got my local hobby store to buy its first ever Evil Hat product : AGON! This little book is magnificent, I really love everything about it : the size, the art, the contents. Good job team!
I’ve been looking into MotW for almost a year now after TAZ did their arc of it. I finally bit the bullet and ordered it and the Tome of Mysteries off Amazon for $25. Any chance it would be eligible for the PDF too? I completely understand if it sort of goes against the spirit of the program.
Email us at feedback@evilhat.com either your receipt (one that clearly indicates the title of the purchase) or a pic of you+the book as proof of ownership and we’ll get you square.
Hello there! Today, I bought the Space Toolkit on Amazon for $20 (I live in Hungary, so shipping is no joke). Anyway, my question is, is it possible to get a PDF as well with this sort of purchase? I do understand the idea behind your stance, though in Hungary (as far as I can tell) we have NO FLGS at all, so, there’s no chance for me to go to one (especially now in semi-lockdown; used to go to one in Vienna a bit).
Hi Stan, during the pandemic we’re honoring the guarantee for everyone who buys a physical book. Email us at feedback@evilhat.com with a copy of your receipt and we’ll take care of you!
Hello, I have sent an email regarding the PDF version and some misprint for my physical copy of Blades in the Dark, hopefully it got through:
“Hello,
I have ordered a physical copy of the Blades in the Dark from Amazon, then visited the website and found out about the PDF guarantee, I have attached the invoice here.
Also, I only got time to look through the book this week, and I found out that there is misprint. There is a repeat of pages 1-8. After that, it skipped to page 25. Please see the pictures attached.
If I could get the PDF copy, perhaps I could simply print those pages out. I hope that is possible.
Thank you so much for your help.
Best wishes,
Jimmy Pong”
Thanks for making contact. Your message went straight to spam so I appreciate the prompt to go find it. 🙂 I’ll reply in email (but we replace defects whenever possible)!
Do you honor Amazon purchases? They were discounted but no more than 20 to 25 pervent
During the pandemic we definitely are, and when possible we try to provide PDF for non-deep-discounted sales regardless of source.
Hey, I picked up my copy at my local store here in Ellensburg, WA. I didn’t realize you guys offered PDFs for physical purchases otherwise I would have kept my purchase receipt. Is there any way for me to get myself a PDF?
Hi Zach, indeed. Send us an email with a picture of you holding the book and/or with the book and something that has the current date.
Just a reminder y’all, the way a number of folks have asked after, here in the comments, is covered in the post’s text above: “Drop us a line (or have your FLGS do it!) at feedback AT evilhat DOT com and show us your proof of purchase. Scanned purchase receipts are the best way to do this, but we’ll take the word of your FLGS as equivalent.”
I am really appreciative of this service. I recently went wild into the Blades type of gaming and picked up Blades in the Dark, Scum and Villainy, both the Monster of the Week books and just ordered Band of Blades. Sent in my email with proof of purchase and can’t wait to get a .PDF copy of these beautiful books as well. I already own a bunch of the FATE books and picked up the PDFs via a bundle recently but I am so happy you guys are the type of company to offer this support. I am glad I came across this thread last night!! You will continue to have my support!!