August 2023 was a huge, exciting month for Kobold Press. Let’s fondly reminisce about the highlights and make plans for the month ahead!

August in Our Rearview

So much happened in August, we might have forgotten some of it. Luckily, we wrote things down!

Wastes of Chaos Lands in Stores

Wastes of Chaos and Tales from the Wastes are happily in the hands of Backers and available in the Kobold Press store now. This two-book collection ensures players and GMs have everything they need to build and play in their own post-apocalyptic, eldritch 5E game.

Gen Con 2023 . . . Best Ever?

Gen Con 2023 was a huge success! Over eight hundred books found their way to new homes, and we doubled the size of our community games. Over four days, we saw 57 GMs run five adventures over 367 game slots for more than 2000 players! We’re already making plans for next year. You can read our full Gen Con 2023 recap here. 

Black Flag Roleplaying Game Partners

After 367 tables of Tales of the Valiant playtesting at Gen Con 2023, it was time to release our final public playtest packet: Clerics. Our Black Flag Roleplaying game partners have also been hard at work. Dungeon Scribe finished their Magical Oddities Kickstarter campaign with great success and Frog Gog Games launched their first Kickstarter campaign for a Tales of the Valiant compatible book, Tome of Horrors: Enemies of the Valiant. Check it out on Kickstarter now!

Next Up For Kobold Press

You’d think that would be enough, but September came calling, and we just couldn’t say no.

Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns

The next installment in the Campaign Builder series comes to Kickstarter in September! If you loved Campaign Builder: Cities and Towns, you won’t want to miss this new addition to your Kobold library, Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns.

This book gives players and game masters will find everything they need to build and grow kingdoms for 5E and Tales of the Valiant RPG campaigns! With toolkits for kingdoms, noble family options, and new character builds, your campaign will go from the tavern to the throne room. Sign up now to be notified once the Kickstarter goes live!

Pack Tactics, Coming This Friday!

Our writers answer your questions beginning this Friday in our new advice column on the blog, Pack Tactics! A roundtable of some of Kobold’s best designers and game masters gather to answer your burning questions on game design, running games, or whatever comes up. Submit your own questions and see what the pros have to say!

Dragon Con this Weekend

What better way to kick off September than joining Dragon Con and their Tabletop Track from August 31st to September 4th? Join us in Atlanta to check out the Kobolds in attendance and their panels throughout the weekend. Here’s a few we’re looking forward to:

• Kobold Press Games! — Sat 01:00 p.m. — Location: Augusta 1–2 Westin
  Join the COO of Kobold Press as panelists talk about all their latest products! Get your questions answered about the future of the Tales of the Valiant RPG a.k.a. Project Black Flag! Panelists: Alexander Stangroom, Sarah Madsen
• Best Dungeon Ever: Discussion and Q&A — Sat 02:30 p.m. — Location: Cent. I Hyatt
  Talk to professional game designers and game masters about their tips, tricks, and design work for dungeons. We talk about classic and modern dungeons—how to design your own and some of the best dungeons ever made! Panelists: Robert Madison II, Rush Lilavivat, T. Alexander Stangroom
• Tales of the Valiant: A LIVE Play — Sat 05:30 p.m. — Peachtree Ballroom Westin 
  Join Dot as she GMs our very special guests through the BRAND NEW Tales of the Valiant RPG by Kobold Press! Panelists: Dot Steverson, Logan Jenkins, Phil LaMarr, Mark Meer, Ming Chen, Ian Alexander, Cooper Andrews
• Very Random Encounters LIVE! — Sun 04:00 p.m. — Location: Galleria 7 Hilton
  Welcome to Very Random Encounters, where we play TTRPGs and randomize as much as possible! Panelist: Greg Leatherman, Lee Terrill, Logan Jenkins, ChelseaBytes, T. Alexander Stangroom, Amanda Hamon

Keep your dice warm and your books open, because we’re playing all month long!