I’m minding my own business, walking to lunch, and I think, “Would devils give player characters STDs?” That was probably the moment I decided that, yes, perhaps Courts of the Shadow Fey is pushing things quite far. This adventure overturns certain default assumptions about 4E combat and the presumed monster mixes. It includes information as […]
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The new issue of Kobold Quarterly is now available, in PDF and print. It is by far the greenest cover we have ever done. The articles provide a crazed selection of material from across the spectrum: new classes, an ecology of the shoggoth, encounter tips and tricks, a whole mini-adventure. Dark, humorous, and wildly original,
A Rite of Spring: Kobold Quarterly #13 Ships Read More »
I’m licking my chops and looking forward to NorWesCon this weekend (obligatory con schedule link). Partly, I love it because it’s always a good show for both gamers and non-gamers. It’s heavy on costuming (my daughter’s take was “Look at all the princesses!” last year). Partly, I’m looking forward to it because the gaming track
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Though he’s too modest to brag about it himself, our Web Editor Scott Gable has launched a dual-edition set of Spirit Magic that I think is the most promising new company launch in ages. Now I might be slightly biased, but if you’ve seen Gable’s writeups in Kobold Quarterly, you might not be surprised. This
Rituals and Incantations:
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I’m happy to announce that Tales of the Old Margreve has reached the commissioning goal and is moving into design! The project has strong direction from the supremely talented design duo of Tim and Eileen Connors—and the raw horsepower of a hundred sharp and crafty GMs and designers, including RPG Superstar semi-finalist Jim Groves and
Green Light:
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The Tales of the Old Margreve continues to gather patrons very quickly, and the brainstorms are gathering both amazing spells and monsters—plus a certain amount of silly fun. Frankly, there are so many rich forest myths and legends here that we can afford to choose just the very best, and develop them for both playability
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As the Open Design experiment has expanded and won critical and publishing success, a few people have clearly shown just how great collaborative adventure design can be. Tim and Eileen Connors are right at the top of the list, and I’m happy to announce that Open Design is commissioning a project that they will lead:
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Wouldn’t it be great if your dice never fell off the table? What if every attack roll came with a sound effect, and your character’s damage, marks, and every other condition were all tracked for you? It would be the perfect gaming table, no? Well, stop wishing because it exists and I saw it in
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Open Design’s own 4th Edition patronage project, Courts of the Shadow Fey, is all up in your stuff, stealing your babies and snorting your finest dreams. Because that’s just what fey do. Fey Politics The design for Courts of the Shadow Fey has a twist at its heart, like a lover’s betrayal. It begins with
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As the third project in a series of public updates on Open Design’s current batch of patronage projects, KQ.com presents Courts of the Shadow Fey, Open Design’s 4th Edition project. Duelists and Team Players Back in the days when I was working at TSR in Lake Geneva, I played a wide range of lunchtime board games
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Some of you may be familiar with the time-honored tradition of “going to 11.” KQ is right there with its latest issue, because Kobold Quarterly #11 is loaded with things that go right up to the edge, and then one more. Don’t believe me? Here’s a sampling of the just-a-little-more philosophy at work: 1) An
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Ok, I was away for a convention, and then there was launching the Courts of Shadow Fey, and shipping some Gazetteer goodness, and there’s a magazine around here somewhere that needs tending. I swear a new framistan is on order, and we’ll have a full slate of posts and mayhem for you next week, folks.
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I’ll be at Pure Speculation in Edmonton this weekend, talking on some panels and generally talking games. Other guests include Monte Cook and Aaron Acevedo. Stop on by and say hello!
Off to the Convention Read More »
A quick interview on how to write better adventures and then how to run them most effectively, with Brandon Hodge and yours truly over at Roleplayingtips.com. We blather a bit about how to plan an adventure, how to spice up an encounter, the most useful design tools, and related topics.
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As part of the Open Design projects that I design, I generally write a set of essays. Some of these have been collected (with contributors from others) into the Kobold Guide to Game Design series. For Courts of the Shadow Fey, I have a set of topics chosen ahead of time, though I’m open to
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