Some designers make me say “I wish I’d thought of that.” Monte Cook is right at the top of the list. His most recent project shows why. The Dungeon-A-Day premise is simple: a massive dungeon with sections published on the web, offering up meaty new encounters and bonus material every weekday. Ed Bourelle is the […]
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The KOBOLD Guides continue to attract reviews and attention, and the most recent review at RPG Resource was this one from Megan Roberts at RPG Resource that hit the net yesterday. I’m hard at work on Volume 3, of course, though I don’t expect it to be complete until GenCon. If you have a topic
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The folks at the Grand OGL Wiki are doing reviews these days, including 4th Edition reviews. This review of Wrath of the River King by Sean Holland caught my eye. While I admit that I have not looked at all of the 4th edition adventure available, this strikes me as the single best one I
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For the second time, I’m judging the RPG Superstar contest with the Paizo folks. It’s a wonderful gig, but it reminds me as well that there’s always room for new talent and for new voices. The RPG Superstar contest is open to anyone who isn’t a previous winner or a published game designer, so all
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I’m happy to report that we’ve already seen a massive amount of design work, pitches, and discussion for the Halls of the Mountain King project. The dwarves of the Golden Citadel have taken on a history, great dangers threaten them, and I daresay we have a theme, a start at the overall plot arc, and
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Sometimes cool things just appear in the inbox. Witness this meta-amazing origami kobold by Joseph Wu. He has folded a kobold. I love that, and there’s a small Flickr set with more detail. That is all. Okay, not quite all. Sometimes other cool things appear in your mailbox; that is, KQ issue #8 has been
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My thanks to everyone who has donated to support this project! Halls of the Mountain King has met the commission bar as an OGL project, and will be written as an adventure for levels 8 to 10, with more than 40 encounters. Congratulations to all the patrons who voiced their support for this edition of
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After several attempts at putting together a commission for the next Open Design, I’ve got to admit to a certain degree of confusion as a publisher. While some folks were excited by the content of the adventures being considered on the KQ Forum, many of the questions boil down to “What edition will you be
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The word is getting out about the Zobeck Gazetteer, as shown by this review over at the Apathy Blog. Money quote: Overall I think this is a great supplement by itself. It contains a lot of great adventure hook ideas. I’ve already decided that an upcoming villain in my game will be from here. It
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It’s a huge setting to fit into such a little book. As part of the Tales of Zobeck patronage project, I wrote the first sourcebook to describe the Free City of Zobeck, a mercantile city easy to drop onto a river in any campaign. The Gazetteer takes a deep look at the two of the
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A few words from Mr. Malhavoc about what he likes about the magazine (including one surprising element), and what elements he thinks could still improve. Monte reviews issues #6 and #7 in particular. I’m somewhere between delighted and ecstatic. And um, subscriptions are available here.
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This may be a bit of an odd confession for a game designer, but I’ve always found that having a great set of mechanics is not enough to keep your players happy. You also need a great setting and you need a great story, or it’s just not worth it. Players will forgive you for
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I have good news and bad news. The good news is that it seems increasingly likely that Paizo and Open Design will reach an agreement on a patron project tentatively called Lords of Lost Azlant, which will be an underwater adventure detailing one of the great mysteries of the Golarion setting. That project will use
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Wrath of the River King is heading into final draft form, and heading to the editor soon. I have to say that, like with any new edition of D&D, the learning curve has been interesting; things that look good in theory haven’t always panned out in playtest. But fortunately, a lot of playtesters and patron
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Yes, it seems like just yesterweek I was coming back from GenCon and collapsing in a heap at the Ye Old Kobold Mines. And then just like that, it’s already Fall and here’s the issue to prove it. Where did the quarter go? The issue features two major new elements. The Monster Mayhem section features
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