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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If you don’t know who Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are, … well, I’m not sure why you’re here at Kobold World Central. They’re the creative duo behind the Dragonlance novels, and they kindly consented to an interview with Jeremy Jones in this audio segment. [audio:https://koboldpress.com/audio/diplomacy001.mp3] They discuss humor, character origins, collaboration, and much more.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the cover to the Tales of Zobeck Gazetteer. Given that this Open Design project is packed with the details of the clockwork city and related adventures featuring devils, plagues, and yes, clockwork foes, I couldn’t be happier. The artist is Malcolm McClinton, and if you stick around, you will more from him.
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Kobold Quarterly and Open Design have been very fortunate in the quality of their freelancers. I’m happy to announce that Open Design has accepted an adventure from Ed Greenwood of Forgotten Realms fame. His adventure is a tale of dueling merchants in the Gullet, one of the seediest districts of Zobeck. If you’d like a
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I talked with the Pulp Gamer podcasters about recent events, including the Diana Jones Award and future plans. The audio is available at the Pulp Gamer site.
The review of the latest issue at ENWorld is very kind, and points out for particular praise both the Ecology of the Phantom Fungus and the Tiefling article by David “Zeb” Cook. As to whether we’ll be able to continue with color interior pages next issue, well, that depends on subscriptions and advertisers, as you
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You may know the RPG blogger Chatty DM, a fine fellow who offered a GM-Fu seminar at GenCon, and who has recently made quite a splash on the RPG scene. Well, he’s doing it again, this time with an adventure design project. He calls it Kobold Love, and it’s taking a page from the Open
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I’m completely floored by it, but Open Design has tied for this year’s Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming. My co-winner is Jason Morningstar, for Grey Ranks. I’m shocked, but so very pleased. Who knew that the “weird” patronage approach would win awards?
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Kobold Quarterly is taking a short break from the magazine mines to visit the glories of Indianapolis, Indiana, home to the Gen Con show. If you are doing the same, please do make a short pilgrimage to booth 2515 to say hello or visit with us at the KQ Freelancing seminar on Friday. Postings will
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KQ is a quarterly. And yet here we are, doing a fifth issue. Sure, we’re calling it an annual, but really kobolds can’t count. Our innumeracy is your gain! The PDF issue has gone out to subscribers, and those lucky folks also get a free copy of the Kobold Death Maze adventure from Super Genius
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There’s so much going on with KQ behind the scenes right now it’s hard to know where to start. Let’s start with this. I’m currently on the hunt for a full-page comic to appear in the magazine. The Goblins strip, for instance, might be something in the right direction. What do you think of Goblins,
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For many years, I’ve had a strange relationship with that notorious nice guy, Mr. Monte Cook. We’ve collaborated on projects like the Dark*Matter campaign setting and the Beyond Countless Doors Planescape retrospective. And Malhavoc Press. This year, though, all that friendly feeling has to go out the window, More…
Jeff Grubb wrote up a version of the Zobeck kobold for use as a 4E PC race over on his Grubb Street site. Technically, Zobeck is a setting for 3E D&D, but I’m happy to see fan material for it in any edition. This one is especially nice because he really gets the urban kobold
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Open Design is very pleased to announce that two of its patron-supported projects have been nominated for ENnie Awards this year. Those two are both nominees in the Electronic Product category (as makes sense for primarily PDF products). They are: Empire of the Ghouls by Wolfgang Baur Six Arabian Nights, by Wolfgang Baur, David “Zeb”
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Because there’s a million gaming sites and blogs and podcasts, I’ll just mention a few I like. KQ contributor Jonathan Drain offered up the 7 Habits of A Successful Dungeon Master recently, which I like because it’s short and yet it’s clear he knows where the DM pitfalls are. Definitely worth a look, even for
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