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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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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