The Viceroy’s Monocle (The Storm Giants Trilogy, Vol. 2) James Stills 181 pages Paperback, $8.54 Ebook, $2.99 ISBN 978-1484874233 The Viceroy’s Monocle is the second book in a trilogy, and it serves as a good example of what can go wrong when you try to condense a really good and epic idea into a trilogy […]
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The gnolls of Midgard are a bloody and ferocious lot. These feats are designed to make gnoll player characters and nonplayer characters as terrifying and fierce as can be. Note that they are designed for and refer to gnolls, but they are appropriate for any savage warrior race (barbarians, orcs, ogres, trolls, goblins, and so
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“Indifference, to me, is the epitome of all evil.” ― Elie Wiesel We gamers like to dwell in worlds that differ greatly from our own. Perhaps this is because the world around us fails to make sense in the way the worlds on the pages of our books and in our mind’s eye can. Despite
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As part of the “Coolest Virtual Gen Con Project Ever,” Kobold freelancer Ben McFarland recorded the opening encounter of Grandmother’s Fire, an adventure out of the anthology, Tales of the Old Margreve. While his voice is a little rough—who are we kidding, he could do stand-in work for the Cryptkeeper—it seems that the table had
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The Brothers Grimm were two traveling brothers who collected and documented the many folk tales of their time and region, collecting over two hundred tales, each one with variations to further expand the material they compiled. Since then we have had several of the tales immortalized in pop culture, such as Cinderella and Snow White,
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The flat world of Midgard sits in the center of a vast ethereal ocean called the Celestial Sea. Dizzying wonders and unspeakable terrors await those travelers with the bravery and means to take a leap past Veles the World Serpent and into the starry void. From visiting other worlds barely visible in the night sky
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Midgard Icons presents some of the Midgard Campaign Setting’s major NPCs as icons for use in 13th Age, the new fantasy roleplaying game from Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet. Bring them into your 13th Age campaign; run 13th Age in the world of Midgard; or port the icon relationship rules into your system of choice.
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Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you are not likely to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany anywhere. (So much more than just another bloke in a dress.) “Master, is your tale over?” “Cease your interruptions, slug-thing, or I’ll have you toasted over an open fire.” The
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Last week, a colleague of mine tackled the paper tiger nature that a lot of monster gods have. It had me thinking about how many monsters are intelligent enough to worship a deity (Intelligence 3 or better) but generally lack the statistics to have clerics, inquisitors, druids, or oracles. Where there’s a gap in monster
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People love maps. They come in useful in tabletop roleplaying games, plus they’re just wonderful to look at. They can be a form of art, and they showcase wonderful and sometimes strange worlds and locations. Recently, we had a poll that asked you, the voting public, what type of map you’d love to have cartographers
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Friday at Gen Con brings with it more seminars, signings, and even a couple of awards. As you might have heard by now, The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding won two ENnies during the ceremony. Congratulations go to those who worked on this project, and thanks go to those who voted on it.
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The convention has started, and we have some pictures to share of the Exhibit Hall, plus other interesting bits of Gen Con.
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More Kobolds were busy arriving in Indy on Wednesday for Gen Con 2013. Now that they’re all prepared for the fun times ahead, expect to start seeing more photos and updates from the convention. In the meantime, Liz Courts at Paizo took some marvelous shots of the Paizo booth, and you can see some of
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The streets of Indianapolis await the influx of gamers that come every year to take part in the best four days of gaming. The influx of Kobolds has also begun, too! Come see what Indy looks like before the gamers, game makers, and exhibitors all start setting themselves up for what promises to be an
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Midgard Icons presents some of the Midgard Campaign Setting’s major NPCs as icons for use in 13th Age, the new fantasy roleplaying game from Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet. Bring them into your 13th Age campaign; run 13th Age in the world of Midgard; or port the icon relationship rules into your system of choice.
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Once again I find myself with multiple projects, but I will be back next week with my own brand of Old Hat Monster work. This week I asked for a little help from my friends, and John Belliston answered the call. He and I met through the Paizo boards, and we have been collaborating on
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