Here’s the scoop on when and where to see Wolfgang Baur and the Kobold Crew at the show. Kobold publisher Wolfgang is an Industry Guest of Honor this year so they’re working him hard. You’ll find him and various freelancers at the following panels and events: Homebrewers Guide to RPG Worldbuilding Admit it: Sometimes the […]
The Gen Con Indy 2012 Events Catalog is live, and there are kobolds all over the place! If you want to hang out with Wolfgang and the Kobold minions* at the con, add these to your wishlist: Adventure: Midgard Adventures: Madman at the Bridge System: Pathfinder GM: Ben McFarland Time: Thursday, 9:00 AM (4 hrs) Adventure: Midgard Adventures:
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This year at TotalCon 2012, winners of the Iron GM Regional Semi-Final earned some awesome prizes from Open Design. Take a look at their reactions in the video posted beyond the jump! If you want to find out about more opportunities for fun gaming experiences, you can learn more about Iron GM (the competition) and
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Are you going to Norwescon this weekend? Wolfgang Baur is, and he’s speaking on several panels. Here’s where you can find the Kobold King: Friday 6 pm Evergreen 3&4 Have Licenses Taken Over the Creativity in Gaming? RPG companies used to spawn settings like Dragonlance and the Forgotten Realms, but now they just license Dresden Files
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Ok, we promised you some audio for this, and thanks to Neostrider, we now have the full audio for this seminar! The participants included Wolfgang Baur, Greg Stolze, Gary M. Sarli, and Daniel Solis. [gplayer href=”https://koboldpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Patronage-and-Kickstarter-How-to-Get-Paid-Up-Front.mp3″ ]Patronage and Kickstarter- How to Get Paid Up Front[/gplayer]
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I’ve probably given the “How to Break into the RPG Industry” talk fifty times at conventions over the years, and the amazing thing is that the talk keeps changing because the field is always evolving. This Gen Con seminar was, frankly, one of the most honest and practical versions of these sorts of panels I’ve
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What’s new in heaven and hell? Patrons of the Dark Roads & Golden Hells planar project and patrons of the Midgard campaign setting got news on project status and had a chance to define a part of the Mharoti Dragon Empire live and in person with lead designers Brandon Hodge and Wolfgang Baur on Saturday
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I arrived in Indy, bright eyed and excited for the unofficial first day of Gen Con. I zipped to Will Call, grabbed my badge, and checked out the awesome costumed folk already wandering the halls. Tickets in hand, I escaped into the air conditioning for a bit before the Meet and Greet. Sure, there are
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Those of you wandering the halls of Gen Con in Indianopolis could very well have also had your favorite Open Design product signed by Wolfgang Baur on Friday. Our Chief was out and about at various booths, and he plans to be available for some more chatting and signing fun on Saturday. (We have photographic
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This year at Gen Con, panelists Greg Stolze, Wolfgang Baur, Ryan Dancey, Stan!, Daniel Solis, Will Hindmarch, James Ernest, and Jeff Neil Bellinger gathered together with seminar attendees to discuss the best games EVER! (just as the seminar name says). Each panelist had a favorite or two, as did several of the attendees. The choices named
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So, you have a game or another fun project that you want to produce, but you don’t have all the means (read: funds) to do so. Or perhaps you want to involve those interested in your project in the process of creating it. You’re in luck! At Gen Con 2011, Greg Stolze, Daniel Solis, Gary
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Gamers have already hit the Exhibit Hall at Gen Con, and each one seeks out gaming goodness, demo sessions, or whatever gaming accessory treasures they can find! But where can you go to find Open Design loot? Why, go visit the DriveThru RPG (Booth #767), Paizo (Booth #302), and Troll and Toad (Booth #2015) booths.
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NOTE: One signing has moved to Friday, and a Paizo booth appearance has been added to the schedule since the original posting. We’re sending the Chief out to Indianapolis to share the joys of our recent releases and discuss PDF publishing, great games, patronage, and other topics. We have a sneaking sense he may loot,
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Did you miss PaizoCon this year? Or maybe you were there but decided to follow Sean K Reynolds around all weekend and missed tons of cool seminars? Have no fear! Our friends over at the Know Direction podcast at 3.5 Private Sanctuary are hosting the audio from the PaizoCon 2011 seminars: Midgard: Building a Shared World
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We’re not exactly sure what happened to the second day, but it was a whirlwind of Midgard adventures (one from Tales of Zobeck, the other from Tales of the Old Margreve), of panels, of the huge banquet feast and the awesome sneak preview by our Paizonian hosts (excellent speakers, all!), and of the general whirl
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Conventions are a great place to show off extremely fun and cool things. From new roleplaying game releases to sparkly dice to fantastic art—you can see a wide range of new and interesting things. And that’s one of the points of going to a convention, isn’t it? That said, sometimes something is so utterly cool
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