Quick poll: who would like to take a course in board game design from the creators of games like Dominion, Magic: The Gathering, Betrayal at House on The Hill, Munchkin and Kill Doctor Lucky? What if the price of the course was set at, say, $20 or less? Whoa! Lots of hands. That’s perfect, because […]
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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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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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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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“How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.” —Johnny Cash This week I am mostly cataloguing and organising the 17+ (and still growing) pages of our brainstorm thread,
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The basic formula for fantasy roleplaying is simple: kick down doors, kill monsters and take their stuff. That’s how Jeff Tidball, AGE System Lead Developer at Green Ronin, calls it in the introduction to the new Midgard Bestiary: Volume 1 by Josh Jarman. Between its covers lurk some of the greatest monsters that Open Design
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(Art by Chris McFann) There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. —Hamlet, William Shakespeare Last week over on Dark Roads & Golden Hells, we hit a milestone: Thanks to new arrivals out here in the Great Beyond, we’re over 3/4 of the way (and a little
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We weren’t ready for Planescape. We were happy with our medieval analogues, playing brave young men and women from the local village, setting out in search of fame and fortune. But this was different. This was weird. First session went something like this: “This is the center of the universe. No one knows for sure
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“The gate is opening. Come, take my hand. Prepare your eyes for wondrous things; prepare your soul for terror and temptation. Do not let us become separated. “And never think that you are safe, in either the brightest heaven or the emptiest hell. This place is not for mortal kind: It is the playground of
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Sometimes the big book of adventures isn’t quite big enough. Sometimes a project gets a few items for the blog a little later than the editor can handle. When that happens, we know we have good stuff for a PDF supplement, and the one for Streets of Zobeck is a doozy. Yes, the mean streets
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A fan named Style75 reviews Lost City over at the Wizards of the Coast site: Bravo! I bought the PDF last night and I can tell you it is fantastic. This is a quality product that has been carefully put together. It makes me want to start a new campaign just to try it out.
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The Lost City adventure introduces a new encounter for adventurers who brave the harsh environment of the desert: the warlike sand giants. In this sneak peek at Logan Bonner’s new adventure for 4th Edition D&D, we offer two of these titanic foes for your use at the table. The sand giants were once closely allied
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The recent release of the Lost City adventure has given several Open Design patrons their first professional credits. One of these designers, Tracy Hurley, talks about what she learned from the Lost City project in her “Learning to Pitch” blog post. She breaks down the process of design and the elements she needed to get
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Anyone trying to navigate the busy streets and cluttered alleys of Zobeck knows the difficulty of getting anywhere in a hurry. Wherever a difficulty exists, especially in this city, someone will come along to ease the inconvenience for a price. Enter Blackeye, business-kobold, fixer, gossip, and patriot. With his specially-modified hay wagon and mighty (docile)
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In the grip of malaria during a trade expedition to the jungles of the South, our kobold mascot Jiro had a vision of a mysterious city which once flew among the clouds, but is now buried in the desert. We told him it was just a dream, but he wouldn’t listen. He insisted we contact
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Designer and Midgard project patron Joshua Jarman blogs about the intersection of the AGE System ruleset and the support that the second rules set is getting during design. : [Designing as a patron] is a fun, creative process, and the collaborative nature leads to the development of the best ideas presented. As far as Dragon
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