No matter where you’re at in the life cycle of being a game master, at some point in your planning and creative process, you’re going to need help—especially if you want to raise the stakes for your players and keep things interesting.
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Every GM understands that every game, from the epic campaign to the Friday night one-shot, is a unique mix of gameplay, roleplaying, and design. Like baking a cake or serving up your favorite dish, the balance of ingredients makes for the most satisfying experience.
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It’s been a while since we have had a Black Flag update, but the drought has ended! Kobold Press is excited to announce our first public Black Flag Roleplaying Reference Document (BFRD). This document is built off the current public Alpha Release and falls under the ORC license. This means that now EVERYONE can freely
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Calling all Evil Eminences and Blessed Baddies as Kobold Press presents our honorary Evil Kingdom Ad-Lib, inspired by our new book on Kickstarter: Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns. Building on the resources and tools from the preview PDF, this Ad-Lib is designed to help you quickly develop an antagonistic kingdom that fits perfectly on our
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This week Kobold Press decided to take one of our favorite Kingdoms of fandom lore and lay it all out on our new Kingdom Sheet, available now through our store or our current Campaign Builder: Castles & Crowns Kickstarter for free. Nothing says regal kingdom like shroom footmen, a fruit-inspired princess, and major plumbing problems.
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JB Little talks about making monsters more fun with shock and surprise using conditions and gated features to keep everyone on their toes!
Valiant Design Diary #6 Read More »
Celeste Conowitch talks about design decisions and changes for the ToV Preview, now available at our Kickstarter page!
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Celeste Conowitch talks about design decisions and changes for the ToV Preview, now available at our Kickstarter page!
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Wolfgang Baur talks about design decisions for Playtest Packet #3, Monsters!
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Playtest Packet #3, Monsters is in final review and we look forward to letting you sink your teeth into it and tell us how it tastes.
Valiant Friday Arrives! Read More »
Instead of VTT support happening after the game launch later this year, the Foundry VTT team is already hard at work. Take a look!
Heating Up at the Foundry Read More »
No matter how you got to be a GM, you probably want to pass it on. Just as you’ve taught new players how to play, you can help some of them realize the joy of being a GM.
Introducing Players to Roleplaying Games: Making New GMs Read More »
Discord Brings People Together The first thing technology can help you with is in finding people for your gaming group. Discord is a fantastic resource for finding new players. Discord is a video, voice, and text messaging social media platform. There, you create a server, which is a set of chat rooms and voice channels
Introducing Players to Roleplaying Games: Teaching Online Read More »
Slew of Ones Far beyond the hand drawn maps, snacks, drinks, and miniatures there towers a grand screen, littered with secret notes and diabolical schemes. This article is designed to break down decisions GMs often encounter while running their adventures as well as provide amazing ideas to showcase at your own games. Sharing my own
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Magic is often seen as a dangerous but controlled study. Those who learn the art of spellcasting and who devote themselves to the arcane craft are seen as scholarly. And indeed, many mages come together in colleges to share their experience and expertise, training a new generation of magic users in controlling and harnessing the
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Clerics, priests, and holy officers willing to join adventuring parties are, quite literally, cut from a different cloth than their brethren. In the Grand Duchy, most who heed a calling to a religious vocation take comfort and shelter within a tight-knit community. Even those who do good works in the broader community return each evening
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