The Streets of Zobeck are calling you… Danger lurks on the back streets of Zobeck. Places where you’re just as likely to find a knife in the back as the fence you sought to hire. Places where you might just want to remain unnoticed when you see who’s waiting for you. Like the scoundrels in […]
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In this latest in our series of “My First Gen Con” guest posts, indie game designer Luke Crane shares his Gen Con memories. Thanks to all of you who shared your Gen Con stories—we’re reviewing the entries now and will announce the contest winner on June 30th! ___ In March of 2003, I found a
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The first time I went to Gen Con was in 1987 when Mark Rein•Hagen and I had just launched our new game-publishing company, Lion Rampant. Our plan had been to sell copies of our new RPG, but the game was behind schedule, and the only thing we had to sell were $3 packs of “Whimsy
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My first Gen Con was particularly exciting because I “had” to go. Fresh out of college, I’d been an intern at the offices of Iron Crown Enterprises in the summer of 1990. In early August I was offered a full-time position as an editor starting in October, but my manager, Coleman Charlton, said that I
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This horrible monster resembles a gigantic crimson leech slithering upright on four muscular black tentacles. At the top of its writhing trunk rest several quivering feathered antenna surrounding a great lidless eye that glows with baleful orange light. One of the most dreaded monsters of the underworld, strangling watchers (also known as urochars) have long
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The latest free issue of the Kobold Courier has shipped to Kobold fans. You can sign up to get one (for free!), and get news on designers, project releases, links to KQ.com’s free monsters and articles, discounts, gallery shows, sneak previews, and more. We send the Courier out roughly once a month, sometimes twice. Did
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“Blessed Lord, I was at the window today looking into the streets.” “Foolish insect, keep your face from the window, I cannot risk losing another house to the flames.” “I beg forgiveness master, but my eyes were drawn to the steeds men use, and it gave me an idea…” A trusty mount of many an
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This very site — KoboldQuarterly.com — and the Open Design Podcast have been nominated for ENnie awards in the Best Blog and Best Podcast categories, and Open Design has been nominated for Fan Favorite publisher. We’re honored that the judges choose to recognize KQ and the Open Design work of the last year, and we’re
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In his My First Gen Con post, Colin McComb cryptically hinted at a secret assignment to spy on Gary Gygax. At last, the truth can be told… In early August of 1992, I was summoned to the executive area of TSR. I was constantly concerned about my job (a quirk that would lead to a
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Just half a year ago, you witnessed the crowning of Kobold Quarterly’s first ever King of the Monsters: the spark and its designer Adam Daigle took on all comers and stood victorious. However, Monster Island is a dangerous place, and its rulers never last long… Behold the King of the Monsters Contest, the greatest and
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Colin McComb shares his Gen Con memories in the “My First Gen Con” series of guest posts. You’ll find Colin’s essay on designing combat systems in the Kobold Guide to Game Design Vol. III: Tools & Techniques. Tell the story of your own first Gen Con (even if this upcoming one is your first), and
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The monstrosity appeared like a 50-ft.-long crocodile careened above the otherworldly battlefield, soaring on rigid leathery wings and coming to an awkward, upright landing among the scattered bodies of angels and fiends like. It charged straight into the celestials’ siege tower, both tails whipping wildly. Belviss fled in abject horror. Some minutes later, the gnome
One of Open Design’s favorite cartographers wrote recently to let us know about an event he’s putting together — an art show for fantasy maps! Says Roberts, “I’m pulling in professional fantasy cartographers and very talented amateurs and I’ll be showing my own work as part of the show.” Readers will remember his work from
“The bear, falcon, and wolf are merely three of the totems a barbarian may revere. Every totem offers a small background as well as rage powers that fit the totem’s theme. And even their physical fetishes, the objects that focus their veneration, can bestow upon those worthy the primal magic of these creatures.” [from Part
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Another man would have given up by now, but Goreg was no ordinary man. His blood pounded with rage-fueled adrenaline, and his nose twitched, catching the sour scent of retreating orc. Goreg bounded forward, his muscular legs driving him through the snow. Each step tore through ice and frost as he closed in on his
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Following on Courts of the Shadow Fey, its second adventure compatible with the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game, Open Design is announcing a new D&D project launching immediately: the Lost City project. Leading the project is former Wizards of the Coast designer Logan Bonner, lead designer on Arcane Power and author of the
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