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Carrot Design, Part 1: A Freelancer’s Challenge, From Needs to Rewards

December 23, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty, on the heels of his last article, explores the challenges of designing new D&D 4e material for gaming magazines and how a writer needs to dodge many pitfalls to deliver a quality, useful article.

Filed Under: Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM, Newest Critical Hits, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: d&d 4e, game design, kobold quarterly, needs, pathfinder, Player Motivations, Rewards

Review: “Kobold Quarterly #11”

November 4, 2009 by Bartoneus

There’s a reason every review I see of the Kobold Quarterly magazine compares it to the Dragon and Dungeon print magazines from years passed, even opening a PDF of the book and seeing the cover makes me immediately think of seeing those issues in my local book store. The comparison goes well beyond the cover, however, through the whole interior of the publication that screams nostalgia…

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5, D&D, dnd 4e, Dungeons and Dragons, issue 11, kobold quarterly, magazine, pathfinder, Reviews, Roleplaying Games, roleplaying games

Interview: Joshua Stevens of Open Design

September 10, 2009 by Dave

Open Design is the Wolfgang Baur-led studio effort for designing roleplaying game adventures, primarily for D&D. Open Design uses a unique model to make the adventures: instead of the traditional single designer or corporate team effort, Open Design uses a patronage model where anyone can contribute to a project by paying in and then weighing […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: call of cthulhu, kobold quarterly, open design, pathfinder

Inq. of the Week: Cthulhu Who?

August 31, 2009 by Dave

I believe it is too late for me now. With each new tome I uncover, the more I find myself drawn away from my usual realm and into a realm of insanity. Are you with me?

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: coc, cthulhu, kobold quarterly, open design, yellow sign

Two Words to Convince You to Buy Kobold Quarterly #10

July 20, 2009 by Dave

Gelantinous Cubes. We don’t have to tell you that Kobold Quarterly is great, or that it’s been nominated for 3 Ennies (though it’s going down in the Best Website category!), or that it includes tons of material for both 3.5 players (with a preview of Pathfinder) and 4e player.  We don’t have to tell you […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3e, 4e, gelatinous cube, kobold quarterly, monsters

‘The Magic Bullet for Publication’ by Wolfgang Baur

January 6, 2009 by Bartoneus

Kobold Quarterly was kind enough to offer up a chapter from The Kobold Guide to Game Design Volume II: How to Pitch, Playtest, and Publish by Wolfgang Baur, presented by Open Design. I was given the choice between two chapters and decided to leave it to the best decision maker, and rolled a d20. Suprisingly it came up a 20, and so I went with the “high” option which I’m very happy with, titled “The Magic Bullet for Publication”.

Filed Under: Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: design, game design, kobold guide to design, kobold quarterly, publication, publishing, Reviews, roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, woflgang baur

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