September 2008 - Posts
Kobold Quarterly and Open Design have been very fortunate in the quality of their freelancers. I’m happy to announce that Open Design has accepted an adventure from Ed Greenwood of Forgotten Realms fame. His adventure is a tale of dueling merchants...
All along, the
Tales of Zobeck project has promised a set of seven adventures for your amusement. I'm pleased to report that we'll have eight instead, and that the 8th author is none other than
Ed Greenwood. It's been a while since Mr. Greenwood dabbled in adventure design, but I'm delighted to have his work as part of the first Zobeck adventure anthology.
New patrons can sign up to receive this limited edition adventures (and the unlimited edition gazetteer) for a few more weeks. Once the anthology ships, it is too late, so
sign up today!
Sicklerville, NJ (WKQ News): Farmers in this Camden County town are growing more concerned by the day. They say their livestock – cows, pigs, and horses mostly – are being attacked in the evening. Few animals have survived the attacks, and the deaths...
The
Blood of the Gorgon project is complete, and with the benefit of a little hindsight, Nick Logue talks about collaboration in Open Design and collaboration between DMs and players (and throws in the origin story of some of his famous Eberron/Viktor Saint-Demain adventures as a bonus).
Give it a look!
Nicolas Logue designed the recent Open Design project, Blood of the Gorgon, a dark and thrill-packed adventure that recently shipped to its patrons. Here he offers some lessons learned and some final reflections on the Open Design process:
Gaming is not...
A new monster from American folklore is up for your amusement at
Koboldquarterly.com. It's by the Might John Ling, and there's more coming.
Because there's no such thing as too many monsters, I hope to continue this series on a frequent basis. Let me know what you think!
Detroit, MI (WKQ News): The severe storms have left the Detroit metro area. Over the past 24 hours, Detroit has suffered intense thunderstorms, with wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour felling trees and utility poles throughout the region. A spokesman...
There's a great
interview with Harley Stroh over on the KQ site. He spills the beans about what he looks for in adventures and how he approaches design.
Definitely worth a read.
Harley Stroh mostly writes adventures—good old, down and dirty dungeon crawls reminiscent of the AD&D modules of yesteryear. His scenarios feature vengeful rat kings, bat-riding goblins, and twisted, giggling evil gnomes who worship the eldritch...
The seven adventures of the 3E
Tales of Zobeck project are off to the editor, and the Gazetteer is very close to turnover. That Gazetteer is packed with clockwork magic, details of the kobold ghetto, and lots of adventure hooks for any city setting. The city map is well underway as well.
So it's really a great time to
sign up as a patron for Tales; the project is still underway, but the wait won't be very long. To support more great art and maps, and to see how this major 3rd Edition expansion and set of short, playable adventures turns out, please donate to Open Design today.
If you are more interested in 4th Edition, the Wrath of the River King is also well on its way.
Sign up today and you'll see the creation of an adventure that features as much skill/roleplay encounters and a much richer setting than anything else available for the new edition.
Heck, we've won the Diana Jones Award and three ENnie nominations. We must be doing something right.
An interview I did with the podcasters of Pulp Gamer has appeared at the very end of their
Out of Character segment. Worth a listen!
I talked with the Pulp Gamer podcasters about recent events, including the Diana Jones Award and future plans. The audio is available at the Pulp Gamer site. Read More...