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Kobold Quarterly is the scrappy little magazine of Open Design, a tiny journal that covers the world's premiere roleplaying game and the world's best fantasy adventures.

Each issue is written by the industry's best, including many well-known RPG designers from Ed Greenwood to Wolfgang Baur. Each features full-color art by fantasy artists new and familiar.

Kobold Quarterly gives you the finest worldbuilding techniques, great interviews, cartoons, and tested tactical crunch.


    The premiere issue features:
  • The Ecology of the Derro
  • The first installment of the Princes of Hell series
  • 8 excellent treasures
  • An interview with Paizo publisher Erik Mona
  • Steam & Sorcery
  • ...and more!

Are there errors or omissions in this product information? Got corrections? Let us know at webmaster@paizo.com.


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Taldor DitheringFool (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Cards Subscriber),

Djarrus Gost avatar

I was an early subscriber and today it has more than paid off!!! The first issue is now available.

Seriously, if anyone out there is still mourning the loss of Dragon you need to give this a shot!

And for all you Logue fan-boys/girls/kobolds out there, it looks like Nicolas is writing the Ecology of the Barghest for the next issue.

The Jade (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber),

11550 620 21 Wolf avatar

Dithering Fool seems to be suffering the same enthusiasm as me. I figured I'd get my first copy and look for the strengths and ignore the weaknesses but frankly the product just roundhoused me. Well worth the money, and as the other post says there is a great interview with Erik. I had no idea people in Seattle ordered their Italian food with salmon.

Vicious One,

TSR 95053-46 avatar

I'm impressed and i haven't even read it. i guess if your dragon dies, what better revenge than to get a kobold! Just the name is poetic. Count me a fanboi( or is that a faery princess?)

Andoran Mothman (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber),

B 4 Mothman 2 Final avatar

I just purchased it. Haven't had a chance to read much of it yet, but looks really good so far, I'm impressed!

Evil Overlord,

Ssythar Nahazir avatar

Now all of your souls belong to me, after sending a portion to Paizo and Wolfgang. ~an evil cacle echoes in the room~

Ed Healy (Contributor),

Umbragen avatar

Small but fierce!

Sharoth (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber),

3 Iron-Dragon avatar

Will there be a dead tree version of the Kobold Quarterly? I would love to have a hard copy of it.

Sharoth (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber),

3 Iron-Dragon avatar

~sighs~ Well, I am weak! Weak I tell you! I just could not wait. I just had to go to Wolfgang Baur's web site and purchase the print version of the Kobold Quartery. ~cries~ And this is all because I also rolled a natural 1 on my will save!

Sharoth (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber),

3 Iron-Dragon avatar

I do have to admit, I am liking what I see so far.

Olaf the Stout,

Umber-hulk avatar

I got in at the early subscriber price and am very happy with what I'll be getting for my money.

Olaf the Stout

Ed Healy (Contributor),

Umbragen avatar

The interview with Erik was nice, but "Titivillus, the Scribe of Hell" was the crowning gem. Wolfgang should be proud.

Qadira Fake Healer,

283 avatar

How many pages is it? I may need to get this also. Is there a subscription for it?

FH

Andoran Keno,

TSR 95053-49 avatar

Fake Healer wrote:
How many pages is it? I may need to get this also. Is there a subscription for it?

FH


34 pages. And yes you can get it by subscription. $36/year in the US, $44 in Canada, I think. For the print copies.

Kobold Website

Qadira Wolfgang Baur (Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Quarterly),

9-Merlokrep avatar

Keno wrote:
34 pages. And yes you can get it by subscription. $36/year in the US, $44 in Canada, I think. For the print copies.

Kobold Website


Yes, those rates are correct *and* they include the paper plus the PDF as well.

Or if you prefer, it's $16 per year for the PDF only.

Qadira Fake Healer,

283 avatar

Wolfgang Baur wrote:
Keno wrote:
34 pages. And yes you can get it by subscription. $36/year in the US, $44 in Canada, I think. For the print copies.

Kobold Website


Yes, those rates are correct *and* they include the paper plus the PDF as well.

Or if you prefer, it's $16 per year for the PDF only.


And that is for 4 mags a year, correct? I assume that is what you were saying with the "Quarterly" part.

FH

Qadira Wolfgang Baur (Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Quarterly),

9-Merlokrep avatar

Fake Healer wrote:
And that is for 4 mags a year, correct? I assume that is what you were saying with the "Quarterly" part.

Yes, it is 4 issues a year right now, because there's, um, limited staff.

If things come together, it will definitely bump up to 6 issues a year.

Qadira Fake Healer,

283 avatar

Wolfgang Baur wrote:
Fake Healer wrote:
And that is for 4 mags a year, correct? I assume that is what you were saying with the "Quarterly" part.

Yes, it is 4 issues a year right now, because there's, um, limited staff.

If things come together, it will definitely bump up to 6 issues a year.


Bye-bye, money.....I barely got to know ye....
I'm down wit dat!

FH

Qadira Avemar (Paizo Charter Superscriber),

11 Undead Cleric avatar

I received my pdf copy by e-mail and just love it! The articles I've read are all top-notch and the art is very high quality. My favorites are the Ecology of the Derro and the far darrig article.

Small but fierce indeed.

Evilturnip,

Osquip avatar

Maybe I am just blind and missing it.
Where's the option to sign up for the dead tree version?

I only see the line "paper versions will be available through lulu.com"

I'm pretty happy to see this quarterly being made, and would love a print copy for my shelf.

Sharoth wrote:
~sighs~ Well, I am weak! Weak I tell you! I just could not wait. I just had to go to Wolfgang Baur's web site and purchase the print version of the Kobold Quartery. ~cries~ And this is all because I also rolled a natural 1 on my will save!

Qadira Wolfgang Baur (Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Quarterly),

9-Merlokrep avatar

Evilturnip wrote:
Maybe I am just blind and missing it.
Where's the option to sign up for the dead tree version?

I only see the line "paper versions will be available through lulu.com"

I'm pretty happy to see this quarterly being made, and would love a print copy for my shelf.


Sorry, it's a bit hidden at the bottom of the home page. You can find it here directly.

Paizo Employee Lisa Stevens (CEO),

Lisa's avatar

Sharoth wrote:
~sighs~ Well, I am weak! Weak I tell you! I just could not wait. I just had to go to Wolfgang Baur's web site and purchase the print version of the Kobold Quartery. ~cries~ And this is all because I also rolled a natural 1 on my will save!

We are also offering Kobold Quarterly here on paizo.com for those who prefer to shop here. Check out our blog on the front page today!

-Lisa

David Blizzard,

Shadowblack avatar

Lisa Stevens wrote:
We are also offering Kobold Quarterly here on paizo.com for those who prefer to shop here. Check out our blog on the front page today!

But not the limited print version. That's what he failed his will save aganst.

Destro Fett (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber),

TSRDUN 148 B avatar

First off, the content is top notch and I'm proud to be a charter subscriber. Can't wait for the next issue. But I had a few comments/suggestions:

- Most of the hyperlinks in my PDF don't work, which is frustrating for two reasons; not only am I interested in what the dead links originally had to offer, the reminder of not being able to use them is very prominent since the formatting utilizes a box around the text instead of something less obvious like bold or even underlined text. Maybe a list of the URLs in the ToC or an issue index would at least help bypass the technical difficulties.

- The Underdark Encounters page is rad. I want to start using it, even though I don't have all of the referenced books. Therein lies the rub - you (WB) mention a potential online posting of the abbreviations, but it would have been cool to actually have that available in the zine. Although most of us are savvy with the net, I don't want to have to rely on it once I've purchased the zine. (Granted, I can do the research to figure most of it out, but it's a little thing that would go a long way).

I don't mean to gripe. I'm just excited to see the KQ grow.

Thanks.

Ed Healy (Contributor),

Umbragen avatar

One of the best quotes from KQ1:

"Most of the best ideas are born written in red ink on the margins of early drafts." - Erik Mona

Steve Greer (Contributor),

6 -Id Portraitl avatar

Bought it last night from the Paizo store. Loved Wolfgang's editorial and interview with Erik the most. Not that the rest wasn't very cool. It's very old school looking. Very reminscent of the early days of Dungeon and Dragon magazines in a whole lot of ways.

I look forward to the future of KQ. It's got a great editor at the helm with some of the best writers in the biz already submitting stuff to him and ready to lend a hand at making it great.

Vicious One,

TSR 95053-46 avatar

Steve Greer wrote:
Bought it last night from the Paizo store. Loved Wolfgang's editorial and interview with Erik the most. Not that the rest wasn't very cool. It's very old school looking. Very reminscent of the early days of Dungeon and Dragon magazines in a whole lot of ways.

I look forward to the future of KQ. It's got a great editor at the helm with some of the best writers in the biz already submitting stuff to him and ready to lend a hand at making it great.


Huzzah!

Paizo Employee Vic Wertz (Technical Director),

Vic Wertz

Wolfgang Baur wrote:
Keno wrote:
34 pages. And yes you can get it by subscription. $36/year in the US, $44 in Canada, I think. For the print copies.

Kobold Website


Yes, those rates are correct *and* they include the paper plus the PDF as well.

Or if you prefer, it's $16 per year for the PDF only.


We'll also be offering ongoing subscriptions to the PDF here in the not-too-distant future.

Sharoth (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber),

3 Iron-Dragon avatar

Lisa Stevens wrote:
Sharoth wrote:
~sighs~ Well, I am weak! Weak I tell you! I just could not wait. I just had to go to Wolfgang Baur's web site and purchase the print version of the Kobold Quartery. ~cries~ And this is all because I also rolled a natural 1 on my will save!

We are also offering Kobold Quarterly here on paizo.com for those who prefer to shop here. Check out our blog on the front page today!

-Lisa


Lisa, I did get the PDF version from Paizo, but once I realized that there was a Dead Tree version, I then failed my Wil Save. Sorry Lisa. I will have my wallet make it up to you all some how. ;-P

Guennarr (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; GameMastery Superscriber; Planet Stories Subscriber),

13 Bloodless-Undead-Guy 2 avatar

I really liked issue 1, too, even though the interview with Erik Mona was quite long (but interesting!).

Kobold Quarterly fills a niche left by Dragon Magazine and not filled by anything else yet. Pathfinder and GameMastery Modules give adventures and campaign information, and Kobold provides the information which unfortunately didn't make it into these publications.

I don't mind the nostalgic look. And I am quite sure that future issues with more contributors (i.e. more time for editing!) will contain less orthographic errors. ;-)

A big question of mine:
Did anyone understand all book title abbreviations of the underdark monster listing? Wolfgang mentioned that there is a message board where unknown abbreviations are clarified. Unfortunately I didn't find this board.

David Blizzard,

Shadowblack avatar

Destro Fett wrote:
Therein lies the rub - you (WB) mention a potential online posting of the abbreviations, but it would have been cool to actually have that available in the zine.

I believe it's an issue with the OGL. You can't reference any WotC trademarks in the product (except for specific ones), and that includes most of the references.

David Blizzard,

Shadowblack avatar

Guennarr wrote:

Did anyone understand all book title abbreviations of the underdark monster listing? Wolfgang mentioned that there is a message board where unknown abbreviations are clarified. Unfortunately I didn't find this board.

Wolfgang posted them (for the most part) in this post on his Open Design site.

Osirion John Tanzini (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber),

Survey AD 1 avatar

I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed my issue of Kobold Quarterly. IMO it was jam packed with goodness! Ecology of the Derro, Titivillus: Prince of Hell, The Far Darrig, and the Interview withEric Mona were all excellent. I'm already looking forward to the Fall issue, and Open Design's Empire of the Ghoul!

David Blizzard,

Shadowblack avatar

John Tanzini wrote:
I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed my issue of Kobold Quarterly. IMO it was jam packed with goodness! Ecology of the Derro, Titivillus: Prince of Hell, The Far Darrig, and the Interview withEric Mona were all excellent. I'm already looking forward to the Fall issue, and Open Design's Empire of the Ghoul!

I'm really waiting for Keith Baker's "how to run a noir campaign" article (even if it he can't make next issue's deadline). The fact that I sort of suggested it notwithstanding.

Lilith (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber),

Chess-final 2 avatar

If you don't know where a creature comes from, you can always look it up on DM Tools - I try to keep the lists current!

Destro Fett (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber),

TSRDUN 148 B avatar

Righty-o. Summon the ghouls.

David Blizzard,

Shadowblack avatar

Lilith wrote:
If you don't know where a creature comes from, you can always look it up on DM Tools - I try to keep the lists current!

Of course, some of the sources aren't WotC sources (and one is a website).

Qadira Wolfgang Baur (Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Quarterly),

9-Merlokrep avatar

David Blizzard wrote:
Lilith wrote:
If you don't know where a creature comes from, you can always look it up on DM Tools - I try to keep the lists current!

Of course, some of the sources aren't WotC sources (and one is a website).

Yeah, I have to admit I could have done better there. My argument against is that it would have required spreading the list onto a second page, which I really wanted to avoid. The paper edition had to be 32 interior pages, and this article was almost cut for space a couple times.

If you have any questions about particular sources, I'm happy to answer them.

Maybe next time I put all the sources in 6 pt type, just so they are there.

William Pall (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber),

06 Lion Falcon Monk avatar

I've never cursed my unemployment more! I want to get KQ as much as I want to get Pathfinder.

Uhm, I'm sure this is too early to determine a proper answer . . . but in the event it takes me a long time to rectify my current despicable situation, will there be dead tree versions of KQ available? (I'm assuming that pdf versions will be available long after DnD has reached it's 12th edition)

Qadira Wolfgang Baur (Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Quarterly),

9-Merlokrep avatar

William Pall wrote:
...will there be dead tree versions of KQ available?

YES! They are on press now, but in extremely limited quantities. I pretty much expect to sell out of the back issue the first time Open Design goes to a convention.

I wish I could make a go of distributing the paper magazine into the hobby trade, but so far, the numbers don't add up. And I just can't take the kind of losses that would be required to do returns, etc.

messy (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber),

Rel avatar

allo

i just subscribed, and i must agree -- the kobold is excellent. it's like a mini-dragon magazine :-)

thanks wolf!

messy

William Pall (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber),

06 Lion Falcon Monk avatar

Argh, no . . . what I meant was . . . Assume it still takes months or years to get employed (not my plan, just putting forth worst case scenerio for myself), will there be back issues of the printed version of KQ available?

From your response I'm thinking no . . . but that's okay, there's still always a pdf.

Qadira Wolfgang Baur (Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Quarterly),

9-Merlokrep avatar

William Pall wrote:
...will there be back issues of the printed version of KQ available?

From your response I'm thinking no . . . but that's okay, there's still always a pdf.


Right on both counts. I expect the paper edition will sell out before the end of 2007, and the PDF will remain, um, "in print".

Good luck with the job hunt!

Osirion Gavgoyle (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber),

Thri Kreen avatar

William Pall wrote:
I've never cursed my unemployment more!

Right there with ya, man! It's suckalicious. KQ, however, is frickin' great! Thanks for the Derro ecology!!! I love them, they're not quite right... like Heathenson!

Polevoi,

40-sandpoint Devil Final H avatar

I've got a quick question--if i just signed up today with a Paper and PDF subscription am i going to get issue #1 or will my subscription start with issue #2?

plungingforward2,

41-giant Gecko Final Hires avatar

The article on Titilvus was great. That devils, even petty ones, offices and titles is a big part of what sets them apart from demons, and excellent ones were chosen in this case. Keep these coming.

Andoran Andrew Turner (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber),

Unger avatar

messy wrote:
allo

i just subscribed, and i must agree -- the kobold is excellent. it's like a mini-dragon magazine :-)

thanks wolf!

messy


No offense to the crew or my favorite magazine, but it's kind of like the best parts of Dragon...with none of that other stuff I never really cared for...

Qadira Wolfgang Baur (Contributor; Publisher, Kobold Quarterly),

9-Merlokrep avatar

Polevoi wrote:
I've got a quick question--if i just signed up today with a Paper and PDF subscription am i going to get issue #1 or will my subscription start with issue #2?

You'll get #1 in the mail. It would suck to have a quarterly subscription start with an issue 3 months off, and we try not to suck. :)

Polevoi,

40-sandpoint Devil Final H avatar

Wolfgang Baur wrote:
Polevoi wrote:
I've got a quick question--if i just signed up today with a Paper and PDF subscription am i going to get issue #1 or will my subscription start with issue #2?

You'll get #1 in the mail. It would suck to have a quarterly subscription start with an issue 3 months off, and we try not to suck. :)

LOL--sweet! I'm looking forward to it, the reviews i've read so far got me drooling

Andoran Andrew Turner (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber),

Unger avatar

This magazine is really, really good, and I think the potential is there for something outstanding down the road. I grew to enjoy the AP support articles in Dragon, but my all-time favorite articles were the Ecologies, Demonomicons, Creature Catalogs, and spellcraft features: all those type of articles look to be in every issue of KQ, which definitely fills a space my favorite magazine's close has created.

As an aside, you might want to buy your print subscriptions now--just think about the beginnings of Dragon. Don't you wish you had The Dragon no.1? I do.

Stebehil (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; GameMastery Cards Subscriber),

Coin avatar

I failed my will save vs. cool content as well and just had to buy the pdf yesterday (via paizo). I haven´t had the time to read all of it yet, but what I´ve seen so far looks very good. I´m considering getting the print version as well, but then - shipping to europe might be a hassle.

Is the 34 page length set (for the time being)? One of Wolfgangs comments on the encounter table article seemed to indicate this.

Stefan

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