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Paizo / Messageboards / paizo.com / Product Discussion / Archives / KOBOLD Guide to Game Design -- Volume 1: Adventures     Recent Posts
KOBOLD Guide to Game Design -- Volume 1: Adventures
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KOBOLD Guide to Game Design—Volume 1: Adventures
Open Design

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Practical Advice from Great RPG Designers

Ever wondered what it takes to make it as a freelancer? Want to improve your homebrew adventures?

Wonder no more!

The KOBOLD Guide to Game Design distills years of professional experience into a collection of design wisdom that can improve your game and vastly increase your odds of selling a publisher on your work.

  • Your Audience and Making the Pitch
  • Design Tips and Tricks
  • Writerly Craft
  • Pacing and Drama
  • Worldbuilding
  • Genres from Noir to Arabian and Underdark
  • City Adventures
  • ...And More!

This 88-page collection of 15 essays—many previously presented only to patrons of OPEN DESIGN—is now available to the public for the first time. It also collects design wisdom from the pages of KOBOLD QUARTERLY magazine.

Authors include Keith Baker, Wolfgang Baur, Ed Greenwood, and Nicolas Logue.

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


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Andoran SirUrza (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, GameMastery Maps, Planet Stories Subscriber),

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Just finished reading, you guys need to get this one.

Cheliax Zaister (Paizo Charter Superscriber),

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Ordered the print edition from Wolfgang this week. :)

Freehold DM,

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I'll be picking mine up...*checks calendar* next Monday, when I get paid. Depending on how things go, I may be picking up a copy of GM Gems, the critical hit deck, and a card capsule to store said deck in. And deck protectors. I love Paizo!

Qadira TigerDave (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

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SirUrza wrote:
Just finished reading, you guys need to get this one.

Ordered mine as well. Thanks for the heads-up Sir Urza.

Freehold DM,

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When is this coming out print again?

Andre Caceres (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber),

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So does this give tips on getting published, or on how to publish your own work via PDF or something. Or is this more like GM advise. Wasn't sure, but I would like to gain some insight on starting up a publishing house (small one obviously) and would like to know how much I don't know.

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

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Andre Caceres wrote:
So does this give tips on getting published, or on how to publish your own work via PDF or something. Or is this more like GM advise. Wasn't sure, but I would like to gain some insight on starting up a publishing house (small one obviously) and would like to know how much I don't know.

It's more on how to craft an adventure and points to remember when making a story. If its industry stuff you want to know about, try taking a look at this.

Andre Caceres (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber),

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Lilith wrote:
Andre Caceres wrote:
So does this give tips on getting published, or on how to publish your own work via PDF or something. Or is this more like GM advise. Wasn't sure, but I would like to gain some insight on starting up a publishing house (small one obviously) and would like to know how much I don't know.

It's more on how to craft an adventure and points to remember when making a story. If its industry stuff you want to know about, try taking a look at this.

Thanks for the info.

TTFN Dre

Cheliax Ravenmantle (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),

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As I'm going to be writing a lot of adventures in the future, mostly for Dragonlance but also some for Pathfinder, this book should be very helpful to me. It's always good to learn some tricks from the best.

Paizo Employee Vic Wertz (Technical Director),

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Lilith wrote:
Andre Caceres wrote:
So does this give tips on getting published, or on how to publish your own work via PDF or something. Or is this more like GM advise. Wasn't sure, but I would like to gain some insight on starting up a publishing house (small one obviously) and would like to know how much I don't know.

It's more on how to craft an adventure and points to remember when making a story. If its industry stuff you want to know about, try taking a look at this.

Louis Porter has recently released some of that information, updated and in PDF form, here.

dragonvan,

Are they any way to get this book in Canada without paying a unknown price because the shipment, the conversion, etc?

Paizo Employee Vic Wertz (Technical Director),

Vic Wertz

dragonvan wrote:
Are they any way to get this book in Canada without paying a unknown price because the shipment, the conversion, etc?

At paizo.com, you'll be given the exact shipping price before you check out... but we only accept payment in US dollars, so currency conversion is still in play.

Mauricio Quintana (RPG Superstar Top 32),

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when is this coming out in print again? I had it in my shopping cart yesterday and now it's showing as "unavailable...

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

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Mauricio Quintana wrote:
when is this coming out in print again? I had it in my shopping cart yesterday and now it's showing as "unavailable...

Yeah, it sold out rather quickly. However, it is still available at Kobold Quarterly right now, and I hope to have a restock to Paizo in February.

And hey, congrats on making Top 32!

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

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This book was nominated for an ORIGINS award today. Yowza!

Nicolas Logue (Contributor),

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Wolfgang Baur wrote:
This book was nominated for an ORIGINS award today. Yowza!

WOOT!

Taldor Louis Agresta (Contributor),

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Yahoo! Way to go, guys!

Taldor Nameless,

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Awesome! This was a fantastic read! Glad to see it's getting the respect it deserves!

dragonvan,

I finally buy this book in my LGS with the volume two and the PFRPG Core Rulebook at the street release date of this last book. It was an awesome book to read about the design of an adventure. Also, it can work to all system of RPG or the presentation of a useful document for a customer.

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