Open Design 001: Kobold Ecologies
Open Design 001: Kobold Ecologies
Welcome to the Open Design Podcast, a discussion about game design and game mastery with hosts Wolfgang Baur, Ed Healy and Rone Barton.
Regular Features:
* ‘Ask the Kobold’ with Skip Williams
* ‘Game Theories’ with Monte Cook
What do Dragonlance, the Forgotten Realms, Al-Qadim, Spelljammer and Planescape all have in common? The answer: veteran author, designer and developer Jeff Grubb, who joins us to talk about world building and the joys of collaborative design.
Jeff’s Open Design credits include ‘Joining the Noble Classes’ (Kobold Quarterly 2), ‘Secret Adventure Naming Tables’ (Kobold Quarterly 4), ‘Courtiers of Zobeck’ (Kobold Quarterly 9), ‘The Blood Oasis’ (Six Arabian Nights).
Also Mentioned: BOZ’s Critter Bits and Magic Recipes!
Halls of the Mountain King is the current, ongoing, Open Design project. Senior Patron Brandon Hodge gave his perspective on patronage, his contributions to the development on Halls, and what he’s learned about game design.
Also Mentioned: Big Top Candy Shop & Monkey See, Monkey Do!
Clinton J. Boomer is known for his contributions to Paizo’s Pathfinder books. We spoke with him about monster design, and how he goes about bringing new critters to life for our gaming enjoyment.
Boomer’s Open Design credits include ‘The Ecology of the Half-Giant’ & ‘The Ecology of the Retriever’ (Kobold Ecologies), as well as numerous articles on the Kobold Quarterly website.
Also Mentioned: CreativeJuices7 (YouTube)
Comments
I loved Monte’s Game Theories. I will certainly be taking that to heart.
Great Job! Another Moonstew Podcast to listen to in the car on repeat. ;)
Flash, keeping what you once said on the Paizo boards in mind, I told Ed we needed to keep the episode under the maximum recording length of a CD. Look at you being all influential.
I totally agree about the Monte segment. Much food for thought there.
And thanks for the kind words!
I finished listening to the show during my Workout over the weekend and let me tell you that I was floored by the good stuff in that show.
I’d add a ton of superlative but you’d say I’m sucking up. Can’t wait to participate in the next one!
Great work all.
Just catching up on these podcast, lots of good stuff keep them coming. Does anyone have a working link for the Critter Bits and Magic Recipes mentioned, the above link does not work.
Great work and thanks.
Xallar, I changed the link to BOZ’s website. You can ask him for a copy - I’m sure he still has one.
Woot!!!
Thanks guys! :)