Open Design 005: Feythulhu
Open Design 005: Feythulhu
Laying Down the Law edition
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
* ‘Wicked Fantasy’ with John Wick
Chris Pramas began freelancing in the mid-90s, before becoming a staffer at Wizards of the Coast, where he worked on Chain Mail and Dark*Matter. In 2000, he founded Green Ronin Publishing, one of the first d20 publishers.
Also Mentioned: Dragon Age, George RR Martin, The Red Star, and The Whispering Vault.
Josh Stevens has been contributing to Open Design products for a long time. He has contributed four articles to Kobold Quarterly, and worked on Dwarves of the Ironcrags, Halls of the Mountain King, Kobold Ecologies, and Tales of Zobeck.
Josh’s Kobold Quarterly articles include ‘Gangs of Zobeck’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #4), ‘Ecology of the Homunculus’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #5), ‘Crab Diviners of Zobeck’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #6), and ‘The Ecstasy of Ink’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #8).
To learn more about Open Design, visit Wolfgang Baur’s homepage.
Nicolas Logue is a consummate freelancer, working on numerous products for Paizo Publishing and Wizards of the Coast. He also runs his own publishing company, Sinister Adventures.
Nick’s Open Design credits include Blood of the Gorgon, Kobold Ecologies, ‘Ecology of the Barghest’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #2), and ‘Improving Your Improvisation’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #5).
Also Mentioned: Marvel Super Heroes RPG and The Forge.
…and we also mentioned Emerson’s Bookshelf, the blog of Robert N. Emerson.
Open Design 004: Dwarves of the Ironcrags
Open Design 004: Dwarves of the Ironcrags
World Creation edition
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
Also Mentioned: ENnie Awards.
Steve Kenson’s gaming resume is long and distinguished, and includes contributions to Shadowrun, World of Darkness, Marvel Super-Heroes, GURPS, DragonLance, and more. In recent years, his innovative designs spawned Mutants & Masterminds, Blue Rose: the Roleplaying Game of Romantic Fantasy, and True20 Fantasy Roleplay.
Also Mentioned: Hobby Games: The 100 Best (Green Ronin Publishing).
Stefen Styrsky joined Open Design with the Empire of the Ghouls project, and has been with us ever since. Not only has he started contributing great content to the projects themselves, you can also find his Bard articles in the pages of Kobold Quarterly.
Stefen’s Open Design credits include ‘Horn of Triumph: Magical Instruments’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #5) and ‘The Bardic Road’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #9).
To learn more about Open Design, visit Wolfgang Baur’s homepage.
Ed Greenwood is the creator of the Forgotten Realms, which grew out of his home D&D game in 1975. Ed has published over two hundred articles of Realmslore and has written over thirty books and modules for TSR and Wizards of the Coast. In addition, Ed has edited over a dozen small press magazines.
Ed’s Open Design credits include Tales of Zobeck, ‘On the Streets Where Heroes Live’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #2), ‘Revering Ninkash’ (Kobold Quarterly Issue #10), and Kobold Guide to Game Design, Vol. 1.
Also Mentioned: Danielle Steel, Dr. Seuss, Julian May, Dying Earth, Skyrealms of Jorune, Blue Rose, and the Great God Zob-Lob.
