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.

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