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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6049755" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Wolfgang Baur and the rest of the team over at <em>Kobold Quarterly</em> have announced the sad news that the critically-acclaimed magazine is to join the ghosts of many other RPG magazines and cease production immediately. <em>Kobold Quarterly</em> has been running for five years, and was seen by many as the spiritual successor to DRAGON magazine. In a press release on the official website, Wolfgang says:</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">It’s a fact that in every fantasy roleplaying game, whether it’s Pathfinder RPG, Dungeons & Dragons, or Castles & Crusades, a kobold’s life is short. They’re wily and quick, but they have few hit points. Sooner or later they go down — fighting.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">That day has come for <strong>Kobold Quarterly</strong> magazine. After five years of publication, Shelly and I are closing the doors on the little fanzine that could.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">There’s a FAQ at the end of this post with more information, including details for subscribers (who will have the choice of a full refund or a larger amount in Kobold Store credit) and for writers (editors will contact you about Winter submissions).</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">That’s the nitty gritty. But as Kobold-in-Chief, I don’t want to talk about that right now. I want to talk about what Kobold Quarterly means to me.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">I always hoped that Kobold Quarterly would someday be my full-time gig, but it was not to be. My sincere thanks go out to everyone who contributed to the magazine, starting with our stalwart subscribers, advertisers, authors, and artists. Thanks also to those who bought only an issue or two; for us, every sale was crucial to our continuing. The magazine may be going away, but the Open Design goal of creating new ways for people to publish their RPG ideas will continue.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">This is a very sad day for me personally, and I know this comes as a disappointment to many of you. The line on small press magazines these days is, “every issue is a little miracle.” We finally ran out of miracles, but it’s been an absolutely stellar five and a half years with Kobold Quarterly’s contributors, subscribers, and readers.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thanks for making it more than a “product.” Thank you for making it original, surprising, thrilling, inspiring and quirky. Thank you for making it playable and debatable and fun. All adventures end, and this one has been a blast.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">And now, as adventurers do, we will gather in the tavern to hoist mugs of ale and talk about the monsters we slew and the treasures we won. And then we will begin planning and scheming for the next adventure.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Kobolds might be easy to knock down individually, you see, but they always come in big numbers. The kobold crew will keep serving you with free articles, the free Courier newsletter, Kobold Press adventures and sourcebooks, and other projects.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px">We remain Small but Fierce.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">In addition to this announcement, </span><a href="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/announcements14317.php#.UKd3RH9FCHt" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">the web page also contains an FAQ</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> which deals with subscriptions, refunds, PDFs, Kickstarters, and more.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6049755, member: 1"] [SIZE=3]Wolfgang Baur and the rest of the team over at [I]Kobold Quarterly[/I] have announced the sad news that the critically-acclaimed magazine is to join the ghosts of many other RPG magazines and cease production immediately. [I]Kobold Quarterly[/I] has been running for five years, and was seen by many as the spiritual successor to DRAGON magazine. In a press release on the official website, Wolfgang says:[/SIZE] [INDENT][SIZE=3]It’s a fact that in every fantasy roleplaying game, whether it’s Pathfinder RPG, Dungeons & Dragons, or Castles & Crusades, a kobold’s life is short. They’re wily and quick, but they have few hit points. Sooner or later they go down — fighting.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]That day has come for [B]Kobold Quarterly[/B] magazine. After five years of publication, Shelly and I are closing the doors on the little fanzine that could.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]There’s a FAQ at the end of this post with more information, including details for subscribers (who will have the choice of a full refund or a larger amount in Kobold Store credit) and for writers (editors will contact you about Winter submissions).[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]That’s the nitty gritty. But as Kobold-in-Chief, I don’t want to talk about that right now. I want to talk about what Kobold Quarterly means to me.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I always hoped that Kobold Quarterly would someday be my full-time gig, but it was not to be. My sincere thanks go out to everyone who contributed to the magazine, starting with our stalwart subscribers, advertisers, authors, and artists. Thanks also to those who bought only an issue or two; for us, every sale was crucial to our continuing. The magazine may be going away, but the Open Design goal of creating new ways for people to publish their RPG ideas will continue.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]This is a very sad day for me personally, and I know this comes as a disappointment to many of you. The line on small press magazines these days is, “every issue is a little miracle.” We finally ran out of miracles, but it’s been an absolutely stellar five and a half years with Kobold Quarterly’s contributors, subscribers, and readers.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thanks for making it more than a “product.” Thank you for making it original, surprising, thrilling, inspiring and quirky. Thank you for making it playable and debatable and fun. All adventures end, and this one has been a blast.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]And now, as adventurers do, we will gather in the tavern to hoist mugs of ale and talk about the monsters we slew and the treasures we won. And then we will begin planning and scheming for the next adventure.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Kobolds might be easy to knock down individually, you see, but they always come in big numbers. The kobold crew will keep serving you with free articles, the free Courier newsletter, Kobold Press adventures and sourcebooks, and other projects.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]We remain Small but Fierce.[/SIZE] [/INDENT][SIZE=3]In addition to this announcement, [/SIZE][URL="http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/announcements14317.php#.UKd3RH9FCHt"][SIZE=3]the web page also contains an FAQ[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3] which deals with subscriptions, refunds, PDFs, Kickstarters, and more.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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