D&D 4E Anyone know if KQ is going 4e?

[Rechan]

Has Baur said anything about Kobold Quarterly and 4e?

 

[smootrk]

I hope they become the unofficial magazine of the Pathfinder game (by that I mean a 3rd party (non-Paizo) catering to the game).

 

[sjmiller]

The last time I checked the KQ forums Mr. Bauer looks to be moving away from supporting D&D 4e. Since the GSL would prevent him from offering both OGL and GSL material together, and since most of his audience wants support of D&D 3.5 and Pathfinder, I doubt he will be supporting D&D 4e any time soon. Well, except for the one Open Design project that was patron sponsored for 4e.

 

[Hunter In Darkness]

I hope is stays 3e or pathfinder. The GSL is very unfriendly and in the end i think would hurt him.

 

[Darrin Drader]

I've been given a semi-regular feature in the magazine, and he hasn't said anything to me about making it 4E compatible. I'm pretty sure the answer is no.

 

[Rechan]

I am a sad panda.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I'm pretty sure the answer is no.

I fully understand why Wolf would choose to go that route, given some of the ugly provisions of the GSL. But from a purely personal perspective, I have to say I'm disappointed. I really enjoyed the one bit of work I did for KQ, and I was really hoping to be able to do more. (Plus, I just loved the mag as a fan, not just as a writer.)

But as I said, I get why he'd choose not to.

 

[Rechan]

I really enjoyed the one bit of work I did for KQ, and I was really hoping to be able to do more.

Are you not allowed to do 3.5 stuff?

 

[Mouseferatu]

Are you not allowed to do 3.5 stuff?

Oh, I'm allowed to, absolutely. But the simple, brutal truth is, I don't want to. I find designing for 4E to be much more enjoyable, and much more to my taste, under something like 85% of circumstances, if not more. (It's the only reason I haven't been pestering Paizo for work.)

If I ever have a large gap in my schedule where I can't find any 4E work (or fiction work), I'm not saying I'll never go back to 3.5 design no matter what--but I don't think it likely, and it's not something I especially want to do.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Oh, I'm allowed to, absolutely. But the simple, brutal truth is, I don't want to. I find designing for 4E to be much more enjoyable, and much more to my taste, under something like 85% of circumstances, if not more. (It's the only reason I haven't been pestering Paizo for work.)

If I ever have a large gap in my schedule where I can't find any 4E work (or fiction work), I'm not saying I'll never go back to 3.5 design no matter what--but I don't think it likely, and it's not something I especially want to do.

I actually have exactly the same perspective, only in reverse. I recently withdrew a 4th edition proposal from a publisher that was tentatively going to move forward with it because I have no interest in designing for that game. At least not at this time. If the Pathfinder RPG does well enough, probably not ever. 4E leaves a bad taste in my mouth.