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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8096805" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>What I mean by the parenthetical in the title is that they are a third-party publisher producing material for D&D as good or better than Wizards of the Coast. During the OGL era there were tons of 3PP publishers, but Paizo rose above the pack in popularity and quality. In 2006, Wolfgang Baur--who cut his teeth with TSR in the 90s--founded Open Design, and then Kobold Quarterly a year later. In 2012, Open Design became Kobold Press. Like Paizo with Golarion, Kobold's product centers on a homegrown setting, in this case Midgard. Many consider Midgard to be the best currently supported D&D setting, and certainly the <em>Worldbook</em> (a 2018 revision and expansion of a 2012 product) is one of the best campaign setting books I've seen. Their monster books, <em>Tome of Beasts </em>and <em>Creature Codex, </em>with <em>Tome of Beasts II </em>coming out in November, are well lauded, and they've got a bunch of other supplements and adventures.</p><p></p><p>What Kobold products do you own and enjoy? What are your thoughts on their place in the industry? Where do you think they're going in the future?</p><p></p><p>I own the two Midgard setting books, <em>Tome of Beasts</em>, and have <em>Tales of the Margreve </em>on order. I'm planning on purchasing <em>Creature Codex, Tome of Beasts II </em>when it comes out in pocket (which is a great size, btw), and the various lairs books.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 8096805, member: 59082"] What I mean by the parenthetical in the title is that they are a third-party publisher producing material for D&D as good or better than Wizards of the Coast. During the OGL era there were tons of 3PP publishers, but Paizo rose above the pack in popularity and quality. In 2006, Wolfgang Baur--who cut his teeth with TSR in the 90s--founded Open Design, and then Kobold Quarterly a year later. In 2012, Open Design became Kobold Press. Like Paizo with Golarion, Kobold's product centers on a homegrown setting, in this case Midgard. Many consider Midgard to be the best currently supported D&D setting, and certainly the [I]Worldbook[/I] (a 2018 revision and expansion of a 2012 product) is one of the best campaign setting books I've seen. Their monster books, [I]Tome of Beasts [/I]and [I]Creature Codex, [/I]with [I]Tome of Beasts II [/I]coming out in November, are well lauded, and they've got a bunch of other supplements and adventures. What Kobold products do you own and enjoy? What are your thoughts on their place in the industry? Where do you think they're going in the future? I own the two Midgard setting books, [I]Tome of Beasts[/I], and have [I]Tales of the Margreve [/I]on order. I'm planning on purchasing [I]Creature Codex, Tome of Beasts II [/I]when it comes out in pocket (which is a great size, btw), and the various lairs books. [/QUOTE]
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