KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 3: Tools & Techniques - Open Design


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Marster the art of game design! The Kobold Guide to Game Design Volume III: Tools &Techniques goes even deeper into the territory of professional design with a dozen essays by an all-star lineup of industry veterans including:

Award-winning designer and publisher Wolfgang Baur
3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons designer Monte Cook
4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons designer Rob Heinsoo
New York Times best-selling author Ed Greenwood
Videogame and tabletop RPG designer Colin McComb

Readers will find nearly 100 pages of tips, tricks, and how-to guidance from the pros about:

Designing combat systems
Sandbox and event-driven adventure design
Working well in collaborative design
Optimizing encounters for roleplaying
Creating memorable characters and dastardly plots
The principles of 4th Edition design
...and more!

The Kobold Guide to Game Design Volume 3 is a great resource for both professional designers and advanced GMs who want to take their homebrew campaigns to the next level.

"...The strongest pieces in the entire series."

--Review by Berin Kinsman of Uncle Bear Media

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Jose L. F. C.

June 22nd, 2010

I couldn't yet read the previous volumes of this great collection, but I sure will after reading this book. Volume III is a hybrid product, half-insider in the game industry, half-game master advices. Wolfgang's chapters are specially interesting: you get [...]

Tom A.

June 19th, 2010

Instead of me heaping praise on the authors of this book (they are all luminaries in the field) I will offer a suggestion for the potential purchaser. Get out that old notebook you’ve had since 7th grade. While this book is ultimately intended for the [...]