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Review: KQ Teems with Promise, Gnomes

  • Apr. 4th, 2008 at 1:52 PM
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The first note about Kobold Quarterly #4 has appeared in the wider press at WIRED. The blurb appears in the GeekDad blogs, and it made me cackle with glee.

This review, allow me to quote it to you:

"The sole remaining professional roleplaying game magazine, Kobold Quarterly became number one by beheading all of its competitors in spectacular urban swordfights."

I can't top that, though I am tempted to get it tattooed on my forehead.

If you don't subscribe (and it's just $16!), whyever not?

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[info]highmoonmedia wrote:
Apr. 4th, 2008 09:22 pm (UTC)
I love that quote. It's just brilliant and you should use it in every ad campaign from now on.
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[info]chefseehund wrote:
Apr. 4th, 2008 09:31 pm (UTC)
I second that, and can't stop grinning. (c:
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[info]synabetic wrote:
Apr. 4th, 2008 10:16 pm (UTC)
You just said exactly what I was going to say. :)
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[info]sigtrent wrote:
Apr. 4th, 2008 09:59 pm (UTC)
Awesome!
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[info]stannex wrote:
Apr. 4th, 2008 10:49 pm (UTC)
I think I feel a doodle coming on ...
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[info]open_design wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 12:34 am (UTC)
Bring on the doodles! I am picturing a kobold triumphant and strong!
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[info]neutronjockey wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 01:13 am (UTC)
Kobold standing on top of a defeated Dragon....?
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[info]neutronjockey wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 01:13 am (UTC)
Can I take up Paypal donations to see that tattoo happen?
It would be a fun story to tell the wee one when she gets old enough to understand... :)
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[info]open_design wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 07:21 am (UTC)
I believe my forehead tattoos start around $100K. Please do raise the funds. :)
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[info]neutronjockey wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 03:13 pm (UTC)
Only $100k? You seriously understimate my powers of fundraising---but you very seriously underestimate the powers of fandom.

I'll let you slide on this one. $100K is a too achievable goal. ;)
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[info]open_design wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 08:11 pm (UTC)
Perhaps I do, perhaps I do underestimate the power of a fully operational fandom. But, you know, $100K is a nice chunk of change.

Remind me to talk to you again when I need to do fundraising to keep KQ expanding and/or I need to offer a Super-Mega-PowerUp Freebie to subscribers. I suck at fundraising, most of the time.
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[info]neutronjockey wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 08:31 pm (UTC)
I've been wanting to do a gaming book cover in leather... perhaps a koboldy one...slaying a dragon... ;)
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[info]amnuxoll wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 03:27 am (UTC)
Whence KQ?
Has the PDF version been distributed? No sign of it in my inbox.
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[info]open_design wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 07:22 am (UTC)
Re: Whence KQ?
Yes, it went out to all subscribers on Wednesday.

Check your spam filter, or ping me with email and I'll send out another courier.
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[info]trevorstamper wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 07:50 pm (UTC)
Okay, so we HAVE to have t-shirts with that quote. That and the Erik Mona spiritual successor quote on the back, with the Kobold standing, sword in hand, over a pile of shredded magazines....
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[info]open_design wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 08:16 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I need to figure out CafePress, or something similar. I want that shirt, stat. :)
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[info]jdigital wrote:
Apr. 5th, 2008 09:16 pm (UTC)
I just renewed my subscription. I had no idea about the swordfight thing - all this time I blamed vague "market factors". Kudos!
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[info]ampherion wrote:
Apr. 6th, 2008 02:45 am (UTC)
don't think that kobold quarterly killed Dragon magazine in any way. I see it as the Dragon died from old age, a conflict with Warduke, or because it's Gods stopped believing in it, causing it such despair it stopped existing.

As I see it, the Kobold arose from the ashes of the ancient Dragon starting off anew, but with the genes of its ancestor.

OR

The Kobold wandered upon the carcass of the dead Dragon and took its stuff. After acquiring the loot, the spirit of the ancient Dragon imbued the Kobold with guidance and ideals that would steer it away from the Dragon's final fate.
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[info]open_design wrote:
Apr. 6th, 2008 03:22 am (UTC)
You're completely correct, Dragon magazine was already pronounced extinct (April 19, 2007) when KQ arrived (June 2007).

Which just makes the quote that much funnier. It definitely has Draconic genes, and is following the draconic traditions.
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[info]trevorstamper wrote:
Apr. 6th, 2008 05:57 pm (UTC)
It seems entirely koboldish to allow a story to take on larger-than-life proportions and mythic consequences...I say let the quotes fall where they may!

I was sorry to see the Dragon die, but more than happy to see the Kobold rise up and take what it can...although, I would like to see a little more persnikkity trapping along the way...
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[info]kristian_h wrote:
Apr. 6th, 2008 06:36 pm (UTC)
I heard* that WoC will call their 5th edition Dungeons & Kobolds and Wolfgang will be made King of Hasbroland!

*or rather, the voices that come after I eat those mushrooms told me to tell you.
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