The week got away from me, but there was much good stuff on KoboldQuarterly.com in the last couple days. We started off with a new 4E dragon called the Kuldresha, continued with a squick-tastic trapped satchel, and then got the illustrious Mr. Steve Kenson to answer questions on how he got into the industry, how he designs for Mutants & Masterminds, and what makes villains great.

If you haven't seen them yet, why the heck not?

Apparently kobolds and Cordells get along, because we have a scoop from Mr. Cordell on the Web site about psionics in 4E, plus some discussion of how his game design has influenced his fiction.

Definitely worth a read; if you enjoy it, please digg, stumble, tweet, blog etc. Kobolds need link love for the big news!

KQ is taking questions for a roundtable of the top RPG designers. Submit your question here or in the thread at KQ.com.

You will be amazed at who is participating...

Richard Pett does a layered trap that will have your rogue gnashing his teeth in despair, and Ben McFarland delivers a deadly 4E monster in the Deathspittle Bombardier. Both worth a look.

KQ.com keeps delivering some goodness. I'm very happy with the ways the site is ticking along. What do you like? What would you want to see more/less of?

This week's Friday Funny is not as filthy as last week's, but it is a wonderful list of 100 ways to abuse a polymorph spell.

He looks so harmless, really, but don't let that fool you. Wesley Schneider loves the infernal and diabolical and tells us about the hellish plans that Paizo has for Pathfinder.

Plus, a great send-off to the Behind the Spells series, on koboldquarterly.com.

The newest Monday Monster is the second 4E critter in a row, the Whispering Lady. Seems like a good one, by KQ Associate Editor Neal Hebert.

Memorial Day holiday in the States seems to have been good for kobolds: there's a 4E Frostfang Yeti as the Monday Monster, plus the next installment from the Trapsmith, and the first installment of our Ed Greenwood interview.

All great stuff. Take a look!

Sean Reynolds talks about WoW, RPGs and painting minis (oh, and maybe lobsteak) in his interview at KoboldQuarterly.com.

Two great posts so far this week: the Monday Monster is the colossal Yrchen Bannog by Richard Pett, and today we launched the Trapspringer series by Maurice de Mare (you'll remember him from the popular "Traps of the Mind" article in KQ#8).

Both definitely worth a look!

Two new articles worth your time: Skip Williams addresses the complexity of gaze attacks in 3E, and Dario Nardi talks from the small-press-publisher perspective about his Pact Magic books, his design and publishing process, and his future plans.

All at KQ.com!

Another fine construct from David Schwartz this week in the Monday Monsters. I won't spoil the surprise here, but I think it just begs to be made part of your next BBEG's bag of tricks.

The KQ Free Dice promotion has been a big success, and I'm happy to report we're almost out of dice.

I'll be taking the offer down sometime this weekend, so if you want your free dice, subscribe now.

It's my distinct pleasure to announce that Kobold Quarterly.com is featuring an interview with the tallest game designer in the business and the guiding mind of the Pathfinder RPG, Jason Bulmahn.

Our kobold diplomats caught him when he was still weak from delivering the final manuscript to press, and extorted a few sneak peeks and previews. Worth a look!

Skip Williams is answering D&D questions from the Kobold forums in his column today. Check out his responses to questions about creature size and opportunity attacks in the Ask the Kobold writeup.

The revised, final version of the 4E crag drake is posted on KQ.com, with illustration and all. It's a teaser for Halls, and I think a good one.

Also new, a review of KQ#9 over at RPG.net, and the FREE dice are running pretty low. Subscribe today, before we run out!

We've been talking about dwarven runes a lot lately in Open Design, so it seems appropriate that the Behind the Spells series brings us Explosive Runes for the next installment.

John Ling is in fine form again with this week's Monday Monster, the Quicksilver Ooze. It's quite nasty and will send smug archmages fleeing in terror! Find out why at KQ.com.

So many, many things going on, it's hard to keep them all in mind. We literally have more kobold posts and giveaway than I could keep up with. We have a few secret projects, as well.

Here's the highlights:

1. Monday Monster was taken from Manx mythology and transformed by Richard Pett, the Buggane.
   
2. I discuss KQ#9 on Atomic Array, and make a Big Announcement. Other KQ authors also weigh in.
   
3. Have given away 300 sets of the free Q-Workshop dice. Want yours? Subscribe, before we run out!
   
4. A neat interview with the Q-Workshop folks about the art and business of dice making
   
5. Kobold hit the bestseller list! Issue #9 clawed its way onto the RPG Countdown.
   
6. Some kobold art arrived from Hugo Solis for Halls of the Mountain King! ( See the Art behind the Cut )

It's been a busy week. And next week is even more packed! Which of these appealed to you? Anything you'd like to see more/less of?

The latest issue of Kobold Quarterly includes the shapeshifting Kitsune as a player character race — and now it is available for 3E/OGL as well, courtesy of author Scott Gable.

The new PC race is available on the Kobold Quarterly site for free; give it a look and let us know what you think of it. Too good? Too close to the mythology? Underpowered?