''Kobold Quarterly'' was a

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magazine created by

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and published by Open Design LLC.

Content

''Kobold Quarterly'' was published four times a year and focused on the ''

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'' role-playing game system. The headquarters of the magazine was in

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. The magazine occupied the gaming market niche once served by the ''

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'' and ''

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'' magazines, and included interviews with game designers as well as supplemental game material. As of 2011, the magazine had three editors, including editor-in-chief Wolfgang Baur.

Publication history

On May 21, 2007, before

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's publication of their final print magazine — ''

'' #359 (September 2007) —

announced that he was working on a new magazine for gamers, and Open Design soon published the first issue of the 3.5E/d20 magazine ''Kobold Quarterly'' (Summer 2007). The first issue of the magazine was published in 2007. The small print run of ''Kobold Quarterly'' #1 sold out in September, and ''Kobold Quarterly'' #2 (Fall 2007) was printed in full-color and was produced in larger quantities and made available in game stores. ''Kobold Quarterly'' #23 (Fall 2012) was produced in October 2012, and on November 16, 2012, Baur announced that he was closing down the magazine. The magazine ended publication with issue #23, Fall 2012.

Reception

The magazine has won multiple

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