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KOBOLD Guide to Plots & Campaigns

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Run Your Best Campaign Yet

Whether you’re a new gamemaster or a seasoned vet looking for a new angle to shake up your game, these 19 essays by expert gamemasters help construct your campaign from the ground up—and keep your players engaged until the dramatic conclusion.

Kobold Guide to Plots & Campaigns shows how to begin a new campaign, use published adventures or loot them for the best ideas, build toward cliffhangers, and design a game that can enthrall your players for month or even years. Want to run an evil campaign, or hurl the characters into unusual otherworldly settings? Want to ensure that you’re creating memorable and effective NPCs and villains? We’ve got you covered.

Complete with discussions on plotting, tone, branching storytelling, pacing, and crafting action scenes, you’ll find all the tips and advice you need to take on the best role in roleplaying—and become an expert gamemaster, too! Featuring essays by Wolfgang Baur, Jeff Grubb, David “Zeb” Cook, Margaret Weis, Robert J. Schwalb, Steve Winter, and other game professionals.

This latest volume in the best-selling and award-winning series of Kobold Guides tackles the storytelling and campaign planning at the heart of any great RPG. Improve your game and expand your plotting and scheming skills with the Kobold Guide to Plots & Campaigns!

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-- Berin Kinsman, UncleBear Media

"A fantastic collection . . . a solid 5 star rating."

-- Joshua Gullion, AdventureAWeek.com

"An amazing collection . . . from some of the best designers and writers creating role-playing game material today."

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Clinton O March 07, 2023 11:45 am UTC
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Does this product contain any rule system specific information?
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Badger B April 03, 2022 8:56 am UTC
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are you saying that one has to buy the item twice if you want it in both formats?
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Michael O February 12, 2017 10:40 am UTC
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Will you be offering an alternative file format for this for something like a kindle? The PDF version seems to be wonky on my Kindle and all of the text is squished to the right. Its fine on my computer though.
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Wolfgang B February 12, 2017 4:56 pm UTC
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Yes, Kindle file format is available on Amazon.
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Michael O February 14, 2017 8:44 am UTC
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What if you already bought it on Drivethrurpg?
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