Spring has sprung, and with the turning of the seasons comes… a new edition of Kobold Quarterly! KQ Spring #21 is their “Divine Magic” issue, and as usual, I’m going to give you a quick rundown of what is inside the issue, whether it is Pathfinder/Third Edition, Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition, Dragon Age, or general purpose, and whether it’s good, bad, or ugly. As an added bonus, I’m going to be talking about Open Design “Party of One” adventures by Matthew Hanson. These are Choose Your Own Adventure-style adventures in the vein of the Lone Wolf paperbacks that haunted my childhood bus rides. Adventures for a single player; all you need are a couple of dice, a pencil and the adventure, and you are all set. Great fun; I was having flashbacks to balancing a book on my knees while rolling dice on the seat of the schoolbus while I was… balancing the pages on my knees, hitting a random number generator on the subway ride to work. You’ve come a long way, kid!
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