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{{blockref|'''Kobold Press''', also known as '''Open Design''', is an American game company that produces [[role-playing game]]s and game supplements.

==History==
[[Wolfgang Baur]] launched Open Design in 2006. Open Design funded projects using a [[crowdfunding]] model dubbed "patronage," with the resulting products available exclusively to backers through [[PDF]] releases and limited print runs. The first product published by Open Design was ''Steam & Brass'' (2006), a [[steampunk]]-themed [[Adventure (role-playing games)|adventure module]] using the [[d20 System]]. ''Steam & Brass'' was also the first product set in Baur's setting of Zobeck, later known as ''Midgard''.<ref name="Designers00">{{cite book |last=Appelcline |first=Shannon |coauthors= |year=2014 |title=Designers & Dragons: The '00s |publisher=Evil Hat Productions |ISBN=9781613170878}}</ref>

In 2007, Baur launched ''[[Kobold Quarterly]]'' through Open Design, which filled in the gap in the role-playing industry left by the end of [[Paizo Publishing]]'s run on the magazines ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' and ''[[Dungeon (magazine)|Dungeon]]''. Unlike previous projects from the company, ''Kobold Quarterly'' was available to the public. ''Kobold Quarterly'' ran for 23 issues, with the final issue produced in October 2012.<ref name="Designers00"/>

Open Design began to shift away from a focus on the "patronage" model in 2008, releasing titles such as the ''Zobeck Gazetteer'' (2008) to the public, and began publishing products entirely outside the "patronage" model in 2011, including a series of [[game design]] guidebooks. In 2012, Open Design began producing books under the imprint "Kobold Press"; by the end of the year, the company had ceased publishing as Open Design and exclusively published products as Kobold Press.<ref name="Designers00"/>

In 2014, [[Wizards of the Coast]] commissioned Kobold Press to create the two adventures for the initial ''Tyranny of Dragons'' storyline for ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' 5th Edition, ''[[Hoard of the Dragon Queen]]'' (2014) and ''[[The Rise of Tiamat]]'' (2014).<ref name=i09tyranny>{{cite|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|title=The New D&D Adventures Will Include All the Dragons |url=http://io9.com/the-new-d-d-adventures-will-include-all-the-dragons-1583844915 |work=[[io9]]|date=31 May 2014|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=bleedingtyranny1>{{cite|last=Helton|first=Christopher|title=The Summer Blockbuster Of Tabletop RPGs: D&D Is Back |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/05/19/the-summer-blockbuster-of-tabletop-rpgs-dd-is-back/ |work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|date=19 May 2014|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=bleedingtyranny2>{{cite|last=Helton|first=Christopher|title=Talking D&D’s Tyranny Of Dragons With Wolfgang Baur And Steve Winter |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/06/02/talking-dds-tyranny-of-dragons-with-wolfgang-bauer-and-steve-winter/ |work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|date=2 June 2014|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref>|<ref>{{wikip|Wikipedia - Kobold Press}} ''(accessed 2020-02-02)''</ref>}}

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