The Gen Con special issue is the largest and most popular every year! Packed with material for both 4th Edition D&D and the Pathfinder RPG, this magazine is the Switzerland of the edition wars, able to appeal to roleplayers of all stripes. The Gen Con issue's theme is "Traps and Treasures," and it will feature masses of loot and some deadly devices to protect it, plus a sneak preview of characters from the upcoming Pathfinder novels, two new PC classes, advice from Monte Cook, and the ever-popular Ecology series.

Ah, Spring! The time when a GM's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love... and PC-devouring Shoggoths. Issue #13 of Kobold Quarterly is a heart-shaped box of RPG goodies that includes a mix of delicious fluff and satisfying crunch:

This one goes right to the edge, and then one more! Yes, we've shipped the highest-numbered Kobold magazine yet, and this one includes both classics and some wildly inventive new RPG meat, including:

The mysteries of ink magic, the power of extradimensional monster,and the joy of bar brawls -- KQ8 has it all!

Plus, this issue features articles on medieval medicine, an Ecology of the Golem, an indestructible new PC race, and we even provide dozens of warlord battle cries for the 4E gamers. Not to mention the interview with R.A. Salvatore, the new flagellant prestige class, clever swords, a fiendish set of traps, and the Cults of Zobeck!

Monsters of Osirion
by Phillip Larwood

Horrors of Steam & Iron
by Richard Pett

The Marching Giant
Interview with Sandy Petersen

Ecology of the Centaur
by Wolfgang Baur

Black Art of Undead Creation
by Ross Byers

Powder Burn: Spells of the Gun
by John Flemming

Bring your characters alive...
...then keep them that way!
PC Pearls is an indispensable tool for players and GMs seeking to invest their characters with personality, depth, motivations, and drives. Included herein are tables and treatises addressing every facet of a character's history, each designed to spark the imagination and bring your character to life! This inspiration is presented alongside the adventuring wisdom of Lord Havoc Bedlam, survivor par excellence, who was once heard to remark:

Ecology of the Phantom Fungus - Scott Gable
True Paladins - Richard Pett
Knights and Pawns - David Schwartz
Secret Messages - Tim Connors
Blood Magic - Phillip Larwood
Ioun Stones - Jonathan Drain
The Alchemist's Lair - Darrin Drader and Sean MacDonald
The Clockwork Oracle - Wolfgang Baur

Kobold-in-Chief Wolfgang Baur
Advertising & Sales Ed Healy

As the celebration at Merzel’s Fall reaches its fiery culmination, dozens of zombies come lurching into the firelight towards the townsfolk, their moans rending the air. As panic ensues, it is up to the new heroes in town to protect the terrified locals and survive the feast of flesh until dawn.

Sidetrek Adventure Weekly Presents: The Trodoon Gate Saga throws the characters into an action-packed encounter designed to electrify your game. When a clan of masked monks ambushes an illicit exchange in a dilapidated dockside warehouse, their onslaught hurls the heroes into a chaotic, explosion-rent fracas. Thrust into one fast-paced, deadly clash after another, they slowly piece together the truth: apocalypse threatens, and only they can stop it!