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My interview with Wolfgang Baur about "Tyranny of Dragons"

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mattstaggs
Aug 30, 2014 20:44:23
I just published an interview with Kobold Press's Wolfgang Baur about "Tyranny of Dragons". He talks about some of the new stuff that's coming down the pipe for 5E. I've copied/pasted the intro here, but since it's a big piece (and since I wrote it for someone else) I can't reproduce all of it. Hope you like. I've got a Mike Mearls interview somewhere, too, that I can share.

Here's the link to the entire interview.

Braving the Tyranny of Dragons With Kobold-In-Chief Wolfgang Baur

Born and raised in Chicago, IL, Baur was introduced to gaming at a very early age. His experiences with games like TSR’s seminal fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and Game Designers’ Workshop science fiction game Traveller (currently published by Mongoose Publishing) inspired him to to begin writing his own adventures, and he made his first professional submission to TSR’s Dungeon Adventures magazine (later shortened to Dungeon) at the age of 14.

Baur continued to freelance for Dungeon Adventures and publishers Iron Crown Enterprises (makers of Middle Earth Role Playing, the first licensed role-playing game set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth) but didn’t consider his work as a viable career option, opting instead to pursue a science education at Illinois University. After completing his undergraduate work, Baur elected to continue his studies in molecular biology and biochemistry at Cornell University.

Fate intervened in 1991 when Baur ran out of the funding needed to continue his grad program. Falling back on his experience as a freelancer, Baur landed a position as assistant editor at Dungeon Adventures magazine under TSR’s Barbara Young. While Baur describes his work there as a “flunky” it was significant enough for him to parley it into an editorship at Dungeon’s sister magazine Dragon. Baur didn’t look back, declining an opportunity to return to studies in favor of his work with TSR.

While at TSR... (Continue reading...)

#2
joeburgos
Aug 30, 2014 23:14:28
Excellent, thanks for sharing and posting

#3
mattstaggs
Sep 05, 2014 22:07:12
Thanks for checking it out!

#4
autolycus
Sep 06, 2014 8:32:31
Kobold is one of my favorite publishers. Thanks for the info!

#5
THEMNGMNT
Sep 06, 2014 16:49:39
Good stuff. Thanks!

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#1 mattstaggs Aug 30, 2014 20:44:23	I just published an interview with Kobold Press's Wolfgang Baur about "Tyranny of Dragons". He talks about some of the new stuff that's coming down the pipe for 5E. I've copied/pasted the intro here, but since it's a big piece (and since I wrote it for someone else) I can't reproduce all of it. Hope you like. I've got a Mike Mearls interview somewhere, too, that I can share. Here's the link to the entire interview. Braving the Tyranny of Dragons With Kobold-In-Chief Wolfgang Baur Born and raised in Chicago, IL, Baur was introduced to gaming at a very early age. His experiences with games like TSR’s seminal fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and Game Designers’ Workshop science fiction game Traveller (currently published by Mongoose Publishing) inspired him to to begin writing his own adventures, and he made his first professional submission to TSR’s Dungeon Adventures magazine (later shortened to Dungeon) at the age of 14. Baur continued to freelance for Dungeon Adventures and publishers Iron Crown Enterprises (makers of Middle Earth Role Playing, the first licensed role-playing game set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth) but didn’t consider his work as a viable career option, opting instead to pursue a science education at Illinois University. After completing his undergraduate work, Baur elected to continue his studies in molecular biology and biochemistry at Cornell University. Fate intervened in 1991 when Baur ran out of the funding needed to continue his grad program. Falling back on his experience as a freelancer, Baur landed a position as assistant editor at Dungeon Adventures magazine under TSR’s Barbara Young. While Baur describes his work there as a “flunky” it was significant enough for him to parley it into an editorship at Dungeon’s sister magazine Dragon. Baur didn’t look back, declining an opportunity to return to studies in favor of his work with TSR. While at TSR... (Continue reading...)
#2 joeburgos Aug 30, 2014 23:14:28	Excellent, thanks for sharing and posting
#3 mattstaggs Sep 05, 2014 22:07:12	Thanks for checking it out!
#4 autolycus Sep 06, 2014 8:32:31	Kobold is one of my favorite publishers. Thanks for the info!
#5 THEMNGMNT Sep 06, 2014 16:49:39	Good stuff. Thanks!