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Whats your opinion of Kobold Press?

I see Kobold Press has come out with an adventure for 5E. In all of my years of playing D&D I have never used one of there products. So i am looking for peoples opion on Kobold press and whether or not they are worth the money. Thanks for the help.
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Dean
Roll20 Team
I'm not here to give thoughts on this, as because they're a partner I'm technically a biased source. However, in case you were not aware, they have some low investment conversions on Roll20 if you're interested in checking them out first hand :) <a href="https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/271/kobold-press" rel="nofollow">https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/publisher/271/kobold-press</a>
I have not used their adventures, but I really like their Tome of Beast compendium here in roll20, I have also bought and used digital supplements like South Land Heroes and the Deep Magic series. My group likes them. Here is a more in-depth review of their Cat and Mouse adventure for roll20 if you are interested: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQrhDjRsS28" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQrhDjRsS28</a> Here are the supplements I mentioned <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/153959/Southlands-Heroes-for-5th-Edition?filters=44827_0_0_0_0" rel="nofollow">https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/153959/Southlands-Heroes-for-5th-Edition?filters=44827_0_0_0_0</a> <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/212645/Deep-Magic-Dragon-Magic-for-5th-Edition?src=also_purchased&amp;filters=44827_0_0_0_0" rel="nofollow">https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/212645/Deep-Magic-Dragon-Magic-for-5th-Edition?src=also_purchased&amp;filters=44827_0_0_0_0</a>
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Munky
Roll20 Production Team
Marketplace Creator
Compendium Curator
Kobolds Press is awesome! I have not played any of their adventures, but if the adventures they write are up to the standard that the Tomb of Beasts set forth, then that is top tier. I haven't heard a single bad thing about them, and they have quite the following.
I can give a impression about them from contacting them a couple of days ago, but haven't played any of their modules before. Since the announcement came out that there would be a native version for Tales of the Old Margreve on roll20 I asked them whether there are many differences between the Pathfinder version that is already released and the 5e edition that is on kickstarter now. They came back to me in no time, and seem to be very approachable, nice people. If its interesting for someone here's what they said: The maps, lighting, tokens and descriptions are not system-specific and work equally well for Pathfinder or 5E. The monster stats attached to the tokens are specific to 5E, but you can ignore those.
Likewise, I have never played their Adventures, but Tome of Beasts really fills a missing space for me coming from Pathfinder in regards to new NPCs.
Anybody know if or when their Creature Codex is coming to Roll20?
Can't comment on Kobold Press firsthand, but all reviews of their Eldritch Lair bundle have been very positive. I will probably buy Eldritch Lairs sooner rather than later.
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Honestly, my first impression of them comes from purchasing the Eldritch Lairs pack here on Roll20 about 2 or 3 weeks ago and running the Crypt of Green Shadows. I was so impressed I purchased the Tome of Beasts compendium and backed their Margreve Kickstarter. I think these folks are fantastic, and I am eagerly awaiting other products of theirs like The Book of Lairs for 5e. With high quality, ready to play content, it makes my life as a weekly DM easier offering a nice break from time consuming custom stuff. The bottom line? I could not recommend them more. Speaking of which, can anyone say if The Book of Lairs is being worked on/converted or should I just go purchase it from the Kobold Press site? Thanks in advance.
I haven't bought any of their stuff on Roll20, but a friend of mine has the Tome of Beasts on here and he loves it. I do buy all of their stuff in PDF form and I've been super happy with all of it. They're hands down my favorite 3rd party publisher.
They also put out the Tyranny of Dragons adventure books