Reddit mentions of Complete Kobold Guide to Game Design

>The problem with RPG design theory is that there are barely any references to speak of.

Look, that's both not entirely true if you actually put in the effort (and you can find many resources right here on this reddit) and not an excuse.

Like any field of study, RPG design can't spontaneously burst forth from a void of knowledge. It stems from other fields of study - in this case game design (RPG Design is, after all, roleplaying game design?), game studies, storytelling, writing, &c.

It's okay if that's not your objective, but from you writing the article and bothering to post it here, I figure you're trying to get somewhere with your methodology, right? At least to validate it, subject it to scrutiny. If your objective is to develop something that other people can rely on and refer to, you should find something to back it up.

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Please, don't interpret this as an attempt to shut you down. Much on the contrary, I like that you wrote this. I'm all for people writing stuff, thinking about RPG design, &c. but when you write something so, as you put it, other people can benefit it I think it's only responsible to do some proper research and hold it to a higher standard.

This one got me started as a designer: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Kobold-Guide-Game-Design/dp/1936781069/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395240406&sr=8-2-fkmr1&keywords=kobold+press+design

If you're talking about books on game design & hacking, there's the Complete Kobold Guide to Game Design Link to Amazon which has some stuff. There's a Fate specific one also, but if you're not playing Fate I don't know how useful it would be.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Kobold-Studies-Macroeconomic-History/dp/1936781069