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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5696257" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Magazine Issue 248: June 1998</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 8/8</p><p></p><p></p><p>TSR Previews: Not much going on in August, but the things that are are pretty neat. The illithids get the second in their trilogy of adventures. Masters of Eternal Night has them sucking the power of the sun like a juicy elephant brain. The fate of the world is genuinely in your hands. </p><p></p><p>The Realms revisits an already covered area in more detail. Empires of the shining sea is a boxed set covering the far south and it's rather weird surrounding states. High magic in hot climates. Up north, the Harpers series finally ends with it's 16th book, Thornhold by Elaine Cunningham. Good luck collecting all that lot. </p><p></p><p>Planescape gets a little closer to filling in it's various bits and pieces, with a Guide to the Ethereal Plane. Explore insubstantial realms a lot closer to the prime material than their usual fare. Watch you don't get sucked into the demiplane of dread. </p><p></p><p>Speaking of the demiplane of dread, they once again reach out and grab characters from other worlds in Vecna Reborn. Guess who the newest darklord is. And he ain't happy at all. Can you keep the crossovers from getting out of hand? </p><p></p><p>And finally, Alternity sees it's first campaign setting get a third book, the StarDrive Arms and Equipment guide. Once again, the rather different approach to the Amazing Engine's fire and forget style is noted. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Profiles: For our birthday issue, we get the biggest gun of all. Gary Gygax got the first profile in the magazine, way back in issue 103. Quite understandable when you remember that he founded the game, the magazine, and the entire milieu. Unfortunately, it seems his glory days are behind him. Where last time the magazine was most interested in pointing out how ridiculously hard he was working, and the things he was planning to do next, this article is more interested in using him as a means to promote Return to the Tomb of Horrors, their latest bit of nostalgia exploiting expanded rehash. They barely mention the stuff he did after leaving TSR. They get the publication date of Unearthed Arcana wrong. It's all more than a little shoddy. Even the greatest of people can be turned into a sideshow. Not a very pleasingly written profile. </p><p></p><p></p><p>This issue starts slowly, but winds up pretty jam-packed with cool stuff, even if more of it is rehashed than I'd like. The articles are generally of high quality, and the reviews appear to be on an upswing again as well. So as usual, the battle for this era appears to be getting enough material that hasn't been done before better. And this time, I think they've succeeded again. But then they are generally spoiled for birthday and halloween issues. There are still plenty of others between those they may struggle to fill. I suspect there'll be plenty I struggle to think of something to say about before I finish this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 5696257, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Magazine Issue 248: June 1998[/U][/B] part 8/8 TSR Previews: Not much going on in August, but the things that are are pretty neat. The illithids get the second in their trilogy of adventures. Masters of Eternal Night has them sucking the power of the sun like a juicy elephant brain. The fate of the world is genuinely in your hands. The Realms revisits an already covered area in more detail. Empires of the shining sea is a boxed set covering the far south and it's rather weird surrounding states. High magic in hot climates. Up north, the Harpers series finally ends with it's 16th book, Thornhold by Elaine Cunningham. Good luck collecting all that lot. Planescape gets a little closer to filling in it's various bits and pieces, with a Guide to the Ethereal Plane. Explore insubstantial realms a lot closer to the prime material than their usual fare. Watch you don't get sucked into the demiplane of dread. Speaking of the demiplane of dread, they once again reach out and grab characters from other worlds in Vecna Reborn. Guess who the newest darklord is. And he ain't happy at all. Can you keep the crossovers from getting out of hand? And finally, Alternity sees it's first campaign setting get a third book, the StarDrive Arms and Equipment guide. Once again, the rather different approach to the Amazing Engine's fire and forget style is noted. Profiles: For our birthday issue, we get the biggest gun of all. Gary Gygax got the first profile in the magazine, way back in issue 103. Quite understandable when you remember that he founded the game, the magazine, and the entire milieu. Unfortunately, it seems his glory days are behind him. Where last time the magazine was most interested in pointing out how ridiculously hard he was working, and the things he was planning to do next, this article is more interested in using him as a means to promote Return to the Tomb of Horrors, their latest bit of nostalgia exploiting expanded rehash. They barely mention the stuff he did after leaving TSR. They get the publication date of Unearthed Arcana wrong. It's all more than a little shoddy. Even the greatest of people can be turned into a sideshow. Not a very pleasingly written profile. This issue starts slowly, but winds up pretty jam-packed with cool stuff, even if more of it is rehashed than I'd like. The articles are generally of high quality, and the reviews appear to be on an upswing again as well. So as usual, the battle for this era appears to be getting enough material that hasn't been done before better. And this time, I think they've succeeded again. But then they are generally spoiled for birthday and halloween issues. There are still plenty of others between those they may struggle to fill. I suspect there'll be plenty I struggle to think of something to say about before I finish this. [/QUOTE]
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