D&D General What articles would a good & free, fanmade D&D magazine have?

bedir than said:
Vaccines actually work, while your cynicism convinced you that EN World isn't free and isn't worth reading while you read and comment on it for free
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Is it free though? I seem to have 3 scrolling ads on my screen right now trying to get me to buy something. I could upgrade and not see them, but then that is not free as well. Minded, I do not have a problem with the ads or the options of upgrading since I think the site should get the cost somewhere.

Vaccines do work, but asking questions such as if they work 100%, or if I have XYZ condition does it not work- or work and cause some other problem? Is this an actual vaccine or something you are pushing on me and called a vaccine? Asking for data and outcomes leads to more science and clarity. Sunshine is the best option for letting people make informed decisions.
 

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bedir than said:
Vaccines actually work, while your cynicism convinced you that EN World isn't free and isn't worth reading while you read and comment on it for free
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EN World is worth reading because it is open and honest about its commercial role as a shop window, plus it carries advertising. It doesn’t pretend to be free.
 

Maenalis said:
I rephrased the sentence for him/her.
Care to elaborate on the original question?

What articles would a good & free, fanmade D&D magazine have?​

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As a long time 'zine/free magazine contributor, such a magazine would have the articles that the people working on it decide they want to write for it. It's a labor of love, so they are probably only going to write what they want to write anyway. Add to that what they can source from other people willing to contribute. There will usually be more column space than there is available content for each issue, so they'll probably accept about anything. If it has advertising, then money enters the equation and it adds 'whatever the advertisers want in the magazine' and if lucky, turns to 'what articles should a good & free, fanmade D&D magazine have?' which is generally going to be driven by readership responses and requests.

ETA: Then you can also think about what you want out of it. If you want information, add in interviews of the people with that information. If you want people to send you stuff, do reviews of stuff. Magazines are also good for getting access to people and events even if it comes with typical media access rules.
 
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Marc17 said:
As a long time 'zine/free magazine contributor, such a magazine would have the articles that the people working on it decide they want to write for it. It's a labor of love, so they are probably only going to write what they want to write anyway. Add to that what they can source from other people willing to contribute. There will usually be more column space than there is available content for each issue, so they'll probably accept about anything. If it has advertising, then money enters the equation and it adds 'whatever the advertisers want in the magazine' and if lucky, turns to 'what articles should a good & free, fanmade D&D magazine have?' which is generally going to be driven by readership responses and requests.

ETA: Then you can also think about what you want out of it. If you want information, add in interviews of the people with that information. If you want people to send you stuff, do reviews of stuff. Magazines are also good for getting access to people and events even if it comes with typical media access rules.
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Yeah I GM in 3 groups and multiple of my players wanted to start a Zine with me as the editor, they offered articles in the topics I described in the first post..., but I guess the market is saturated and people prefer blogs instead or pay Zines.
 

Free or not free, whatever.

Your list is ok, but I can get those just about anywhere.

Is this magazine in electrons or cellulose (aka paper)?

Personally, I miss Dungeon mag, and would love a regular magazine that published just adventures. One five-room dungeon a month; or if ambitious, larger publication. A d maybe even sometimes the adventures would tie together.

I also miss Wormy (comic in Dragon Magazine, wherein the creator just up and walked away - basically - and was never finished). So if the magazine was completely FREE, without even advertising, then a case could potentially be made that the continuation to completion of the Wormy comic was non-commercial. That might even fly in court 🤣 But it would need a creator willing to work for FREE who also was talented enough to finish the most epic of all D&D comic books, Wormy.

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Paul Farquhar said:
You think D&D fans don’t have agendas?!
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You think someone cannot have passion about what they love enough to contribute to it, but instead must either have an axe to grind or wants to sell you something? Listen, it's alright to not be naive, but distrusting everything and demanding from others to conform to your cynical view because you cannot box them othertwise, is bad in its own way.
 

Not a Decepticon said:
You think someone cannot have passion about what they love enough to contribute to it, but instead must either have an axe to grind or wants to sell you something?
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I do - if you were to read an article or adventure written by me you might be exposed to liberal environmentalist politics and and anti-religious bias*. A good editor can scan for bias and at least make sure they conform to a house style so people know what sort of values to expect. But the thing about good editors is they expect to be paid.


*I also like to be paid for my time - not so much for the initial creation but for the effort it takes to clean it up to make it presentable and intelligible to other people. I need to eat.
 

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