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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 7672967" data-attributes="member: 7635">Here's the problem...*Letter from the Editor - Interesting fluff on the cover, but nothing of interest. *Ad for Spellstorm - The link to a sample chapter is good, but its and ad. *Where It All Started: D&D Videogames - Best article they had, but barely better than I can find online on any number of gaming sites. There are some omissions as well (notice Ruins of Myth Drannor or Temple of Elemental Evil got no mentions?) but generally cool. *Exploring Sword Coast Legends - Overly long ad for game. Neat read, nothing we didn't know if you've followed prodcution. *Ad for Sword Coast Legends - Uh, I thought the article did that already...*Neverwinter: Strongholds - I don't have much interest in Neverwinter, but I'm sure its kinda cool.*Ad for Neverwinter MMO - Uh, I thought the article did that already...*Video & Audio Highlights - Basically, a link to their podcast and YouTube channel. Barely offensive, but not real conent. *The Winter King, a short story set in Icewind Dale - Didn't read it yet, but I don't mind short fiction.*Ad for Icewind Dale enhanced edition - Silly. *Fantasy Grounds - Again, since the FG thing was new and they want to push it, I don't mind the background.*Interview with Ed Greenwood - Interesting, but barely any news to it. Fluff piece.*Community: Dice Rolling Rituals - ... Really. This is what we're getting for TT coverage? A bunch of ripped quotes and anecdotes? Alone, this wouldn't be offensive, but this is the only TT coverage we got. Blech!*Tavern Tales: D&D Adventurers League News - This article gave me more info on TT than anything so far. There is some RoD info hidden in there, and AL players might enjoy it. Again, barely TT coverage.*Ad for shirts and beholder dice bag - Groan. *Gauntlet Gophers - I don't mind a comic, its not Nodwick, KotDT or What's New with Phil and Dixie, but inoffensive.*Ad for Temple of Elemental Evil game - Eyeroll*Next Issue ... There is the problem. Its not that its trying to balance electronic and table top gaming, its that the whole thing barely touches table top. Seriously, InQuest in the 90's ran more D&D TT coverage than this did! Nothing in it was *bad*, but it felt incomplete. Seriously, imagine if they had taken the storm sorcerer from UA, polished it up, took some borrowed 4e artwork and put that in Dragon+? BOOM! Instant usable content! Hell, imagine if the UA 4 class modification guidelines were there? Or the 5e Modern articles (btw, what happened to part 2?) How about a few magic items to use in Elemental Evil? A preview of SCL by giving us an item coming from that game? Tie into the retrospective and give us Minsc and Boo's stats or some BG item or spell? Why not an article discussing the history of Psionics? Or an article discussing Ravenloft or Dragonlance or Eberron? (You want a fluff piece that will guide sales WotC? Write an overview of [Setting] and then put an ad for the PDF on DnDClassics after it). How about that convesion guide? No? Its June, and the only polished release we've seen post DMG is PotA and EEPG. Aside from some Playtest-level UAs and the errata, we've had NOTHING for the TT side. If that's not the definition of Legacy Support, I don't know what is. I sure hope SCL is amazing, but apparently WotC bet the farm on it...</blockquote>

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