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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3374976" data-attributes="member: 53">However, there are signs that comic compilations are eating into monthly magazine sales.  In fact, it was just announced that comic collections are outselling comics right now (i.e. the total sales of all compilations is higher than sales of all comic books).This isn't necessarily a bad thing from a business sense, though.I don't think you are completely atypical.  I think I am, though,  I find the AP takes away my appreciation of Dungeon.  I like the APs, but feel their success has turned Dungeon magazine into "Adventure Path magazine."APs are of very limited use to me.  I doubt I will ever have a campaign run from 1st to 20th level.  That means to use the AP as anything other than inspiration (which I can get from a fantasy novel) or statblocks it will either feel incomplete or will require major work to file off the subplots.  I have other resources that are better for those roles.That means that about 1/3 of each issue with the AP is automatically going to be not used.  The rest of the magazine then gets the normal odds of my using it.  That devalues the magazine significantly.  When Paizo runs another series (say a 3 adventure arc) I have to hope that's useful to me, or else most of the magazine for several issues becomes wasted.Plus, the APs have dominated the magazine.  "Shattered City," during its run, didn't dominate the magazine.  It skipped issues and there were plenty of normal issues (without APs) between.  "Age of Worms" ran in sequence, which I do think is the best method.  However, there were very few issues between the end of "Age of Worms" and "Savage Tide."  One ended and your were almost immediately immersed in another.  Good for AP fans, bad for non-fans and maybe for those who become burnt out on APs (how many level 1-20 campaigns can you run?)I like the idea of the APs, and the attention they gain Dungeon, but I want more space for non-APs.  Give me an AP and take a year off before the next.In fact, an "Age of Worms" hardcover might be favored from me in that the attention required might cause Paizo to give me the breathing space I desire.</blockquote>

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