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<blockquote data-quote="Keith F Strohm" data-source="post: 1543288" data-attributes="member: 18204"><p>Chuck,</p><p></p><p> I understand your frustration about losing Polyhedron. It was a difficult choice for us to make, but it was clear that we needed to make it. Sales data, discussions on forums, snail mail, and personal email were sending us a message we couldn't ignore.</p><p></p><p> Non-fantasy genres don't "get the shaft" because <em>we</em> don't like anything outside of fantasy. Many people at Paizo are passionate about other genres in roleplaying (and I think the quality of the d20 mini games are proof of that). The reality is that the collective readership of the magazines and the RPG marketplace in general prefer fantasy content. We don't necessarily create the market force in question here, but our livelihood (and the future of the magazines) depends on our ability to listen to it and respond with what the market wants.</p><p></p><p> I know that as a multi-genre fan that's got to suck to hear--and I wish that we could make everyone happy <em>and</em> make our magazines successful. The truth was that Dungeon under its current format wasn't truly accomplishing either of those goals.</p><p></p><p> As far as what is going in those magazines in the future, I wanted to (hopefully) clear something up. The miniature and computer game content is going to appear in Dragon and not Dungeon. It will be D&D focused and will generally take up about as much space in the "new" Dragon as it does currently.</p><p></p><p> I hope that there is a time when the magazines will once again prove useful to your gaming needs. I want to thank you for your post, and your patronage of Dragon and Dungeon in the past.</p><p></p><p> I hope we see you again.</p><p></p><p>Keith Strohm</p><p>Vice President</p><p>Paizo Publishing, LLC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keith F Strohm, post: 1543288, member: 18204"] Chuck, I understand your frustration about losing Polyhedron. It was a difficult choice for us to make, but it was clear that we needed to make it. Sales data, discussions on forums, snail mail, and personal email were sending us a message we couldn't ignore. Non-fantasy genres don't "get the shaft" because [I]we[/I] don't like anything outside of fantasy. Many people at Paizo are passionate about other genres in roleplaying (and I think the quality of the d20 mini games are proof of that). The reality is that the collective readership of the magazines and the RPG marketplace in general prefer fantasy content. We don't necessarily create the market force in question here, but our livelihood (and the future of the magazines) depends on our ability to listen to it and respond with what the market wants. I know that as a multi-genre fan that's got to suck to hear--and I wish that we could make everyone happy [I]and[/I] make our magazines successful. The truth was that Dungeon under its current format wasn't truly accomplishing either of those goals. As far as what is going in those magazines in the future, I wanted to (hopefully) clear something up. The miniature and computer game content is going to appear in Dragon and not Dungeon. It will be D&D focused and will generally take up about as much space in the "new" Dragon as it does currently. I hope that there is a time when the magazines will once again prove useful to your gaming needs. I want to thank you for your post, and your patronage of Dragon and Dungeon in the past. I hope we see you again. Keith Strohm Vice President Paizo Publishing, LLC [/QUOTE]
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