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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1544075" data-attributes="member: 13098">Maybe because I don't remember actually using one single thing from the last 8-9 issues of Dragon that I have?   I expect that sometime in the next 6 months, I will actually be bored enough to try to read most of the last 3 issues.  But, I'm not in a hurry.  By contrast, I am still getting use out of Portals and Planes, Manual of the Planes, and a host of other books.  I am excited by my recent purchase of the Psychic's Handbook and have been integrating it into my game.  I like a Magical Society:  Ecology and Culture.  I am eagerly awaiting both the Immortal's Handbook and Steam and Steel on the PDF front.  It's not that Dragon, or Dungeon, is a bad magazine.  But, I find myself referring to Dragon magazines that 2-23 years old more than I have for issues that are less than 2 years old.  For the older articles, part of the appeal has a lot to do with memories and nostalgia.  Well, that and those gems from the past that I remember reading and having a gestalt moment.  Sometimes, I want to brush up on the moment of insight on how I can make my game better.  I'm not that interested in new PrC's.  I create my own.  I'm not that interested in alternate builds to core classes.  (Urban Druid?  It's not to my taste.)  I want to see more content for D20 games.  I used to love Ares, even when it published Marvel Superhero characters.  I want Open Game content, and articles that sometimes deal with other games.  I want wacky cross-genre ideas and scenarios.  Maybe I won't use it, but then again, maybe I will.  In short, I'm looking for more diversity when they are pulling in to focus.  It sounds like Paizo needs to do that, and that's great that they are able to recognize it.  I hope it helps strengthen the industry.  Down the road, things may swing outward again and they will need to shift toward more diversity.  I will still be here.  I've been here for 24 years, and I hope to be here for another 24.  Heck, I will only be 58 in another 24 years.  But, if I know that very little of the content is going to appeal to me, how can I justify a subscription?  I will still see it on the shelves.  I will still read about articles on the messageboards.  When they have something that piques my interest, I can buy it then.  But otherwise, I will spend my money on other gaming resources.  Mostly sourcebooks.</blockquote>

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