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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Default Name Player" data-source="post: 378319" data-attributes="member: 2667">Sigil - Personally, it's hard to see from your POV because it's only been negative - and mainly negative - so far. And nope, the problem is not because it's a negative view, but because the view is overly skewed in one direction. Pointedly, is there anything about Dragon that you DO like to give and idea of where they might be moving in the right direction in your eyes? Specific articles on what they've "done right"? In your Dragon thread, you made mention of the way Dragon use to be, but to be honest that taints too much of nostaglia. I'd be more inclined to listen to someone with a balanced view.Second, what kind of campaign are you running and what information are you looking for for? Specifically? I'm currently "on hiatus" from DMing, but I always encounter ideas in movies, TV shows, non-RPG gaming mags, etc. I don't play Greyhawk, but even the Greyhawk section offers potential ideas and information. IMO, I have no idea how one can't garner from any source, no less a magazine about D&D. Heck, the monthly Ed Greenwood article: just take out any FR references and you have a potential location right there. Even Silicon Sorcery can give ideas if you look for them.Third, Dragon is currently, I guess, "testing" having generic themes in issues, which sounds like what you're looking for. The first was the Knight/Paladin issue, Dragon #299. What is your opinion on that issue, what it covered, and is that the right direction they're heading in since it's doing what you specifically was looking for? (generic gaming info) Issue #301 is going to cover swashbucklers in a generic format. Perhaps look at those two issues and give commentary on those two, which seems to represent where Dragon in thinking about heading to. Criticizing #300 would probably be pointless since it's both an anniversary issue, "Halloween" issue and product tie-in issue.Fourth, ever consider that you've "outgrown" the magazine format, and that sourcebooks/web info is the only way to go for you? Maybe you want more in-depth information that the magazine format can't really provide?Just some thoughts.</blockquote>

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