Are you bothering to read DUNGEON anymore? (and level index)

[Zil]

I stopped "reading" Dungeon before it went digital. Mainly because I have enough backlog to keep me busy until 4E.

On the other hand, I've purchased a couple of PDFs of back issues from Paizo because I find prepping from my laptop a lot easier than from a magazine. So far, I haven't bought copies of anything I already own, but I've seriously considered it.

Going digital was a great move for Dungeon. Dragon, I ain't too sure about, but definitely good for Dungeon.

That's interesting. One of the things I like about the Pathfinder subscription from Paizo is that you get both the pdf and the printed copy with your subscription, so you can both read the printed copy and then later use the electronic version in game prep on a laptop.

 

[mach1.9pants]

I am only not reading cos I am waiting for 4E versions

 

[drjones]

I am not reading because I am waiting on 4e. I read the print mag and loved it even when I was not using the material.

For the same reason I am not reading pathfinder anymore either. I dearly hope those who complained so histrionically to paizo about wanting to stay with 3.5 for ever and ever never do change over so they keep some revenue. I doubt it.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I also am waiting for 4E content.

Fitz

 

[StickPerson]

I've perused what has been published online and quite like a couple of the items I've glanced over, but count me in the camp of preferring physical printed content over online. I’d rather pay more for printed than online content. Also, I am waiting for 4th edition content, in particular a 4th ed. adventure path so that may factor into my lack of interest in whats being published online now.

 

[ZetaStriker]

I might on-and-off subscribe to DnD Insider just for some of the stuff in Dungeon and Dragon magazines... Dragon lost its appeal to me in 3.5, but the new stuff it'll put out for 4E will be very appreciated in the beginning of the ruleset's life cycle. Dungeon I'm still interested in for a few reasons, but mainly adventure paths, maps for me to steal bits and pieces from, and new to 4E, skill challenges that I might not have thought of on my own.

 

[MerricB]

I'm not, but...

...I really didn't read the adventures much when they were in the print version until I was ready to run them. I have issues 82-150 of Dungeon mag, so that's a lot of stuff I really haven't read much.

...I'm not needing any more 3.5e adventures at present. Give me 4e!

Cheers!

 

[Mouseferatu]

3: The adventures have an eulogy feel. WE never had a chance to print this (no one would LET us print this) while the magazine was viable, so let's print all those old ideas we had floating around because it does not matter anymore.

I can assure you that this is not the case. While some of the adventures were indeed things that Paizo never had the opportunity to publish, I know for a fact that some of the others were solicited after the move to digital was already known; I know this because I wrote one of them. (The Last Breaths of Ashenport.)

I'm sorry you haven't liked what you've seen, but the notion that they're "throwaways" that somehow weren't "good enough" for the print version is nonsense.

 

[amethal]

I'm waiting for them to compile the issue into one PDF.

 

[Mirtek]

Sadly the e-zines will never come close to the level of comfort and mobility of the print-mags.

A) even a cheap laptop is expensive compared to a mag
B) even a subnotebook is heavy and inflexible compared to a mag

Many comfortable positions lying on your bed with a mag are not possible or extremely uncomfortable with a 2kg laptop. I also would fear to just fall asleep while reading (not uncommon) and then crush the laptop or push it from the bed while I am turning in my sleep.

And don't even talk about taking a laptop outdoor. I only carry my small subnotebook if I have a purpose for it where I am going. Just having it with me for no reason at all and I could not just comfortably leave my bag somewhere unattended (e.g. in the lecture room while going for luch to the refectory with my fellow students or on my towel at the open-air bath while going for a swim with a $x,xxx subnotebook in there (as opposed to just a $10 mag and a few books in there).

Just having the laptop in my bag takes away a lot of it's flexibility (can't just throw it into a corner like with a mag)

No, unless some company really produces a cheap e-paper for the mass market, not even an eee-pc laptop will match the comfort and mobility of a printed mag