Asgard Magazine: Should it be Revived?

[Darrin Drader]

I liked Asgard and would like to see it on a bi-annual release schedule. I doubt that it would be hard to get the contributors, but editing, layout, and art take time and money. I think Morrus is probably right in recommending KQ as the ideal solution for scratching that itch, but if people seriously pull this thing together, I'd be willing to contribute an article or two.

 

[Knightfall]

I liked Asgard and would like to see it on a bi-annual release schedule. I doubt that it would be hard to get the contributors, but editing, layout, and art take time and money. I think Morrus is probably right in recommending KQ as the ideal solution for scratching that itch, but if people seriously pull this thing together, I'd be willing to contribute an article or two.

I could see myself submitting articles to a revised Asgard as well. I'm always up for creating NPCs and unique, templated monsters.

 

[Aus_Snow]

So, to v.3.5 fans, would you be interested in a revived Asgard Magazine? And if so, what would you want from such an OGL e-zine? And would you be willing to participate?

I would be interested, not sure what exactly I'd want, and I might be able to contribute in some way, yeah. If time constraints allow, and such.

Great idea!

And hey, HC, that Iridia mag looks really good, btw.

 

[DM-Rocco]

Asgard was a LOT of work.

It got replaced with two unsuccessful attempts to create a paper EN World magazine (one with Goodman Games, the other with Mongoose).

There used to be dozens of fan-made PDF magazines; I'm not sure how many still exist. Volunteer efforts always start off enthusiastically and then quickly fall by the wayside.

I think something like Kobold Quarterly is the best bet - a third party commercial magazine. I've heard very good things about KQ, although I've never actually seen an issue.

Magazines of any nature are a tremendous amount of work, as I found out when I created Dragon Roots Magazine. Like KQ, it is a third party magazine. Unlike KQ, we host a great many articles written by gamers. In fact, that is part of our title, Dragon Roots Magazine: for gamers by gamers.

There is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes to make a magazine so while I’m sure a fan e-zine would take off well in the short run, I think it just wouldn’t last. I would recommend Kobold Quarterly or our own magazine, Dragon Roots. Both of which are available in dead tree format (print) or pdf.

If you are interested in learning more about our magazine, you can find us at DRAGON ROOTS. We are remodeling the website, mainly the store, so excuse the mess. If you are interest in ordering a copy please e-mail me at dragonroots@comcast.net until we get the store working properly.

Morrus, I would hate to see that you mention that you have not read our magazine so, per your status on ENWorld, I would be happy to mail you out a few complimentary issues for you to review. Just send me your address and I’ll pop them in the mail tomorrow.