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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaptain_Kantrip" data-source="post: 196454" data-attributes="member: 546">Clarification of my comparison...Uh-oh! I don't want to get into that "GF bashing" mode again! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Hopefully, I can clarify my comparison without things degenerating, which is not my intent, and I apologize for any hard feelings that may be lingering from that previous GF thread I started awhile back...I have only seen the second issue of both magazines.I bought Campaign #2 because:1) It offers some cool d20 crunchy bits and adventures2) It is only $4.95 + tax, which means it's worth it even if I only use a few things from it3) The issue was themed (all horror), drastically increasing the usefulness of the material (as well as having it all in one place)I didn't buy GF #2 because:1) It is $17.95 + tax2) It has a couple cool crunchy bits but not enough to make up for the high cover price3) It is not themed and covers many different games and companies I have little to no interest inBREAKDOWN:GF is beautiful; nice paper, full color, exclusive content, and has more pages and no ads, which is great, but my problem with GF is it is not giving me enough useful material for the cost.Campaign is B&W on cheap paper with more ads (I wouldn't call their number excessive by any stretch), not all exclusive content and less pages (96), but Campaign gives me better value by providing the equivalent amount of cool crunchy bits for a fraction of GF's price. It also comes out 6 times a year instead of GF's four. I can also get four issues of Campaign for the cost of one issue of GF (after tax).Anyway, here's the thing: What I want in a d20 magazine (or resource, or supplement or whatever you want to call GF) is not what GF provides: I don't care about full color, glossy paper or few ads (I actually like ads so I am aware of new products in the pipeline). All I want are some good crunchy bits and maybe an adventure I can use with minimal tweaking. In short, I'm buying d20 magazines (including Dragon) for the text content, not the bells and whistles.If GF included a complete d20 minigame like Polyhedron, then that would go a LONG way towards increasing its value at the current cover price.</blockquote>

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