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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1563176" data-attributes="member: 10201"><p>Well, you ask what are, to me, three distinct questions. Which articles we talk about, which are classics, and which are my favorites, only have partial overlap. </p><p></p><p>The only ones we seem to talk about on a recurring basis would be the attack priority and alternate alignment articles, and the ecology articles in the abstract (not any particular one, just how great the old ones all are). Oh, and i might bring up Role-Playing Reviews any time i want to bitch about how the magazine has changed.</p><p></p><p>The classics? </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Role-Playing Reviews</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ecology of ...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Voyage of the Princess Ark</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gods of the Suel Pantheon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pages from the Mages</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Treasure Trove</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Creature Catalog</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From the Sorcerer's Scroll</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leomund's Tiny Hut</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The [demihuman] Point of View series (only reason this one doesn't make it onto my favorites list, below, is because by the time i got into D&D, the material that had first appeared in these articles was pretty much a given, so i don't really think of these articles as to credit)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nogard and the whole April Fools section of #96, especially the Wandering Damage Table</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Marvel Phile</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the Tucker's kobolds editorial</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Plants of Biurndon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Arcane Lore</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Katherine Kerr's outdoor adventuring articles</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SnarfQuest</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wormy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragon Mirth</li> </ul><p>I think that about covers it. Leastways, that pretty much covers what immediately leaps to mind as "classically 'Dragon'".</p><p></p><p>As for my favorites--you'll notice a lot of the "classics" from above on the list, and a lot missing. This is far from a complete list, but it took me long enough to locate these (i wanted to put issue numbers to as many of them as possible), so i stopped looking around #200 (my collection is ~75 - ~275).</p><p></p><p>series:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Role-playing Reviews (while i generally preferred the ecology articles, it was Role-playing Reviews that kept me subscribed to Dragon for two or three years after the rest of it had gone to pot and was rarely of any interest to me)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ecology of ... (though i hear tell that, since i stopped reading, they've pretty much ruined these, dropping the fluff that made them so useful, in favor of just crunch)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Voyage of the Princess Ark</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Marvel Phile</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the African series of articles (monsters, gods, weapons, classes, maybe one or two others)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pages from the Mages, and then Arcane Lore [much preferred to Three Wizards] is probably second only to Ecology of ... for the most-reliably satisfying article series</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wormy</li> </ul><p></p><p>individual articles:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Notice Anything Different? (perception stat--i'm still disappointed they rolled this into Wis in D&D3E)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get Your Priorities Straight (best system for D&D-style alignment i've seen yet, #173)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hey, Wanna be a Kobold? (#141)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who Gets the First Swing? (attack priority, #71--the basis for much of my combat system from the time i saw it)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Underestimating Druids (Is a Bad Practice) (#119)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Good Stuff, for a Spell (magic-focusing items, #111)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Welcome to Malachi (city designed with magic in mind, #111)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Plants of Biurndon (fantasy <em>non-magical</em> vegetation, #108)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Laws of Magic (#106)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Sunset World (mind flayers--i'd probably pick this as the single best article prior to issue 275 (when i stopped reading), if i had to pick just one)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Many Types of Magic (how spells are classified into their schools)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He's Got a Lot to Kick About (revised monk)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Singing a New Tune (revised bard--i used this one in preference to the 2nd-ed one for many a year)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Plethora of Paladins (#106)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Ranger Redefined (wilderness skills, #106)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd (#93)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">wandering damage (#96)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"tucker's kobolds" editorial</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the editorial pointing out that more people suffer religion-inspired hallucinations than fantasy-inspired hallucinations when they suffer a psychotic break </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">land dragons</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ferrous dragons</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Short Hops and Big Drops (jumping mechanics)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mind of the Monster (RPing monsters according to Int)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the incantatrix</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">gemstone dragons</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six Very Special Shields (i generally don't care for magic item articles, unless they have very cool backstories)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How Many Coins in a Coffer? (treasure volumes)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unearthed Mundana (non-magical treasures)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Enemy at the Gates (castle design with magic in mind, #160)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thief on a String (fiction, #160)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Inside Information (information sources, #161)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Romance and Adventure (#161)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Making Law out of Chaos (clearing up alignment, #163)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Making of a Monster (RPing monsters, #171)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Role-playing and the Real World (guest editorial by Michael A. Stackpole, #171)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lifegiver (fiction, nov '94)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No Campaign Ever Fails (campaign-fixing eadvice, #111)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Worth its Weight in Gold (dwarven beards)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For King and Country (alignment system, #101)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Treasures of teh Wilds (furs and such, #137)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Long Arm of the Law (#136)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Front-End Alignments ("alignments" for players, rather than characters, #124)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Mystic College (#123)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Are You Having Bad Thoughts? (psionics in ravenloft, #174)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Whole-Earth Ecology (creating believable creatures, #123)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How Taxes Take Their Toll (#99)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">article on magic items made of embodied elements or ideals, like a sword literally made of lightning</li> </ul><p></p><p>There, that should keep you busy for a bit. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1563176, member: 10201"] Well, you ask what are, to me, three distinct questions. Which articles we talk about, which are classics, and which are my favorites, only have partial overlap. The only ones we seem to talk about on a recurring basis would be the attack priority and alternate alignment articles, and the ecology articles in the abstract (not any particular one, just how great the old ones all are). Oh, and i might bring up Role-Playing Reviews any time i want to bitch about how the magazine has changed. The classics? [list] [*]Role-Playing Reviews [*]Ecology of ... [*]Voyage of the Princess Ark [*]Gods of the Suel Pantheon [*]Pages from the Mages [*]Treasure Trove [*]Creature Catalog [*]From the Sorcerer's Scroll [*]Leomund's Tiny Hut [*]The [demihuman] Point of View series (only reason this one doesn't make it onto my favorites list, below, is because by the time i got into D&D, the material that had first appeared in these articles was pretty much a given, so i don't really think of these articles as to credit) [*]Nogard and the whole April Fools section of #96, especially the Wandering Damage Table [*]The Marvel Phile [*]the Tucker's kobolds editorial [*]The Plants of Biurndon [*]Arcane Lore [*]Katherine Kerr's outdoor adventuring articles [*]SnarfQuest [*]Wormy [*]Dragon Mirth [/list] I think that about covers it. Leastways, that pretty much covers what immediately leaps to mind as "classically 'Dragon'". As for my favorites--you'll notice a lot of the "classics" from above on the list, and a lot missing. This is far from a complete list, but it took me long enough to locate these (i wanted to put issue numbers to as many of them as possible), so i stopped looking around #200 (my collection is ~75 - ~275). series: [list] [*]Role-playing Reviews (while i generally preferred the ecology articles, it was Role-playing Reviews that kept me subscribed to Dragon for two or three years after the rest of it had gone to pot and was rarely of any interest to me) [*]Ecology of ... (though i hear tell that, since i stopped reading, they've pretty much ruined these, dropping the fluff that made them so useful, in favor of just crunch) [*]Voyage of the Princess Ark [*]The Marvel Phile [*]the African series of articles (monsters, gods, weapons, classes, maybe one or two others) [*]Pages from the Mages, and then Arcane Lore [much preferred to Three Wizards] is probably second only to Ecology of ... for the most-reliably satisfying article series [*]Wormy [/list] individual articles: [list] [*]Notice Anything Different? (perception stat--i'm still disappointed they rolled this into Wis in D&D3E) [*]Get Your Priorities Straight (best system for D&D-style alignment i've seen yet, #173) [*]Hey, Wanna be a Kobold? (#141) [*]Who Gets the First Swing? (attack priority, #71--the basis for much of my combat system from the time i saw it) [*]Underestimating Druids (Is a Bad Practice) (#119) [*]Good Stuff, for a Spell (magic-focusing items, #111) [*]Welcome to Malachi (city designed with magic in mind, #111) [*]The Plants of Biurndon (fantasy [i]non-magical[/i] vegetation, #108) [*]The Laws of Magic (#106) [*]The Sunset World (mind flayers--i'd probably pick this as the single best article prior to issue 275 (when i stopped reading), if i had to pick just one) [*]The Many Types of Magic (how spells are classified into their schools) [*]He's Got a Lot to Kick About (revised monk) [*]Singing a New Tune (revised bard--i used this one in preference to the 2nd-ed one for many a year) [*]A Plethora of Paladins (#106) [*]The Ranger Redefined (wilderness skills, #106) [*]Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd (#93) [*]wandering damage (#96) [*]"tucker's kobolds" editorial [*]the editorial pointing out that more people suffer religion-inspired hallucinations than fantasy-inspired hallucinations when they suffer a psychotic break [*]land dragons [*]ferrous dragons [*]Short Hops and Big Drops (jumping mechanics) [*]Mind of the Monster (RPing monsters according to Int) [*]the incantatrix [*]gemstone dragons [*]Six Very Special Shields (i generally don't care for magic item articles, unless they have very cool backstories) [*]How Many Coins in a Coffer? (treasure volumes) [*]Unearthed Mundana (non-magical treasures) [*]The Enemy at the Gates (castle design with magic in mind, #160) [*]Thief on a String (fiction, #160) [*]Inside Information (information sources, #161) [*]Romance and Adventure (#161) [*]Making Law out of Chaos (clearing up alignment, #163) [*]The Making of a Monster (RPing monsters, #171) [*]Role-playing and the Real World (guest editorial by Michael A. Stackpole, #171) [*]Lifegiver (fiction, nov '94) [*]No Campaign Ever Fails (campaign-fixing eadvice, #111) [*]Worth its Weight in Gold (dwarven beards) [*]For King and Country (alignment system, #101) [*]Treasures of teh Wilds (furs and such, #137) [*]The Long Arm of the Law (#136) [*]Front-End Alignments ("alignments" for players, rather than characters, #124) [*]The Mystic College (#123) [*]Are You Having Bad Thoughts? (psionics in ravenloft, #174) [*]The Whole-Earth Ecology (creating believable creatures, #123) [*]How Taxes Take Their Toll (#99) [*]article on magic items made of embodied elements or ideals, like a sword literally made of lightning [/list] There, that should keep you busy for a bit. :D [/QUOTE]
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