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<blockquote data-quote="Kaptain_Kantrip" data-source="post: 67808" data-attributes="member: 546"><p>I find them to be mostly "miss". Production values and layout/design are usually quite horrible. Maybe they might have 1 (or 2 at most) articles of interest. I never print the whole magazine out. I skim through it on the computer as fast as possible (to save reading time since most is of little to no interest to me), print whatever article I find useful, then delete them. </p><p></p><p>Specifically, out of the 5 online d20 mags I've read: I found nothing of interest in Realms of Evil's first issue and have found only two useful articles in the first four issues of Asgard (orc scarring rituals and point building your race/creating custom races, which was excellent).</p><p></p><p>They offer even less useful information than Dragon, which is very hit and miss (so much so I gladly let my subscription lapse; wish I could get my money back from the April Fools, Gnomes and d20 Annual issues---sheesh! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ). </p><p></p><p>Dungeon magazine, even if you don't like the adventures as written (and I usually don't), is generally a good resource for salvaging maps and is now more interesting than ever with the inclusion of Polyhedron's "d20 mini-games" in each issue. I doubt I will ever get the chance to play any of them, but I enjoy reading them and always find something I can insert into my D&D game (like the scientist class from Pulp Heroes and the Action Points from Shadowchasers). Thanks to Polyhedron, I might even subscribe! </p><p></p><p>Just had to say it: Erik Mona is doing an *excellent* job with his new duties as editor of Polyhedron.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kaptain_Kantrip, post: 67808, member: 546"] I find them to be mostly "miss". Production values and layout/design are usually quite horrible. Maybe they might have 1 (or 2 at most) articles of interest. I never print the whole magazine out. I skim through it on the computer as fast as possible (to save reading time since most is of little to no interest to me), print whatever article I find useful, then delete them. Specifically, out of the 5 online d20 mags I've read: I found nothing of interest in Realms of Evil's first issue and have found only two useful articles in the first four issues of Asgard (orc scarring rituals and point building your race/creating custom races, which was excellent). They offer even less useful information than Dragon, which is very hit and miss (so much so I gladly let my subscription lapse; wish I could get my money back from the April Fools, Gnomes and d20 Annual issues---sheesh! ;) ). Dungeon magazine, even if you don't like the adventures as written (and I usually don't), is generally a good resource for salvaging maps and is now more interesting than ever with the inclusion of Polyhedron's "d20 mini-games" in each issue. I doubt I will ever get the chance to play any of them, but I enjoy reading them and always find something I can insert into my D&D game (like the scientist class from Pulp Heroes and the Action Points from Shadowchasers). Thanks to Polyhedron, I might even subscribe! Just had to say it: Erik Mona is doing an *excellent* job with his new duties as editor of Polyhedron. [/QUOTE]
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