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Message: <blockquote data-quote="staciem" data-source="post: 471640" data-attributes="member: 8827">Tolen Mar,It's nice to hear some positive feedback, especially as we've been working so hard to come up with new ideas to make the magazine an even more useful tool for players and DMs alike. Thank you! <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=":)" /> I wanted to address your concerns regarding the arena maps included in the "Gladiator" crossover issues of Dragon and Dungeon magazines. I think our information blurb in issue #302 was a bit misleading. . . .When we began brainstorming the idea of a crossover theme for the magazines, one of the most important things we wanted to ensure was that each separate magazine was useful to the reader/player. We didn't want readers to feel that they had to purchase both magazines to make them useful. Instead, we want players to be so excited about the topic and ideas presented in the articles that they want to purchase both magazines in order to get even more coverage of the topic. With this in mind, we created premiums (the little "extras" like dungeon tiles, poster maps, and so on that we sometimes include in our magazines) that could stand on their own or be used in conjunction with one another. The arena map in Dragon is a complete map of the arena floor. The map in Dungeon is a complete map of the area beneath the arena floor. These two maps can be used together, but as you can see, this isn't a necessity.Hope this information helps clarify what you'll find in the magazines when the Gladiator issues release. We're really excited about them, and we hope readers like them as much as we do. <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=":)" /> Stacie MagelssenDragon MagazineAssociate Editor</blockquote>

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