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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1223070" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>This discussion is taking an interesting twist, so here is my 2 cents...</p><p></p><p><em>Dragon</em> is and should remain a D&D (or at least D20) magazine. That is its purpose, that is its fan base. General magazines have not survived very long -- <em>Pyramid</em> is sort of an exception, but there is very, very little non-GURPS material presented there, other than utterly non-statted articles. I was a fan of <em>Different Worlds</em> back in the day, but it lost out due to no focus, ergo almost no subscriptions. <em>White Wolf</em> was general, until it turned into <em>White Wolf: INPHOBIA!</em> which, oddly, was the death knell for the magazine. Oh well, exception to every rule, I suppose. Be that as may be, <em>Dragon</em> would not pick up any appreciable number of new readers if it went more general, while it would probably cheese off its core fans.</p><p></p><p>OTOH...</p><p></p><p>Although I play a heavy variant D20 game, I have not used or enjoyed a single article in <em>Dragon</em> (other than 1 or 2 comics) for the last 5-6 issues. I am not interested in the minis, I did not change to 3.5, I don't run plane-spanning campaigns, I have no need for most of the PrCs published, and I find the magazine utterly unsuited for my taste and needs. Don't even get me started about the fiction.</p><p></p><p>I am, however, an exception. Most people who play D20 games like <em>Dragon</em>. As such it should continue as it is. It may have lost my subscription, but that is only a single voice and there will be 1 or 2 others who will start to pick it up at the point that I drop it. No, the magazine should definitely retain its focus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1223070, member: 8447"] This discussion is taking an interesting twist, so here is my 2 cents... [I]Dragon[/I] is and should remain a D&D (or at least D20) magazine. That is its purpose, that is its fan base. General magazines have not survived very long -- [I]Pyramid[/I] is sort of an exception, but there is very, very little non-GURPS material presented there, other than utterly non-statted articles. I was a fan of [I]Different Worlds[/I] back in the day, but it lost out due to no focus, ergo almost no subscriptions. [I]White Wolf[/I] was general, until it turned into [I]White Wolf: INPHOBIA![/I] which, oddly, was the death knell for the magazine. Oh well, exception to every rule, I suppose. Be that as may be, [I]Dragon[/I] would not pick up any appreciable number of new readers if it went more general, while it would probably cheese off its core fans. OTOH... Although I play a heavy variant D20 game, I have not used or enjoyed a single article in [I]Dragon[/I] (other than 1 or 2 comics) for the last 5-6 issues. I am not interested in the minis, I did not change to 3.5, I don't run plane-spanning campaigns, I have no need for most of the PrCs published, and I find the magazine utterly unsuited for my taste and needs. Don't even get me started about the fiction. I am, however, an exception. Most people who play D20 games like [I]Dragon[/I]. As such it should continue as it is. It may have lost my subscription, but that is only a single voice and there will be 1 or 2 others who will start to pick it up at the point that I drop it. No, the magazine should definitely retain its focus. [/QUOTE]
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