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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Qwillion" data-source="post: 1493643" data-attributes="member: 14641">Dungeon and DragonWelll Steel I told you so! Though Steel does make one valid point, I can buy Dragon at a number of non-gaming stores now. Dragon could be the outreach magazine that a new player picks up. will that new player know that Dragon Magazine is a house organ.Personally,  I do not think it matters, most of learn to play dnd through grass roots efforts. (A freind introduced us and explained it all too us.) To me the article gets the "Well Duh" response because of this, Yet step back and take a look from outside the industry, would you really know? Dragon and Dungeon are the flagship magazines, every one in the industry reads them, they are the most influentual publications within the industry.  Monte Cook, you have said as much on your own website, in your advice on breaking in the industry.  If you want to be in this industry, you best be published in these magazines.  So how much influence do these magazines have when theu publish an open gaming article like Monte Cook's Dragon magic or The Prestige Races from Oathbound?  I think the answer here is to request that Piazo take the risk on the Polyhedren d20 magazine on its own.  For years I have heard people decry that Dungeon could survive as a monthly book and it has done so. I believe the same holds true for the Polyhedren.  In this area I believe that both Piazo, the industry and the game would benifit.A Silven Writer.</blockquote>

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