Dungeon #187 - first issue with 0 adventures?

[Shemeska]

I knew they received so many each month, that responding, individually, to each was just not feasible.

It just strikes me as something that could be improved to keep people invested and ensure they keep submitting ideas. Both magazines managed to give responses when they were still in print, even if just a form rejection letter. But often some of the ideas I had rejected (by multiple editors) were given reasons for the rejection and suggestions for refining the ideas, to submit it again in a few months and see if it fit the schedule more, or ideas on topics to focus submissions on that might be on the horizon.

Kobold Quarterly manages to give responses as well in my experience, and I presume they're running on a smaller staff than WotC does for their own 'zine.

Perhaps they're really really understaffed and can't respond, even with a form rejection letter. But I can't imagine the number of queries now to be that much more than when the magazines were still in print form and openly recognized as the way to break into the industry. With no physical product, I would actually think it would have less queries. Again, my perception only.

 

[Matt James]

Well, I can tell you that WotC has one guy; Steve Winter

 

[Saracenus]

I don't think this has been said, but Dungeon 187's adventure Beneath the Dust went live today:
Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Beneath the Dust)

Correction: Its on the main paige, it just got pushed off by the new Salon.com D&D article link.
Its not on the front page but the link is there on the Content Calendar for Wednesday.

Better late then never...

 

[damngravity]

That's... also wrong. Andok Sur was up 02/15/11 in issue 187. And Beneath the Dust was finally release 3/9/2011. Admittedly late.

 

[Incenjucar]

Well, I can tell you that WotC has one guy; Steve Winter

One guy is not enough to run two magazines with thousands of subscribers.

 

[Matt James]

It really wouldn't matter what I said. If I said there were 25 people managing it, you would likely give a similar response.

 

[Saracenus]

That's... also wrong. Andok Sur was up 02/15/11 in issue 187.

Wrong? Is this directed at me? All I said was that the missing adventure was up. I made not claims to issue 187 having no other adventures.

If you are referring to something else, then nevermind...

 

[Aegeri]

At least it is actually out and it's not a frigging delve. I actually quite liked it and thought it was pretty well put together.

 

[Riley]

It really wouldn't matter what I said. If I said there were 25 people managing it, you would likely give a similar response.

Strangely enough, when Paizo had more people working on the magazine, it was a better magazine. Or, if you disagree with that, it was at least more of a magazine. More adventures. More words. More maps. More illustrations.

It didn't take them 25 people, though it did seem to require more than one.

 

[Mummolus]

It is in fact a pretty solid-looking adventure - I'll likely be adapting parts of it into my own DS campaign.