Dungeon 208

[Wizards of the Coast]

Weâ??re proud to present to you Dungeon 208, a compilation containing the entire month's worth of articles and adventures.

Read Dungeon 208 on D&D Insider here!

 

[Evenglare]

This doesn't make sense. Experiment as a single PDF? This is how the magazine BEGAN, then for some reason wizards decided to split them up as individual articles (which in my opinion was an AWFUL idea). I'm glad you went back to the ORIGINAL way.

 

[Dice4Hire]

Add to that the link is broken....

 

[Echohawk]

This doesn't make sense. Experiment as a single PDF? This is how the magazine BEGAN, then for some reason wizards decided to split them up as individual articles (which in my opinion was an AWFUL idea). I'm glad you went back to the ORIGINAL way.

Technically, the magazines have iterated through these options:
1. Release individual articles as PDFs and a monthly compilation PDF.
2. Release only individual articles as PDFs.
3. Release only a monthly compilation PDF.

So what we are getting now isn't quite the same as what we started with, since we aren't getting the option to download individual articles.

 

[Plageman]

Technically, the magazines have iterated through these options:
1. Release individual articles as PDFs and a monthly compilation PDF.
2. Release only individual articles as PDFs.
3. Release only a monthly compilation PDF.

So what we are getting now isn't quite the same as what we started with, since we aren't getting the option to download individual articles.

Of which I prefer the option 1.

 

[Scrivener of Doom]

Add to that the link is broken....

... again and now the site is down for maintenance.

 

[Zaukrie]

Just curious, since I cancelled last month.....how are dragon and dungeon this month?

 

[TerraDave]

The TOC....

2 One Piece at a Time
By Christopher Perkins
It’s a long and perilous voyage to publication.

3 Some Assembly Required
By Jobe Bittman
Thieves plunder a village after nightfall,
stealing tools and supplies. What are they
building in their secret hideout? A D&D®
adventure for characters of levels 1–3.

22 Capta in Slygo’s Treasure
By Timothy Ide
The dread pirate Captain Slygo menaces the
Silverwrack Coast, but there’s more to this
greedy goblin than meets the eye. A D&D
adventure for characters of levels 2–4.

43 Fra z-Urb ’luu , Prince of Decept ion
By John “Ross” Rossomangno
Do not underestimate this demon lord’s
devious mind and gift for self-preservation.

49 Elves with Demonic Designs
By Erik Scott de Bie
The dark legacy of House Dlardrageth lives
on in the form of the fey’ri—evil eladrin
with demonic bloodlines.

53 Prisoners of the Iron Flask
By Derek Guder
Think twice before uncorking an iron f lask.
You never know what might be inside!

Overall, looked pretty good. How can you go wrong with demons, and especially demonic elves?

 

[Echohawk]

Just curious, since I cancelled last month.....how are dragon and dungeon this month?

Here are my thoughts after reading this month's Dragon, copied from this thread:

WotC has decided to switch the format of the electronic version of Dragon and Dungeon away from a series of individual articles and back to a once per month PDF release. This was done last month as an experiment, and in this month's editorial, it is confirmed as their new release format. Actually "back" to a once per month PDF release is misleading. For a while there was a monthly compilation in addition to the release of individual articles, but this is the first time the format has been single issue PDF only.

The developers/editors are now thinking of 4th Edition in the past tense. The first line of an insert in the succubus article reads: "In the 4th Edition D&D game, the gray line between demons and devils was more clearly defined". Despite this, there is a reasonable amount of new 4th edition crunch in the issue: seven new magic items, three new monsters, one NPC stat block, a new curse and a new ritual.

Most of the articles are edition neutral, or have a small amount of 4th Edition content. Only two articles (the Ecology of the Succubus and a magic item article) have a substantial amount of 4e crunch, and of those, the succubus article also has a lot of fluff on succubi, albeit fluff largely about their place in the 4e cosmology.

After a Planescape (or at least planar-heavy) issue, the last page teases new Greyhawk and Mystara content for December: Backdrop: Hochoch and Ye Olde Creature Catalogue which promises the return of the decapus, magen, rhagodessa, and thoul. Based on recent Dragon/Dungeon content, there is clearly a move back towards wider support for campaign settings as well as rules editions.