Dungeon #99 - Is the end near?

[drnuncheon]

As a subscriber, I'm immesely amused that you're irritated.

Not only do I get it cheaper, delivered to my door, but I get more stuff too!

Not all of us buy every issue - or want to - so the only thing the 'subscriber only' features do is lose sales from those of us who would have bought it on the newsstand.

After all, you'd have subscribed even if it was the same magazine on the shelves, right?

J

 

[Ranes]

IMO

I'll never play Hijinks but I did laugh reading it.

As a DM whose cartographical skills are laughable, I am always on the lookout for recyclable, quality maps, especially downloadable ones (I add my voice to the earlier call for Paizo to get them on the web more quickly, please). However, the 'maps of mystery' in 99 left me a little disappointed. For every axis of symmetry in a map, you halve the value of the map.

I'd have to give Quadripartite nil for Far Realm niftiness but it looks like it would work and those encounters are colourful.

 

[Enceladus]

Re: Re

Wow, I only buy Dungeon magazine for the dungeons. I don't like the other stuff in the magazine. I don't care for Polyhedron. I haven't found a single issue of Polyhedron I like in the past year or so.

I wonder why Dungeon can't carry itself. I always thought the magazine was popular. I know it is with our gaming group. We never bother with Polyhedron, but Dungeon has always been a well-used magazine.

While I buy Dungeon mag I haven't read a single polyhedron aritcle. I think its a waste of ink.



IMHO.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

After all, you'd have subscribed even if it was the same magazine on the shelves, right?

Actually, I was a subscriber long before they switched to monthly; I'm just happy they threw me the additional bone -- I don't particularly care for Poly, and am kind of disappointed with what appears to be increasing Poly content. It wouldn't bother me to give that adventure to non-subscibers, though.

Issue 99 wasn't particularly exciting, but some issues are just like that. Issue 100 sounds great -- mine hasn't come yet.

 

[Arnwyn]

I'm a subscriber, and also a "Poly is a waste of ink" person. Those mini-games are absolutely useless, and I'd never spend my (very valuable) time playing a one-off of Josie & the Pussycats. Gack.

However, if Poly can start loading itself with more maps (*lots* more maps) of anything and everything (modern, sci-fi, fantasy, or otherwise) I'll begin to warm up to it. The map of the bank, for example, was great. I'd like to see floorplans of banks, office buildings, space stations, space colonies, aircraft carriers, submarines, battleships, etc. (I don't play d20 Modern or Star Wars, but maps can be adapted to any set of rules, obviously. As well, maps are tough and time-consuming to make - which makes them even more valuable.)

As to the subscription bonus - fantastic idea. With the new format change, I'd probably not subscribe to it (instead buying the Dungeon-heavy issues once every two months). The subscriber bonus adventure keeps me subscribing.

 

[tmaaas]

I recently subscribed to Dungeon, and therefore wasn't spoiled by the larger bi-monthly issues (at least for long--I did receive a few).

So far I am very pleased, and consider it well worth the money. In particular, I'm enjoying the Adventure Path series and look forward to seeing it resume in #102.

But even on the 'off' months, there has been a lot of useful material. The full-color maps are very useful (and I may even use some of the Polyhedron ones some day, if I ever get to T20). And I like the Critical Threats and new 'NPC' regular features. These can save a lot of time.

 

[alsih2o]

does anyone know if oyu cna subscribe online? getting one off a newstand involves driving for 5 hours

 

[Fanog]

Just to toss in my opinion: Paizo has lost me as well, since switching to Monthly.

I've never used anything from Poly, so those pages are wasted on me. With that first monthly issue, I got less pages of adventure than the month before and (hear this!) it was actually MORE expensive than the last bi-monthly issue I bought. Paizo probably isn't too blame for that, but some joker at the importer is.

Subscription isn't an option, living in Europe, so those 'freebie' adventures are lost for me, as well.

All in all, it just isn't worth it anymore. I'm really sorry to see a good magazine turned into something that isn't worth it for me.

Fanog

 

[Krug]

Which brings us to issue 100. This is quite possibly the best issue of Dungeon ever. My good friend Flame returns (finally and again) in Old Embers Never Die. We have Incursion, which is one of the coolest things to hit both mags in a while. Actually CP told me about it months ago, so it wasn't a surprise when I saw the buildup for it, but its still cool nonetheless, and then we have a number of other cool features, including the "mini-game," which is effectively closer to a 40 page write-up on the githyanki. Lets also note that this issue is the same size as the magazine was before it went monthly, and still only $6.99.

All in all, I have no room to complain and am very pleased with the magazine overall.

I got to agree. Dungeon #100 is the best issue ever. Great stuff on the Githyanki.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I've greatly enjoyed Dungeon since Polyhedron was added, and I think the monthly schedule has been an interesting experiment. I think I'm starting to like it.

I LOVE the minigames, by the way. My time is too valuable not to have fun with stuff like this.