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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ravellion" data-source="post: 914353" data-attributes="member: 538">I love Dungeon and find Polyhedron amusing, but altogether usless. I don't buy a magazine to finance a d20 publicity stunt. Some games are interesting though, and might give them a one shot. The disillusionment that Issue #99 brought upon me ("I only get this one adventure, which is basically 4 critical threats patched together.") made Dungeon from a "The new Dungeon is here, let's get that!", to "The new Dungeon is here... what is in it exactly?".This is most likely going to sell them a few less magazines. I thought about subscribing but I move around a lot and the problems with European subscribers in the past make me weary.Besides, the cost of the Magazine is for me something like $10-11 USD. I can easily get a published adventure for that, without adverts cutting the adventure up and usually slightly more pages as well (compared to issue 99)... The paper and printing quality can be nice (I like maps and illustrations to my adventures), but if there is only one adventure in Dungeon which is less than 32 pages... you have lost a sale... the value for money is jsut not there unless the polyhedron side is very appealing to me.I also don't understand the mechanics of the subscriber bonus adventure. It takes time and money to get the adventures up to standard, and then you don't give it to a large part of your buying public! What a waste of hard work for what is basically meant as something to make subscribers feel better! You make subscribers feel better by giving them a good magazine, and perhaps a promotional freebie every now and then. If this is a permanent thing (1 adventure every odd numbered issue, 2 if you subscribe), with the motivation to make me subscribe, it has failed. Instead it makes me antagonistic.Johnny Wilson seems to be a very capable financial manager, with a good sense of business economics and a heart for the magazines. However, he seems to be lacking in the marketing department, and should probably get someone else to do the PR as well, as his writing style is considered to be offensive by many, including me... even though I know (or assume at least) he doesn't mean to offend.I'll surely buy Issue 100 as it arrives here, but 101 will be given a miss if it is one adventure only.Rav</blockquote>

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