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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThomasBJJ" data-source="post: 915858" data-attributes="member: 993">My suggestions:- For the newsstand (non-subscription issues), get rid of the Polyhedron flip side cover. Sell that as ad space. Save the money that would have been spent on the cover artwork.- If posters and counters cost alot of extra money, limit them to every-other month, or even 4 times a year (or less if neccessary).A typical year of Dungeon/Polyhedron:Dungeon Magazine/ Polyhedron116 pages (same as issue #99)$6.99SCHEDULE:Jan  Feb Poly web-enhancementMarApr Poly Mini-game / Dungeon web-enhancementMayJun Poly web-enhancementJulAug Poly Mini-game / Dungeon web-enhancementSepOct Poly web-enhancementNovDec Poly Mini-game / Dungeon web-enhancement--Dungeon - Regular Features = Editorial, Adventures, Side Trecks, Critical Threats, Maps of Mystery, Agents & Allies.[*Note: limit "Prison Mail" to 1 page, get rid of it altogether, or have it be a monthly website-only feature. Limit the "Previews" section to a side-bar on the editorial page.]--Polyhedron - Regular Features =  Living Greyhawk, D20 news, Release Roundup [*this could be relegated to a monthly web-based article, or eliminated altogether], one page of comics ("Downer"), one or two short articles (covering D20 Modern, or a previous Mini-game). Page Breakdown: Usually Dungeon= 106 pgs. / Poly 10 pgs.Page counts could vary for Polyhedron from issue to issue from 1 to 5 pages. Dungeon should never drop below 100 pgs. per issue except on the Apr, Aug, Dec "Mini-game" issues.JANUARY - 116 Pages--Dungeon(106 pages) Regular Features.  --Polyhedron (10 pages) Regular Features.FEBRUARY - 116 Pages --Dungeon (103 pages) Regular Features. --Polyhedron (13 pages) Regular Features. [Bonus Web-enhancement for a previous Mini-game on website]MARCH - 116 Pages --Dungeon (106 pages) Regular Features. --Polyhedron (10 pages) Regular Features.APRIL - 116 Pages --Dungeon (84 pages) Regular Features. [BONUS Dungeon Adventure available for download on website]  --Polyhedron (32 pages) Mini Game, some regular features in abreviated form (space permitting). MAY - 116 Pages--Dungeon (106 pages) Regular Features.--Polyhedron (10 pages) Regular Features.JUNE - 116 Pages--Dungeon (103 pages) Regular Features.--Polyhedron (13 pages) Regular Features. [BONUS web-enhancement for a previous Mini-Game on website]JULY - 116 Pages--Dungeon  (106 pages) Regular Features. --Polyhedron (10 pages) Regular Features.AUG - 116 Pages--Dungeon (84 pages) Regular Features. [BONUS Dungeon Adventure available on website].--Polyhedron (32 pages) Mini-Game, some regular features in abreviated form (space permitting)SEPTEMBER - 116 Pages--Dungeon (106 pages) Regular Features.--Polyhedron (10 pages) Regular Features.OCTOBER - 116 Pages--Dungeon (103 pages) Regular Features.--Polyhedron (13 pages) Regular Features. [Bouns web-enhancement for a previous Mini-game on webite] NOVEMBER - 116 Pages--Dungeon (106 pages) Regular Features.--Polyhedron (103 pages) Regular Features.DECEMBER - 116 Pages--Dungeon (84 pages) Regular Features. [Bonus Dungeon Adventure available on website]--Polyhedron (32 pages)  Mini-game, some regular features in abreviated form (space permitting) I believe that this would please the majority of readers. IMO, most want more Dungeon & less Poly.   The Polyhedron fans would still get 3 full Mini-Games a year, 3 web-enhancements for the Mini-games, and support articles thru the year. The Dungeon fans would get an acceptible majority of the content almost every issue, and a free web-enhancement adventure on each of the three months where Polyhedron jumps to 32 pages. The web-enhancement adventures could later be published in a Dungeon Annual (free to subscribers), or a select few could be put into Dragon Magazine. (Just reduce the "Scale Mail", "Previews", and do without the fiction for that issue, there should be plenty of room.) It would give Dragon readers who dont buy Dungeon a chance to see what they are missing, and Dungeon readers a chance to get a nice print copy of the adventure if they so choose.  I look at Dungeon mag & Dragon mag both as "niche" magazines, and I expect to pay a little higher price for them because they do not appeal to the masses. Dungeon more so than Dragon. I think $6.99 is a good price. $7.99 may be just a little too much for many people.  Maybe offer a REALLY good subscription deal for people who subscribe to BOTH Dungeon and Dragon mags. Altrnately, offer some 6 issue subscriptions to Dungeon, the same way you did for Dragon, for people who want to test it out.Thomas</blockquote>

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