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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1390226" data-attributes="member: 12744">Unfortunately, I personally dont think we'll see very much in the way of a mainstream mag devoted to non-D&D d20 for quite some time.The reason?  They can't seem to internally garauntee sales to support it.  Paizo killed Star Wars Gamer, one of the best game-support mags ever created, because it just didnt reach enough market;  they couldnt get enough advertisers to make that almighty dollar figure high enough to justify continuing to put it out, and they certainly have not made good (IMO) on their promise to provide content in their Insider (bleh) and Dungeon/Polyhedron offerings.  But, they aren't a gaming company.  They are a magazine company, and the only way they (or anyone like them) are going to publish more of this stuff is if they can make a very, very good case for a lot of readership, so they can get the ad space sold well enough to turn a nice buck.  Nature of the business, and all that.  Just look at the nature of these boards;  all of the posts in this forum combined vs. the various D&D posts across the board. There are a few ezines I've heard about in recent months that promise d20 non-D&D, but I havent checked back in on them lately so I'm not sure what all any of them offer.   More likely that is where you may see more non-D&D d20 material, or in some independent small publishing house willing to take a chance on it.  But I wouldnt hold my breath. In the meantime, we have some support for modern through WotC's website, and by numerous talented writers who have put on PDF's on RPGNow.  The PDF's aren't as varied as a good magazine, but there is a lot of good stuff out there nonetheless.</blockquote>

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