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<blockquote data-quote="Erik Mona" data-source="post: 2089726" data-attributes="member: 2174"><p>The simple truth is that the magazine cannot appeal to all people, all the time. If you will only be satisfied if Dragon takes a 180 degree turn from what it's doing now, chances are you're not going to be satisfied. </p><p></p><p>As a poster upthread noted, we're now covering news related to other games and companies. I'd _like_ to figure out how to do a review section in the magazine again, and would probably widen the scope to cover non-d20 games from non-WotC publishers (and I've half a mind to also include reviews of fantasy movies, just for the hell of it), but there are simply more pressing concerns to address before I work on that aspect of the magazine.</p><p></p><p>You will not see game material for other systems, and you probably won't see "game article" support for things like Freeport and Dawnforge and, oh, let's say "The Foundation: A World in Black and White."</p><p></p><p>Paizo tried that already and got burned. It's not going to happen again.</p><p></p><p>It _might_ make sense to do a stand-alone magazine that is _not_ Dragon that covers this stuff in depth, but I seriously doubt you could make any money off of it. It's a rare d20 product these days that even cracks 3000 sales, from what I hear, and that's just not much of a market.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, the D&D books sell in the range of tens of thousands of copies. The money and the audience are there, hence that's where you're likely to see the magazine focus the majority of its efforts.</p><p></p><p>--Erik Mona</p><p>Editor-in-Chief</p><p>Dragon & Dungeon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erik Mona, post: 2089726, member: 2174"] The simple truth is that the magazine cannot appeal to all people, all the time. If you will only be satisfied if Dragon takes a 180 degree turn from what it's doing now, chances are you're not going to be satisfied. As a poster upthread noted, we're now covering news related to other games and companies. I'd _like_ to figure out how to do a review section in the magazine again, and would probably widen the scope to cover non-d20 games from non-WotC publishers (and I've half a mind to also include reviews of fantasy movies, just for the hell of it), but there are simply more pressing concerns to address before I work on that aspect of the magazine. You will not see game material for other systems, and you probably won't see "game article" support for things like Freeport and Dawnforge and, oh, let's say "The Foundation: A World in Black and White." Paizo tried that already and got burned. It's not going to happen again. It _might_ make sense to do a stand-alone magazine that is _not_ Dragon that covers this stuff in depth, but I seriously doubt you could make any money off of it. It's a rare d20 product these days that even cracks 3000 sales, from what I hear, and that's just not much of a market. On the other hand, the D&D books sell in the range of tens of thousands of copies. The money and the audience are there, hence that's where you're likely to see the magazine focus the majority of its efforts. --Erik Mona Editor-in-Chief Dragon & Dungeon [/QUOTE]
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