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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8097772" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dungeon Magazine 2: Nov/Dec 1986</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 2/5</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Despite only being 2 issues in, they have a statement of ownership showing their circulation already. As they weren't sure how many people would buy this, they went for a conservative print run of precisely 10,000, of which slightly under half have been instantly snapped up by subscribers who saw it advertised in Dragon, with the rest still unsold, as they have yet to roll things out to the newsstands. So at the moment, they've actually got fewer readers than Polyhedron. Given who got top billing when they merged, we know that won't last. It'll be interesting to see how quickly they both grow, and when the transition takes place. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Titan's Dream: Oh god. Like many a long-running TV show, they're doing a dream episode. As the name indicates, when the PC's go near a sleeping Titan, they get sucked into the warped refections of his memories, and have to resolve his subconscious issues to get him to wake up, or be trapped forever in an irritating loop of the same scenes over and over. There are three different plots going, each with scenes showing in a random order, so just getting any sense of the narrative as players will probably involve several repetitions before they can even start to put the pieces together. So this has not only the annoying elements of dream episodes, but also groundhog day ones on top of that, and plenty of whimsy in the specifics heaped on top of THAT! In other words, it's really irritating just to read, and I wouldn't touch it with a 10' pole. Not subjecting myself or my players to that under any circumstances. Nope nope naughty word nope!!! :insert image of godzilla walking into the sea while flipping the bird:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 8097772, member: 27780"] [b][u]Dungeon Magazine 2: Nov/Dec 1986[/u][/b] part 2/5 Despite only being 2 issues in, they have a statement of ownership showing their circulation already. As they weren't sure how many people would buy this, they went for a conservative print run of precisely 10,000, of which slightly under half have been instantly snapped up by subscribers who saw it advertised in Dragon, with the rest still unsold, as they have yet to roll things out to the newsstands. So at the moment, they've actually got fewer readers than Polyhedron. Given who got top billing when they merged, we know that won't last. It'll be interesting to see how quickly they both grow, and when the transition takes place. The Titan's Dream: Oh god. Like many a long-running TV show, they're doing a dream episode. As the name indicates, when the PC's go near a sleeping Titan, they get sucked into the warped refections of his memories, and have to resolve his subconscious issues to get him to wake up, or be trapped forever in an irritating loop of the same scenes over and over. There are three different plots going, each with scenes showing in a random order, so just getting any sense of the narrative as players will probably involve several repetitions before they can even start to put the pieces together. So this has not only the annoying elements of dream episodes, but also groundhog day ones on top of that, and plenty of whimsy in the specifics heaped on top of THAT! In other words, it's really irritating just to read, and I wouldn't touch it with a 10' pole. Not subjecting myself or my players to that under any circumstances. Nope nope naughty word nope!!! :insert image of godzilla walking into the sea while flipping the bird: [/QUOTE]
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