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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8100668" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 34: Jan/Feb 1987part 1/544 pages. The road to the living city is long, but we're definitely making progress. Still, it might be a good idea to stop on the way, get some rest, smell the flowers. These two definitely look like they're not getting enough sleep, with those hollow eyes and grim expressions. Is there a good reason they're in a rush? Let's find out inside. Notes From HQ: Jean Rabe introduces herself, and once again confirms that the theoretical dates I'm putting on these issues are deeply inaccurate. They've been running consistently late for long enough that they've actually dropped in membership over the past year. To be fair, Dragon's circulation peaked in 1984, and never reached those heights again, so it might not be entirely their own fault, but they're definitely responsible for a decent fraction of the falloff. The casuals would have drifted away anyway when D&amp;D stopped being a fad, but the kind of people who join a fan club need to be actively alienated to give up on you. Still, maybe it'll help with their structural problem, where they have too many passive consumers, and not enough people making modules, running them in tournaments, submitting articles, etc. Got to get that ratio up if they want to survive and get on top of their targets. Well, this all sounds exhausting. They really are not having a fun time in the offices at the moment. I really do hope they can get this sorted sooner rather than later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 8100668, member: 27780"] [b][u]Polyhedron Issue 34: Jan/Feb 1987[/u][/b] part 1/5 44 pages. The road to the living city is long, but we're definitely making progress. Still, it might be a good idea to stop on the way, get some rest, smell the flowers. These two definitely look like they're not getting enough sleep, with those hollow eyes and grim expressions. Is there a good reason they're in a rush? Let's find out inside. Notes From HQ: Jean Rabe introduces herself, and once again confirms that the theoretical dates I'm putting on these issues are deeply inaccurate. They've been running consistently late for long enough that they've actually dropped in membership over the past year. To be fair, Dragon's circulation peaked in 1984, and never reached those heights again, so it might not be entirely their own fault, but they're definitely responsible for a decent fraction of the falloff. The casuals would have drifted away anyway when D&D stopped being a fad, but the kind of people who join a fan club need to be actively alienated to give up on you. Still, maybe it'll help with their structural problem, where they have too many passive consumers, and not enough people making modules, running them in tournaments, submitting articles, etc. Got to get that ratio up if they want to survive and get on top of their targets. Well, this all sounds exhausting. They really are not having a fun time in the offices at the moment. I really do hope they can get this sorted sooner rather than later. [/QUOTE]

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