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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5529808" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 230: June 1996part 1/8124 pages. So here we are at the 20th anniversary. A fact they're keeping very quiet about actually. It's not on the cover, it's not mentioned in the letters page, it's not in the editorial. Considering up till 2 years ago, they loudly proclaimed it on the cover every year, this is very odd. This says one of two things. Either they're becoming uncomfortable with their age, and would rather people not know exactly how old they are anymore, or the budget cuts have reached the point where they can't even spring for a simple ribbon on the cover. Neither are particularly flattering conclusions. What this bodes for the contents remains to be seen, but doesn't seem particularly positive. I hope the writers have something good anyway. After all, the best presents aren't necessarily the most expensive ones. In this issue:The wyrm's turn: Man, things really must be going downhill for them. This is the point where their professional exterior starts to crack. They're practically begging us to stick around. What do we have to do? We can change. Please! Just write in and say. Poor magazine staff. Incidentally, I note that the editor has left, and the assistant editor has been promoted to take his place. Did he see the writing on the wall and decide to jump ship, or was he pushed by upper management, annoyed that their big recruit from out of state couldn't turn the sales decline around? Either way, things look pretty miserable for them, and it's not helped by their distributor giving them trouble. Ah yes, I seem to remember that was what tipped them over, all the overprinted stock that they then demanded returns upon, messing up the ready cash flow that keeps an active company solvent despite having huge debts lurking in the background gradually mounting up and up. Guess it can't be long before things come to a head. Let's hope it happens with a bang. D-Mail: John Major's a gamer?! Well, I suppose the conservative government was in a pretty similar position to TSR at this time, so he could probably empathise with them <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> But seriously, this is another bit of mostly positive commentary on the magazine's changes. He's another old skool gamer who's pleased by their attempt to go back to basics. People might be resistant to change, but some changes are more likely to be accepted than others. Another letter of praise, and a request if there's anywhere that sells a solid gold d20. You know how heavy gold is, right? Even a small one would be capable of hurting quite a bit when thrown. Plus that would be better used in electronics these days. No thanks. A letter asking about birthright, and another letter asking about Dragonlance, and what those worlds are up to in the near future. They are indeed going to be busy busy busy, both here and in terms of actual products. Stay tuned!</blockquote>

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