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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5546515" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 232: August 1996part 1/8124 pages. A cover rendered entirely in washed out reds and yellows that looks like it needs a little sharpening up here. The theme, on the other hand, does seem pretty sharp. Weapons? Don't think we've had a full themed section on that, while we have had quite a few on magic. Rogues got some new tricks last issue. Now it's warrior's turn to try and play catch-up. As usual, I am fairly curious how well that'll work. In this issue:The new D&D starter set is advertised using the cover from the old Moldvay basic set, in the process showing that the new one isn't a patch on the old in terms of sheer attention-grabbing weirdness. This is no good at all.  All you'll do is fuel people's nostalgia. The wyrms turn: We leap straight into the issue's theme in the editorial. What exactly is a weapon? Let's consult our friend the Oxford English Dictionary again. Huh. These new editors have more boring references than the old ones. This doesn't compare to army stories or goofy actual play experiences. And once again, they use formatting to try and disguise the fact that their word count here is very low. This feels like another content free editorial that they could have skipped entirely. Blah blah over-reliance on formula. You could have fit an article twice this size in this space. I miss 1987, when they were actively trying to be as efficient as possible. Now it seems like they're trying to pad things out wherever they can to save money. This sucks. D-Mail: A letter praising the revamped magazine, in particular Roger's recent orbs of dragonkind article. They have been printing a lot of letters like this recently. I suppose it shows they are pleasing a decent segment of their readerbase. And the ones they aren't pleasing must be quitting altogether rather than complaining. Or maybe they're being selectively positive to keep people from quitting via peer pressure. A letter nitpicking about the name of Tolkien's dragons. He did change his own mind quite a bit over the years. Even serious geeks may dispute which one to use. A letter saying that what they need is more themed issues, and a bigger forum section. Perfectly reasonable requests. The themed stuff I agree with in particular, especially if they can find one they haven't done before. Another letter just offering general praise and stuff. (apart from the price increases, which suck) Yawn. And finally a question about rare Dragon Dice. You can only get them at a convention! Just another way to sort the true fanatics from the lightweights. (join the RPGA now :teeth ting: ) </blockquote>

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