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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5623968" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 240: October 1997part 1/8124 pages. Well, we've finally made it to the 2/3rds point of this journey, even if it has been more than a year since the halfway mark. Woo. Actually, it doesn't feel like much of a landmark compared to the recent company changeover, or the upcoming 250th issue. Just them trying to get back to business as usual. Although things are still messed up enough that they've decided to tone down the usual october horrorfest, and instead go for a little mystery and suspense. Still, I don't object to variety. I'm sure it'll be back next year. Let's see if they can build up a little tension and anticipation. In this issue:The wyrms turn: Another editorial full of reorganisation and staff changes. They've replaced 2 of their editors and their subscriptions person, and added a new face to their advertising team. That's a good 50% turnover. Much of this is because they're upping sticks and moving those TSR staff who want to stay on all the way over to their own offices in Renton, on the other side of the country. That's a pretty big upheaval, and I'm not surprised that more than a few people would bow out because they don't want to leave their current lives and family. And just think of the transport costs for all the paperwork, equipment and archives. It's no wonder they'll want to liquidate a great chunk of the unsold stock that was a big factor in bringing the old company down. So this is another handy snapshot in showing what progress they're making getting things back on track. Really, things are already a good deal better than they were a couple of months ago, when they still weren't sure what they were doing. That's worth rather a lot. D-Mail: Bafflingly, we lead this month with exactly the same welcome back letter we did last month. Editorial sloppiness, or simply the only letter about their absence that wasn't vitriolic. Either way, that's the kind of dumbass mistake everyone's going to notice. A letter supporting the dungeon crawl above all that plot stuff. We want puzzles to solve and monsters to kill! Do not forget it. In typical contrast, a letter from someone who prefers roleplaying detail over dungeon crawls. Of course, the magazine has to figure out how to cater to both if they want to remain viable, don't they. Some nitpicking about the nature of dogs, and what it's hard or easy to train them to do. What they do naturally doesn't map to an obvious power level structure. And finally we have a bit of errata from Bruce Heard regarding his lupin breed article. Something with that much concentrated crunch is harder for editors to examine, because as long as it's technically legal, it could also not be what the author intended to write and still get past the radar.</blockquote>

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