Pathfinder 1E Paizo no longer publishing Dungeon and Dragon

[diaglo]

Get over yourself. This being a discussion forum about D&D, I would assume it is implied that this is in context to D&D gaming.

qft

 

[Rel]

A REMINDER that we all need to try extra hard to take a deep breath right now before we post. Snark is going to get you a 3-day ban if you're not careful.

That is all.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Obviously, far worse news has occurred in this past week, but not in the context of D&D.

Maybe not in the context of D&D in this past week. There had been worse things to happen to D&D in its history that at the time seemed rather bad.

Some might consider the ouster of Gygax, the co-founder of the game, to have been pretty awful at the time. The game carried on. I imagine some still rank this as the worst thing to happen to the game.

Or when Dragon and Dungeon actually ceased publication suddenly during TSR's final days with no news if they would ever come back. In comparison to right now, we already know there is a replacement... just not in print.

 

[Storm Raven]

Magazines are going online.

Which is a format in which they will be next to useless to me. Effectively, the digital initiative means that WotC will be replacing two magazines I currently subscribe to with something that I am simply not interested in. Pathfinder, on the other hand, is something I will definitely be looking into.

 

[Raven Crowking]

I am unhappy about the magazines going online, but I am finding myself surprisingly excited about Pathfinder. I don't generally like the idea of "adventure paths", but this product is making me salivate.

 

[Shade]

Maybe not in the context of D&D in this past week. There had been worse things to happen to D&D in its history that at the time seemed rather bad.

Some might consider the ouster of Gygax, the co-founder of the game, to have been pretty awful at the time. The game carried on. I imagine some still rank this as the worst thing to happen to the game.

Or when Dragon and Dungeon actually ceased publication suddenly during TSR's final days with no news if they would ever come back. In comparison to right now, we already know there is a replacement... just not in print.

I'm in total agreement that the ouster of Gygax and the true apparent deaths of the magazines were worse. Both those predated these boards, though. I was quoted out of context. Here's what I said earlier in that post:

I returned from a wonderful long weekend to the worst news I've seen posted since I've been coming here.

I'll stand by that statement.

 

[Shadeydm]

A REMINDER that we all need to try extra hard to take a deep breath right now before we post. Snark is going to get you a 3-day ban if you're not careful.

That is all.

I never knew there was such a thing as a snark free message board. A lofty goal to be sure but good luck getting there.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

In comparison to right now, we already know there is a replacement... just not in print.

I still think this is worse (though I wasn't there when TSR went down):

Back then, it was uncertain what would happen.

But now, we know that they're canned, and it all sounds like they'll never come back.

I don't consider the online platform a replacement, and neither do many others here. Instead of a nice magazine, we get some online stuff.

I for one, will very likely not get that online stuff. The same goes for a lot of people here. For us, there is no replacement!

 

[Ghendar]

Which is a format in which they will be next to useless to me. Effectively, the digital initiative means that WotC will be replacing two magazines I currently subscribe to with something that I am simply not interested in. Pathfinder, on the other hand, is something I will definitely be looking into.

Almost word for word how I feel.

 

[Vigilance]

I for one, will very likely not get that online stuff. The same goes for a lot of people here. For us, there is no replacement!

But that's your choice. That's not proof Wizards is evil, short-sighted, incompetent etc.