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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3519745" data-attributes="member: 32740">Since the arrival of my very first subscription issue I have looked forward to the arrival of Dragon every month.&nbsp; Even when I wasn't interested in much of the content.&nbsp; That's hard to explain.&nbsp; It can't have been just the comics, though like many others they were what I always turned to first, whether it was Wormy, Phil &amp; Dixie, Snarfquest, Fineous Fingers, or even Yamara.&nbsp; Even back in the day the amount of material I ever used from Dragon, or that actually inspired something substantive in my campaigns was minimal.I suppose it must be because for the longest time it was THE source of discussion.&nbsp; Even when the internet came along the discussions were so often prompted first by topics in letters to Dragon, or articles therein.&nbsp; Dragon was the touchstone for so much of the D&amp;D and RPG fanbase.&nbsp; It was, aside from the game itself, our common ground.For the last several years I really have lost touch with Dragon, despite my continued subscription.&nbsp; The game they seemed to be promoting was just not the game as I played it, or as I wanted it to be.&nbsp; And yet even if I didn't have a FULL collection of Dragon, from Strategic Review to our soon-to-be-last issue, I'd have never been able to cancel my subscription without being forced by dire &quot;it's this or not eating this month&quot; choices.Even in the &quot;lean years&quot; when I have not had an active campaign for years at a stretch I have always been thinking about D&amp;D, talking about it, reading about it, working with it.&nbsp; Dragon has always been a part of that.&nbsp; I don't know how I will feel about it when the end actually comes, and afterward, as it becomes an ever more distant memory.&nbsp; But I know that at some level I will miss it.&nbsp; It is the end of an era, for better or worse.&nbsp; It is an event to be marked, even commemorated.Dragon is dead.&nbsp; Long live Dragon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 3519745, member: 32740"] Since the arrival of my very first subscription issue I have looked forward to the arrival of Dragon every month. Even when I wasn't interested in much of the content. That's hard to explain. It can't have been just the comics, though like many others they were what I always turned to first, whether it was Wormy, Phil & Dixie, Snarfquest, Fineous Fingers, or even Yamara. Even back in the day the amount of material I ever used from Dragon, or that actually inspired something substantive in my campaigns was minimal. I suppose it must be because for the longest time it was THE source of discussion. Even when the internet came along the discussions were so often prompted first by topics in letters to Dragon, or articles therein. Dragon was the touchstone for so much of the D&D and RPG fanbase. It was, aside from the game itself, our common ground. For the last several years I really have lost touch with Dragon, despite my continued subscription. The game they seemed to be promoting was just not the game as I played it, or as I wanted it to be. And yet even if I didn't have a FULL collection of Dragon, from Strategic Review to our soon-to-be-last issue, I'd have never been able to cancel my subscription without being forced by dire "it's this or not eating this month" choices. Even in the "lean years" when I have not had an active campaign for years at a stretch I have always been thinking about D&D, talking about it, reading about it, working with it. Dragon has always been a part of that. I don't know how I will feel about it when the end actually comes, and afterward, as it becomes an ever more distant memory. But I know that at some level I will miss it. It is the end of an era, for better or worse. It is an event to be marked, even commemorated. Dragon is dead. Long live Dragon. [/QUOTE]

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