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<blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 1477409" data-attributes="member: 1405">Dungeon adventures just do not offer the sheer length of the older ones.&nbsp; Most of the adventures are too short to run as more than an encounter or filler material for a game session.The adventure path, while good, means that you do not get the same variety of adventures.&nbsp; You're left hoping that the one adventure in Dungeon is good enough to use.&nbsp; Otherwise, you have to wait another month!Honestly, I think that Paizo could stop paying people for their accepted submissions and use the saved money to bring us more adventures.&nbsp; I do not think anyone would mind the loss of such little money compared to have your name appear in Dungeon!Poly was more useful as an RPGA publication.&nbsp; Heck, the RPGA was more useful when it was a subscriber organization!However, I still believe that Dungeon would do well on its own.&nbsp; I also cannot imagine that B&amp;W ads would bring in less money.Heck, at our journal, we can barely afford color.&nbsp; It costs $900.00 per page of color and that is not a full color page.&nbsp; We have MEDICAL companies like Merck and GlaxoSmithKline who are more than willing to publish B&amp;W ads.Halftones are much cheaper to produce than color, which is why I do not buy the argument from Paizo in favor of color.&nbsp; Those companies will still place their ads in Dungeon/ Poly and the cover will remain color.&nbsp; Heck, cool covers sell a magazine far more than the appearance of the inner mag.I know too much about publishing.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> In any event, I think Pqaizo could make the switch. However, I wonder if WOTC is not yanking the chain on this one.&nbsp; They want the official mags in color even if they do not own them any more.&nbsp; I know that a cost savings could go into event.Heck, those ad companie could still PAY for color in a B&amp;W mag.&nbsp; We have people who do so in our journal and we only have a subscription base of 5000!&nbsp; I'll bet that Dungeon is higher than that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belen, post: 1477409, member: 1405"] Dungeon adventures just do not offer the sheer length of the older ones. Most of the adventures are too short to run as more than an encounter or filler material for a game session. The adventure path, while good, means that you do not get the same variety of adventures. You're left hoping that the one adventure in Dungeon is good enough to use. Otherwise, you have to wait another month! Honestly, I think that Paizo could stop paying people for their accepted submissions and use the saved money to bring us more adventures. I do not think anyone would mind the loss of such little money compared to have your name appear in Dungeon! Poly was more useful as an RPGA publication. Heck, the RPGA was more useful when it was a subscriber organization! However, I still believe that Dungeon would do well on its own. I also cannot imagine that B&W ads would bring in less money. Heck, at our journal, we can barely afford color. It costs $900.00 per page of color and that is not a full color page. We have MEDICAL companies like Merck and GlaxoSmithKline who are more than willing to publish B&W ads. Halftones are much cheaper to produce than color, which is why I do not buy the argument from Paizo in favor of color. Those companies will still place their ads in Dungeon/ Poly and the cover will remain color. Heck, cool covers sell a magazine far more than the appearance of the inner mag. I know too much about publishing. :lol: In any event, I think Pqaizo could make the switch. However, I wonder if WOTC is not yanking the chain on this one. They want the official mags in color even if they do not own them any more. I know that a cost savings could go into event. Heck, those ad companie could still PAY for color in a B&W mag. We have people who do so in our journal and we only have a subscription base of 5000! I'll bet that Dungeon is higher than that. [/QUOTE]

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