Six pieces of art?

[Zaukrie]

Since you can't download an issue of Dungeon or Dragon anymore, I read the articles more sporadically (meaning I'll probably miss some nugget in an article I skip).

I noticed in the art archive/zip file this month that there are 6 pieces of art.

Has the "magazine" fallen that much, that only 6 pieces of art were even in February's Dungeon?

 

[Nemesis Destiny]

Has the "magazine" fallen that much, that only 6 pieces of art were even in February's Dungeon?

Yep. Pretty much. Pickins are slim these days.

I'd feel pretty ripped off as a customer if I'd paid... oh, wait.

 

[the Jester]

I miss my Dungeon and Dragon mags in print, when they actually had regular content and deadlines and finished versions of things and stuff like that.

 

[Klaus]

Since you can't download an issue of Dungeon or Dragon anymore, I read the articles more sporadically (meaning I'll probably miss some nugget in an article I skip).

I noticed in the art archive/zip file this month that there are 6 pieces of art.

Has the "magazine" fallen that much, that only 6 pieces of art were even in February's Dungeon?

For Dungeon, you also have to add in the Map gallery.

 

[Tortoise]

Cancelled my DDi sub a couple weeks ago. Got tired of paying for something that was providing rapidly decreasing value and showing little hope of improving anytime soon.

 

[SparqMan]

FWIW, one can often find the art by searching for the artists to find their portfolios.

 

[the Jester]

Cancelled my DDi sub a couple weeks ago. Got tired of paying for something that was providing rapidly decreasing value and showing little hope of improving anytime soon.

Yeah, I let mine lapse a couple of weeks ago too. I'm hoping that in six months or so there will be something there worth paying for- a decent CB, a Monster Builder that actually builds monsters, reasonable content in Dungeon and Dragon mags, something, give me something.

I'm afraid WotC has really burnt any good will freebies they had with me, though- the fiasco with the last update to the classic CB and MB stripping out all the RPGA content used it all up.

 

[Derulbaskul]

Dungeon does not exist anymore. Its new name is Encounter.

 

[Siuis]

This doesn't make any sense. Most of the employees in WoTC's d&d department play D&D. This is content by gamers, for gamers. So why does it suck?

Everything I've ever learned points to one thing and one thing only; If the end result of an equation doesn't make sense, you got a variable wrong.

So, what? WoTC doesn't play D&D? The D&D department isn't the department that makes D&D? Or are they no longer targeting gamers as their demographic of choice?

 

[wedgeski]

Just six months ago Dungeon #179 had 12 pieces of art and 15 maps. Six months before that Dungeon #173 had 21 art and 11-ish maps. However all the maps in #173 were dungeon tile renderings, whereas only 2 of 6 were dungeon tiles in the latest issue.

So, I'm glad we're returning to unique maps (and that they're now released without the symbol layer as a matter of course), but it's a telling sign of the reduced investment in the magazines, no doubt about it.