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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyarlathotep" data-source="post: 718366" data-attributes="member: 1799">I was never too partial to the fiction sections of the magazine myself (I haven't looked at the mag since about issue #250), but I have to take the (apparently) minority position with KDLadage. I've probably got about 200 issues, and there are only a few that I've read the fiction in. I was always of the opinion that Dragon should just publish an annual compilation of the 12 stories that are taking up valuable space in an otherwise excellent magazine.I felt the same about the Computer Review section when it was in there ... (is it still there?). I did like the RPG Review section though, it did introduce me to Call of Cthulhu <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />. I think the only fiction that should be in the magazine (aside from editorials and WOTC reviews <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> of course), should be game fluff full of ideas, plot hooks and stuff that could be used in any campaign. "The Ecology of ..." articles were the best examples of this stuff. They inspired many sessions that I've run, and I still refer to them (when I'm not too lazy to hunt through boxes for what seems like hours).That said (and rather poorly at that), I liked the rest of the magazine. There was so much good stuff that it more than made up for the fiction piece in each issue. Oh yeah, did I mention it introduced me to Call of Cthulhu <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.</blockquote>

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