[UPDATED] Dragon+: An Official D&D iOS App

Dragon Magazine on iOS

apparently some folks are finding this in the iOS news stand app...I'm still investigating so in the meantime...I'm just going to put this here

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[Mistwell]

So, is this right? Under the new model, if I do not own a mobile phone, I am unable to access the beloved Dragon Magazine that have I supported for many years? That sucks. I can understand if there is no print version (but would prefer tone to read), but I sure hope there will be some sort of internet version anyone can access.

No, this is not right. They say PC/Mac right there in the first post. AND you can run Android apps on your PC/Mac pretty easy.

 

[Mistwell]

That is a rather ironic comment. You're so predictable that your wiki entry on CM says you'll white knight anything. And I must say it is as been so far very accurate.

Dude, I wrote that wiki entry. It's based on a running joke you are not in on. And, white knighting is not relevant to this conversation (though perhaps you don't know what the phrase means?). It's also against the rules to try and foment cross-board drama.

I'll ask again - do you play 5e? If yes, then why don't you EVER post about what you like about 5e enough to play it. And if you don't - why do you continue to post about it? It's a legit question. Why are you reluctant to answer? Take a look at the XP I got for that post - it's pretty obvious a lot of people agree with me that it's a question worth asking you. I don't think I am picking on you by asking you if you even like the game we're all here to talk about. Seems pretty damn relevant to a fan forum for that game.

 

[Zaukrie]

Except there isn't really much fluff either. The adventurer league stuff and other items in their site are much better.

 

[Kramodlog]

I'm wondering what everyone thinks the purpose of Dragon magazine is/should be?

Dragon mag use to have game content for players and DMs. Crunch and also lots of fluff that really fleshed out the worlds, planes, races, gods, etc, of D&D. It had various ads in there, self-promotion is not new in Dragon mag, but ads were there to help finance the mags. The mag didn't exist to be a platform to promote D&D. Well, it did do that, but it did it by also providing game content.

For now, this app seems to be there for data mining* and advertize their products and brand. I'm sure we'll see the articles we get on their website on the app too. Will we see game content on the level the mag use to produce? I doubt it. Those cost money and when gamers did pay for the e-mags, game content got erratic at some point.

The second phase of D&D's re-launch seems to focus on platforms. The Dragon+ app, Fantasy Ground, eventually the video game. I wonder if others are coming.


*What personal info do we have to fork over to get the app?**
**If a product is free you are the product.

 

[Kramodlog]

And, white knighting is not relevant to this conversation (though perhaps you don't know what the phrase means?)

It has to do with a pot meet kettle sort of remark that you miss.

Take a look at the XP I got for that post - it's pretty obvious a lot of people agree with me that it's a question worth asking you.

Argumentum ad populum.

 

[Mistwell]

It has to do with a pot meet kettle sort of remark that you miss.

Argumentum ad populum.

No, it does not. Still has nothing to do with white knighting. And I am not making an argumentum ad populum. Not everything which references "People believe X" is also a fallacy - it's only a fallacy if you are appealing to a probabilistic fallacy. I'd have to be declaring an objective truth based on a subjective level of support. But my saying "People think it is a good question" is in fact correct if people think it is a good question! So, and no surprise here, you're using that phrase wrong as well.

I will ask a third time - do you play 5e? Are you actually a fan of 5e? This is a fan forum for 5e - it's a legitimate question.

 

[SkidAce]

Hopefully it won't. I think they made it more fluffy intentionally. If, for example, they were to do an article with a few new spells, how exactly do I go about using that?

Really, that's been a problem with Dragon mag since it's inception (excepting 4e and DDI, I suppose). I say leave the crunchy rules for the UA and player companion pdfs. Keep the mag app for fluffy stuff that's read once and done.

That's a decent point. If there is crunch I am interested in, I likely want to print it off for use at the table.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

That's a decent point. If there is crunch I am interested in, I likely want to print it off for use at the table.

Isn't the whole point of mobile to go anywhere?

 

[SkidAce]

[MENTION=2525]Mistwell[/MENTION] and [MENTION=55961]goldomark[/MENTION] , please let this thread be...

I may agree/disagree with various points, but not here, not again?

 

[SkidAce]

[MENTION=67338]GMforPowergamers[/MENTION] , That is true, but if there is reference material...using my phone is awkward, and its easier to hand a piece of paper to one of the players.