[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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[Larac]

Iphones are great unless you need to like make a phone call.

Have an old Ipad will see if it works or requires a camera so the old ones can not use.
No need for a camera but Apple started requiring the check to make you buy a new one.

 

[Gecko85]

Oh, cruel fate! To be an Android user in an uncaring, Apple-centric world! To have longed so for the return of Dragon, only to find only disappointment and sorrow in the Google Play apps section!

Curse you, Wizards! A pox upon thy house! May you step unshod upon thy children's Legos! May your citrus be forever dry and unappetizing! May your ice cream eternally plummet to the floor from atop its cone after a single lick!

I would imagine you'll see it eventually. It's very likely the pages are PDF format (in the background), but using the Newsstand app for distribution. Once they find a suitable delivery mechanism for Android, it'll be trivial to cross publish.

 

[Halivar]

Ok, after fiddling around with it, I am impressed. I don't like phone app eZines, and this one is pretty easy to use. I like.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Yeah, it's pretty inevitable that this'll be out someday for Android...and I'd hope for non-app-havers in some capacity as well, but who knows.

 

[TheBlueKnight]

BTW subscribing seems to be free...

 

[Zaukrie]

Inevitable could be years.......

 

[TheBlueKnight]

...and an Android version is coming soon.

http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/dragonplus

 

[LesserCure]

More info about the Android version:

https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/593879250928807936

 

[Gecko85]

Some clarification from the first article (Chris Perkins):

Dragon+ is a free app that provides articles and interview on our current D&D storylines and its related products, as well as glimpses of future storylines. The first issue of Dragon+ features Elemental Evil - our latest storyline...

...Dragon+ is a digital descendant of a much older print publication called Dragon magazine, which was for many years a colossus in the gaming industry. Before the Internet, Dragon was how we got D&D news and previews. It was our doorway into the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. Dragon+ has inherited that legacy. It's a doorway into all things D&D. Enter freely!

 

[Chocolategravy]

Oh, cruel fate! To be an Android user in an uncaring, Apple-centric world! To have longed so for the return of Dragon, only to find only disappointment and sorrow in the Google Play apps section!

Well the good news is that Windows 10 will be able to run iOS apps... the bad news is the company that makes the app will have to hit a button to make it happen so many won't bother.

 

[Gecko85]

More info about the Android version:

https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/593879250928807936

For those who didn't click the link, they said they're testing the final Android version in house as we speak...

 

[lkj]

Ah, so they are releasing and Android app soon.

You may all relax. My torrent of internet complaining has been put on hold. I'm sure that the internet, a gentle and naive creature with a tender disposition, would have been wholly shocked by such a tirade. A win for humanity.

AD

 

[Trickster Spirit]

Haha yeah, hyperbole aside I kind of figured the Android version was right around the corner.

What's especially impressive to me is how there was no advance warning that this was coming. My takeaway is that this is how they're planning on doing announcements about stuff like this and Fantasy Grounds now.

That's a great thing, in my opinion.

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

I like. And I love the ninja delivery. Treats!

 

[vandaexpress]

Browsing the first issue now. This is fantastic. Content galore. Excellent layout. Editor made a comment in his article about making it easily available on smartphone, tablet, or computer, so I'm sure there's gonna be an easy way to view it on your computer before long.

 

[Plageman]

I wasn't able to find it on the market but it worked by clicking on the applestore button on the announcement page...

 

[Patrick McGill]

I like both that it is free, and that it is delivering content in this sort of digital format. I'm very surprised.

 

[TerraDave]

Well, they said big stuff was coming. A free bi-monthly emag probably qualifies.

Just downloaded and looking at it now.

 

[Kramodlog]

What sort of info do they get access to when you accept the terms and conditions?

 

[TerraDave]

CPs intro uses story (or stories or storylines) at least 7 times. So they are being consistent with that.