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

TerraDave · Apr 30, 2015

Also, it is officially the "successor to Dragon Magazine", this is also mentioned multiple times.

coz · Apr 30, 2015

I guess I should be grateful that it's free, but it's in the newsstand app, an app I never use and have in a difficult to access spot of my phone b/c until now it's been so useless. I would rather read this on my PC than my phone, if it's free anyway I hope they release pdfs instead of sticking to an app.

Gecko85 · Apr 30, 2015

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

For those searching, I found it by searching for "wizards of the coast". Couldn't find it searching for "dragon" or "dragon+".

Gecko85 · Apr 30, 2015

coz said:
I guess I should be grateful that it's free, but it's in the newsstand app, an app I never use and have in a difficult to access spot of my phone b/c until now it's been so useless. I would rather read this on my PC than my phone, if it's free anyway I hope they release pdfs instead of sticking to an app.

All content in the newtsstand app comes up in spotlight search. Pull down from the center of your screen to pull up spotlight search, type "dragon" and it'll pop right up. No need to know what page it's on, what app it's in, etc. Super easy, takes a couple seconds.

fuindordm · Apr 30, 2015

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

Thanks for the tip, I wasn't finding it through search either.

Morrus · Apr 30, 2015

Gecko85 said:
For those searching, I found it by searching for "wizards of the coast". Couldn't find it searching for "dragon" or "dragon+".

Does the link in the first post not work for everybody?

Jester David · Apr 30, 2015

This is certainly a cool surprise. It's not like people have been asking for the return of Dragon for a while.

A newsstand app certainly makes the most sense. It doesn't rely on people visiting the website for content and fits the modern paradigm of newsmag consumption. People willing to sit at a computer screen to read a magazine are likely rare, and many likely offloaded the PDFs onto a tablet anyway.
And it replaces the WotC, which was certainly not article-friendly but needed to have the generic information front for newcomers.

This feels like one of the most topical e-initiatives WotC has done. They've been behind the mobile curve for a while, launching magazines and DDI tools right before the tablet explosion.

I just wish we knew if future issues were also going to be free...

Gecko85 · Apr 30, 2015

Morrus said:
Does the link in the first post not work for everybody?

I think some people (myself included) read the post on a desktop/laptop, then fired up an iPad or iPhone and went straight to the App Store.

Gecko85 · Apr 30, 2015

Ok, finished the first issue. The articles are short but well written, and there's a comic at the end (just like the old Dragon mag!)

Two of the articles were written from the perspective of a player character. For example, there's an article written by a ranger that's like a travel guide to the Desarim Valley. It's like an excerpt from a Lonely Planet guide. Here are a couple small samples: http://imgur.com/a/0lcwE