D&D 5E What about Dungeon and Dragon Magazines?

[delericho]

Unless they licence them out again. Which seems like an okay idea, except that content would no longer be official.

There's no reason it shouldn't be - it was during the Paizo era (something Paizo were very keen to make clear, for obvious reasons).

And I don't see any company being foolish to start up a print magazine again. That was a struggling industry during the Paizo days, and now it's half a decade later.

This is true though. Indeed, I sometimes wonder - if WotC had renewed the license with Paizo, would the magazines still be in print? Or would the six years now gone have killed them anyway?

 

[Jester David]

There's no reason it shouldn't be - it was during the Paizo era (something Paizo were very keen to make clear, for obvious reasons).

Well... it the Paizo magazines were official in name, but weren't "core" to the same extent as the WotC ones.

 

[delericho]

Well... it the Paizo magazines were official in name, but weren't "core" to the same extent as the WotC ones.

Prior to 4e, and the "everything is core" mantra, neither was anything else. And it's worth noting that the 4e magazines were also the point at which the magazine material started undergoing the 'full' editorial process, giving it the same level of quality control as found in the supplements. (Anything prior to that, be it 3e, 2nd, 1st, or before, and be it Paizo, WotC, or TSR, was of... questionable quality, in terms of balance.)

But there's no meaningful distinction between the WotC-produced #298 and the Paizo-produced #299 - and obviously so, since the two were produced by exactly the same team, taking materials from the same submission pile, and so on and so forth. Indeed, #299 was almost certainly all-but-done before the changeover took place - had WotC kept them in-house then that issue would have been the same in every respect except the editorial.

 

[Erik Mona]

Every page of every issue of every D&D magazine Paizo ever published was fully vetted and approved by the Wizards of the Coast staff.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

If the unicorn is invisible, how would you know it was pink?

Can you prove it's not pink?

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Maybe it's just me, but I thought there was a significant uptick in quality when Paizo took over the magazines. I found it to be the single most frustrating think about the 4E announcement when the cancellation of both print products, to which I'd subscribed for many years, was announced. At least they went out on a high note.

I'd love to see a return to that quality and type of product, but suspect the world has moved on.

 

[Lalato]

Every page of every issue of every D&D magazine Paizo ever published was fully vetted and approved by the Wizards of the Coast staff.

::drops mic::

As a past print subscriber, and current DDI subscriber, I just don't see it as something I would subscribe to again. At least until I was assured of the quality of the product. And I definitely don't like the idea of Dragon essentially becoming the monthly splat-book... so if that were to continue, I would not be interested at all. Dungeon I have less of an issue with, and less of a connection to. Outside of one-shots, I haven't DMed in years, so I wouldn't be likely to buy it anyway.

 

[vecna00]

Honestly, I would love to see them again, and in print. I may be a bit old fashioned, but I just like the feel of paper between my fingers....PDFs just really don't do it for me. I'll pay extra money for a product in print, but I'll skip on the PDFs.

Basic Rules PDF, character sheets, and extras, I'll take as PDFs, but they're typically free anyway

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

Despite minimizing the contents of my bookshelf and gaming shelf to make moving from one home to another easier, I've always kept my Dragon and Dungeon issues.

They're just too darn useful to let go of and they made the cut when certain of my hardcover and softcover sourcebook collection did not.

I'd subscribe in a heartbeat if Paizo took over production of Dragon and Dungeon Magazines again, and I think it's to Wizard's advantage to let 5E content intermingle with Paizo's content.

Not that this will happen, sadly. The electronic side of D&D will very likely include the magazines as part of whatever digital bundle WotC puts together for subscription purposes.

As an aside: I'm surprised people assumed that once Piazo took over back in the day that magazine content was somehow less official. Odd...

 

[Warunsun]

There is no need for Dragon Magazine or Dungeon Magazine to be real magazines distributed through the magazine system. Dragon and Dungeon magazines can be physically printed and sold just like Pathfinder Adventure Path (Their in-house replacement for Dungeon Magazine). Pathfinder Adventure Path is a magazine but not found on your grocery store shelves but gamers still buy it and love it.

 

[Quetz]

I've recently sold Dungeon issues 1-10 for $10 apiece. So somebody still appreciates the print version. I am selling issues 11-74 for $7-$9 each plus shipping. Most are in excellent shape. I even have sold a lot of 3 for $40 issues 84-86 but those were still in originàl plastic. I still have issues 78-83 in original plastic that I'm sure I will find a home for at $10 each. I can be reached at dennykohl@yahoo.com.