What was the "golden age" of Dragon

[jmucchiello]

I suspect the real answer is "when I started buying them". For me T Foster's 50-100 and/or Eric's Mohan divisions work for me. I can't vote in the poll since 1-79/80+ splits those runs. (And issue 63 was my first.)

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Split ticket for me, Mohan/Moore.

Yeah, what he said.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

I suspect the real answer is "when I started buying them".

QFT. I voted for 81-140 as that came the closest for me.

 

[lissilambe]

I have to toss in my two cents' worth as well, and agree with the above. The closest is the second category, but really, 60 to about 120, 130 is where I sit. Roger E. Moore/Mohan (earlier especially).

Take care
Don

 

[CanadienneBacon]

The best issues were the ones that Erik Mona and James Jacobs helmed. The others, I care for a lot less.

 

[ivocaliban]

Considering the first Dragon magazine I bought was #294, I think my choice is obvious.

If using Erik Mona's categories, I'd have to go with Paizo.

 

[Greylock]

From roughly #60, give or take a few, to about the time right before 2nd Edition. Those are the issues I hold dear.

 

[Delta]

Overlapping your options 1 and 2 -- roughly 30-120 (Oct 1979 - April 1987), with the highest peak c. 50-100 (July 1981 - Aug 1985).

Completely agree. Thinking around 60-90 myself. I voted the first category because there's also a bunch of awesome stuff around the 30's that I loved.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Paizo, to be a little more precise.

 

[S'mon]

From about 130 until they started putting the cover pic in a box (190)?