Why _DON'T_ You Buy Dragon Magazine?

[Piratecat]

::boggle::

I am disappointed by your lack of coverage for the game "Boggle."

 

[Hussar]

Ok, this I am curious about. Too much Eberron content? THere's been what, 4 articles for Eberron in the last year? Compared to about twice that for Greyhawk?

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

Well a number of reasons.

1. It always took too long for my issues to arrive
2. The increase in price.
3. Not enough Forgotten Realms info!
4. Also got sick of the every few issues there being fiction! I want Crunch and Fluff not stories.
5. The Ecologies are boring, even for the monsters i give a crap about. Spellweaver ecology was an example of a good one while the one about Will-o-wisps was a bad one.


Personally the magazine should go something like this

30% for players
30% for DMs
10% Eberron
10% Greyhawk
10% Forgotten

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

Well a number of reasons.

1. It always took too long for my issues to arrive
2. The increase in price.
3. Not enough Forgotten Realms info!
4. Also got sick of the every few issues there being fiction! I want Crunch and Fluff not stories.
5. The Ecologies are boring, even for the monsters i give a crap about. Spellweaver ecology was an example of a good one while the one about Will-o-wisps was a bad one.


Personally the magazine should go something like this

30% for players
30% for DMs
10% Eberron
10% Greyhawk
10% Forgotten
and the remaining % for miscellaneous

 

[babomb]

I used to subscribe to Dragon. When a new Dragon came, I'd see all the stuff listed on the cover/ToC, and think "That sounds awesome!". Then I'd read the articles, and they were seldom half as cool as they sounded. Even when they did meet my expectations, they were rarely such that I could easily drop them into my game. I just didn't feel the amount of use I was getting out of them justified the cost. About the only thing I got a significant amount of use from was Dungeoncraft.

 

[Jdvn1]

::boggle::

I was just as surprised, but because this thread came back from the grave.



I don't remember why I said I don't buy Dragon Magazine before, but it's a money issue. I'd love to be getting it, but I don't have much of an income.

 

[Buttercup]

1. Why don't you buy the magazine? I let my subscription run out last year. (I still subscrbe to Dungeon) I realized that I just wasn't finding enough that interested me anymore. I have zero interest in FR and Eberron, so most of the articles that tie into those settings don't interest me. Also, (and I mean no offense by this) I had been feeling like the articles were aimed at 14 year old boys. Warduke? Super high powered magic items? Min-maxing advice? None of these are of interest to me. I'm not complaining. Heck, if you aimed the magazine at me, you'd probably kill it because I'm a demographically unusual gamer. But you did ask.

2. What sort of changes would make you more likely to give it another look? Like I said above, don't aim it at me, or you'll kill it! Low magic campaigns, esoteric discussions of D&D economics and similar kooky topics, chatty articles written by developers of assorted OGL products, and in general the stuff one finds here on EN World would be the kind of stuff I would enjoy. Don't do it, Eric.

 

[Greylock]

I still buy every issue at the newstand. Why? I feel it's important to support the shops that carry Dragon. It is my favorite magazine, and I want to continue seeing on every stand that carries it. Subscriptions guarantee ad sales, but they do nothing to bring in new readers.

That, and the fact that I lead a very temproary lifestyle. I subscribe to little, beyond basic beliefs.

 

[Emirikol]

Oh, I have to comment on the artwork for issue #345. It is probably the sweetest cover I've seen in ages (would be even better without the person running in front..cute, but not necessary).



Jay

 

[ThirdWizard]

I don't buy Dragon because I can't imagine ever wanting that much gaming stuff. I don't buy a book unless I know I'm going to use it in my current campaign, and I've already got more than enough to sate me for a very long time through future campaigns. I don't buy them individually because of the price.