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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psychic Warrior" data-source="post: 1890566" data-attributes="member: 17733">Azul - you have stated my feelings exactly.  Dragon, back in the day, had some outstanding articles (anyone remember A History of a Game that Failed?) that were focused on role playing, so-called 'fluff' with little game mechanics.  Read issues 30 to about 99, they have some of the best rpg ariticles that are still relevant today.  Best of Dragon 1-3 still get pulled out by me on occasion to re-read an article on a paladin's faith, the cultures of the demi-humans and a host of other topics.  That is a stunning display of longevity.  I don't want ot see the elimination of all rules-heavy articles but it seemed, when I stopped buying Dragon around issue 300, that I would scream if I saw another prestige class or feat heavy article.  If you really want to do stuff like previews (again Azul hits it bang on - previews are bloated ads and nothing more) give us ecology articles for monsters in the new book.  Or detail a place setting in it.  Something other than 'omg- this roxxors!' which is all preview articles are nowadays.</blockquote>