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<blockquote data-quote="CarlZog" data-source="post: 1899976" data-attributes="member: 11716"><p>I'm obscenely late to this party, and my wishes probably contradict most of Dragon's core market, but for whatever it's worth...</p><p> </p><p>I've never been a regular subscriber, but I've read it off and on for many years. I think the first issue I ever bought was somewhere in the 30s. These days, I'll glance at it every now and then on the shelf, but I very rarely buy it. Why?</p><p> </p><p>As others indicated, Dragon has more competition these days, particularly from websites and forums like EnWorld. The "fix" I used to get from Dragon, I get online these days. Likewise, the web offers up endless reams of free material that rivals or bests what Dragon offers.</p><p> </p><p>I'll echo comments that today's Dragon is too dry. This is a hobby, meant to be fun. Dragon doesn't seem to reflect that very well anymore -- either in its editorial mix or in its writing style. Lighten up! This is a problem plaguing D&D in general.</p><p> </p><p>As for the fiction debate, I'd love to see occasional good fiction in Dragon, if it served the purpose of inspiring campaign ideas. Amazing Stories under Kim Mohan fed me with lots of game ideas -- though not much for D&D. I despaired when A.S. folded, and I have little use for its latest incarnation.</p><p> </p><p>I'd prefer Dragon wasn't just D&D. I know the vast majority of folks feel quite the opposite, but I agree with the poster who missed reading about new games in the pages in Dragon, or even discovering new games published in Dragon. (I still have a copy of Orcwars somewhere!) I'd love to see a good, broad-based gaming mag. Or at least a broad-based RPG mag. Tim Kask's Adventure Gaming was my favorite magazine of all time.</p><p> </p><p>I'm also one of the few who thinks Dungeon was awesome when Polyhedron was tagged to it. What a great combo with the d20 mini-games.</p><p> </p><p>These days, I really look forward to the Enworld Player's Journal (now Enworld Gamer). The latest issue (the first under the Gamer title) was a great mix of fun ideas for a variety of rpg genres that kept me glued cover to cover. And the promise of more mini-games has me ready to subscribe. I wish they'd do it more than quarterly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Carl</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CarlZog, post: 1899976, member: 11716"] I'm obscenely late to this party, and my wishes probably contradict most of Dragon's core market, but for whatever it's worth... I've never been a regular subscriber, but I've read it off and on for many years. I think the first issue I ever bought was somewhere in the 30s. These days, I'll glance at it every now and then on the shelf, but I very rarely buy it. Why? As others indicated, Dragon has more competition these days, particularly from websites and forums like EnWorld. The "fix" I used to get from Dragon, I get online these days. Likewise, the web offers up endless reams of free material that rivals or bests what Dragon offers. I'll echo comments that today's Dragon is too dry. This is a hobby, meant to be fun. Dragon doesn't seem to reflect that very well anymore -- either in its editorial mix or in its writing style. Lighten up! This is a problem plaguing D&D in general. As for the fiction debate, I'd love to see occasional good fiction in Dragon, if it served the purpose of inspiring campaign ideas. Amazing Stories under Kim Mohan fed me with lots of game ideas -- though not much for D&D. I despaired when A.S. folded, and I have little use for its latest incarnation. I'd prefer Dragon wasn't just D&D. I know the vast majority of folks feel quite the opposite, but I agree with the poster who missed reading about new games in the pages in Dragon, or even discovering new games published in Dragon. (I still have a copy of Orcwars somewhere!) I'd love to see a good, broad-based gaming mag. Or at least a broad-based RPG mag. Tim Kask's Adventure Gaming was my favorite magazine of all time. I'm also one of the few who thinks Dungeon was awesome when Polyhedron was tagged to it. What a great combo with the d20 mini-games. These days, I really look forward to the Enworld Player's Journal (now Enworld Gamer). The latest issue (the first under the Gamer title) was a great mix of fun ideas for a variety of rpg genres that kept me glued cover to cover. And the promise of more mini-games has me ready to subscribe. I wish they'd do it more than quarterly. Carl [/QUOTE]
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