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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9570870" data-attributes="member: 11760">The challenge is that print advertising has cratered due to online advertising, so the cost of that print magazine will have to be borne entirely by the customer, which is why the remaining magazines you see at the grocery store go for about $15 an issue often, unless they are in a category that still has managed to hold onto some advertising revenue somehow.And at that price point, you're competing directly with less disposable game purchases, like full-length adventures.We've seen a lot of companies try and get this kind of thing off the ground and they all eventually give it up or go for a model where issues are crowdfunded one at a time, like Knock.I think many of us would love to roll back the clock and get Dragon and Dungeon magazine back, but it's hard to see the economic model working unless customers are willing to shell out $15-$20 per issue.</blockquote>