Wil Wheaton Drops Dungeon Column

[diaglo]

If that's the case forget the writing and stick a couple of cut out battlemaps back there, else find something that engages on a broad appeal.

i suggested that too.

return the maps of mystery.

or more ads.

i wasn't saying the article by the authors had to be the last page...

 

[DonTadow]

i suggested that too.

return the maps of mystery.

or more ads.

i wasn't saying the article by the authors had to be the last page...

I like the map idea. AS a raeder if i'm in a store pick it up and turn to the back and see a beautifully drawn battlemap.. even if its just 8 by 11 it still would be cool and a reason for me to buy the magazine.

I wrote a letter by email a bit ago in which i would like for the two magazines to consider providing a pdf attachment at an increased subscription fee. That may also help boost subscriptions as it will make the material more accessible to a lot of us who use pcs during game.

 

[Blackthorne]

I´m kinda neutral on Wil Save. Didn´t love it, didn´t hate it.

But if we´re talking about page count now...drop Downer, for Pete´s sake! Nobody likes Downer. It´s ugly, it´s rambling, it´s not even remotely funny IMHO.

Hell, while you´re at it, drop Mt. Zogon and The Portent, too. Bring back Nodwick or get Dork Tower or OotS into the mag.

 

[LeapingShark]

RE: the idea to include stories of an author's personal gaming experiences during playtesting of their own adventure

There's no appeal to hte article if the person doesnt read the adventure first, which leads away from what a last page article is used for.

Why so? Was there no appeal about Wil's gaming experiences by not seeing his DM's statblocks first?

I'd like to see an article based on someone's real life d and d group.

If the author DM'd the module with a group of players before submitting it (e.g. Erik Mona DMing the Paizo staff through Whispering Cairn), isn't that a real life D&D group?

 

[DaveMage]

How about a column called "On The Horizon" where various industry gurus expound on where they feel the game is headed?

Of course, if we want to go "retro" then the a column could be written by various authors sharing their favorite past D&D moments.

Finally, if a column is right out, then I would suggest the last page be a random encounter table (d100?). Each month the table could focus on a different environment.

 

[Psychic Warrior]

I´m kinda neutral on Wil Save. Didn´t love it, didn´t hate it.

But if we´re talking about page count now...drop Downer, for Pete´s sake! Nobody likes Downer. It´s ugly, it´s rambling, it´s not even remotely funny IMHO.

Hell, while you´re at it, drop Mt. Zogon and The Portent, too. Bring back Nodwick or get Dork Tower or OotS into the mag.

This I agree with. If I had a choice between Downer, Mt Zogon or Wil Save, Wil Save would win every time.

My hat of Downr nos know limit.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

This I agree with. If I had a choice between Downer, Mt Zogon or Wil Save, Wil Save would win every time.

My hat of Downr nos know limit.

I think Downer might be fine if I were to read it all at once. I know they're making some attempt to pattern it after the old "Wormy" strips, but the difference is that with "Wormy" each strip could more-or-less stand on it's own. If you saw mudtrolls and hobgoblins fighting at the ogre's dinnertable, you didn't know the context of the fight, but you could still appriciate the fight. Same thing with building the wargaming keep. A first time reader may not have known why a keep was being built on a giant sandtable, but that was something you generally didn't need to know to appriciate the rest of the strip.

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[Psychic Warrior]

I think Downer might be fine if I were to read it all at once. I know they're making some attempt to pattern it after the old "Wormy" strips, but the difference is that with "Wormy" each strip could more-or-less stand on it's own. If you saw mudtrolls and hobgoblins fighting at the ogre's dinnertable, you didn't know the context of the fight, but you could still appriciate the fight. Same thing with building the wargaming keep. A first time reader may not have known why a keep was being built on a giant sandtable, but that was something you generally didn't need to know to appriciate the rest of the strip.

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So how does one overcome the poor art and complete lack of writing skill? Downer is avoided like the plague in my issue of Dungeon.

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

I'd rather have Maps of Mystery than any blog/column...

 

[Ariddrake]

This is just a thought Eric, if Wil's column is not going to be there and one page will be empty in the back have something called "War Stories" where your average gamer, or celebrity submits a story about a memorable part in an adventure they were in. It could be by a different person every month. You would get a lot of crazy submissions. But readers could tell stories that they probably tell everyboby at the gaming shop. My Elf ninja was the bomb, he single handedly killed 126 lizard men with a +6 sword she found in a evil gold dragon pile, etc. Good stuff.