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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erithtotl" data-source="post: 3468628" data-attributes="member: 1971">It's not about two magazines.This is not just about the death of Dungeon and Dragon.  The assumption is that a change much greater than that is on the horizon, and there isn't a lot of info on what that is, nor faith that it will be good for the core fanbase of D&D.There are a lot of legitimate concerns about the future of our hobby.  It's always had to compete with computer games, but MMORPGs are providing a flashy, accessible, but much more shallow form of entertainment for the same target audience.  The flagship property of table top gaming is ultimately owned by a massive toy corporation, whose focus is always going to be on generating the most amount of sales and the most amount of revenue.  Whether the new electronic initiative is good or not is somewhat besides the point.  The move away from the print magazines clearly was done without worrying about a negative reaction from the core D&D audience.  We are a relatively small subset of that greater world of players that could be captured by something new and flashy.  The D&D movies, and D&D Online, are both examples of an effort to achieve a broad base of success by abandoning the very core that also holds Dungeon and Dragon dear.  Maybe neither of those attempts were successful but there will be more, and eventually I think we all worry that eventually the next attempt to mass market D&D will be by dramatically shifting the core gaming experience into something that can attract those MMORPG gamers.  Without more information, abandoning Dungeon and Dragon would seem a logical early step towards that ultimate end.I don't consider myself a grumpy old fart.  I work in technology and have more computers than anyone should own.  I'm researching buying a tablet PC to use at the gaming table.  I am annoyed by the amount of space that all my D&D books and magazines take up in my apartment.  But I'll miss the care and quality of Dungeon, and right now I remain thoroughly unconvinced that this is not the forerunner of something new and bad for our hobby.</blockquote>

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