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#1 Style75 May 05, 2011 5:00:49	A monumental milestone is going to be reached next month: the publication of the 400th issue of Dragon magazine. Let's ignore for a moment that this is not really a magazine any more and just take it for what it is. Given that, here's the scenerio I ask you to consider: If you were Steve Winters, what would you include in the 400th issue of Dragon Magazine?
#2 Damon_Tor May 05, 2011 6:08:08	I would include leftover content from canceled books and tons of editorials.
#3 mysticbelmont May 05, 2011 6:19:55	Personally, I'd love to see the early version of the wizard that they had up, the one they hinted at in their "Races and Classes" thing they put out prior to the PHB being released. Maybe some sort conversion of older Dragon material to 4e? Specifically stuff from the "Dragon Magazine Compendium".
#4 excalainen May 05, 2011 10:38:03	I would include a crunchy class acts article for every class in the edition.
#5 wrecan May 05, 2011 11:30:26	Ug.  We could call it the Bloat Theme. There have been 14 Editors-in-Chief of Dragon over the years.  I'd love an editorial from each of them.  (Yes, even if Eric Mona's article is just a long advertisement for Pathifinder.) I'd also like a new cartoon. I was looking back at old centennial issues, and though they usually had a dramatic cover (#100 had a sculpted cover) with a dragon on it (of course), the contents were always... well, typical #100 In this issue: Letters (now the forums handle this) Editorial (Ampersand) Article on LARPing (Dragon doesn't handle non-D&D topics anymore) Article on druid/ranger (Class Acts: Primal) Forum (now handled by the forums) Pages from the Mages (Eye on the Realms) Fiction by Gygax (Fiction) Dragonchess expansion (Dragon doesn't handle non-D&D topics anymore) 32-page module (Dungeon Magazine) ARES: Marvel superhero games (Dragon doesn't handle non-D&D topics anymore) Article on conjuration (Class Acts: Wizard) Champions! article (Dragon doesn't handle non-D&D topics anymore) The "M" in BEMCI (Masters) is previewed (free webcontent as Preview) Charisma in V&V Superhero games (Dragon doesn't handle non-D&D topics anymore) Another Marvel Superheros article (Dragon doesn't handle non-D&D topics anymore) Marvel-Phile, yet another marvel article (Dragon doesn't handle non-D&D topics anymore) 2 columns on the Battlesystem (Design and Development is now free web content) Wormy (Dragon doesn't have comics) Snarfquest (Dragon doesn't have comics)
#6 Alphastream May 05, 2011 12:36:34	I would like to see some old classic articles updated to 4E. I think an article looking back on the magazine's history would also be cool, in the style of some of the articles that revisited minis, druids, or campaign settings. You could take some of Gygax' old wisdom thought pieces and bring them to 4E, adding usable bits for players and DMs alike. The issue could also be an opportunity to give third-party companies a moment in the sun. Dragon used to cover non-D&D at times, including offerings from other companies. How about having add-like features for free, just this issue, that cover some of what is out there? From one of Greg Bilsland tweets it sounds as if he spent a while looking back at old issues, so perhaps we will see a fun look back at what has been. One of my friends started an EN World thread on the most prized gaming possession you have - his is owning the entire Dragon magazine collection.
#7 Style75 May 05, 2011 14:10:07	I definitely like retrospectives of the past but I also think big issues like this are a great time to talk about the future. I know this sounds like I'm asking for the moon, but I'd like it if some of the current WotC designers gave their thoughts about where D&D is going to go in the future. How much life has this game got left in it, where are the new frontiers going to take us?