Dungeon 175 & 176

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#1

nilder

Mar 22, 2010 19:11:31
Looking over these last 2 issues, I am upset that their is less encounter related material ( adventures, traps, skill challenge material)  and more background and setting material which I believe deserves a place more in Dragon than Dungeon magazine. I love the old format with 3-5 adventures per edition.
#2

viggi

Mar 25, 2010 14:11:27
I completely agree, the latest issue's "adventures" run to side treks for 1/2/3rd level.  What happened to the promised 3 adventures set at 1-10, 11-20, 21-30.  We have been playing 4e for a while now, who really needs low level side treks?
#3

celloshane

Mar 26, 2010 17:48:52
What happened to the promised 3 adventures set at 1-10, 11-20, 21-30. 



That promise is long gone.  It was asked about it last year when Dungeon was still advertised as 3-5 adventures a month and inquiry prompted Chris Perkins to have the ad changed to say 2-3/month.  With the current standards set for Dungeon I don't think you will ever see one adventure for each tier in a single issue.  I'm highly dissapointed by Dungeon's self imposed word-limit per issue and it's one of the reasons I don't maintain a subscription.  With the current format I don't understand the need to limit the publication to 40k words per month.
#4

matthewjhanson

Mar 28, 2010 18:20:41
With the current format I don't understand the need to limit the publication to 40k words per month.


Because somebody has to write, edit, and draw art for those words, and all of that takes time and money. I imagine editting is the biggest hurdle.
#5

nilder

Apr 03, 2010 8:07:07
I am not so upset about the 1 adventure per tier as 4e is very easy to modify any adventure for any level, as I am about the lack of encounter based articles. I would like to see 3 adventures minimum along with maybe an encounter or 2 that can be thrown in with any adventure, and possibly some traps, skill challenges and new monsters in Dungeon keeping the setting fluff for Dragon magazine.