As some of you might remember, I posted a similar thread here a while back, but I can't find it now. It's about articles, advice and otherwise, that are aimed mainly at DMs rather than players. These were some of my favorite articles, and now they're gone. Obliterated. The unleashed edition of dragon and dungeon has been done in such a way that DM articles have been neglected entirely, not fitting in either.
The dragon writers guidelines specifically say that articles focused at DMs will not be accepted. And the dungeon articles, aside from adventures, allow nothing but backdrops and campaign workshops (all column articles with specific formats).
Funnily enough, one of my favorite dragons was #322, which was loaded with DM articles (Collaborative campaign worlds, darkness,...). It was the last one before the unleashed came out.
Don't get me wrong, I love unleashed in both, but as [u]the[/u] d&d magazine I think it's important for you to provide some DM advice content.
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The dragon writers guidelines specifically say that articles focused at DMs will not be accepted. And the dungeon articles, aside from adventures, allow nothing but backdrops and campaign workshops (all column articles with specific formats).
Look for revised writers guidelines for Dragon in the near...uh, distant...uh... future. While we'll still pass DM-focused articles mostly on to our sister magazine, certain articles mostly useful to DMs will continue to appear in Dragon. For example, new monsters, new deities, and other new dodads that a DM can drop into his campaign are still going to appear in Dragon from time to time (and just wait 'til you see the Pazuzu article!). Dungeon, in the meantime, will continue carrying the DM content you've grown to expect from it. In short, we're going to continue to focus on the players, but not at the exclusion of the DM.
While we'll still pass DM-focused articles mostly on to our sister magazine, certain articles mostly useful to DMs will continue to appear in Dragon. For example, new monsters, new deities, and other new dodads that a DM can drop into his campaign are still going to appear in Dragon from time to time (and just wait 'til you see the Pazuzu article!). Dungeon, in the meantime, will continue carrying the DM content you've grown to expect from it. In short, we're going to continue to focus on the players, but not at the exclusion of the DM.Hi Mike,
I've often wondered about the logic of publishing articles on demons (stats, origins, cults, etc.) as well as monster ecologies in Dragon, which is a mag that most players read... kind of hard to keep things secret, or to come up with good surprises when the players are reading the same articles, isn't it? Wouldn't it make more sense to publish those articles in Dungeon instead of Dragon? Thanks for your time.
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There ain't no more room in Dungeon. It's packed to the gills as it is.
In the past, articles like this appeared in Dragon. Somewhere along the line (probably because of muddled marketing on behalf of former editors and staffers), Dragon got the reputation as the "player's magazine." This is a false reputation, and is very damaging to the magazine.
Dragon is the magazine for enthusiasts of Dungeons & Dragons. Most, but certainly not all, of those enthusiasts are players.
--Erik Mona
Editor-in-Chief
Dragon & Dungeon
Campaign components: Pirates. Though not as long as the old
twenty-page articles, this 8 to 10 page article (I haven’t finished it yet, but that’s my estimate) shows how to launch a pirate campaign, whether the players are the actual pirates or pirate-slayers (think Deudermonte from The Halfling’s Gem or Passage to Dawn). It provides a history of pirates, explains the role of each class on a ship, and gives new ships, uses for skills, feats, equipment, and rules for running a campaign on the ocean. It will also have a small section for DMs to help them get a pirate campaign up and running.
The query was rejected by dragon, with the following message:
You may want to pitch this one to dungeon.