I'm glad to see that I am not alone in how betrayed I feel in WOTC's decision to let DUNGEON and DRAGON die. DRAGON magazine has been an integral part of D&D since almost the very beginning and it will be hard to go on without it. Sure, not every issue was perfect, most of the content in the magazine wasn't very useful to me as written, but I still looked forward to receiving it in my mailbox every month irregardless of each issue's particular content. If the magazine did anything for me, reading its various articles sparked ideas about what to do with my own campaign and it will be sorely missed.
My particular group also plays Magic and we knew that bad things were afoot when Hasbro/WOTC purchased the rights to D&D. What is a company that specializes in toys and, most notably for us, CCGs going to do to our beloved game. I'm generally an optimist but I suspect that this is just the beginning.
As for the Digital Initiative, screw that. I would rather have a tangible copy of a magazine that I can kick back and relax while reading, not sit in front of a computer screen in an uncomfortable office chair. I don't get e-books for that exact same reason and I will definitely not subscribe to a digital form of DRAGON. Printer ink is too expensive to waste printing out magazines or books so that they can be read more comfortably. I don't know about the rest of you, but I really miss TSR. This would never have happened on their watch.
If only we could all band together and boycott the purchase of any Hasbro/WOTC products as a protest to this heartless move, speak with our pocketbooks. But, I don't see that happening and it would probably just result in the death of D&D as a whole. I could go on with my game without any new material coming out but I'm sure that many could not.
Thank you, Wizards, for another "brilliant" move. What else are you going to do to ruin our game ?
