What a moronic decision to stop publishing these magazines! I am extremely angered by this decision. These magazines are an icon of the genre and have a legacy many magazines can only dream of achieving. I've been playing D&D for 24 years. I've always enjoyed Dragon. Since Dungeon came out I have been twice as happy.
Even now as a 37 year old I still anxiously await my magazines to arrive in my mailbox every month. They take me back to when I was a kid hungrily flipping through issues of Dragon when D&D was less about making profit and more about imagination and fun.
Paizo does a fantastic job with these magazines. As a player and DM I find the magazines chocked full of useful and enjoyable content. I have held a subscription to both magazines for years and had no intention of changing this very good thing. I was stunned and beyond disapointed to read the "end of an era" announcement.
One lesson to be learned by WOTC is, "don't alienate your consumer base." Such an easy mistake to avoid yet it is happening here en masse. WOTC please read these forums. I can tell you this decision will anger and alienate a considerable portion of your consumer base for a very long time.
I strongly urge the executives at WOTC to reconsider this poorly conceived notion. Find a different solution or there will be a strong backlash from a large segment of WOTC consumers. Don't fix something if it ain't broke. Paizo, Dungeon and Dragon are doing great. Let them continue doing what they do so well.
Fred Mentzel
