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Well, I imagine the answer's yes and no. The hayday for D&D in terms of numbers playing/buying was the early mid-80s. So just now, I went to have a look at some of the issues from that era. Lo-and-behold, the first issue I grab (#80), was the December issue for that year 1983. Paid distribution was over 100,000 for that year. I didn't do an intensive search for 1984/85 (I couldn't find circulation figures in the Dec issues of those years, but only flicked through them), but I imagine the figures were similar.

Interesting speculations. I'm probably going to end up having to rely on the magazine's statement of circulation per annual issue, but I'd much rather get my numbers from SRDS, which is reported to advertisers. I may end up calling a number of libraries who have print copies of old SRDS issues to get more relevant numbers though.

So, when this research paper is finished, especially if you do in fact interview Eric, would you consider letting us read it? Make it a PDF or something ...

Just curious ...

Sure! The article is due the 30th and then has to go through editing and revision. I've got a former employee from WOTC and a freelance writer who contributed a number of articles to weigh in as well, but I'm shooting for some thoughts from the big G himself if I can manage to get in contact with him.

dquinn wrote:

Hey guys, my name is Daniel Quinn and I'm doing some graduate research on Dragon at Emerson College in Boston.

Dude, bad timing!

ha! That's true - though for my research, it's perfect timing, because I get to see the Dragon as a whole, from its start as The Strategic Review to what it had evolved into before last month. Plus I love Dragon, so this is going to be lots of fun.

I'll pull this information for you tomorrow at work.

Did you know that I graduated from Emerson in 1996?

--Erik Mona
Editor-in-Chief
Dragon 326-359

Hmmm... you know that means I have to interview you. As I've been going over Dragon's history for the past couple of weeks, I've been mulling over who to talk to. If you have the time and are interested, I'd love to send some questions via email your way.

dquinn wrote:

If any of you happen to have an issue citing the circulation after 1998 (I only need the one from each year after 1998 that cites the circulation, so 9 issues), could you please post it here and let me know what issue it was? I'll be eternally in your debt!

Here are the issues that I had easy access to where I could find circulation statements:

Dragon 278, Dec 2000, p. 32, 10/1/2000 filing date
Dragon 290, Dec 2001, p. 20, 10/1/2001 filing date
Dragon 327, Jan 2005, p. 57, 10/6/2004 filing date
Dragon 339, Jan 2006, p. 81, 10/25/2005 filing date
Dragon 351, Jan 2007, p. 83, 9/29/2006 filing date

You can order PDFs or printed copies here.

You might look at issue 302 or 303 for the 10/2002 filing info and 314 or 315 for 10/2003 filing info -- but these are only guesses based on the pattern I found above.

Thank you so much for this information and the advice. I'm sorry I didn't mention this specifically, but can you also post what the circulation was?

I REALLY wanted to order the .pdfs to complete my archive, but I live off ham sandwiches these days. Maybe when I get a real job!

Hey guys, my name is Daniel Quinn and I'm doing some graduate research on Dragon at Emerson College in Boston.

I'm looking for the circulation numbers posted in the issues for every year after 1998. I have the old Dragon CD archive with the first 250 issues, so getting circulation numbers from those issues isn't my problem; I also got the SRDS information for 2007 before it was removed with the close of the magazine, but I didn't subscribe to Dragon after the transition to 3rd edition, and so I need circulation numbers from the issues after 1998 (post-issue #250).

I would seek out these issues myself, but inter-library loans don't share periodicals, and no library physically near me has all the issues.

If any of you happen to have an issue citing the circulation after 1998 (I only need the one from each year after 1998 that cites the circulation, so 9 issues), could you please post it here and let me know what issue it was? I'll be eternally in your debt!

Best,
Daniel Quinn

P.S. I've done a search on the forum for this information, but due to the lack of users citing specific issues, I can't use that information.