Dear Dragon Staff,
The new layout of the magazine has been interesting, but I have a few suggestions.
Number 1: Please reinstate the text or "read out loud" boxes. Changing the color of the text just does not do it, especially for those of us who are colorblind. I know you have separated the text from the main body, but it is just simply more difficult to read and skim the pages at the gaming table now. Please change this.
Number 2. I liked the helpful information you once included in the encounters. The section that showed things like Light, Sound, Reactions and Magical Auras. Please bring this back. Making the adventure easier for the DM to run should be a primary goal of Dungeon. Along the same train of thought, counters for the monsters would be great to have as well as larger player handouts. Some of the "player handouts" are so small that they almost can't be read without serious effort. One last thing... I know this would be a big one... Maps that we could run at least the final battle on. Scaled to mini size. I would gladly pay a handsome amount for an adventure that contained all these. I remember old boxed adventures that had all these (a.k.a. Dragon Mountain, which I would love to see redone, The Night Below as well...) I loved them.
It still eludes me that nobody has thought of this. "What would make the game easier for the DM and more fun for the PC's?" Cardboard Counters with Art on them representing all the monsters in a adventure, Maps, beautiful and detailed scaled to mini size, real player hand outs, Adventures written with the idea that a DM is going to read them a head of time and then at the table need to have all the right information there at his finger tips...
I just can't believe that no one has done this... I know price tag would be high, but come on... I pay $50.00 to $60.00 for a PC Video game that lasts me half of the time a good adventure lasts me. AND... A good adventure entertains a group a people at the same time!
Sorry for the rant there....
Things I like about Dungeon...
I like the "its a DM's Mag" idea with articles on DMing and things like this.
I love "Will Save"
I like the idea of 3 adventures per issue
and ...
I LOVE THE ADVENTURE PATH!! more more more of this...
Thanks for Listening...
Jarjaxle
