Yes, I did. I have to confess. I could not resist anymore.
For years, Dungeon had been working its way insidiously in my life. I started buying a few issues and then I read some editorial by a guy named Mona. He was new and was announcing that he just got some important job for the magazine. Made me happy for him, but I did not realize yet what it would mean for me and my future.
It did not take two or three months for me to get hooked on Dungeon. The adventures seemed to become better and better, you started to always get three (and of various level categories), and it focused more and more on D&D.
Yesterday I looked at my book shelf and saw that I had bought all issues of Dungeon of the past two years, and a good bunch of Dragon magazines as well. It did not make sense, really. I never had been so faithful to a magazine in my whole 30 years of life.
Then, this morning, I surfed on the Paizo website and saw the pic of some cool Sorcerer riding a Black Dragon. It made click and I did it. It was the only thing rational thing to do.
So, from now on, behold the beautiful "Subscriber" words next to my name. Dungeon AND Dragon. Yep. Did not want to do half things.
I have sold my soul and purse to Paizo, I submit to the might of the gods Onma and Cojasb. May they entertain me for a full year.
Well done Erik, James and others: I am a subscriber, and even a happy and proud one! Thanks for the delicious addiction.
Bocklin
I have sold my soul and purse to Paizo, I submit to the might of the gods Onma and Cojasb. May they entertain me for a full year.
You only got a year's subscription for your soul? I figured they'd give you at least three years ;)
Welcome aboard from a "fanboy" who even kept up his subscription when he wasn't playing D&D and never even noticed the switch from 2e to 3e until he happened to crack open a magazine months later to gaze in wonder at the full color and said to himself "What the hell is this, base attack bonus +8? Spot +4, Listen +6?" (This happened about 8 months after the switch and about 3 years before I ever started playing 3e)
It's an odd moment when you realize, "I have to subscribe". I didn't have a playing group or anything for a long, long time. Yet I would buy and be entranced by these well put together adventures in the pages of Dungeon.
Then Age Of Worms began and it became like crack... but when I realized I had to subscribe, was when I couldn't find an issue. I was angry. It bugged me for a week. So I signed up.
So I'll join you in saying "Kudos!" to the Dungeon crew!
I bought dragon from about issue 140 onward, dungeon much more sporadically. But since about a year, I am quite hooked to Dungeon. It is one magazine I would not want to miss; I bought back issues down to about issue #95. Dragon has lost its luster to me somewhat, but I still subscribed to both of them last year.
What I especially liked from Dragon in ages past was "Voyage of the Princess Ark", and "Wizards Three", as these were fun to read. What puts me off somewhat are the items about more prestige classes and other number crunching in Dragon. These don´t add to my game in any way, as I´m still struggling with 3.5 base rules. Items about other game settings than Greyhawk and Al´Qadim are of not much use to me, but I still like them better than number crunching. This may have something to do with my age, as over the years roleplaying details have become more important to me than rules.
With Dungeon, especially the Adventure Path idea got me hooked. The first one was ok, the second one just great. But other unusual ideas, like "Clockwork Fortress", did intrigue me as well, even if I´m unlikely to use them.
Stefan
I subscribed to Dungeon to get Age of Worms because my newsagent gets them in late, and also I wanted to avoid missing an issue. I subscribed too late and missed the first installment, but luckily I got it at my newsagent, which got it in late.
When I first resubscribed to Dungeon and Dragon, it was because I was really intruiged by 3rd edition. I didn't end up subscribing until Erik took over. I liked them before, but the quality was more consistant after the switch, and after a while, I felt that I had to start up a new gaming group to justify my purchases.
So my wife can blame Erik Mona for my not being around on Tuesday nights . . .
I'm torn on whether or not to subscribe to Dungeon magazine. I was a Dragon subscriber for a time, but I let it slip because I'm a broke college kid and I wasn't seeing a lot of useful material, at least from my perspective. Dungeon over the last year or so has been so consistently good that even without the Age of Worms adventure path content I'm going to continue buying it on a monthly basis. So, the more cost effective thing over all would be to get a subscription. However, I live in student housing in New York City eight months out of the year, and then back into suburban Connecticut those four "find a minimum wage job as fast as possible" months. So if I get a subscription, it will be to my home address, which I only use for a few months. So I actually wouldn't be getting my magazines when I really want them. And I have to admit that walking to a store and buying the magazine in person is satisfying in that it gets me out of the closet that the School of Visual Arts is making me pay to live in. Quite a conundrum.
You only got a year's subscription for your soul? I figured they'd give you at least three years ;)
Damn! You're right... Now I feel like last time I re-negotiated my contract and realized they were ready to give me even much more than I had asked for. ;-)
No kidding, I just feel so immaturely excited at having become a Subscriber...
James: why don't you switch your delivery address when you need to? It's just twice a year and I am sure that it is just a question of updating your profile at the right moment "et voilà!".
Bocklin
I've been a subscriber on and off for years. My first Dragon subscription expired when I realised it just wasn't very good - most months I skimmed it, then added it to the big pile, and forgot about it. I stopped reading the magazine totally, until the "Countdown to Third Edition" issues.
When 3e hit, I immediately resubscribed to Dragon, and subscribed to Dungeon for the first time. That remained active for a few years, until Paizo (or was it still Wizards then?) had a problem with European subscriptions, and had to refund the outstanding balance. Thereafter, I still read the magazines, but got them from my FLGS.
In August, I moved, and found I no longer had an FLGS. So, once again I am a subscriber. When the time comes, I'll be adding another 3 years to those subscriptions. Both magazines are better now than at any time I've read them in the past.
That said, I have no idea what Dungeon are going to do next: I finished reading Age of Worms this morning, and there's no way they can possibly top that. Or is there?
That said, I have no idea what Dungeon are going to do next: I finished reading Age of Worms this morning, and there's no way they can possibly top that. Or is there?
Dungeon seems to have the same problem that every DM/GM I met has - trying to top their last adventure. :-D
What I *really* like about the Adventure Path concept is that it very much feels like a novel. People, places all become familiar in the light of the excellent writing by the authors. (It's not just limited to the APs, though.)
Anyway, back on topic...
I subscribed to Dragon back around #280-ish because I had a hard time getting them all from my FLGS. Fundages became an issue and I wasn't able to re-up until recently. I'm doing the month-to-month option, which costs me maybe 3 lattes a month.
Three less cups of caffeine a month is a small price to pay for the density of gaming goodness that is packed within the Dungeon and Dragon mags.
Any way I could get "subscriber" added to my name? I subscribe in the UK through a company called The Place for Games and am in my second year as a subscriber. The geeky side of me would like it added to my name but I don't think your site lets me. Can anyone do it for me? I'll gladly supply proof...somehow. :)
It's going to be hard to top Age of Worms. A level 1-20 campaign can—and thus should—do everything that a Dungeons & Dragons game can do, at least as far as this is possible without overstuffing. Writing with the opinion "we cannot do as much as we would like, or we will leave nothing for next time" is to dilute the experience.
That's why I enjoyed reading the Age of Worms, even though I haven't had an opportunity to run it. Dragotha's hoard [spoilers ahead] contains all manner of awesome stuff - most, if not all of the named items! If I was a dragon, I know I'd want those in my hoard. Which dragon's hoard is going to have those, if not the most powerful dragon in the campaign? Then, not resting on its laurels, the player characters fight a deity. A rank one, to boot!
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Yes, I did. I have to confess. I could not resist anymore. [...] For years, Dungeon had been working its way insidiously in my life. It did not take two or three months for me to get hooked on Dungeon. The adventures seemed to become better and better, you started to always get three (and of various level categories), and it focused more and more on D&D.
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Then, this morning, I surfed on the Paizo website and saw the pic of some cool Sorcerer riding a Black Dragon. It made click and I did it. It was the only thing rational thing to do.So, from now on, behold the beautiful "Subscriber" words next to my name. Dungeon AND Dragon. Yep. Did not want to do half things.
I have sold my soul and purse to Paizo, I submit to the might of the gods Onma and Cojasb. May they entertain me for a full year.
Well done Erik, James and others: I am a subscriber, and even a happy and proud one! Thanks for the delicious addiction.
Bocklin
Yep, I just did the same (I expect to get a grab on one of those dragonrider sorcerer).
I just like 3.5 ed so much, the strong Greyhawk flavour that you find in both Dungeon and Dragon mags.
Great job from both Dungeon and Dragon teams. THANKS !!
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I just like 3.5 ed so much, the strong Greyhawk flavour that you find in both Dungeon and Dragon mags.
... and I hope WOTC will realize that Greyhawk could still be supported and make money...
... with good products, regional hardcovers, adventures and so on.
(BRING BACK Mr. Carl Sargent if you reopen the GH product line !!!, and get his "Ivid the undying" get converted to 3.5 and printed).