Has dragon thought about bringing a writer to write short stories that cover the AP and printing them in Dragon or publishing them as novels.
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We have indeed thought about it. In fact, at the start, in the middle, and near the end of every Adventure Path (I say that as if we've done dozens of these things) the discussion comes up and is summarily rejected.
If we ever reverse our stance on the issue (and hey, it happens) I'm sure information will trickle forth onto these messageboards. :)
Rejection can be hard to accept, sometimes ...
... yearning for more Dragon fiction ...
... am I alone in my desire? ...
... I fear that I am ...
I don't know that I'd want a continuing story from the adventure path appearing in Dragon - to much info for my players.
I'd love to see a novel though :)
More is on its way!
Eventually!
Why, you just saw a 40 year old (yes, I have just passed that milestone -- all downhill from here) do a backflip.
The landing was, just, well, something only seen on Americas Funniest Videos.
More fiction, yea!
That's unfortunet. Considering they made novels of the Temple of Elemental Evil and Tomb of Horrors I can't see why they would say no, but corporations have some strange logic.
Would there be any issues with fan made fiction posted on the message board?
40? Really? Congrats! :)
I pegged you as early/mid 30s. I guess I just figure everyone is close to my age, no matter how old I am. ;D
It's all the new college grads I hang out with on the copy desk. They keep me feeling/thinking young.
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It's all the new college grads I hang out with on the copy desk. They keep me feeling/thinking young.
If I didn't already know you were an upstanding married fellow, I'd make some comment about co-eds here. Consider yourself spared that injustice. ;)
I also subscribe to the "hang out with young people and feel young" philosophy. Every editor here except James Jacobs is younger than I am, my girlfriend is younger than me, and all her friends are around college age. So yeah, I hang out with a lot of younger people. Helps me continue to feel young.
That and all the cartoons (read: anime). And the toys. And the D&D. ;D
I also subscribe to the "hang out with young people and feel young" philosophy. Every editor here except James Jacobs is younger than I am, my girlfriend is younger than me, and all her friends are around college age. So yeah, I hang out with a lot of younger people. Helps me continue to feel young.
Same here. I've spent my entire mid-to-late 20's in the company of college-aged gamers. It's helped stave off the fact that (as of yesterday) I'm 365 days away from hitting 30. :)
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I also subscribe to the "hang out with young people and feel young" philosophy. Every editor here except James Jacobs is younger than I am, my girlfriend is younger than me, and all her friends are around college age. So yeah, I hang out with a lot of younger people. Helps me continue to feel young.
That and all the cartoons (read: anime). And the toys. And the D&D. ;D
My future wife, her friends, and a good portion of our co-workers are all younger than me. Of course, it also helps that many of our other co-workers are much older due to a long term hiring freeze our outfit once had. Those things, combined with D&D, video games, and other things help me to sometimes feel young. I say sometimes, because my body doesn't always let me feel as young as I think I am.
I think just the fact that we're all gamers lends itself to that mindset.
I don't recall the source, and I'm not fond of anectodal material, but I believed I saw a survey that said that people in long-term care facilities fared better if games that challenged them mentally and creatively were employed as part of their recreation.
I think it's in keeping with the thinking/feeling young mindset.
Which is food for thought. Should the makers of D&D be exporting the game to long-term facilities as a way to expand the marketplace -- as well as brighten someone's day?
Maybe there's a whole new set of Dragon and Dungeon readers in such places too.
Well, it'd be easy enough to volunteer--if you could convince grandpa to play and convince the staff that it's harmless and entertaining fun. But not everyone in long-term care is in a mental state to be able to handle the game.
On fan-fiction--read the campaign log entitled "Graven and the Battle Babes," which is quite well-written in a novelesque style.