Like everyone, I've very sad about the news that Dragon and Dungeon are going to cancelled in September. I've been a subscriber to both for some time and I look forward each month to receiving the magazines in the mail. Its some of the only gaming mail I get, and its special day to receive an issue.
Paizo needs to make a new magazine devoted to players. Pathfinder sounds nice as a way to fill the void for Dungeon, but Dragon subscribers are left in the cold. There may be a few support articles in each Pathfinder issue, but that doesn't do much for players looking to avoid reading the AP.
Players need magazines too. Dragon has vastly improved over the past couple of years in the content it has offered (some of which necessarily can't go forward without the license, but other stuff such as class based materials and background articles should). It would be a shame to see that momentum gone just because the WOTC license dried up. The talent should still be there.
So to James, Erik and the other editors, is Paizo interested in doing a magazine for the players? If you need contributors for articles, I offer my services for free (that's a gift given I'm an IP lawyer, my billing rate isn't exactly cheap). I admit I never got around to sending something before because I figured there would always be a "tomorrow" but I was wrong. I'm willing, however, to help do what it takes to get something like this off the ground. I'm sure there are lots of others on the boards here who feel the same (and can offer quality submissions). I hope you consider my plea.
One question for you (since I've got my lawyer cap on now). Is there any sort of non-compete clause between WOTC and Paizo preventing you from publishing another magazine (hence the significantly different format for Pathfinder)?
See the welcome to Pathfinder thread for an answer, I asked the same question, and it's a problem of the magazine distribution mafia and pay-offs.
But isn't the Pathfinder just a play off of the Dark Horse Comic and Movie?
I would like to get D&D content in hard copy.
Our title "Pathfinder" has no connection to anything else, be it in print, film or otherwise. We came up with that name because, well, it's packed right full of adventure PATH goodness.
Plus, I hear the movie of the same name is a real stinker. But who knows? It's a remake of a Norwegian film from 1987 (which I got to see in the theatre while living in Harstad in '87), and I hear it doesn't have much to do with its Oscar-nominated original. Which means, of course, that I can't wait to see the new one :-)
Our title "Pathfinder" has no connection to anything else, be it in print, film or otherwise. We came up with that name because, well, it's packed right full of adventure PATH goodness.
Plus, I hear the movie of the same name is a real stinker. But who knows? It's a remake of a Norwegian film from 1987 (which I got to see in the theatre while living in Harstad in '87), and I hear it doesn't have much to do with its Oscar-nominated original. Which means, of course, that I can't wait to see the new one :-)
I think that you are right we need a Players Mag, also.... Dragon will be un replaceable...