When did the mags begin covering 3ed?

[Kang]

I've been doing a little checking and the only information I've been able to find is that 3rd ed. coverage in Dragon began in issue 274, but I note that the cover of 269 has a bar at the top of the cover reading "3rd Edition Rogues & Skills" - so when did Dragon (and Dungeon, for that matter) really start printing 3rd edition material?

I assume 274 was just the first one to have only 3rd edition material...?

Sorry if this has been asked and aswered here before - my search turned up nothing.

Thanks,

Kang

[Mike McArtor]

Dragon ran countdown to third edition for about a year before third edition came out.

[Kang]

Wow, who knew my question would rise right to the Associate Editor! (You just don't see that on WotC's boards...)

Thanks, Mr. McArtor. I was hoping for an issue number though. Ie. for the issue the countdown to 3ed started in. Assuming there was nothing 3ed-related printed in Dragon's pages before the countdown. I'll check the back issues page for one around a year before issue 274 with something along the lines of, "Countdown to third edition begins in this issue!" on the cover, but those thumbnails can be a little tricky to read...

Replies from those who aren't high-ranking Paizo exec's also welcome. :o)

Thanks again,

Kang

PS. Would also appreciate a Dungeon issue # for the first issue with 3ed content, if anyone has it handy. (Or even if they're willing to go way out of their way to look it up, for that matter...)

[Ungoded]

It would appear that Dragon started the countown to 3rd Ed. with issue 263. Top center of the cover states "It's official...countdown to 3rd edition."

Dungeon issue 82 is the "3rd edition premiere issue."

[Kang]

Thanks again... again.

Kang

[Mike McArtor]

Kang wrote:

Thanks, Mr. McArtor. I was hoping for an issue number though. Ie. for the issue the countdown to 3ed started in.

Ah, yeah, I was on my way to a meeting so I didn't have a chance to look it up for you. Ungoded has it covered, though. Thanks Ungoded! :)

[Ungoded]

Mike McArtor wrote:

Ah, yeah, I was on my way to a meeting so I didn't have a chance to look it up for you. Ungoded has it covered, though. Thanks Ungoded! :)

It was either that, or do actual work at my job. The choice was obvious.

[magdalena thiriet]

...but was countdown material such that it did appear later in the actual rulebooks (like Eberron countdown was)? Or original material?

[Mike McArtor]

magdalena thiriet wrote:

...but was countdown material such that it did appear later in the actual rulebooks (like Eberron countdown was)? Or original material?

It was stuff that appeared in the core rulebooks later. The one I remember most is the one detailing cleric domains. For example.