Very sad day for tabletop RPG players...

[TheMightyFavog]

Dragon and Dungeon magazines to end run in September.

http://paizo.com/dragon/news/pressReleases/v5748eaic9kh0

Paizo Publishing and Wizards of the Coast today announced the conclusion of Paizo’s license to produce DRAGON and DUNGEON magazines effective September 2007. Publication of DRAGON and DUNGEON will cease with issues number 359 and 150, respectively.

"Today the internet is where people go to get this kind of information," said Scott Rouse, Senior Brand Manager of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®, Wizards of the Coast. "By moving to an online model we are using a delivery system that broadens our reach to fans around the world. Paizo has been a great partner to us over the last several years. We wish them well on their future endeavors."

"We at Paizo are very proud of the work we’ve put into DRAGON and DUNGEON during the past five years," says Erik Mona, Paizo's Publisher and Editor in Chief of DRAGON. "While we'll all miss working on these venerable magazines, our talented editorial and art staff as well as our phenomenal team of freelance contributors will continue to produce high-quality, exciting, new OGL releases that are aimed at supporting our existing customers and beyond. We look forward to sharing useful and provocative new products that support our favorite hobby."

Subscribers should visit paizo.com/transition to learn more about the future of their subscriptions. Multiple options will be available for customers whose subscriptions extend beyond the final issues of the magazines. The final issues will be DRAGON #359 and DUNGEON #150—both of which will contain special content commemorating the history of the these incredible magazines. The Savage Tide Adventure Path will conclude as planned in DUNGEON #150.


:cry:

[nickinSTL]

1. there are going to be some really unhappy geeks...

I have some friends who get Dragon.

[NewJeffCT]

2. That's too bad

but, at least they realized the internet is the place to be before losing too much money.

I've still got issues of Dragon dating back to the early days - issue #s below 50. Heck, I remember the angry letters to the editor about the upcoming release of 2E, which sounded remarkably like the letters and emails people wrote 11-12 years later about 3E...

[CrownPrinceBandar]

3. Ahhh...Dragon magazine....

I used to read it cover to cover back in the day, looking for ways to beef up my fighter/magic-user and drooling over the Ral Partha minatures ads. See ya DRAGON, you were a good friend to this geek!

[Enraged_Ape]

4. The end of an era

My friends and I used to pore over every single issue of Dragon that came out. We were so excited when one of us got his campaign published in it.

Sigh...

[AllegroRondo]

5. Wow, I remember when Dungeon first came out

I think I still have the first 50 issues in the basement somewhere.

[vote5polend]

6. looks like the defensive roll feat failed

oh well. i still have neverwinter nights 1 and 2

[Writer]

7. Now my Friday is ruined!

How could they? (stomps her feet) What am I going to do with all these dice? What am I going to do when I need a deeper exploration of Drow assassins or a review of the new Ravenloft campaign setting? Now I have to hunt for this on the Internet!?! My fingers are already preoccupied. Their ability to type and click is stretched, their senses overwhelmed by hours of playing EverQuest II and World of Warcraft. I always kept my tabletop D&D playing in the physical world, because, alas, I always hearkened to my nerdy days of college as we sat in a circle, wrapped our tender fingers around a pair of d10's... and tossed.

:cry:

Writer the Geek Drifter.

[realisticphish]

8. End of an icon

yet, I find it hard to believe that many gamers get more information from either of those than from the internet.

[Orsino]

9. I'm enough of a geek...

...to have learned of this before most of y'all were awake today. I used to get the magazine regularly back in the day, but haven't bought one in years.