http://www.goodman-games.com/9101preview.html

It lacks the industry wide focus that you and I would desire, but it is a print gaming magazine. Ironically, it is more expensive as a subscription than as a print product. They are focusing on store distribution. Good for them!

http://www.goodman-games.com/9101preview.html

It lacks the industry wide focus that you and I would desire, but it is a print gaming magazine. Ironically, it is more expensive as a subscription than as a print product. They are focusing on store distribution. Good for them!

The recent archive “issue” (completely resolved btw) aside, the Pyramid magazine is an excellent example of a industry approach magazine. Once again, sadly not promoting the industry from the shelves. Rather, it is a magazine for the existing fan — and thus can survive without having a print edition.

I have been a KQ subscriber, print + pdf, from day one and think the magazine is great. Though I admit that I am disappointed in some of the readers who want to make the magazine choose between older versions of D&D and 4e. I disagree with the editor’s interpretation of what 4e does/did style-wise, but I love his creative work and continue to support it. Once again though, this is a magazine that you are unlikely to find on the shelves of Barnes and Noble or 7-11. I’d like to see some “indie game” reviews. Maybe I’ll submit a request to write a column. Certainly, Wiggy Wade Williams’ Triple Ace Publishing’s “Daring Tales of Chivalry” deserves conversation in a fantasy gaming magazine.

I wish there was a magazine promoting the gaming hobby (btw, Knucklebones covers non-rpg gaming pretty well) from a broader perspective, but we know how difficult that can be. White Dwarf is a house vehicle. Dragon and Dungeon had long been house vehicles. The gaming community is often more precious (I don’t mean that to sound pejorative) about their particular niche of the hobby than the hobby in general. I don’t like that this is true, and it is my chief frustration with the “anti-4e” crowd. There are thousands of $ of excellent 3e material available and the hobby needs to reinvent itself to survive. This doesn’t mean that I think they should play 4e, or even like it, but that their energy would be better spent promoting the hobby as a whole.

The recent archive “issue” (completely resolved btw) aside, the Pyramid magazine is an excellent example of a industry approach magazine. Once again, sadly not promoting the industry from the shelves. Rather, it is a magazine for the existing fan — and thus can survive without having a print edition.

I have been a KQ subscriber, print + pdf, from day one and think the magazine is great. Though I admit that I am disappointed in some of the readers who want to make the magazine choose between older versions of D&D and 4e. I disagree with the editor’s interpretation of what 4e does/did style-wise, but I love his creative work and continue to support it. Once again though, this is a magazine that you are unlikely to find on the shelves of Barnes and Noble or 7-11. I’d like to see some “indie game” reviews. Maybe I’ll submit a request to write a column. Certainly, Wiggy Wade Williams’ Triple Ace Publishing’s “Daring Tales of Chivalry” deserves conversation in a fantasy gaming magazine.

I wish there was a magazine promoting the gaming hobby (btw, Knucklebones covers non-rpg gaming pretty well) from a broader perspective, but we know how difficult that can be. White Dwarf is a house vehicle. Dragon and Dungeon had long been house vehicles. The gaming community is often more precious (I don’t mean that to sound pejorative) about their particular niche of the hobby than the hobby in general. I don’t like that this is true, and it is my chief frustration with the “anti-4e” crowd. There are thousands of $ of excellent 3e material available and the hobby needs to reinvent itself to survive. This doesn’t mean that I think they should play 4e, or even like it, but that their energy would be better spent promoting the hobby as a whole.