Quote from: Imperator;623854Surely I would like to know.

I forgot to include Spaniards in the list of potential European malefactors. :duh: Sorry.

Quote from: Imperator;623854Surely I would like to know.

The US Postal Service lost $15.9 billion last year. They're passing that debt down to us.

Why not hook up with local POD publishers?

I imagine there has to be a POD publisher in the UK, Aussieland and America's Hat that could print and mail the mags in their own nations with much lower shipping costs.

It's more like America's headband really.

Fuel prices and economic change in general, I would assume.

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Issue #2 seems to be out. (the pdf at least, according to my 'follow your favourites' from drivethru).

Quote from: Bloody Stupid Johnson;683838Issue #2 seems to be out. (the pdf at least, according to my 'follow your favourites' from drivethru).

Correct. It is out.

Did it ship to subscribers? Looking forward to it.

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;683840Did it ship to subscribers? Looking forward to it.

It's got good stuff in it.





From here: http://gygaxmagazine.com/issue-2/

Hopefully I'll get through the contents at some point on this thread.

Quote from: Benoist;622204I was on the live streaming for the Gygax Magazine unboxing, and it was great. The mag looks like it has good production value, a range of different articles about the gaming community, games and the like, it's not outrageously expensive ($35 for a 4-issue subscription, it's a quarterly mag, apparently), it's going to try to appeal to all styles of tabletop gaming, from board and miniatures game to role playing games obviously, and not just the "old school", and the guys seem to have their act together.

You can rewatch the whole unboxing on the website if you missed it: http://gygaxmagazine.com/

There are small issues (a bunch of people reported some free shipping charges when trying to subscribe internationally, which seems totally unrealistic, and the guys behind the mag are checking this out now), but all in all, it really went well, and looks promising. Exciting times.

Oh, PDF, digital etc will be supported as well as the print mag itself. I remember that was asked here.

Man, I just want to say that the Easley painting for the current issue totally rocks. Is it a new painting done just for the mag? Seeing that painting on the cover that is identical to the old Dragon cover touched something deep down. It was like a flashback to when RPG art was awesome, and RPGs were about exploring worlds (not char op), and all was right in the world.

I'm in Canada, so subscription is pricey, but it may be worth it just to support such a thing as this.

Can anyone tell me the price for Canucks? Benoist?

Quote from: 1989;684104Man, I just want to say that the Easley painting for the current issue totally rocks. Is it a new painting done just for the mag? Seeing that painting on the cover that is identical to the old Dragon cover touched something deep down. It was like a flashback to when RPG art was awesome, and RPGs were about exploring worlds (not char op), and all was right in the world.

This trend is going to go on. I can't go into the detail, but I can tell you from first-hand knowledge that you can look forward for more of this type of high end, quality artwork and production values coming out of TSR Games.

If you like people like Easley, Elmore, Jim Holloway, Jeff Dee and so many others, you will not be disappointed.

Quote from: 1989;684104I'm in Canada, so subscription is pricey, but it may be worth it just to support such a thing as this.

Can anyone tell me the price for Canucks? Benoist?

The base subscription for 4 issues is $35. The shipping I am not sure. But given the content you get in your mail box for $35, even with like $20 shipping or whatnot, I honestly think it's a steal. The more people subscribe, the more critical mass the magazine gets, the cheaper these options will become, so everyone wins on the long run, assuming you like the magazine and get further subscriptions down the road.

I need also mention that the PDF of the magazine is available on DriveThruRPG here, to be precise. It's $4.99 there for the PDF, which I also think is a steal. Might give you an idea of what the mag looks and feels like before committing to a subscription.

There is some cool stuff in this issue, like the Blighted Lands of Luke Gygax with maps of Stefan Pokorny, the owner/main artist behind Dwarven Forge, or the column explaining some aspects of the evolution of the original Greyhawk campaign as played by Ernie through Tenser and his henchmen as well. There will be more, much more, down the pipe. . .

Bear in mind, though: it's a general gaming magazine. So you'll obviously find a lot of talk about D&D, D&D-ish games in every issue, and role playing games in general too, but it's a magazine open to all types of gaming, on purpose. So narrative games, wargames, board games may be discussed there as well. I personally like that approach to the mag (like Tim's article about Samurai Battles in this issue, which makes me want to check out the game(s) and minis), or the Doctor Who article with new cool pieces of equipment which apparently are bought using "Story Points" or some such - never played the game, but the article I thought was cool. The alternate rules for Death and Dying by Len Lakofka are pretty cool too. Makes you think about ways to customize the thing for your own campaign.

It's basically what I have personally been missing ever since the real print Dragon and Dungeon magazines got cancelled.

All the glamor, beauty and use to me as a late 100s issue of Dragon Magazine.

Quote from: thedungeondelver;684119All the glamor, beauty and use to me as a late 100s issue of Dragon Magazine.

The Blighted Lands are described using first-ed compatible rules. Len Lakofka's article is very much predicated on a familiarity with first ed. Ernie's article is great to get some added perspective which then you can care or not care about when playing 1st ed games. And there'll be more of that in the future.

Quote from: thedungeondelver;684119All the glamor, beauty and use to me as a late 100s issue of Dragon Magazine.

Is that praise or condemnation?