This post is part of a series of posts in the D&D 40th
Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge. The
information in many of these posts is related to events that occurred primarily
in the1980’s. Since it is now 2014, I can not guarantee complete accuracy with
such a large passage of time but I will present the events and information as
best as I can recall.
Day 10: First gaming magazine you ever bought (Dragon, Dungeon, White Dwarf, etc.).
I ran across Dragon magazine during
one of my visits to the friendly local game store. I am not sure which number was on the issue
but I do know that it was lower than 100.
I read that thing front to back and would read it again several
times. I got a subscription so I would
not have to go to town to pick it up. I
used to pick up Dragon quite frequently in the store after my subscription ran
out; plus, it gave me an excuse to visit the game shop. I used to have several folders with articles
I had cut out to use in our games.
Over the years, I have read many
different gaming magazines and have valued them quite differently. I never much cared for Dungeon even though I
think it’s a great idea. I was just more
interested in the general purpose type of magazine that I got from Dragon. I have read issues of Roleplayer, Pyramid,
The
RIFTER, Shadis, White Dwarf, and many others. The only magazines that rivaled Dragon in the
enjoyment and use I got out of them was The Space Gamer and The
Fantasy Gamer. I know that there
are email newsletters, news sites, forums, and other online things that can
serve as substitutes for these items but I really think we are in need of a
quality magazine or two that we can pick up in print every month or so.
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