The Vintage RPG Podcast
The Vintage RPG Podcast
Vintage RPG
Dragon Magazine
28 minutes Posted Dec 9, 2018 at 9:00 pm.
It is Stu’s Birthday! We lead things off with Chaosium’s Khan of Khans
a fast-paced boom and bust board game about cattle thievery in Glorantha, by Reiner Knizia. The main event: Dragon Magazine
Stu gives a brief history of the publication
Hambone remembers seeing it in book stores in the mall
Stu reveals how Dragon Magazine gave him the collecting bug
and how his large run functions as a sort of history of the tabletop RPG hobby
Stu talks about how editor Tim Kask worked to keep Dragon semi-independent from TSR
Editor Roger E. Moore’s tenure comes up
along with Dungeon Magazine. While Dragon slowly became an advertorial publication, Stu doesn’t mind because it allows us to see D&D evolving on a month to month basis
and Hambone segues into the Dragon+. Stu gets into Dragon’s experimental tendencies
and explains how Forgotten Realms was (kinda sorta) born in the magazine
Preservation comes up
A brief encouragement to subscribe to Unwinnable Monthly during our Holiday Subscription Drive
Stu gets excited about completing his Planescape collection
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It is Stu’s Birthday! We lead things off with Chaosium’s Khan of Khans (01:30), a fast-paced boom and bust board game about cattle thievery in Glorantha, by Reiner Knizia. The main event: Dragon Magazine (05:38). Stu gives a brief history of the publication (06:00). Hambone remembers seeing it in book stores in the mall (07:45). Stu reveals how Dragon Magazine gave him the collecting bug (09:41) and how his large run functions as a sort of history of the tabletop RPG hobby (11:00). Stu talks about how editor Tim Kask worked to keep Dragon semi-independent from TSR (13:00). Editor Roger E. Moore’s tenure comes up (13:54) along with Dungeon Magazine. While Dragon slowly became an advertorial publication, Stu doesn’t mind because it allows us to see D&D evolving on a month to month basis (15:00) and Hambone segues into the Dragon+. Stu gets into Dragon’s experimental tendencies (17:30) and explains how Forgotten Realms was (kinda sorta) born in the magazine (19:22). Preservation comes up (21:00). A brief encouragement to subscribe to Unwinnable Monthly during our Holiday Subscription Drive (24:25). Stu gets excited about completing his Planescape collection (25:00). See you in two weeks! * Clarification: Stu meant Rubbermaid, not Tupperware Correction: Despite his whip-fast certainty, Stu was wrong. Pong came out in 1972.