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I finally started to catch up on my comics, and on the news for Order of the Stick, I found out that both Dungeon Magazine and Dragon Magazine have been canceled! Apparently, Wizards of the Coast wants to shift all that content into an online format. In a way, this kinda sucks, as I was finally starting to think about getting a subscription to one or both of those magazines.

However, it’s not all bad. If you happen to have a subscription to one or both of them, and it goes beyond the ending magazines, Paizo if offering ways to get everything out of your subscription, thanks to a special transition page they’ve created for this event. Not only do they offer an adventure series to use in D&D, Pathfinder, they’re also offering back issues of both magazines, and even credit towards their online store. What’s awesome about the deal that Paizo is offering is that you’ll get a good discount on Pathfinder, or get 120% of your remaining subscription put towards the online store. Back issues are for a one-to-one basis though. And if you don’t want the Pathfinder adventure series, store credit, or back issues, Paizo can send you a refund check for however much your remaining subscription is. I think these options make this a pretty sweet deal.

So now I’m curious as to how Wizards of the Coast is going to go about publishing this content online. Will it be made available for free to the whole D&D community? Or will we need to subscribe to some sort of service to access this content?

Also, I want to know your thoughts! Do you think this is a good move by WotC? Or do you think there will be a void left behind when these magazines disappear from the shelves and mailboxes everywhere?

(Source: Giant In the Playground Games)