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* MagazineDecay: At various points, mostly during the late '80s and early '90s, when the magazine's focus shifted away from ''D&D'' and toward tabletop gaming in general. Paizo's takeover put things back on track.

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* MagazineDecay: At various points, mostly during Coupled with BrokenBase - many folks preferred the late '80s and very early '90s, and late eras where the magazine was fairly strictly focused on D&D support. However a sizeable contingent of readers preferred when the magazine's focus shifted away from ''D&D'' and toward tabletop it was more of a general interest gaming in general. Paizo's takeover put things back on track.magazine, sometimes even devoting whole issues to non-TSR games.
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* TheScrappy: A lot of fans ''hated'' the April Fool's Day issues from early in the magazine's run, which were usually full of unusable "joke" material and unfunny parodies ("Valley Elf" was particularly infamous). Thankfully, this changed in the Paizo years, when the April issues were merely eclectic ("Ninjas! Pirates! Dinosaurs!"). They still did humor--Erik Mona (the editor-in-chief) just wasn't too fond of, for instance, [[http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=7666 tarty beholders being wooed by plump knights]]. Their humour was more subtle.
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* MagazineDecay: At various points, mostly during the late '80s and early '90s, when the magazine's focus shifted away from ''D&D'' and toward tabletop gaming in general. Paizo's takeover put things permanently back on track.

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* MagazineDecay: At various points, mostly during the late '80s and early '90s, when the magazine's focus shifted away from ''D&D'' and toward tabletop gaming in general. Paizo's takeover put things permanently back on track.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: #359, the extra-large final print issue, which brought back lots of contributors from years past like Ed Greenwood and Creator/PhilFoglio, gave a few retired features one last hurrah ("The Wizards Three", the Monster Hunters' Society), and was basically one huge celebration of the magazine's 30-year history.



* TheScrappy: A lot of fans ''hated'' the April Fool's Day issues from early in the magazine's run, which were usually full of unusable "joke" material and unfunny parodies ("Valley Elf" was particularly infamous). Thankfully, this changed in the Paizo years, when the April issues were merely eclectic ("Ninjas! Pirates! Dinosaurs!"). They still did humor--Erik Mona (the editor-in-chief) just wasn't too fond of, for instance, [[http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=7666 tarty beholders being wooed by plump knights]]. Their humour was more subtle.

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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: #359, the extra-large final print issue, which brought back lots of contributors from years past like Ed Greenwood and Creator/PhilFoglio, gave a few retired features one last hurrah ("The Wizards Three", the Monster Hunters' Society), and was basically one huge celebration of the magazine's 30-year history.
* TheScrappy: A lot of fans ''hated'' the April Fool's Day issues from early in the magazine's run, which were usually full of unusable "joke" material and unfunny parodies ("Valley Elf" was particularly infamous). Thankfully, this changed in the Paizo years, when the April issues were merely eclectic ("Ninjas! Pirates! Dinosaurs!"). They still did humor--Erik Mona (the editor-in-chief) just wasn't too fond of, for instance, [[http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=7666 tarty beholders being wooed by plump knights]]. Their humour was more subtle.subtle.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: #359, the extra-large final print issue, which brought back lots of contributors from years past like Ed Greenwood and PhilFoglio, gave a few retired features one last hurrah ("The Wizards Three", the Monster Hunters' Society), and was basically one huge celebration of the magazine's 30-year history.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: #359, the extra-large final print issue, which brought back lots of contributors from years past like Ed Greenwood and PhilFoglio, Creator/PhilFoglio, gave a few retired features one last hurrah ("The Wizards Three", the Monster Hunters' Society), and was basically one huge celebration of the magazine's 30-year history.
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* TheScrappy: A lot of fans ''hated'' the April Fool's Day issues from early in the magazine's run, which were usually full of unusable "joke" material and unfunny parodies ("Valley Elf" was particularly infamous). Thankfully, this changed in the Paizo years, when the April issues were merely eclectic ("Ninjas! Pirates! Dinosaurs!"). They still did humor--Erik Mona (the editor-in-chief) just wasn't too fond of, for instance, tarty beholders being wooed by plump knights. Their humour was more subtle.

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* TheScrappy: A lot of fans ''hated'' the April Fool's Day issues from early in the magazine's run, which were usually full of unusable "joke" material and unfunny parodies ("Valley Elf" was particularly infamous). Thankfully, this changed in the Paizo years, when the April issues were merely eclectic ("Ninjas! Pirates! Dinosaurs!"). They still did humor--Erik Mona (the editor-in-chief) just wasn't too fond of, for instance, [[http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=7666 tarty beholders being wooed by plump knights.knights]]. Their humour was more subtle.

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