Have you guys checked out whats coming in Crusader?

Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:18 am

Several of the covers I am in love with. Issue 10 previews StarSIEGE, and I guess they are keeping that name despite the computer game version.

Sneak previews of Castle Zagyg, including maps and other surprises.

Still, the Thor fighting Jormangandr cover fricking rocks! Plus I am partial to number 9's cover, its runic.

The StarSIEGE issue cover looks good too.
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Jyrdan Fairblade · Post by **Jyrdan Fairblade** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:48 pm

I had not, but now that I have, those covers are absolutely amazing!

All are really inspiring.

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:49 pm

I think PB linked these up in another forum about a month ago or so. Yeah, the covers are really cool. The StarSEIGE cover is very neato.

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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:41 pm

Yep, the covers look outstanding and mucho interesting content/articles. I'm glad to have re-subscribed for more Crusader goodness!
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:22 am

Yeah, I'm sure I'll be glad for ordering enough to get that 6 issue subscription just because of the covers. A number of the articles look real good too. Especially the stuff for Castle Zagyg and the Star SIEGE preview/intro.
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danbuter · Post by **danbuter** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:18 am

I'm still waiting for Crusader to actually have content before I buy it. Gary telling stories of the good old days is nice, but it's not a magazine. They should be publishing monsters, adventures, class design guides, and stuff like that in Crusader.
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moriarty777 · Post by **moriarty777** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:34 am

Well, the Crusader has been moving in the right direction...

I guess things seem to have picked up since issue 4. There were several articles dealing with multi-classing in that one.

The last 3 issues have had their 'One Night Stands' which is basically a small scenario that can be used... and one of the last 2 issues had a section with new Cantrips.

The magazine seems to be improving a bit every issue but I do agree with what you're saying... more game specific content is always a good thing!

I guess that's part of the reason I'm exited about the Adventure Games Journal subscription. I love the detail and effort that James Mishler seems to be putting into the work.

I ended up getting a subscription (to the Crusader) as well due to the summer sale and some of the highlights in the upcoming issues should be nice.

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Julian Grimm · Post by **Julian Grimm** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:30 pm

danbuter wrote:
I'm still waiting for Crusader to actually have content before I buy it. Gary telling stories of the good old days is nice, but it's not a magazine. They should be publishing monsters, adventures, class design guides, and stuff like that in Crusader.

Ummm, the three I own have things like that in them...
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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:47 pm

danbuter wrote:
They should be publishing adventures

Bill Webb of Necromancer Games wrote a couple of very cool one shot/night adventures in issue 5.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:37 pm

I have to say here too that the Crusader is getting more and more good content in it. There are a few too many fluff pieces, but the multiclassing issues and the critical hit articles really add value to the mag IMO.

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Julian Grimm · Post by **Julian Grimm** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:51 pm

Rhuvein wrote:
Bill Webb of Necromancer Games wrote a couple of very cool one shot/night adventures in issue 5.

They were good but I don't want to see the mag taken over by adventures. I'd rather see things like the Crit tables and new cantrips of the past issues rather than a good chunk of the mag being taken up with adventures.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:58 pm

I like the fiction since it adds to the Airhde setting history. Gives me stuff to have Bards know. Sages, etc...

I would love for Crusader to start doing its own series of monster ecologies, NPC personalities, etc...

Granted it may have been done before, but the vast majority of my Dragon collection burned several years ago.
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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:20 pm

Julian Grimm wrote:
They were good but I don't want to see the mag taken over by adventures. I'd rather see things like the Crit tables and new cantrips of the past issues rather than a good chunk of the mag being taken up with adventures.

Hardly. Two short adventures in 7 issues is relatively minor. If fact I'd like to see more. I think the point is that the Trolls have done a good job mixing it up and I hope to see this continue.
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Julian Grimm · Post by **Julian Grimm** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:53 am

I wasn't talking about those. What I was talking about was loosing page count in each issue to large Dungeon style adventures. I'd rather see a seperate mag or a special issue for that.
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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:01 am

Julian Grimm wrote:
I wasn't talking about those. What I was talking about was loosing page count in each issue to large Dungeon style adventures. I'd rather see a seperate mag or a special issue for that.

Hmm, did I miss something? There haven't been any large dungeon style adventures in the Crusader at all.
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moriarty777 · Post by **moriarty777** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:17 am

Rhuvein wrote:
Hmm, did I miss something? There haven't been any large dungeon style adventures in the Crusader at all.

I think he meant losing page count to large dungeon adventures in the Crusader *if* they started to do that. Obviously, this could negatively impact on other material that could get in the magazine.

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Julian Grimm · Post by **Julian Grimm** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:46 am

moriarty777 wrote:
I think he meant losing page count to large dungeon adventures in the Crusader *if* they started to do that. Obviously, this could negatively impact on other material that could get in the magazine.

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Bingo! I think the Crusader should be more of a showcase for expansions on the rules, minigames and other things. Much like Dragon was for (A)D&D back in the day. I'm not saying mimic it to the 'T' but the format was popular in it's time.
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Yamo · Post by **Yamo** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:10 am

I agree. I tend to read the stuff that has new rules expansions and skip or skim anything else.

I'm a gamer reading a gaming magazine. I don't care about fiction, blogs or observational humor.

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:19 am

Steve's still experimenting around with a proper balance methinks. So the magazine content will probably be ... eclectic ... for a while.
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Yamo · Post by **Yamo** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:24 am

gideon_thorne wrote:
Steve's still experimenting around with a proper balance methinks. So the magazine content will probably be ... eclectic ... for a while.

I'm hardly complaining. I actually subscribed for the first time yesterday after I determined that the more recent issues (4-7) are leaning toward something more amenable to me.

Julian Grimm · Post by **Julian Grimm** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:12 pm

Whatever happens they need to keep the "angry gamer" and there needs to be more articles by 'The Penguin'.
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