Dungeon (magazine)

Dungeon Adventures
The red dragon Flame strikes a menacing pose while standing guard over a substantial treasure hoard in his cavern lair.
"Into the Fire" by Keith Parkinson
Cover of Dungeon Adventures Issue 1
Dated September/October 1986
Editor
Editors
Roger E. Moore
Barbara G. Young
Wolfgang H. Baur
Dave Gross
Anthony J. Bryant
Michelle Vuckovich
Christopher Perkins
Chris Thomasson
Editors-in-Chief
Kim Mohan
Pierce B. Watters
Bill Slavicsek
Christopher Perkins
Erik Mona
James Jacobs
Chris Youngs
Steve Winter
CategoriesRole-playing game
FrequencyPrint
Bimonthly (1–97)
Monthly (98–150)
Online
Bimonthly (151–154)[1]
Monthly (155–221)
Publisher
Publishers
Michael H. Cook
James M. Ward
Brian Thomsen
Pierce B. Watters
Wendy Noritake
Johnny L. Wilson
Lisa Stevens
Keith Strohm
Erik Mona
Total circulation
(October 2005 –
September 2006)		31,465[2]
First issueSeptember/October 1986
Final issue
Number		Sept. 2007 (print) & Dec. 2013 (digital)
150 (print) & 221 (digital)
CompanyTSR (1–62)
WotC (63–93, 151–221)
Paizo (94–150)
CountryUnited States
Based inLake Geneva, WI (TSR)
Renton, WA (WotC)
Bellevue, WA (Paizo)
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0890-7102

Dungeon (originally published as Dungeon: Adventures for TSR Role-Playing Games) was one of the two official magazines targeting consumers of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products; Dragon was the other.

Dungeon was first published by TSR, Inc. in 1986 as a bimonthly periodical.[3] It went monthly in May 2003 and ceased print publication altogether in September 2007 with Issue 150.[4][5][6] Starting in 2008, Dungeon and its more widely read sister publication, Dragon, went to an online-only format published by Wizards of the Coast. Both magazines went on hiatus at the end of 2013, with Dungeon #221 being the last issue released.

  1. ^ "Dungeon Magazine Information". RPGnet. Retrieved January 18, 2011. Following their resumption of control over Dungeon in September 2007, Wizards of the Coast published Issues 151–154 as "a series of free web pages" before committing to a regular monthly release schedule and the use of PDF files starting with Issue 155 (June 2008). These four issues have since become unavailable, and a promised compilation has not yet materialized.
  2. ^ Jacobs, J., ed. (January 2007). "Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation". Dungeon Adventures (142). Bellevue, WA: Paizo: 82. ISSN 0890-7102. This represented a decline of 35.9% from an average total distribution of 49,076 copies during the period October 2002 – November 2003, which was, in terms of circulation, the high point in the magazine's print publication history (Issue 107, p. 72). Data for the period October 2006 – September 2007, which would have likely been released in the January 2008 issue of Dungeon, are not available.
  3. ^ "Dungeons & Dragons Archives—The History of TSR: 1966–1999". Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast. 2003. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2005.
  4. ^ "Paizo Publishing to Cease Publication of DRAGON and DUNGEON". Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast. April 19, 2007. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
  5. ^ Jacobs, J., ed. (July 2007). "All Good Things". Dungeon Adventures (148). Bellevue, WA: Paizo: 6. ISSN 0890-7102.
  6. ^ Mona, E. (August 2007). Jacobs, J (ed.). "Statement from the Publisher". Dungeon Adventures (149). Bellevue, WA: Paizo: 7. ISSN 0890-7102.