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''Polymancer'' was a magazine covering roleplaying games and related hobbies such as miniatures, wargaming, and LARPs. The magazine was published in Canada; its first issue was published in 2004. The magazines website reports "Polymancer Studios Game and Hobby is NO longer in business, it shutdown operations in 2012." as of June 4, 2014. == Nature of Magazine and Content == ''Polymancer'' articles (except adventure scenarios) are written without reference to rules. The magazine touts itself as being “system-independent” so that “players of different game systems may make use of them”〔(Polymancer magazine writing guidelines )〕 The magazine covers many gaming genres such as fantasy, science fiction, horror, modern day, pulp. Most gaming magazines just cover fantasy because Dungeons & Dragons, a fantasy RPG is the most popular game of its kind. ''Polymancer'' was different from many magazines that cover RPGs by being printed. Many gaming magazines such as ''Pyramid'' are only available online. The April 19, 2007 announcement that Paizo Publishing's license to produce Dragon and Dungeon magazines will end in September 2007, without being renewed,〔(paizo.com - Dragon and Dungeon Transition )〕〔"Paizo Publishing to Cease Publication of DRAGON and DUNGEON Magazines to continue through September 2007" http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/news/20070419a〕〔"Paizo Publishing to Cease Publication of ''Dragon'' and ''Dungeon.''" ''Polyglot'' Volume #3 Issue #5 http://www.polymancer.com/polyglot/volume3/polyglot_volume3_issue4_2007_04_19.pdf〕 leaves ''Polymancer'' as one of the few printed game hobby magazines geared towards consumers left (''see the for a list).'' (Wizards announced that the two magazines will be replaced by a yet-unspecified "online initiative.") There is a complete adventure scenario in every issue of the magazine “playable right out of the box.”〔 The scenario map is in the magazine’s center spread. There is downloadable material to aid the gamemaster available at the publisher’s web site for most of the scenarios. Articles in ''Polymancer'' tended to be long (over 4 pages) and the black and white illustrations differ from the color artwork found in ''Dragon.'' ''Polymancer'' is comparable to how Dragon was in the 1980s.〔(ALTERWORLDS :: View topic - Polymancer Magazine )〕 The articles in Polymancer are eclectic but they appear under a few regular headings: *“Jousting With Words” is the editorial *“The Lich’s Niche” is a ranting opinion column written in the form of an interview with a lich. *“Tech Talk” is about ways to use technology (especially computers) in gaming. *“Gaming Digital” is about play by email games. *“Gauntlet” seems to be generally about problems gamemasters might face and how to solve them. They tend to be instructional in tone. *“Mojo” is Polymancer’s own game rules system. Each article adds to and presents additional rules for Mojo. This means Mojo is developed on a serial basis. The article announcing it in issue #2 says Mojo is meant to be easy to convert to other game systems. Mojo is available for free from the magazine's website. *“Plot Fodder” is about getting adventure ideas from general topics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Polymancer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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