The final printed issue was #359 in September 2007. On April 18, 2007, Wizards of the Coast announced that it would not be renewing Paizo's licenses for Dragon. 'Class Acts', monthly one- or two-page articles offering ideas for developing specific character classes, were also introduced by Paizo. It tied Dragon more closely to Dungeon by including articles supporting and promoting its major multi-issue adventures such as the 'Age of Worms' and 'Savage Tide'. Dragon was published by Paizo starting September 2002 with issue #299. In 2002, Paizo Publishing acquired the rights to publish both Dragon and Dungeon under license from Wizards of the Coast. In 1999, Wizards of the Coast was itself purchased by Hasbro, Dragon suffered a five-month gap between #236 and #237 but remained published by TSR as a subsidiary of WotC starting September 1997 with issue #239, and until #267 in January 2000 when Wizards of the Coast became the listed de facto publisher. Production was then transferred from Wisconsin to Washington state. Wizards of the Coast purchased TSR and its intellectual properties, including Dragon, in 1997. This compilation is known as the software title Dragon Magazine Archive. Ī compilation of the first 250 issues was released also included were the 7 issues of The Strategic Review. The following year, after only seven issues, TSR cancelled The Strategic Review and replaced it with The Dragon, which later became Dragon with issue #39. In short order, however, the popularity and growth of Dungeons & Dragons made it clear that the game had not only separated itself from its wargaming origins, but had launched an entirely new industry unto itself.

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