Dragon Magazine

Dragon Magazine
Product information
Type	Magazine
Development	Tim Kask
Publication information
Publisher	TSR / WotC / Paizo
First published	1976-2007
Content
Preceded by	The Strategic Review

Dragon was an official magazine published originally by TSR, Inc. for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It was launched as a monthly magazine in 1976. Although its focus was on other role-playing games, it occasionally ran a BattleTech related article. The material in the articles in generally noncanon, however one article in Issue 114, is an exception.

BattleTech appears in many issues, usually in convention announcements or mentioned in passing in discussions of other game systems. Such appearances are not noted.

Articles

Dragon magazine, issue 114

Issue 114

Running Guns: Ground Vehicles for the BattleTech Game World By Margaret Weis and Kevin Stein, ©1986 FASA Corporation

The article is basically a preview of Technical Readout: 3026 and focuses on three combat vehicles, the Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun, the Harrasser Missile Platform and the Schrek PPC Carrier. The statistics are correct but the fluff text of the vehicles is notably changed. For the Hetzer it is noted that "it has become standard practice to install robotic remote-control units in the Hetzer, using it as an unmanned scout vehicle". While the article is canon, all of it has been superseded by later publications.

Dragon magazine, issue 131

Issue 131

Role-playing Reviews, ©1988 by Jim Bambra

BattleTech game and MechWarrior game book reviews.

Dragon magazine, issue 144

Issue 144

Through the Looking Glass, ©1989 by Robert Bigelow

This article features a review of Ral Partha's Regimental Command box set of miniatures that included the Cyclops, Atlas, Zeus and Ostscout.

• The Battle for Headquarters Hill, a scenario included with the column, details a battle between Benjamin's Bums and the Hellcats, complete with stock numbers for miniatures of all 'Mechs involved.

Dragon magazine, issue 161

Issue 161

The Role of Computers, ©1990 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser

A review of the Mechwarrior video game from Activision.

Through the Looking Glass, ©1990 by Robert Bigelow, Jay Clenndenny, and Ralph Cooper

Here's something you can fight about! BattleTech campaign rules, part 1

Dragon magazine, issue 162

Issue 162

Through the Looking Glass, ©1990 by Robert Bigelow, Jay Clenndenny, and Ralph Cooper

Setting fire to the galaxy: BattleTech campaign rules, part 2

Dragon magazine, issue 163

Issue 163

Through the Looking Glass, ©1990 by Robert Bigelow

The alternate campaign revisited: BloodTech. Modifications and additions to the campaign rules presented in the previous two issues.

Dragon magazine, issue 166

Issue 166

Tricks of the Trade, ©1991 by Mike Speca

A BattleTech guide to making your 'Mechs unique. Design quirks for 'Mechs, aerospace fighters, and vehicles that the author had access to. "This system concurs with that presented in the BATTLETECH Manual: The Rules of Warfare."

This article was translated to Spanish in the Dragon version of the Magazine in Spain, Number 4.

Dragon magazine, issue 185

Issue 185

Role-playing Reviews, ©1992 by Rick Swan.

Solaris VII review.