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In 1975, TSR began publishing ''The Strategic Review''. At the time, roleplaying games were still seen as a sub-genre of the wargaming industry, and the magazine was designed not only to support ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and TSR's other games, but also to cover wargaming in general. 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. The following year, after only seven issues, TSR cancelled ''The Strategic Review'' and replaced it with ''The Dragon'' which later became ''Dragon Magazine'' and then ''Dragon''. Although ''Dragon Magazine'' was originally designed to support the roleplaying industry in general, it has always been primarily a house organ for TSR's (or more recently Wizards of the Coast's) role-playing games with a particular focus on ''D&D''. Most of the magazine's articles provide supplementary material for the game including new Prestige Class es, Races , Monster s and many other subjects that can be used to enhance a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game. Other articles will provide tips and suggestions for players and DMs. It also sometimes discusses meta-gaming issues, such as getting along with fellow players. The magazine also currently features four comics; Nodwick , Dork Tower , Zogonia and The Order Of The Stick . Previous popular gamer-oriented comic strips include Knights Of The Dinner Table , '' Fineous Fingers '', '' What's New? '', '' Wormy '', '' Yamara '' and '' SnarfQuest '' A regular feature of ''Dragon'' has been its "Ecology of ..." articles, in which a D&D monster gets a tongue-in-cheek scientific treatment, explaining how they find food, reproduce, and so forth. Many of the gaming world's most famous writers, game designers and artists have published work in the magazine. In . '' Dungeon '' is a sister magazine which publishes pre-written playtested adventures to be used in a D&D game. AWARDS
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