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[hunter]

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[aramis]

Looks reasonable. Need to get you the text of Lorem Ipsum....

 

[Gruffty]

Here ya go, Mr Hunter

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[hunter]

There ya go

 

[chshrkt]

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Heh, I remember having a plug-in (for Dreamweaver I think) at my previous job that had all 3 or 4 fake latin paragraphs as optional text insertions for test pages.

 

[hunter]

In all seriousness though, any changes or additions you'd want to see in the format (other than publisher which I need to add)?

I'll be adding review sections for other games, books, movies, etc., as well.

 

[chshrkt]

In all seriousness though, any changes or additions you'd want to see in the format (other than publisher which I need to add)?

I'll be adding review sections for other games, books, movies, etc., as well.

Perhaps a notation about whether it is hardback, paperback, PDF, etc.

 

[hunter]

Perhaps a notation about whether it is hardback, paperback, PDF, etc.

The 'Format' offers that, though it doesn't distinguish hardback from paperback on 'Books'. I'll change that.

 

[Berg]

Looks good

Who gets to do reviews?

 

[hunter]

Looks good

Who gets to do reviews?

Likely it'll be open to all CotI members. I can't see limiting this to the Moot.

 

[aramis]

In all seriousness though, any changes or additions you'd want to see in the format (other than publisher which I need to add)?

I'll be adding review sections for other games, books, movies, etc., as well.

Rules material quality for games, separate from usability. For example, Beltstrike has limited usability as an adventure (not much there), but is highly useful for its rules material

 

[hunter]

Rules material quality for games, separate from usability. For example, Beltstrike has limited usability as an adventure (not much there), but is highly useful for its rules material

I don't know if that is a factor in rating. An adventure is going to have a low 'rules material quality' whereas a gearhead book is going to have a low 'adventure material quality'. Isn't the better something that is cover in the review itself or as part of the actual classification of what the product actually is as opposed to be a measuring stick?

 

[aramis]

No; I don't think I worded it well.

In an adventure or a supplement or a rulebook, the quality overall is several elements:

The quality of the rules material, as in:

• does it match up to the rest of the system rules
• does it duplicate other rules
• Does what rules it cites match what it did

While Setting matierials in the same products have similar, yet potentially not congruent, factors.

I'd give Twilight's Peak, for example, high marks on writing, but low on mechanics; the mechanics are not consistent with the rest of CT, and lots of special cases exist therein. Meanwhile, Across the Bright Face is totally lame as an adventure, but has some excellent rules add-ons.

 

[hunter]

In understand what you are saying, but if we incorporate a 'Mechanics Quality' into the reviews and the book has no mechanics...

 

[aramis]

Can we set up different categories of review?

Or just have an NA rating?

 

[hunter]

Can we set up different categories of review?

Or just have an NA rating?

All review criteria are factored together to determine the overall rating, and there is no way to have it disregard specific ones. I'd have to set up a separate set of reviews for adventures and mechanics, and then a third for products that might be a mix.

I think the usability rating and detailing things like 'while it's a great book full of crunch, the adventuring material is pretty lousy which is why I only gave it a 4 out of 5 for usability' (or whatever) in the actual write up cover this pretty well.