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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doug Ruff" data-source="post: 3330434" data-attributes="member: 49676">Hi!I've got a stack of answers to post, but this thread has been moving a lot and I need to sort out the order of the later questions. So, here are my answers to the earlier questions, and I'll be posting again tomorrow (it's nearly 2am here. Blue Wizard needs sleep badly.)1. How do you think price factors when evaluating a product?As a consumer, very much. As a judge, only if it is one of the criteria, or if the price is somehow disproportionate. I also have a lot of respect for people who are willing to make professional-quality games and not charge for them.2. Do you have a favourite system, or particular dislike of one? Why? How will this affect your ability to judge products?I don't have a single favourite system, because I don't have a single preferred style/genre of gaming. As for systems I dislike - I rarely dislike an entire system, unless there is something I find offensive about the product (on a FATAL or RaHoWa scale - I'm not easily offended.) I do dislike (sometimes irrationally) parts of systems because they I think they bring down the rest of the product. I deal with this by noting down what I don't like, so I can forget about it while I read the rest of the game. Then when I go back to the things I don't like, I'm reviewing them in the light of the other stuff.3. How do you feel about PDFs? Inherent advantages and/or disadvantages?I think they're great for publishers and consumers. More choice, easy distribution, some products become viable that wouldn't be on paper. I want to be able to use PDFs and books, not just one or the other.4. Mutant or troll?Regenerating mutant. Go munchkin me!5. mechanics or concepts? if you find too many errors in mechanics or in the writing will you fault the submission?Either or both. If it's both, the mechanics and the concepts should be a good match for each other. "Too many errors" - for me - would be the point at which  the errors would detract significantly from the fun of the game, so I would fault the submission.6. are you in a long term relationship or a job which requires you to be on call or have little free time? how much time are you willing to spend to see this project to completion? are the outside factors going to effect your commitment? (a non gaming SO, a sick child, an aging parent, a new job, a move, planning a marriage, etc...)I have a non-gaming SO, but she's already cleared me to participate <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  I will spend as much time as it takes - and I am a public servant with a lot of leave entitlement and a boss who is actively encouraging me to use it.7. what are you gonna do with your stuff when all is done?I already have more books than I need, so I will only keep stuff if it bumps something else of my shelf. Anything left over will be disposed of charitably (which may include giving it to people I like.) This will be a non-profit exercise for me. I live in the UK, so I won't be sending anything back, sorry.8. 4e - Now, Soon, Later, or Never?When it’s ready: More helpfully: I think that 3e was a significant improvement over 2e, and 4e would also have to deliver significant improvements to justify the effort. Opening up the d20 license has reduced the need for an “official upgrade”; if there is a particular itch you want scratched, odds are it’s covered somewhere. Having said that, I would like to see a leaner, meaner set of 4e core rules as a more flexible base for people to add their own favourite options. But I don’t need that, because I can do that for myself. Ultimately, it’s a decision for the publisher to make, based on feedback from their customers.9. Which is your favorite Beatle?Any except Paul.10. Software. What role do you see for software in DnD? Do you use software in DnD (more than Word/PDF etc)? Are minis more important than software?For D&D, chargen software and that’s about it – but I’ve played other games in IRC. For me, software is good for making tasks easier (chargen, randomising, bookkeeping), or for extending what is possible (internet gaming, multimedia). For face-to-face play, I find it easier to use books, dice and minis; the laptop gets in the way (and is less spill-resistant!) Neither is intrinsically more important than the other.11. Are any of you offering cash incentives, beer, and/or incriminating photographs of Morrus in return for my vote?Nope.12. What game(s) are you playing in now / have played in in the past year?Now: Most of the time, my best friend’s homebrew campaign. It used to be 1st edition AD&D, but has evolved over the last 12 years into something very different. It’s very comfortable, like an old sock with lots of holes in it… also a fun little 1st Edition Spycraft campaign, using the corebook only.Past Year: Most of my gaming time is spent in the campaigns above, so very little – I’ve run a few one-shot games (The Pool, Capes, a work-in-progress of my own devising that I won’t plug here) to give my friend a break from the GM seat; however, as I tend to pick shared-authority games, it’s not that much of a break!</blockquote>

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