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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mcrow" data-source="post: 3334018" data-attributes="member: 29117">I guess I evaluate it the same way I would any other short story. Are the characters interesting, the plot entertaining, the writing style good and most importantly do I want more.  For mechanics it is more about how clearly written and well explained they are, though a little hummor or personality doesn't hurt either. As stated above, clearly written mechanics/rules are just as important as good fluff. So if a game is mostly mechanics the writing will be judge mostly for the clearity and well explained things are.  If it includes a detailed setting and fiction, then it will be judged on plots, creativity, characters, and writing style. In this case, I would first try to determine the purpose of the product. So say the are both adventures, the 20 page one is just a single module and the 400 page one is mega campaign that takes you fron 1st to 20th level. I'm not going to ding the single adventure for being exactly what it was meant to be a single adventure. OTOH I'm not going to give the large book extra points for being huge. I will primarily judge based on the quality of material included, no matter what the page count. One exception would be if the 20 page book was missing something it should have no matter the page count. If something is missing that is fundamental to that type of product, a low page count is not an excuse.</blockquote>