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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 1158674" data-attributes="member: 172">Not that I disagree with you about Utrecht's off-the-cuff rating. But as I am the only one who consistently notes page count vs. price, I sort of feel like you are speaking of my review style here.That being the case, I would defend myself by saying:1) I only ever criticize a product if it is very much below the average in page count for price. And in those cases, it deserves to be noted, even if it is not heavily worked into the final rating.2) Even when it is noted, it is far from the predominant factor in my ratings in reviews. Utility is the number one criteria. (Note despite being the BEST value per page to date, the Twin Crowns setting only earned a 3.)You say "content" is king. The thrust of my ratings in this vein, and I emphasize this in every review, is the amount of content delivered, not the amount of paper.That said, I would agree with the general thought that one should not give something a 2/5 based on content alone unless it is REALLY out there (like, say, Digital Burn). Even a fairly thin product should earn a 5 IMO the utility and presentation are good enough (not wanting to tip my hand on future reviews, but let's just say a certain somewhat slender landscape-printed color book could be seeing a 5 from me...) But Empires is not out-there price-wise. 128 pages for $25 is entirely ordinary for the current market.By the same token, a good price/page ratio isn't a guarantee of a good reception from me, either. The recent Slayer's Guide to Demons is a good value based on price ratio, keeping Mongoose's traditional good value of 128 pages for 20 bucks in the face of a market with climbing prices. But that book REALLY needed some art for the new demons badly, and I feel the book would have been much better if it was a dollar or two more expensive if it gave Mongoose the capital to hire some good artists.</blockquote>

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