Painfully
First Post
I'm all for adding/expanding ENWorld to include the RPG industry as a whole, but it does come down to how it is executed. Keep the games distinct and it makes for a focused board. Nobody wants to load down the mostly D&D boards with games they never get involved in or have heard of before.
The list of messageboards will have to be condensed to a frame along the side. I want to see the entire "menu" of boards and not have to work hard by scrolling down to see my selection.
I suppose I would think of it as a layout of a large assembly building. Do keep the general assembly hall where everybody can mingle, but then give them their own sections where it's only their game, and then further divide if needed by subcategories as interest demands it.
Since this is the web, I'm sure there's plenty of room. But rather than put the whole burden on Morrus, or photocopy the ENboards to other games, I think it's important to grow into any expansion gradually and patiently so as to identify any problems easily.
It might not hurt to have an individual "champion" the board for each game. Someone who is willing to oversee their particular messageboards, rather than further tax Morrus and the current moderators also.
I like the format and linking that the people at http://www.planetquake.com use on their many boards, though it might not translate as easily to the ENworld's focus of messageboards.
As a side note, I'd like to see ENworld host articles based on some of their better threads. Don't just archive the good stuff--I'd like to see it condensed into a well written article and presented in a way to make it easily available to all future members. It would reduce certain often asked questions about the games that always seem to come up, but that experienced players and DM's seem to take for granted.
The list of messageboards will have to be condensed to a frame along the side. I want to see the entire "menu" of boards and not have to work hard by scrolling down to see my selection.
I suppose I would think of it as a layout of a large assembly building. Do keep the general assembly hall where everybody can mingle, but then give them their own sections where it's only their game, and then further divide if needed by subcategories as interest demands it.
Since this is the web, I'm sure there's plenty of room. But rather than put the whole burden on Morrus, or photocopy the ENboards to other games, I think it's important to grow into any expansion gradually and patiently so as to identify any problems easily.
It might not hurt to have an individual "champion" the board for each game. Someone who is willing to oversee their particular messageboards, rather than further tax Morrus and the current moderators also.
I like the format and linking that the people at http://www.planetquake.com use on their many boards, though it might not translate as easily to the ENworld's focus of messageboards.
As a side note, I'd like to see ENworld host articles based on some of their better threads. Don't just archive the good stuff--I'd like to see it condensed into a well written article and presented in a way to make it easily available to all future members. It would reduce certain often asked questions about the games that always seem to come up, but that experienced players and DM's seem to take for granted.
Last edited:
) For example, one day I'd like to see articles written by a psychologist who used an RPGs to reach a difficult client, or a Sales Manager who designed a d20 module that helped his team learn how to increase sales 90% in three months. That kind of thing. I would support such a site in whatever ways I could. I'd love to have a platform to write articles such as those, however, thus far there isn't one (other than my website that gets vsited by about 20 people a week). ENworld could be the CNN of the gaming community!
