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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 6190140" data-attributes="member: 66434">I think this:From this point on, playtesting needs to be much more focused, and the material being playtested needs to be better matched up to the needs of playtesters to make sure the material is adequately serving its intended audience.[HR][/HR]Is a little bit short sighted. Only letting those who are most enthusiastic about the content playtest it is a little bit like having an author edit his/her own work. Its harder to be detached and critical about material that you are gushing with love for. We all have preferences and tend to focus on the best parts of whatever we like. When the purpose of testing material is to find errors and fix them, only showing the material to excited fans might not be the best way to get the most honest feedback. Say you only test the tactical module content with a die hard tactial fanatic group. They are more likely to mentally fill in any gaps in the material with their own knowledge and experience.  All I'm saying is that after getting feedback from that focus group, give the same material to the storygaming group. Not being fixated on loving tactics the SG group will be more critical and less prone to mentally fill in holes in the material. Mix in some torture testing. It can't hurt.</blockquote>