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<blockquote data-quote="Ed Cha" data-source="post: 1320518" data-attributes="member: 10972">Relying on gimmicks and thinking they are truly new ideas is pretty typical it seems. I think as long as it's a quality setting then that's all that matters. Everyone trying to be different for the sake of being &quot;different&quot; makes everything all the same soon enough. I get pretty annoyed when I read a review of a book and it says all these good things about it, but then goes on to say it &quot;lacks originality though&quot;. What does that mean?For example, Mortality.net's recent review of &quot;Classic Play: Strongholds and Dynasties&quot; did that. While I thought Kithmaker did an excellent job at the review (very thorough and well-written, in fact), he goes on to make this comment about it lacking originality. I haven't read the book (though I've ordered it), but the title does say &quot;Classic Play&quot; so does it need to have all these funky flavor-type stuff?&nbsp; &nbsp; Another thing that is a pet peeve of mine is naming orcs and elves something else than they really are just orcs and elves. When you read a book full of &quot;new&quot; races with funny names, but realize they're just the same old races typically found in most fantasy settings, it makes the book unnecessarily a strain to read. I guess that's called &quot;flavor&quot;, but maybe it's unnecessary &quot;flavoring&quot;, in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ed Cha, post: 1320518, member: 10972"] Relying on gimmicks and thinking they are truly new ideas is pretty typical it seems. I think as long as it's a quality setting then that's all that matters. Everyone trying to be different for the sake of being "different" makes everything all the same soon enough. I get pretty annoyed when I read a review of a book and it says all these good things about it, but then goes on to say it "lacks originality though". What does that mean? For example, Mortality.net's recent review of "Classic Play: Strongholds and Dynasties" did that. While I thought Kithmaker did an excellent job at the review (very thorough and well-written, in fact), he goes on to make this comment about it lacking originality. I haven't read the book (though I've ordered it), but the title does say "Classic Play" so does it need to have all these funky flavor-type stuff? Another thing that is a pet peeve of mine is naming orcs and elves something else than they really are just orcs and elves. When you read a book full of "new" races with funny names, but realize they're just the same old races typically found in most fantasy settings, it makes the book unnecessarily a strain to read. I guess that's called "flavor", but maybe it's unnecessary "flavoring", in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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