Not a fan of the front page "read more" concept.

[thorian]

The "read more" concept (IMO) is more of an annoyance than a convenience. Many times there are only one or two more sentences in the post, but to read them you have to click on read more and load another page.

For example:

A Quick D&D Primer
I sometimes get emails from new visitors to EN World who ask "What is this Pathfinder thing?" and "Which edition is D&D on now?" - and sometimes it's hard to remember that there are folks who don't follow the intricacies of RPG game systems to the extent that some of us do, or who have been out of the gaming scene for some years. So I thought I'd write a very short, quick summary of Dungeons & Dragons for those guys:

D&D is currently in its 4th Edition, and is published by Wizards of the Coast (who we frequently refer to as WotC).
The 3rd Edition branch of the game is no longer in print, but Paizo Publishing (who published DRAGON and DUNGEON magazines for several years) produces a game called Pathfinder which is an evolution of that game system.
Both of the above games (D&D 4E and Pathfinder) are pretty popular, although gamer preferences are somewhat polarized between the two. This polarization (along with those who wish WotC had just stuck with the 3E line) is known as the "Edition Wars" and flares up from time to time. This is tiresome.
The 3rd Edition (3E) line started with D&D 3E, was updated with D&D 3.5, and continues with Pathfinder - which is a kind of D&D 3.75.
DRAGON and DUNGEON magazines are no longer in print. They have been replaced by an online subscription article system called D&D Insider. This system also include various online tools (a character generator, a rules compendium, and so on) for D&D 4E.
There are rumours of an imminent D&D 5th Edition. WotC says nothing (confirmation or denial), but clues seem to point to it. Monte Cook, who was one of the main designers of D&D 3rd

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Here is what is cut off:

Edition and who left WotC many years ago has recently been rehired by the company.
EN World covers RPGs in general, and especially D&D and Pathfinder. You'll see references to both, along with other games, here.

Apologies to those to whom all this is obvious. The idea is to quickly sum up the recent evolution of D&D in a concise manner for those who are delving in for the first time or who have been absent for a number of years.

Perhaps the number of characters displayed could be higher (to truncate only very large posts) or perhaps it could be coded to not cut off the post if there are fewer than X characters remaining were X is 100/250/500 or whatever seems appropriate.

 

[Morrus]

It cuts off at 2000 characters. Otherwise the news page just gets too long.