Review of Non-d20 stuff [Morrus/Psion]

[Eosin the Red]

Since the ENnie awards now cover products outside of d20, I thought that I would see what the chances of having those products reviewed on ENworld might be? Specifically, I was thinking of reviewing a few fantasy products for Hero System.

To be forthright – this comes in response to this thread on the Hero Boards. I would mention that I have the following reviews: Deathright, Wheel of Time RPG, Prophecies of the Dragon, & Pagans & Pantheons.

Thanks....Eosin

 

[Morrus]

Hmmm.... I knew the day would come when I'd have to make a call on this.

I'm gonna say yes, with two caveats:

1) Make sure you stick to RPG materials only - no miniatures, boardgames, wargames, card games, etc.

2) Most people here are going to assume something is d20 unless you state otherwise, so make it very clear in your review, right near the beginning, that it's not a d20 product.

Sound fair? You'll need to add the product(s) to the database yourself.

 

[Eosin the Red]

It sounds very fair.

Thanks.

 

[Sketchpad]

You'll need to add the product(s) to the database yourself

This would be in the normal review area, correct? Is there some way that someone could add Hero Games / DOJ as a publisher? Much appreciated

 

[diaglo]

will this include D&D products too?

i could see if i can find the reviews i did of Original D&D material from a few years..okay a couple decades ago...

 

[Crothian]

Personally, I thing this great news.

And I added them to the system:

http://www.enworld.org/reviews/index.php?sub=yes&where=publist&which=Hero+Games

 

[haiiro]

2) Most people here are going to assume something is d20 unless you state otherwise, so make it very clear in your review, right near the beginning, that it's not a d20 product.

Perhaps a tag of some sort -- [non-d20], for example -- would be a good way to set them apart. It's have to show up in the title to be effective, so you'd see it anytime the title was displayed.

 

[Aaron2]

Sound fair?

I was actually disappointed to see non-d20 reviews mixed in. I have nothing against Hero and own most of the stuff reviewed. However, there are plenty of other places to find reviews for non-d20 stuff (rpg.net for example). If the d20 and non-d20 stuff isn't seperated somehow, the d20 stuff will soon be swamped out. This is the only place I have to find reviews of the less common d20 stuff and use the "new reviews" section as a means to see whats been released that I should take a look at. I can't do this if its crammed with Hero, GURPS, and WW stuff. So, I respectfully request a seperate review section for non-d20 stuff.


Aaron

 

[enrious]

I agree with Aaron2 on this - he said virtually verbatim my own thoughts.

 

[mythusmage]

Nobody says you have to read them.

Please remember that this is not a private site for a few friends, it is a public site with thousands of visitors a day. The interests of a few are not the interests of the whole. So note what system a review is for, and avoid those for systems you don't like.