Review of Non-d20 stuff [Morrus/Psion]

[Vanuslux]

The thing is that the non-d20/ogl stuff in the forums is nicely tucked away in one spot that I'm barely even conscious of. Non-d20/ogl stuff in the reviews section dilutes its usefulness as a reference. Even though I love other systems and want to read reviews of other system's products, I really don't want them here. The next logical step is non-d20/ogl news. Then there's not any really point in coming here anymore because it's just another generic RPG site. What I love about this site is system focus, much like my favorite WoD site doesn't cover anything but WoD and other storyteller system stuff, and this was a large step away from that.

 

[Sketchpad]

The thing is that the non-d20/ogl stuff in the forums is nicely tucked away in one spot that I'm barely even conscious of. Non-d20/ogl stuff in the reviews section dilutes its usefulness as a reference. Even though I love other systems and want to read reviews of other system's products, I really don't want them here. The next logical step is non-d20/ogl news. Then there's not any really point in coming here anymore because it's just another generic RPG site. What I love about this site is system focus, much like my favorite WoD site doesn't cover anything but WoD and other storyteller system stuff, and this was a large step away from that.

Gotta disagree with ya here Van ... I use all sorts of games when I run ... like when I do D&D, I've referred to Fantasy Hero, Vampire: The Dark Ages, Dangerous Journeys and others. When I run Champions, I use Mutants & Masterminds, Deeds Not Words, MSH, DC Heroes and more ... source material is sometimes great inspiration no matter the system

 

[Vanuslux]

Gotta disagree with ya here Van ... I use all sorts of games when I run ... like when I do D&D, I've referred to Fantasy Hero, Vampire: The Dark Ages, Dangerous Journeys and others. When I run Champions, I use Mutants & Masterminds, Deeds Not Words, MSH, DC Heroes and more ... source material is sometimes great inspiration no matter the system

I've known people to get inspiration from McDonald's commercials too, but I wouldn't want to see them reviewed here either. A vast number of people get inspiration from novels, but I don't see them being reviewed here, nor would I want them to be. A good GM can find inspiration everywhere...that doesn't mean I want to see the best d20 site ruined by off-topic stuff creeping out of the off-topic forum and onto the main areas of the site.

 

[Welverin]

Why not give it some time, say a month or so, let things settle down after the initial rush and see how it works out? When the Non-RPG SCiFI/Fantasy and Off-topic forums were start there was a fair amount of doom and gloom, but have brought the site down.

I susect the fact that this has been d20 focused for so long will keep the number of non-d20 reviews down. Discussion of non-d20/D&D games has always been allowed in general, but there are never a lot of threads dedicated to such things.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I've known people to get inspiration from McDonald's commercials too, but I wouldn't want to see them reviewed here either. A vast number of people get inspiration from novels, but I don't see them being reviewed here, nor would I want them to be. A good GM can find inspiration everywhere...that doesn't mean I want to see the best d20 site ruined by off-topic stuff creeping out of the off-topic forum and onto the main areas of the site.

I'm with you on this. If the non-d20 reviews could be filtered, like the PDF and Print reviews can, I think that would help ease some of the burden if they were automatically filtered.

I also worry that some of these other products are going to start hitting the top spots. Do we now start ranking non-d20 products above d20 products or is there a system in place to handle that?