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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3287616" data-attributes="member: 22779">Looking at the product survivor thread, this happened to catch my eye:((Sorry to pick on you Maggot, it just happened to catch me.&nbsp; Not meant as a shot in any way))To me, as I said in that thread, the best supplement is the one that gets used the most.&nbsp; For example, I adore MEG's Urban Blight city supplement.&nbsp; 20 mini encounter locations that you can toss into pretty much any city.&nbsp; When I ran campaigns, this book got used almost every session that the players were in a city.&nbsp; I used at least two thirds of the locations in the book.&nbsp; Meanwhile, my Shelzar, City of Sin book, which was the campaign supplement for my Shelzar campaign, gathered dust on my shelf most of the time.&nbsp; Not that the locations in there were not good, it's just that most of the locations were very bare bones and the Urban Blight ones were better for me.Take another example.&nbsp; Tome of Magic.&nbsp; I like this book.&nbsp; I really do.&nbsp; Beautifully done, innovative and very interesting.&nbsp; Dripping with color.&nbsp; Yet, it gathers dust on my shelf because I just can't seem to shoehorn it into my campaigns.&nbsp; It's been almost a year before I finally got to use anything in the book, and, even then, it was with a truenamer cohort for one of my players.&nbsp; While I understand that wider appeal doesn't necessarily mean best book, I really have to wonder what the criteria is for &quot;best book&quot;?&nbsp; Is it the one that's prettiest?&nbsp; Most interesting?&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't know.&nbsp; For me, best book is the one that is used the most.&nbsp; And that generally coincides with widest appeal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3287616, member: 22779"] Looking at the product survivor thread, this happened to catch my eye: ((Sorry to pick on you Maggot, it just happened to catch me. Not meant as a shot in any way)) To me, as I said in that thread, the best supplement is the one that gets used the most. For example, I adore MEG's Urban Blight city supplement. 20 mini encounter locations that you can toss into pretty much any city. When I ran campaigns, this book got used almost every session that the players were in a city. I used at least two thirds of the locations in the book. Meanwhile, my Shelzar, City of Sin book, which was the campaign supplement for my Shelzar campaign, gathered dust on my shelf most of the time. Not that the locations in there were not good, it's just that most of the locations were very bare bones and the Urban Blight ones were better for me. Take another example. Tome of Magic. I like this book. I really do. Beautifully done, innovative and very interesting. Dripping with color. Yet, it gathers dust on my shelf because I just can't seem to shoehorn it into my campaigns. It's been almost a year before I finally got to use anything in the book, and, even then, it was with a truenamer cohort for one of my players. While I understand that wider appeal doesn't necessarily mean best book, I really have to wonder what the criteria is for "best book"? Is it the one that's prettiest? Most interesting? I don't know. For me, best book is the one that is used the most. And that generally coincides with widest appeal. [/QUOTE]

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