Why don't you post reviews?

[Crothian]

No worries. I know you probably have like a jillion (which is even more than a "zillion") PDFs to review. I hope your ex-military bud gets a chance to play it. It really is a lot of fun.

Personally, I'd rather see Bloodlines reviewed first anyhow.

Okay, next on my review scedule is now Bloodlines.

 

[Crothian]

One is that we can only give the book a 1-5 rating overall. If we could review several aspects like other sites do; content, art, EDITING (see XPH) etc. I might review more here.

Well, you can always post these scores in the review itself. You could list them all at the top and make them the first thing people see when they read the review.

 

[MerricB]

I don't think "Other" really captures the essence of "I write reviews".

Cheers!

 

[Crothian]

ypu are right, this poll was mainly for the people who do not do reviews. I don't think i need to convince the people who write reviews to write reviews.

 

[MerricB]

ypu are right, this poll was mainly for the people who do not do reviews. I don't think i need to convince the people who write reviews to write reviews.

Yes, but it makes us reviewers feel like we've done something wrong! We've been left out!



(After a few months of technical glitches, the 3rdedition.org site is finally posting my reviews again).

Cheers!

 

[Drifter Bob]

I wouldn't mind doing reviews, but I don't think they would be relevent by the time I got around to reviewing them. I just don't have the to get prepared for my regular game, let alone reading a product just to review it.

I do think I would be a good reviewer, in an "average Joe" kinda way. I'm not a walking encyclopedia of d20 rules, am not overly concerned with balance, and it's all about fun. I'm not out to push the state-of-the-art envelope, I'm just a guy who runs a weekly 3.5-ish game for fun. I sometimes read reviews and wonder why people are going on and on about some minor detail that is pretty irrelevent in all but very specific circumstances.

1) As has been pointed out, rpg books do not generally go stale very quickly, so writing a review long after an item is 'hot', can still be useful.

2) You might be exactly the kind of reviewer we need more of. Did anyone ever think that the industry is being affected by the opinions of a fairly small number of pepole? I for one would like to see more reivews from people who are doing it from a practical gamers point of view. I don't really care so much if something has some tiny rules infraction or doesn't jibe with the spirit of 3.5 as much as I want to know if it has content whch can make my game more fun. Though it can be helpful to know these technical things, I feel often that too much attention is paid to issues like balance sometimes, from too canonical of a perspective.

And personally, when I read a review, I don't need it to have flowery language or incredible wit or be the most brilliant prose I ever laid eyes on, I'm just interested in the basic factual qualities of the item in question. Does it have the sort of things that I'm looking for. For what that is worth, I'd actually vote for quantity in terms of number of reviewers over quality of the actual review. Though both are nice to have, the former is more likely to give you a well rounded picture of the item in question. Just look at say, Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews.

JR

 

[Drifter Bob]

Naw. I don't feel picked on. Just 3 "we don't mind reviews of old product" posts in a row really made the point.

I'll look at what I have and the existing reviews and do something in a week or so.

While you are at it, pick up a copy of the Primer and write me a review of that!

DB

 

[Eosin the Red]

Just because of this thread, I am working my way through a book with the intention of reviewing it. Happy

 

[Crothian]

Yes, but it makes us reviewers feel like we've done something wrong! We've been left out!

Fine, you all we get your very own thread...

 

[Crothian]

Just because of this thread, I am working my way through a book with the intention of reviewing it. Happy

Yes, yes I am!! Thank you!!