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Mark Galeotti

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  1. "Sleeper" Genres

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    Re: "Sleeper" Genres

     

    Well, my own pet 'sleeper genre' is Renaissance Hero, specifically set in Italy around 1500. The HERO engine works well for duels, etc, and any game set then has just such a jaw-droppingly rich cast of characters. You could help Michelangelo get his marble from Carrara across bandit-infested roads, join (or try to avoid) Macchiavelli's political schemes, swap tall travel tales with Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama, test-fly flying machines for Leonardo da Vinci, fall dangerously for Lucretia Borgia, help topple corrupt pope Alexander VI (as in, even more corrupt than the norm), dodge the knives of the Venetian secret police, listen to the radical sermons of Savonarola, fight off the French invasion...

     

    All the best

     

    Mark

  2. Why the "Big Release" Polls Are Flawed

    in HERO System Discussion

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    Re: Why the "Big Release" Polls Are Flawed

     

    I think a much better approach would be instead to take a poll on what KIND of book you want next. Then' date=' knowing what kind of book, DoJ could go for the actual book they think would be a better release based on either their opinion, feedback in the thread, or even a second poll.[/quote']

    Fair enough, but I can't help but feel rather uncomfortable about outsiders' attempts to second-guess DoJ. First of all, any such poll is just one element of the information they consider when deciding what books to go for, alongside sales, market trends, sampling comments on these and other boards, talking to distributors and retailers, etc. Secondly, presuming that DoJ are not fools, then the poll reflects what they want it to do. It may well be -- and I have no idea if this is true -- that putting Pirates and Swashbucklers as separate entries against each other was a deliberate decision precisely to see if any future combined book should emphasise one aspect more than another. As someone who has done some polling in the past, I would note that they are often constructed to answer multiple and sometimes implicit questions.

     

    As I say, I have no idea of the actual motivation behind the way the poll was set up. I suppose that as a lurker on these boards I was slightly taken aback that quite such a long thread could develop on the presupposition that DoJ must have got it wrong. Considering that they have not just survived but thrived in a very tough market place, one might suppose they have some idea what they are doing... ;)

     

    All the best

     

    Mark

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