Reply To: Is it time for some more critical analysis of rule sets

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It’s a tricky one isn’t it?

There may or may not be an issue with the quality of current rulesets, however I recall Warhammer 1st edition being full of holes back in the early 80’s and WRG historical rules were always a bit of an unintelligible mess to me, so maybe it’s not just a recent phenomenon.

Ist editions of new games are always going to have problems I think yo a greater or lesser degree.

What I would like to see from the likes of OTT though is follow-up opinion about what’s good and what’s not so good about gameplay 6 months down the line after a new game/supplement/edition has come out.

There will always be a push to punt the new shiney from manufacturers willing to pay for airtime.  Thats understood and just business. However I do enjoy those odd moments when “warts and all” opinions are allowed a moment.  No game is truly ever the dogs bollocks so getting an unbiased, thoughtful commentary on established games is of interest, at least to *this* gamer (who has probably already bought the game and shoved it on the bookshelf where it lies forgotten under a pile of newer, shinier rulesets!)