How to judge quality of COre modules? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Amurayi

10-30-05, 02:37 PM
Heya,

does anyone know of websites which have rankings of the core modules including comments from the DMs?

I only know about this page here:
http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/scenario-list

wondered if other webpages like this one exist....
King Kashue

10-30-05, 02:47 PM
The nyrond site is the most extensive that I have found...The Pale site uses the same database, so it's all the same info...
mendahu

11-02-05, 11:04 PM
Our local gaming site, EGOR (Edmonton Group of Roleplayers) has a database based on the same engine as the Nyrond site, but the reviews are different (taken from our group). The samples are small, and there's no viewable comments, but you can see a rating of 1-5 stars on most modules :)

-Jake Robins
Edmonton, AB
Amurayi

11-03-05, 09:13 AM
Is this database online by chance?
mendahu

11-05-05, 06:52 PM
Heh, wow, I totally forgot to include the link!

Yes, it is online. The address is http://egor.walledcity.ca

-Jake Robins
Edmonton, AB
Namarus

11-05-05, 10:54 PM
I think something like this would be pretty useful.

I have lost count of the Core Mods that I've played that weren't particularly good. In all honestly they were a waste of TUs that I should have spent doing regionals.
solbergb

11-07-05, 01:59 PM
One problem is that a significant amount of "how much fun" a mod is is based on the skill/preparation of the judge in bringing the mod to life, and on the table dynamics between the players.

A group of friends playing together can have fun with almost any drek. A really good mod, however, can be utterly ruined by a judge having a bad day, or by incessant rules lawyering by a player, or by bickering.

Personally, I don't judge a mod until I've attempted to prep it for judging myself. Then I tend to pay attention to author. Even so, authors too have "off days" and variability in mods, although it is hard to tell sometimes if the damage was done by the author, by him failing to express himself or by editing.