DEV - playing the unplayed!

[Shad]

My suggestion as to how this knowledge should be entered is:

1.  In cases where we played a scenario nearly to completion because we really liked it and our changes, to the extent we made any, were tweaking it as opposed to anything major, is that we enter the data as plays since we were almost exclusively players in the development process.  This will actually not be a large component of the plays.

2.  In cases where we didn't play the scenario through because we thought it was all set and didn't need much adjustment, do not enter anything.  We don't have a "winner".

3.  In some cases we might feel that there need to be tactical notes, etc. (e.g. the use of Land Cruisers, or how to negotiate the jungle) and there is no good place to log those (since we didn't play a scenario all the way through) we might have a place in the PG-HQ forums to place a developer's discussion.  There we could provide the ability to have an ongoing discussion with the development team that both helps the players understand the intent or some of the nuances of special situation but also provide a dialogue between the players and developers which can only continue to improve the product.

1. I think plays should only be logged IF the beta material and the published material have no meaningful differences. I care less about how far in your played it. Plenty of scenarios are foregone conclusions before the turn limit is reached, when to bail is a use-your-best-judgment situation best not discussed here.

2. Agreed.

3. I suggest writing an initial article for the site, which we would then link to the appropriate game/scenarios. I will add comment support to articles this week, so people can have a focused discussion on that particular content. This would provide a richer (better support for diagrams and formatting) and more engaging (direct comment support) environment than posting dev notes via the AP site. I also think that's better than keeping the discussion within our forums. Believe it or not, lots of people visit PG-HQ but not PG-HQ/Comms.