thread: 2011-02-17 : Ben Lehman: Playtesting: Stop
On 2011-02-17, Ben Lehman wrote:
Thanks everyone!
Mendez: See the "When to playtest" header.
Erik: You were seriously in my head as I wrote this.
Grover: If rules are patched without any sort of record of their patching, it results in mangled and incomplete text. Additionally, most gamers are terrible at patching rules in such a way that they work outside of the immediate context of situation and playgroup.
Todd: "We" would have been inaccurate, no matter how warm and fuzzy. Additionally, every header in my essay includes best practices (usually the last paragraph or two.)
Luke: I agree wholeheartedly with your first point. With your second point, I think a good editor is way better than any amount of playtesting.
Jonathan: You don't playtest. Okay. Why are you commenting?
