"Would you buy a rule set that was TMP approved? " Topic

If you saw two rulesets of the same genre and one was had the "TMP seal of approval" would you buy that one over the other?

Not necessarily.

As in "Approved by a random selection of people who argue incessantly on the internet"?

Without question. Who wouldn't do such a thing. If there were such a seal it would become my only yardstick for measuring rules worthiness.

For Napoleonic rules you'd need a BIG Stamper.

I would consider buying them. This place has me looking at a lot of rules I wouldn't have considered.

Good Heavens, NO!

I don't respect ANYBODY's opinons on TMP, including my own!

HA!

Al | ravenfeastsmeadhall.blogspot.com

It would in no way affect my opinion.

But I would heartily support poll threads to discuss what rules *would* get such a seal, just so I can watch the world burn.

As I have bought one set because it won a pole as best in that genera and been extremely pleased with it, I would say yes.

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If it came to actually stand for something after a few years. I don't like to beta test products when I buy. You end up doing that with some rules anyway.

No

I'd run a million miles from such a 'seal of approval'

FoW would doubtless become the first rule set to gain such approval, no?

I'll get me coat. : )

Interestingly we have won the best historical rules poll that happens on TMP twice in the last three years that the competition has been running with Sharp Practice and Charlie Don't Surf and came second on the other year with Mud & Blood. What I can tell you is that this does generate an immediate and not insignificant spike in sales of that rule set. So clearly quite a lot of people do value the opinions of others on TMP.

Maybe.

You should be banished to the Dawghouse for even bringing up such a suggestion! :)

No Rules are a personal choice

No one here can agree on a ruleset for a given period so can't see it happening

Mexican Jack has it.

Isn't that a bit like allowing a mob to determine guilt or innocence?

No.

No

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would there be a TMP discount?
It would cause me to consider it more specifically. But rules choices have more to do with whom I expect to play. Like, against my best judgement, I now own a set of 40k rules and an army, cause it is a system for which I can readily find opponents.

It would make no difference, so I guess the answer is NO.

Tom

No, any rules set with enough agreement among us lot to win a seal of approval would have used up all its luck, and there would be none left for the players.

Pictors, how could you type that with a straight face?

I feel uneasy and troubled whenever I buy anything that doesn't come with a TMP seal of approval.

Having such a guarantee of quality would enable me to relax and make worry-free purchases.

I doubt it would make a positive impression …

Only if they had the rules had their own board.

Only if it was any good – not because TMP approved it !

Only if it included a "score". A 3/5 or 7/10 rating would mean more to me than a simple stamp of approval. I check the ratings and reviews online before I buy boardgames (usually). I also find typical play times and numbers of players information more important than historical accuracy.

No.

Yes

No

I'm interested in TMPers' oppions (at least some of the time anyway) so maybe…

Good luck getting all the members to agree. On anything !

I bought "British Grenadier" based upon comments from TMP members. Never played it before I purchased it. I'm very glad I did, fine set of rules.

I much preffer seeing general reviews and comments on what people like and dislike about a game.

Would like to see a maintained list of rule sets with the above added. Something like IMDB does with movies. Might help reduce the questions on "I'm just getting started in *blank* and what rules should I use? " Members could read up a little before asking a question.

Nope.
Too many opinions here.
I would rather post the question and trust the posters that I have most in common with.

I think, at the very least, it would cause me to research it a bit more to look into why it got such approval.

People who are fond of either sausages or seals of approval should not see how either is made.

Yes.. not been let down yet.

I would, but only if they were advancing with leveled muskets.
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Russ Dunaway

They would be the most picky / round about set of rules with contradictions every other paragraph…

So of course I would buy them for the local rules lawyers – they could spend weeks getting through the first page and out of the clubs hair