05-15-2009, 08:02 PM
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Careful Wisher
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Oregon, WI
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Re: Call for Playtesters: GURPS Low-Tech
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Originally Posted by Kromm
For the curious, here are the final closing volumes for several playtests of important core books with which I was involved: - GURPS Basic Set: 3,292 posts
- GURPS Bio-Tech: 2,332 posts
- GURPS Martial Arts: 3,349 posts
- GURPS Powers: 2,372 posts
- GURPS Space: 1,659 posts
- GURPS Thaumatology: 4,720 posts (!)
These are good to within about ±5%. The error is a consequence of the occasional double-post or accidentally deleted item. If we take the average above, we get 2,954 posts. Volume is definitely linear in list membership, so a 50% increase in list size naively means +1,477 posts to read. It's easy to appreciate how that could cut back on efficiency! |
Considering the sheer volume of material to cover, and how much of it is something that can be checked against real life, historical information, I'm bracing for a *really* long playtest.
-P.
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