Enhanced Edition on Board Game Geek

BGG has just accepted our re-list of Sentinels of the Multiverse!

Go check it out!

I have already submitted an image for it, so that should appear soon. Let's get some love for Enhanced Edition!

Please remind me again how to rate things on BGG

Yeah, I had to relearn it myself to rate it. :confused:

Go to your Collection (via the My Geek menu). There you can click the Add a Game button. Once you've searched for and added it, you can click on the "N/A" under Your Rating and provide a numerical value.

There might be an easier way, but that worked for me…

Thanks.

Seriously?

With the original listing sitting at #398 of the games rank, relisting and 'splitting' the votes and ratings don't seem like a good idea to me. In addition, it splits the fan-base into 1st edition and 2nd edition. I don't see that as desirable.

My cents.

For really quick rating, search 'Sentinels' in the BGG search bar. All the games will appear. Click under the column 'My Ratings' and rate. Easy peasy. :wink:

I don't understand how it's going to split the fan base. :confused: Having the Enhanced Edition available to vote on separately allows those who like the improvements to give it a better rating than the original (as I did). If everyone who voted on it originally does that, it'll end up even higher in the ratings. We can vote for multiple things without impacting the other votes, right? Or am I missing something?

Ooo! Yeah, that's much better - thanks! :slightly_smiling_face:

First, I don't know how many people who bought the 1st ed bought the 2nd ed, so we can't count on the same number of people giving better ratings to the 2nd ed than the first. It might end up even higher, that's true, provided enough people rates the 2nd ed. Due to the way geek ratings are calculated (BoardGameGeek FAQ | Wiki | BoardGameGeek; <-look under What is the difference between BGG rating and User Rating), I reckon that it'll be better to have a large number of raters on 1 entry rather than half the raters on 1 entry and half on the other. Again, lots of assumptions here but I feel that it is better to have just 1 BGG entry.

Second, which forum will be the 'primary' forum? I think it'll be better if all Sentinels fans just visit the same BGG entry and have a good discussion there. What separates the 2 BGG entries? Are people going to ask about the (H) questions in the 2nd ed forum and other generic questions in the 1st ed forum?

Ideally, the Enhanced Edition listing should be the main listing, and the original listing should be an alternate "previous edition" listing. What we're saying is that the content from the new edition is the supported "canon" content, which why we have provided it to everyone in the Downloads section of this site.

The Enhanced Ed is already listed under Versions tab on the original BGG listing. How about just updating the original with the cover of the Enhanced Ed? As well as provide a direct link to the Downloads section of this site where people can get the canon content?

I've spoken enough I guess. My cents.

 

This.  This is how multiple versions are supposed to be handled on BGG…keeps all content together, and you've a lot of fan following and home brew content etc already on the page.

 

You can have them make this the primary edition.

I was going to start posting my strategy guides up there today, but this discussion stopped me.  I wanted to do it on the Enhanced Edition page, since my strategy guides are compatible with Enhanced Edition, but the fact there was no conversation going on there stopped me.  Any way it can be consolidated?

I will look into making the Enhanced Edition the primary listing there and reverting it to just one listing.

Was it ever decided if these would stay separate or be combined under versions?

Whatever you want is fine, I can see arguments either way based on other games with split entries on BGG.  Really I just want to know where you would like the focus so we don't split ratings and hurt the image of the SofM on BGG.

If they are separate I'll transfer all my stuff to the Enhanced edition...if you are going to combine them then I will continue posting under the orignal edition.

I think that they are going to stay separate.

I thought that Christopher had already put in a request to BGG admin to merge them?

I had. No response. Including to a follow-up request. And now, they're both taking off. I'd love to see the original edition just get rolled into the Enhanced Edition listing, as that's the look and feel of the game we want to promote. But, yeah - BGG. I can't do any of that on my own.  :/

I would love to see them merged too, with the Enhance Ed being canon. Merge the ratings and see SotM climb higher in rankings.

Can users submit merge requests? If so, maybe all the fans can help.

Give it a shot! Can't hurt!

I noticed that the 1st Edition entry now has the Enhanced Edition box showing as the base picture...if these are meant to stay separate that may confuse new players to the game seeking information.