Commentaries

Each product entry in the World of ASL compendium contains, in addition to other information, one or more paragraphs of description and commentary.  These commentaries are solely the opinion of the author; other people may have other opinions of these products.  Whenever possible, opinions were based on personal play and evaluation.  In cases where this was not possible, a good-faith effort was made to assess the general reputation a product has attained in the ASL community.

The author has certain preferences, or "prejudices," that may be reflected in these commentaries.  Other people may have different preferences.  The author's preferences include the following:

• Products should be clearly written, edited, and proofread.  This includes spell-checking.  Errata should be kept to a minimum.
• Groups of scenarios, whether in a scenario pack or module, should not be too weighted towards either large or small scenarios; a distribution of small, medium, and large scenarios is typically preferable.
•  Scenario groups should not have too high a proportion of night scenarios, nor too high a proportion of scenarios with more complex rules. 
• Scenarios that do not contain counter artwork should nevertheless include enough information for players easily to locate the required counters among their countersets.  Third party counter artwork attempting to avoid copyright issues should nevertheless not be so complicated or re-engineered that it is difficult to understand.
• Third party products should not attempt to re-write or re-engineer the basic ASL rules system out of dislike for one or more of its subsystems.
• Products that feature historical maps should have at least one scenario, if possible, that uses the entire map.  They should also include enough scenarios that use the included map (as opposed to geomorphic mapboards) to make it worth purchasing.

Acknowledgements

The World of ASL compendium would not be possible without the gracious assistance and help of ASLers from around the globe.  Many ASLers have come forward to offer information, images, corrections, and suggestions.  I am extremely grateful for all of the help and assistance, which just proves how much of a community the world of ASL really is.

Thanks to everybody who has provided assistance (if you have helped out, but are not on this list, please contact me so that you can be acknowledged):

Derek Spurlock, Mike Pierzchala, Laurent Closier, Hugues Pauget, Fernando G. Maniega, Jean-Christophe Fresnais, Chas Argent, Chas Smith, Andy McMaster, Jeff Newell, Nadir Elfarra, Jose Luis Martin, Jesus D. Argaiz Martinez, "Buck," Bruce Probst, Bruce Bakken, Greg Wong, Jim McLeod, Vic Provost, Laurent Desnogues, Alan P. Bills, Conrad Houghton, Andy McMaster, Hennie van der Salm, Larry Rohlfing, Xavier Vitry, Jason Pipes, "Jerry," Chris Smith, Michael Louey, Jeff de Braal, David Gray.