bigbadron:
But pokemon/digimon has nothing really to do with the other two. The tropes/conventions of the genres are entirely different.
I folded Pokemon/Digimon in the 'Monster' theme in part because the 'mon' is short for monster, and so that other categories could be used to more specifically narrow down the game, and the Game Info and/or threads could be used for the last bit of specificity.
bigbadron:
Regarding a "Drama" category - most games include an element of drama. Describing a game as "drama" is, to a large extent, the equivalent of describing it as "game". Or are you referring to something specific?
In this case, I was thinking more in line with movie and book drama genres. Basically, the game would be dealing specifically with the dramas of character interaction (whether that be between players, GMs and players, NPCs, some combination, whatever) more than combat and the like. So, it could be used for Sims-esque games, I suppose. A part of me also folds 'romance' into a drama category.
bigbadron:
For my own suggestion, and this is one that's come up before, I'd just rename "Cyberpunk" to "Punk". Got a cyberpunk game? Tag it Scifi/Punk. Steampunk game? Tag it Historical/Scifi/Punk. Magipunk game? That's Fantasy/Punk. Diesel punk? Contemporary (or Historical, depending on your definition)/Punk.
This handles the "You have Cyberpunk, so you have to add Steampunk!" type arguments, and deals with future variations on the "-punk" theme.
It makes sense to me. Though I'm not entirely sure what 'punk' really means, to be honest, in this context.
jmkool:
The 'Monster' category sounds like a good idea, since I see dozens of games with both the Vampire and Werewolf tags, and rarely a game with only one, though perhaps it could use a better name?
I'm not sure what a better name would be. A broad 'Monster' category could apply to anything from Zombie Apocalypse games, to standard Vamp/Were games, to games with monstrous characters, or some other such thing.
jmkool:
I would recommend the Post Holocaust be renamed to Apocalyptic, as this implies association with some kind of apocalypse, either during or after. You can debate the points that it obviously wasn't the end of the world if you're still around, and the fact that that's not even what apocalypse means, but I still suggest it anyway.
That makes sense to me. I'd also want to go for a change away from 'Post Holocaust' because that specific naming gives potential confusion with 'Post WWII,' at least to my mind.
jmkool:
Comic Book gives a different feel, and might be considered separately, but I'm a fan of not adding five dozen categories.
I just threw in 'comic book' as a suggestion because, to me, 'super hero' brings to mind comic books, and associated material, more than anything else. And with an 'Anime' category already, it seemed like a viable candidate.
jmkool:
On the same note, I'd avoid all the various 'era' categories. Future, Contemporary, Historical, Medieval, and perhaps Prehistorical should be enough.
Probably right. I threw in extras, in part, because my inclination to make things even and organized was trying to even out the length of the timescale series as compared to the others.
Brygun:
Bigbadron one of the issues not addressed is that newcomers or new searchers don't necessarily "get it" when it comes to an established genre like Steampunk.
Overall the suggestion sounds good with the caveat of adding to "Theme" listing Steampunk.
Or, perhaps, as bbr suggested, a general 'Punk' genre that can be expanded upon with other selections, and with game names, systems, and such that give an idea of the specific nature of the game.
Brygun:
Other themes might be:
Survival
Solo
I could definitely see a 'Solo' category, with the wide variety of requests for games and existing games featuring one-on-one gameplay. I'm not sure about survival, personally, though. Might just be a personal preference, but survival seems too broad, to me. After all, anything with even a bit of combat in it could be considered a game of survival.
Another thing that came to mind, what about a, for lack of a better description coming to mind, 'mood' selection? Things like 'Light-Hearted,' 'Gritty,' 'Cynical,' 'Dystopian,' or what-have-you. Not making specific suggestions at this point, just feeling out how popular it might be.