Review: Land of Ruin

Forum; Self-hosted MyBB.

Elemental Wolf.

Elemental animal RPGs, especially wolf ones, are pretty common in the roleplay community at the moment. That's not to say that there isn't anything original about this RPG, it just isn't specifically mentioned.

M for Mature content.

25.

Early 2013.

Intermediate to advanced.

1-3 paragraphs.

New posts every 1 - 2 days.

Original.

This site may use the ole' cute/beautiful picture of an animal tatic, but it does work. It's a simple header which works and the rest of the layout follows the same idea. A great example of simple being just as affective as tonnes of graphics and bright colours. I also like the little tag line under the pack information which says 'Make your own?'. To me that promotes an RPG that wants members to get involved and helpd expand the RPG through creativity.

Great use of different coding and plugins to make an easy to navigate site which isn't too complicated or confusing. I especially like the sliding welcome screen at the top of the forum.

There is a plot summary and a summary of IC events in the welcome box at the top, but there doesn't seem to be any additional information. The RPG is still new though so that may attribute to the lack of a detailed plot or back story.

Lots of information available about the different aspects of the RPG and it is all neatly presented with css being used to maximise user friendliness.

There is a forum for guests to use to ask questions by logging into a Visitor account. Staff reply promptly to topics in this forum.

New members are required to fill out character details in their account profile and then fill out a small template and post it in the appropriate forum.

I really liked the little message to passers-by to just pop in and say hi in the cbox. No "you must join us!!!" message, just a cute little request for their thoughts. Likewise, having the Visitor account for guests to use in the Adoptions forum is a smart move. Little things like this can make the difference between a visitor joining or never coming back.

A small pet peeve of mine is finding a lovely site like this and then noticing that they don't give credit properly. You've taken the time to make a great site, the least you can do is link to your resources and host. That's just good nettiquette. If you're worried about keeping the menu neat then just link to a topic or page with the full credits.