The Babylon Project Poll

From 3-25-97 to 3-28-97 I conducted a poll on Chameleon Eclectic's Babylon Project mailing list. I asked the members of the list to pick which supplements/sourcebooks for The Babylon Project they would most like to see. I have posted the results (and my opinions of them) here for your edification.

I received 33 valid responses. I asked for three votes per person. If you voted for more than three supplements I tallied the first three. If you voted for less than three I tallied however many you sent in. Here are the results, listed from most popular to least popular (in case of ties entries from the original list are listed first in order, followed by write ins in the order which I received them). Poll Results 17 League of Non-Aligned Worlds Sourcebook 15 Psi-Corps/Telepath Sourcebook 8 Minbari Sourcebook 8 Centauri Sourcebook 8 Starship Handbook 7 Rim/Explorer Sourcebook 6 Shadow War Sourcebook 5 Major Races Sourcebook: Covering the Minbari, Centauri and Narn. 4 Narn Sourcebook 2 Weapons Handbook 2 Poster Size Known Space Star/Jumpgate Routes Map 2 Combined Weapon/Vehicle/Starship Handbook 2 Minbari/Centauri/Narn/League of Non-Aligned Worlds Sourcebook 1 Sourcebook covering the Last Shadow War 1 The Babylon Project: Crusade Sourcebook 1 Historical Sourcebook: Covering earlyer conflicts metioned in TPB Centauri Xon, Centauri First Empire,Dilgar,Early Earth Boader Wars. They look like fun rpg settings 1 A Military Book: Complete with ground forces of the various races, tactics weapons, training, notable units etc. 1 Babylon 5 Station Sourcebook 1 TechnoMage Sourcebook 1 Series of Sourcebooks for each Season 1 Book of the Rim: Covering the League and other things out on the rim. 1 Ranger Sourcebook 1 Lurker's" Sourcebook: This would contain lots of information on criminal activities and various wierdness both on and off B5, including Raiders, 'monsters' like the Zarg, diseases, and just a lot of info on the black side of the B5 universe. 1 Life in Space Sourcebook: Travel, ships, combat, trade, politics, space stations of all sizes. Poster size space map with blueprints on the back. 0 Vorlon Sourcebook 0 Shadow Sourcebook 0 Old Ones Sourcebook 0 Earth-Minbari War Sourcebook 0 Vehicle Handbook As you can see, the favorite is a League of Non-Aligned Worlds Sourcebook with a Psi-Corps/Telepath Sourcebook close behind. Here are the results broken down by categories: Sourcebooks for Alien Races: 44 Votes 17 League of Non-Aligned Worlds Sourcebook 8 Minbari Sourcebook 8 Centauri Sourcebook 5 Major Races Sourcebook: Covering the Minbari, Centauri and Narn. 4 Narn Sourcebook 2 Minbari/Centauri/Narn/League of Non-Aligned Worlds Sourcebook 0 Vorlon Sourcebook 0 Shadow Sourcebook 0 Old Ones Sourcebook Sourcebooks covering specific time/place Settings: 18 Votes 7 Rim/Explorer Sourcebook 6 Shadow War Sourcebook 1 Sourcebook covering the Last Shadow War 1 The Babylon Project: Crusade Sourcebook 1 Historical Sourcebook: Covering earlyer conflicts metioned in TPB Centauri Xon, Centauri First Empire,Dilgar,Early Earth Boader Wars. They look like fun rpg settings 1 Series of Sourcebooks for each Season 1 Book of the Rim: Covering the League and other things out on the rim. 0 Earth-Minbari War Sourcebook Sourcebooks covering Orginizations/Groups other than Alien Races: 18 Votes 15 Psi-Corps/Telepath Sourcebook 1 A Military Book: Complete with ground forces of the various races, tactics weapons, training, notable units etc. 1 TechnoMage Sourcebook 1 Ranger Sourcebook Technical Sourcebooks: 12 Votes 8 Starship Handbook 2 Weapons Handbook 2 Combined Weapon/Vehicle/Starship Handbook 0 Vehicle Handbook Misc. Sourcebooks: 5 Votes 2 Poster Size Known Space Star/Jumpgate Routes Map 1 Babylon 5 Station Sourcebook 1 Lurker's" Sourcebook: This would contain lots of information on criminal activities and various wierdness both on and off B5, including Raiders, 'monsters' like the Zarg, diseases, and just a lot of info on the black side of the B5 universe. 1 Life in Space Sourcebook: Travel, ships, combat, trade, politics, space stations of all sizes. Poster size space map with blueprints on the back. Since I went to all the trouble to conduct this poll and tally the data. I get to be the first to give you my opinions on the results. The Babylon Project attempts, in various ways, to encourage players and GMs to: play primarily human characters, play only in the 2250-2258 setting and play non-telepathic characters. The top vote getting categories in this poll are (in order) Sourcebooks on Alien Races, Sourcebooks on settings other than 2250-2258 and a Psi-Corps/Telepath Sourcebook. I don’t know how much of this is what people would have wanted anyway and how much is the "I want it because they don’t want to give it to me" factor. The overwhelming emphasis in the voting is Alien Sourcebooks of various types, with emphasis on the League. The Minbari, the Centauri and a combined Minbari, Centauri, Narn Sourcebook are the runner ups. Setting oriented sourcebooks are the next highest group. The top vote getter is a Rim/Explorer Sourcebook with the Shadow War close behind. In the Orginizations/Groups category the runaway favorite is the PsiCorps/Telepath Sourcebook. None of the other contenders are even close. The Technical Sourcebook champion is a Starships Sourcebook, though the need for this may decline depending on how much starship data there is in the EarthForce Sourcebook. The winner in the catch all miscellaneous sourcebook is the Poster Size Known Space Star/Jumpgate Routes Map which could be eaisly included in another product (the GM Resource kit, Earth Colonies Sourcebook, and League of Non-Aligned Worlds Sourcebook are all good candidates). To sum it all up, if the members of this list got to choose the next three sourcebooks they would probably be: League of Non-Aligned Worlds Sourcebook Psi-Corps/Telepath Sourcebook Major Races Sourcebook (Minbari, Centauri, Narn) Raw Data: 8 Minbari Sourcebook 8 Centauri Sourcebook 4 Narn Sourcebook 0 Vorlon Sourcebook 17 League of Non-Aligned Worlds Sourcebook 0 Shadow Sourcebook 0 Old Ones Sourcebook 0 Earth-Minbari War Sourcebook 6 Shadow War Sourcebook 1 Sourcebook covering the Last Shadow War 1 The Babylon Project: Crusade Sourcebook 15 Psi-Corps/Telepath Sourcebook 7 Rim/Explorer Sourcebook 2 Weapons Handbook 0 Vehicle Handbook 8 Starship Handbook 2 Poster Size Known Space Star/Jumpgate Routes Map Write In Votes 1 Historical Sourcebook: Covering earlyer conflicts metioned in TPB Centauri Xon, Centauri First Empire,Dilgar,Early Earth Boader Wars. They look like fun rpg settings 5 Major Races Sourcebook: Covering the Minbari, Centauri and Narn. 1 A Military Book: Complete with ground forces of the various races, tactics weapons, training, notable units etc. 1 Babylon 5 Station Sourcebook 1 TechnoMage Sourcebook 1 Series of Sourcebooks for each Season 1 Book of the Rim: Covering the League and other things out on the rim. 1 Ranger Sourcebook 2 Combined Weapon/Vehicle/Starship Handbook 2 Minbari/Centauri/Narn/League of Non-Aligned Worlds Sourcebook 1 Lurker's" Sourcebook: This would contain lots of information on criminal activities and various wierdness both on and off B5, including Raiders, 'monsters' like the Zarg, diseases, and just a lot of info on the black side of the B5 universe. 1 Life in Space Sourcebook: Travel, ships, combat, trade, politics, space stations of all sizes. Poster size space map with blueprints on the back.

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