Good points by all and a good topic of discussion. My 2 cents on the matter are that playtesters or members of a specific design house should not fill out a complete review on their own group's products. I think it runs the risk of crossing the line of promotion and into self adulation.
I used to rate everyone's scenarios, (B&T's included) until Wild Bill and SuperTed gently reminded me of the above. After thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that they were right and I have not reviewed a scenario from one of B&T's designers since.
However I think a zeroed out review provides a great opportunity for a playtester to provide comments about the scenario, and in the future I will make a point of writing up zeroed 'reviews' for any scenarios from my own design group.
I will of course continue to review and pan Berli and Andreas' scenarios, just because......
(kidding...sheesh)
[ October 18, 2002, 08:01 PM: Message edited by: jwxspoon ]