 OSU, GAMA and the Wargamer want to ask you some questions
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May 08, 2006
OSU, GAMA and the Wargamer want to ask you some questions In the "Do Market Research or Die" sweepstakes, it would seem that someone's finally chosen the former. Although really this survey is more about "[w]hat motivates continued game play and preferences for types of games," that can't help but be useful to the industry. For some reason the online survey is only up until the end of May. Hell, maybe they're going to take this and somehow interpret out our votes for the Origins awards.
May 8, 2006 05:41 PM: Brant says... You guys rock! Thanks for the exposure. Brant
May 8, 2006 09:30 PM: misuba says... Brant, since you're here (and if you're at liberty): how was the breakdown of game types and gaming genres decided upon?
May 9, 2006 03:41 AM: Brant Guillory says... Originally, it was very wargame/boardgame-oriented, but when we went to GAMA to beg for assistance/support, they (a) were thrilled to help someone doing research within the industry and (b) requested that we expand it to cover as much of the industry as possible. There's a lot more detail available in the forums at RPG.net and The Wargamer. I've been answering questions over there for the past week, and some of your questions may already have been answered. (Full disclosure: I write for The Wargamer and they are going to run a non-academic wrap-up of the article later this summer.) While I used to write for RPG.net, too, I didn't start the thread there; I was alerted to it by another survey respondent.
May 9, 2006 01:06 PM: Chris says... Could you post links? The quickest and easiest way to share that info when we are on a dealine would be wonderful...
May 9, 2006 02:15 PM: Brant says... Ask and ye shall receive! http://www.wargamer.com/forums/tm.asp?m=168268 http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=261805
May 9, 2006 03:00 PM: misuba says... I love the RPGnet posters who say they had to stop taking the survey halfway in because some question wasn't fine-grained enough for them to answer. Only gamers, man. I hope these guys never have to fudge a rule in a game; I picture smoke coming out of their ears, loud pings of machinery, violent outbursts...
May 9, 2006 04:14 PM: Allan S (not that one) says... Okay Brant... dude... typos...and line shading for the all the tables. But seriously... typos.
May 9, 2006 04:23 PM: Brant says... The typos are a seemingly endless problem. Every time we think we got them all, another one pops up. The line shading was a creation of the underlying HTML from the survey software. Every time I tried to monkey with it, something else went screwy, so I quit messing with it. I'm a decent HTML coder, but not great. I asked several other people to check it for usability, and they thought it was sufficient. Not perfect, mind you, but sufficient. Thanks for your feedback.
May 9, 2006 04:25 PM: Brant says... Just an update - We're over 1200 responses in 8 days. Thanks to everyone who's helped out so far. My goal is still a ridiculously-high 10000. :)
May 9, 2006 05:56 PM: Chris says... I have it posted on my own blog as well as the Gaming Industry ntwork forums. Typos and cell shading aside, I say go get 'em.
May 9, 2006 06:22 PM: Brant says... Another note (inspired by Chris): If you see a link or ad or flyer to the project somewhere, can you pass it along? I'd like to somehow approximate the spread of this thing as best I can. I know we're now on message boards at The Wargamer , RPG.net, Ogrecave, BGG, ConsimWorld, and The Miniatures Page, and have ads linked from GreenRonin, The Wargamer, and BayonetGames. I'd like to track other appearances, like people's blogs/homepages, local game store sites, and other news sites. Thanks! Brant
May 10, 2006 09:56 AM: James S. says... Then you might also want to post a call over at boardgamegeek.com. Its the largest site for board and (non-CCG) card gaming.
May 10, 2006 10:38 AM: Brant says... We're posted over there: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/109603 Thanks!
May 10, 2006 12:06 PM: Allan S (not that one) says... Don't forget Enworld (in case someone hasn't posted it there already)
May 10, 2006 12:13 PM: Brant says... Posted in the news feeds on ENWorld last week. Don't know about forum activity over there. Brant
May 11, 2006 07:13 AM: Brant says... Flyers can be downloaded to print/distribute (liberally!) at
May 13, 2006 08:45 AM: Brant says... Just an update: As of 30 seconds ago, we're over 2300 responses! Thanks to everyone who's participated and is helping to spread the word.
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