The Great Wargaming Survey

[Leon]

We were contacted by Wargames, Soldier, Strategy magazine recently, who asked us to let everyone know about their 'Great Wargaming Survey':

Apart from rolling dice, there seem to be few things wargamers like to do better than discuss the state of their hobby. Are we dying out? Are we all just loners in a dark basement? The purpose of this survey is to actually get a measure of some of these - and many more - questions. The outcome will be published in an upcoming issue of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy as well as online.

The data gained from surveys like this is always of great use to the companies in the hobby, and gives us a valuable insight into what's popular and where the trends are going, so if you've got a spare 5 minutes, please head over and take part: https://surveymonkey.com/s/wargamingsurvey

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Already did - via SOTCW.....

IanS

[Steve J]

Just completed it. I'm not sure if they will share the results, but it could make for interesting reading on the state of the hobby.

[FierceKitty]

I wonder what the prizes are....

[Orcs]

Done !

[Fenton]

They have had 4000 responses so far with 30 days of the survey left

[Ben Waterhouse]

Done my bit, the language is a bit... strange?

[FierceKitty]

Are you new to this forum, Captain?

[Subedai]

Spotted this on WD3 and already completed it.

[Techno]

Welcome back, Ben !
Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

I wonder what the prizes are....

Apparently Foreground buildings, money off subscriptions to WSS, and the like. I really enjoyed doing the survey and discovered that I'm quite old-school, very historical and pre C20th oriented and quite particular about the rules I use (don't like tightly controlled or over-fussy).

[Leon]

I'm not sure if they will share the results, but it could make for interesting reading on the state of the hobby.

I hope they do, as it's really useful info.  I always kept an eye out for the one which MW used to do, just to check how 10mm was doing in the rankings against other scales.   

[FierceKitty]

What's the history of it, then, Leon? I've always been a bit on the perimeter.

[Leon]

What's the history of it, then, Leon? I've always been a bit on the perimeter.

Of which bit, the 10mm rankings?  We did hit the heady heights of 7% of the wargaming population a few years back, but it had dropped back to 5% on the last one I saw.  I'm hoping with the new companies we've seen appearing in the past 2-3 years that 10mm might get a bit more of a look-in this time around.  ACW and WWI in particular seem to be bringing more people into this scale at the moment.

Compared to other scales, 28mm was always out in front with something like 58% of gamers, then 15mm in second with 30-odd%, then 20mm in third and finally 10mm & 6mm bringing up the rear with similar scores.  6mm may have been slightly in front in the last survey I saw.  I don't think they gave percentages for scales outside those main 5.

[Praefectusclassis]

Hi all,
We'll definitely publish the results in a future issue of WSS and probably parts, details or further exploration online. It's actually an enormous amount of information we're gathering here. We're very grateful for the enormous number of people who've taken the time to fill out the survey (so far well over 4000! ).
Leon, so far 10-12mm ranks as follows
1st (favorite scale/size) for 3.3%
2nd for 5.2%
3rd for 9.7%
4th for 12.1%

[mollinary]

Done!

Mollinary

[Leon]

Excellent, thanks for that Jasper, I'll keep an eye out for that issue.

Leon, so far 10-12mm ranks as follows
1st (favorite scale/size) for 3.3%
2nd for 5.2%
3rd for 9.7%
4th for 12.1%

That's pretty good then, the previous MW survey was only about whether you gamed in a scale or not, so 7% of people gamed in 10mm at that time.  Looking at your stats, we can say that at least 12% of people are doing something in this scale, which is a big improvement.

[Leman]

It must surely increase (all to the good in my opinion) as the variety and quality of castings is constantly improving. My first venture into 10mm was Wargames South FPW in the early 90s. A comprehensive range, but rather wooden in appearance compared to today's Pendraken.

[Praefectusclassis]

I've applied a filter so that anyone who specifically indicates they're not interested in SciFi/Fantasy/Pulp/Alternative History so that you get the 'hardcore' historical gamers.
Then the ranking becomes:
1st - 4.2%
2nd - 5.8%
3rd - 10.3%
4th - 11.2%

[Hertsblue]

Excellent, thanks for that Jasper, I'll keep an eye out for that issue.

That's pretty good then, the previous MW survey was only about whether you gamed in a scale or not, so 7% of people gamed in 10mm at that time.  Looking at your stats, we can say that at least 12% of people are doing something in this scale, which is a big improvement.

I would also put that down to the number of new companies producing 10mm figures. Oddly enough, the fact that there is more than one company producing suitable figures for a period is an encouragement to me (and others, I would surmise) to get involved in that period in 10mm. And it's also a confirmation that the scale is increasing in appeal.