Great Wargaming Survey blog

GWS 2020: A look back at 2020

This entry was posted on November 2, 2020 by Jon Yuengling.

This year, 2020, has been incredibly hard for many. In the US we have an ugly presidential election, and in Europe there is Brexit. The... Read more

GWS 2020: Favorite Game Period and Figure Size

This entry was posted on October 30, 2020 by Jonathan Freitag.

In the last installment, the analysis focused upon the relationship between favorite game period and game type (see Favorite Game Period by Type). Today's installment retains focus... Read more

GWS 2020: Favorite period by Game Type

This entry was posted on October 19, 2020 by Jonathan Freitag.

Following up from the previous GWS2020 post on favorite game periods (see Top settings, part 2, part 3), attention turns to the relationship between game... Read more

GWS 2020: Top settings, part 3

This entry was posted on October 9, 2020 by Jonathan Freitag.

Top Eras by Age Group Breaking out survey responses by age group, I find a fascinating exercise. Well, I find all of this data exploration... Read more

GWS 2020: Top settings, part 2

This entry was posted on October 8, 2020 by Jonathan Freitag.

Respondents' preferred eras and settings might be ranked in different ways as well. What happens when we look at the favorite first, second, third, fourth... Read more

GWS 2020: Top settings, part 1

This entry was posted on October 7, 2020 by Jonathan Freitag.

In a recent Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy podcast (see WSS43 with survey discussion beginning at 14-minute mark), the group discussed results from the recently completed Great Wargaming Survey 2020... Read more

GWS 2020: What makes you like plastic (or metal)?

This entry was posted on September 28, 2020 by Jonathan Freitag.

Last time (see The future is plastic), we identified that hard plastic was the preferred figure material from the 2020 survey. From those results, hard plastic... Read more

GWS 2020: The future is plastic

This entry was posted on September 21, 2020 by Jonathan Freitag.

To quote Mr McGuire in the 1967 movie, The Graduate, "there is a great future in plastics." According to the 2020 edition of the Great Wargaming... Read more

GWS 2020: highlights and maybe some shadows

This entry was posted on September 18, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

And we’re done. Well, we were done a few weeks ago, but despite (or because of) Covid, it’s been a bit hectic around here. Time... Read more

GWS 2019 - Scale versus Style

This entry was posted on February 18, 2020 by Jonathan Freitag.

In Jasper’s GWS 2019 Size Matters post, Jan Bruinen asks, Is there a combination in the survey between figure scale and scale of game and the... Read more