Great Wargaming Survey blog

GWS 2017 13/31 questions – My generation!

This entry was posted on July 21, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Clearly I'm too young to get the reference to The Who, but for variety's sake, we'll look at an age cohort. In the age of... Read more

GWS 2017 12/31 questions – We love History!

This entry was posted on July 19, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

After yesterday's look at SciFant-setting lovers among the respondents, it's inevitable we look at the 1747 respondents who consider themselves strongly historical gamers. Incidentally, that... Read more

GWS 2017 11/31 questions – We love SciFant

This entry was posted on July 17, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Since 2016, we've asked respondents to indicate on a sliding scale (0-6) whether they consider themselves more a historical wargamer (0) or more of a... Read more

GWS 2017 10/31 questions – Waterloo wargamers

This entry was posted on July 10, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Big battle Napoleonics If you're interested in Napoleonics, you'll probably have noticed Professor Tony Pollard's project 'Mother of all battles' a.k.a. 'The Great Game Replayed... Read more

GWS 2017 9/31 questions – A lifelong hobby?

This entry was posted on July 9, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

How long have you been a wargamer? I just got back from a trip and there was an almighty amount of work waiting for me... Read more

GWS 2017 8/31 questions - Wargaming is 'awsum!' vs 'meh'

This entry was posted on July 8, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Superfans and the less enthusiastic One question in our survey looks at the future of the hobby for the responding wargamer. Is an end in... Read more

GWS 2017 7/31 questions - Scenarios and tournaments

This entry was posted on July 7, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Scenarios versus tournaments One of the questions posted to the initial blog in this series asked about scenario and tournament games, and which is more... Read more

GWS 2017 6/31 questions - the UK vs Germany

This entry was posted on July 6, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

German wargamers compared to Brits Last Monday, July 2nd, we noticed that German wargamers - as far as they'd taken the Great Wargaming Survey 2017... Read more

GWS 2017 – 5/31 questions

This entry was posted on July 5, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Game preferences for women Yesterday we showed to what degree women's preferences differ from men's where it comes to enjoying their wargaming from a hobby... Read more

GWS 2017 – 4/31 questions

This entry was posted on July 4, 2018 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Happy 4th of July! Men and women in the Great Wargaming Survey 2017 Let's be honest - we've never had very many responses from female... Read more