Sunday 25 November 2012

Buying Time!

Hey Kids, it's that time of the year! Yeah you know: it's buying time Christmas!

I'm going to try and make a little guide as to what to buy/ask for depending on what you like to play with, look at and paint.

Alright, take a paper and a pen and let's start the test!

Question 1: What Style do you like?
a) Historical (WW2, Napoleonic, etc...)
b) Alternate History (sometimes to the point there's almost nothing recognizable)
c) Fantastic
d) Modern
e) Sci-Fi/Post-Apocalyptical
f) Steampunk
x) you don't care about style

Question 2: What Scale of miniatures do you like?
a) Small, 1/100, 1/72
b) medium, the regular 28mm
c) bigger, 35mm
x) you don't care about model's scale

Question 3: What Scale of game do you want to play? (aka: how much money do you want to spend)
a) Skirmish (low model count 5-10, usually not that expensive to get in)
b) Medium Skirmish (from 15+ to 50 models on a table)
c) Big Battles (50+models in most armies)
d) Huge Battles (100+ models being the norm, usually with some gigantic centerpiece)
x) you don't care about game size

Question 4: How much time do you want to spend playing?
a) From 30minutes to an hour
b) From 1h to 2h
c) 2h to 3h
d) 3h+ to even days!
x) you don't care about game length

Question 5: How complicated do you like game rules to be?
a) As simple as it can get
b)With some extra rules per factions
c) With lots of extra rules per models
x) you don't care how easy or complicated a game can be

It should now give you a code, I'll try and put games I know into the code I hope fits them best and you would like most. note: ''x'' count as any letter (you were playing scrabble and didn't even realize it!).

aacbb
Flames of War
ba(bc)ca
Dystopian Wars
bbaac
Helldorado
bbbbb
Dust Tactics
bbbbb
Dust Warfare
ca(bc)ca
Uncharted Seas
cbaac
Anima Tactics
cbaba
Super Dungeon Explore
cbccb
Warhammer Fantasy
eaabb
X-Wing
eabbc
Heavy Gear
ea(bc)ca
Firestorm Armada
ebaaa
Mercs
ebabc
Infinity
ebbbb
Dark Age
ebccb
Warhammer 40k
ecaac
Eden
fbaac
Heroclix
fbabc
Malifaux
fbbba
Dystopian Legions
fbbbc
Warmachine


xxxxx             Santa might not appreciate that you've been this naughty! You'll probably end up like me and play most games.

Note 1:This Test is a work in progress but I'll release as is so I can get some help to make it good. Ultimately this will become a very useful tool to help people choose games.
Note 2: It is really hard to categorize most games as they try and touch as many ''style'' and ''scale of games'' as possible in order to increase their sales and boost the gaming experience they offer.
Note 3: You know a game that I haven't played (there's lot!) and would like to incorporate it in the test? Leave a comment! (thanks!)
Note 4: You think a game has been poorly categorized? Discuss it and leave a comment. (Thanks!)

On another note, I got a camera!! Expect LOTS of pictures soon!
Thanks for reading,

guru

4 comments:

  1. Don't forget fbbba: Dystopian Legions! Get the word out, it's fun! ;)

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  2. Thanks! Will update that right now. (I actually didnt forget about it, just didnt knew enough about the game to categorize it properly...and this is why I asked for help! thanks again.)

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  3. Nyce list mr Guillaume! You dont have HeroClix (fbaac) in there or X-Wing (eaabb) though.

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