You’ve probably heard the often-quoted statistic that about half of video gamers are women, illustrating how gaming is now a mainstream activity enjoyed by both men and women. This finding comes from the yearly ESA report, and has fluctuated between 38% and 48% in the past decade—currently estimated at 41% in the 2016 report. Oddly, [...]
Over 90,000 board gamers have taken our Board Game Motivation Model to get their personalized profile. We'll soon be diving into this data in our blog posts. To set the stage for this, we've put together some handy reference material.What's your Board Game Motivation Profile? Take a 5-minute survey to find out!Quick Reference ChartFirst, we [...]
In the Gamer Motivation Profile (for video games), we measure 12 distinct motivations for each gamer. One way to get a concise picture of all the data we’ve collected is to focus on primary motivations—the motivation that each gamer scores highest on and is most important to them. In this post, we’ll step through what [...]
Note: This feature has been discontinued. Sorry for the inconvenience! Let’s start with the basics: Take a 5-minute survey to get your own profile, and then create or join a group. The group’s aggregate profile is then automatically updated as membership grows. Anyone can create a new group tag. You can join as many groups [...]
In this post, we’re taking a look at different combat approaches. Do you play as a stealthy assassin or do you rush in for action that is up close and personal? Do you try to avoid combat altogether? Maybe you prefer to soften up your targets from long range? See how you compare with other [...]
Since releasing the initial version of the Board Game Motivation Profile, we’ve gathered data from over 40,959 gamers. This has allowed us to revise the motivation model, improve the survey inventory, and generate more representative norms for the profile reports. In this blog post, we’ll describe how we developed the current model and how it’s [...]
Here at Quantic Foundry, we’re always experimenting with new ways of visualizing and making sense of the data we have collected via the Gamer Motivation Profile. In this post, we’ll describe a Design Rubric Map that we’re working on. If you’re a regular reader of our blog and familiar with how we collected our data, [...]
The data we’ve collected from over 239,000 gamers via the Gamer Motivation Profile allows us to explore how gaming motivations do and do not change with gender and age with incredible detail. Back when we had a sample size of around 140,000, we blogged about the Competition and Strategy motivations. With the larger sample size, [...]
What are the main motivation axes in tabletop gaming? Are there 3 core motivations, or 8? Do people who care about strategy also tend to care about winning, or is that more related to people who enjoy high conflict mechanics? See how you compare with other board gamers. Take a 5-minute survey and get your [...]
Asking gamers whether they like to play with other people actually gets pretty complicated. Are we talking co-op or competitive? Do you mean local or online? With friends or with strangers? So in a recent survey, we decided to break all this down. Do You Remember GoldenEye 007? As someone who grew up in the [...]