[OFFICIAL] QUESTIONNAIRE....

Hi all,

I want to do a little bit of market research, by way of a simple questionnaire
to any list members who wish to participate. I'm NOT going to be posting the
questionnnaire to the list, because I don't want to clog it up with a huge
mass of irrelevant traffic. What I'd like you to do is email

Just a little addendum to the last message: we'd ESPECIALLY like to get
responses from some of the "lurkers" on the list who we don't normally hear
from, as well as from all the regular, active posters!
Come on chaps, don't be shy....  ;-)

Jon (GZG)

All right Jon,

Go ahead and send me the questioner. It will give me something to do while I
wait for my 11 packs of 6mm Bugs...

IAS

> Ground Zero Games wrote:

> Just a little addendum to the last message: we'd ESPECIALLY like to

Jon, I'm new to GZG products, recently got SGII and love it. Lay your
questions on me.

Scott

> -----Original Message-----

> All right Jon,

Hi, and thanks for responding to my request for some feedback.

If you could take a few minutes to reply to the questions below as accurately
as possible, I'd very much appreciate it. Please do not post replies to the
GZG list, but send them all to me directly. All responses will be considered
confidential. Please skip any questions you can't or don't want to answer, and
feel free to elaborate as much as you like on others. Note that some questions
lead on to others, and thus some may be irrelevant to you anyway!

Many thanks,

Jon (GZG)

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE, NOVEMBER 1999

Name:

Country: (UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Other)

1) Which GZG games do you own?

2) Which GZG games do you play regularly (say, at least once a month)?

3) How many other players do you typically game with?

4) Do you use the "official" GZG background in your games, or a modified
version of it, or something else altogether?

5) Do you use your own (or your group's) house rules in your games, or stick
to the published rules?

6) Which other (non-GZG) SF games are you particularly interested in?

7) When playing GZG games, do you use GZG miniatures or other brands? If
others, then which ones?

8) Do you play historical minatures games as well as F&SF? If so, which
periods interest you?

9) Do you have a games store within easy reach, or approximately how far away
is the nearest one you know of?

10) If you have a local store, do they stock GZG stuff? If so, do they keep a
full range of the miniatures?

11) Do you prefer to support your local store by buying through them, even if
this takes considerably longer than mailordering direct?

12) If you buy mailorder, do you order by credit card or by other means
(cheques, money orders etc)?

13) If you buy by mail order, have you ever ordered internationally (eg: if
in the USA, have you ordered from GZG in the UK or other non-USA
companies?)

14) If YES to the above, approximately how long does it take for your typical
overseas order to arrive, compared to an order from a supplier in your own
country?

15) Do you have to be able to find a game or miniatures line (GZG or others)
in your local store in order to be interested in it, or are you prepared to
seek out new games via the internet or adverts and purchase them by mailorder?

16) Would you continue to play a game that was no longer supported by your
local store, or would you move on to something that you could buy off the
shelf?

17) Are full e-commerce facilities essential before you would consider
mailordering via the internet, or are you happy to simply order by email?

18) Do you attend wargame shows and conventions? If you do, could you list a
few that you go to regularly?

19) Do you prefer to buy goods direct from tradestands at conventions rather
than by mailorder?

20) Do in-store demos or demos at conventions often get you interested
in

> All right Jon,

OK, so SOMEBODY had to send their reply to the list, not to me personally,
despite all the requests!! :-/
And yes, I sent the questionnaire reply out in the midst of a whole batch
of them without realising it.... ;-)

Sorry to all the rest of you, I didn't want to clutter things up with all
this, but at least you can all reply to it now. JUST PLEASE SEND THE REPLIES
TO ME AND NOT THE LIST ADDRESS!!!!!!!!!!

Rant over....

Can I point something out? (not that you can stop me).

When you send stuff to a large list you are always going to get replies to the
list, it's a fact of life.

What would a better strategy have been? Well, we don't seem to mind recieving
official things so...

Send the survey to the list. Then we don't have to listen to 30 bzillion "send
it to me posts". Tell people you WILL NOT count surveys sent to the list, only
those sent to you personally. After the last question put a reminder,

Jon, please send me a copy of the questionnaire.

> Pardon me while I hang my head in shame

It's traditional to hang the neck and entire body too

(big grin)

> Jon, please send me a copy of the questionnaire.

Ooo! Ooo! Hit me! Hit me! (hehehehe)

I would like one also.

Thanks!

> Jon, please send me a copy of the questionnaire.

Hi, and thanks for responding to my request for some feedback.

If you could take a few minutes to reply to the questions below as accurately
as possible, I'd very much appreciate it. Please do not post replies to the
GZG list, but send them all to me directly. All responses will be considered
confidential. Please skip any questions you can't or don't want to answer, and
feel free to elaborate as much as you like on others. Note that some questions
lead on to others, and thus some may be irrelevant to you anyway!

Many thanks,

Jon (GZG)

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE, NOVEMBER 1999

Name:

Country: (UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Other)

1) Which GZG games do you own?

2) Which GZG games do you play regularly (say, at least once a month)?

3) How many other players do you typically game with?

4) Do you use the "official" GZG background in your games, or a modified
version of it, or something else altogether?

5) Do you use your own (or your group's) house rules in your games, or stick
to the published rules?

6) Which other (non-GZG) SF games are you particularly interested in?

7) When playing GZG games, do you use GZG miniatures or other brands? If
others, then which ones?

8) Do you play historical minatures games as well as F&SF? If so, which
periods interest you?

9) Do you have a games store within easy reach, or approximately how far away
is the nearest one you know of?

10) If you have a local store, do they stock GZG stuff? If so, do they keep a
full range of the miniatures?

11) Do you prefer to support your local store by buying through them, even if
this takes considerably longer than mailordering direct?

12) If you buy mailorder, do you order by credit card or by other means
(cheques, money orders etc)?

13) If you buy by mail order, have you ever ordered internationally (eg: if
in the USA, have you ordered from GZG in the UK or other non-USA
companies?)

14) If YES to the above, approximately how long does it take for your typical
overseas order to arrive, compared to an order from a supplier in your own
country?

15) Do you have to be able to find a game or miniatures line (GZG or others)
in your local store in order to be interested in it, or are you prepared to
seek out new games via the internet or adverts and purchase them by mailorder?

16) Would you continue to play a game that was no longer supported by your
local store, or would you move on to something that you could buy off the
shelf?

17) Are full e-commerce facilities essential before you would consider
mailordering via the internet, or are you happy to simply order by email?

18) Do you attend wargame shows and conventions? If you do, could you list a
few that you go to regularly?

19) Do you prefer to buy goods direct from tradestands at conventions rather
than by mailorder?

20) Do in-store demos or demos at conventions often get you interested
in

> MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE, NOVEMBER 1999
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> thrust dirt side
GZG
> miniatures

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> If you guys have anyone in hte L.A. area who would be interested in

You need to talk to GeoHex about this, as it's a US convention; email KR on:
<geohex@teleport.com>

Jon (GZG)
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