Napoleon at Bay 1. Why did you buy this game? a) 0.94 b) 0.75 c) 0.75 d) 0.27 e) 0.06 f) 0.14 g) 0.50 h) 0.02 i) 0.20 j) 0.12 k)0.29 2. Rate the following a) 4.17 b) 4.09 c) 3.58 d) 3.70 e) 3.95 f) 4.23 g) 4.16 3. Did you Receive Money's Worth? Yes 96% 1806 1. Why did you buy this game? a) 0.91 b) 0.85 c) 0.76 d)0.30 e) 0.08 f) 0.15 g) 0.39 h) 0 i) 0.22 j) 0.11 k) 0.11 2. Rate the following a) 4.12 b) 3.73 c) 3.02 d) 3.48 e) 3.93 f) 4.50 g) 4.27 3. Did you Receive Money's Worth? Yes 100% KEY: Question 1: a) historical period; b) designer's reputation; c) subject/ topic; d) publisher's reputation; e) competition value; f) solitaire play; g) scale/scope/level; h) friend's recommendation; i) package/graphics; j) advertisement; k) other. Question 2: a) enjoyment; b) realism; c) complexity ("3" is best); d) balance; e) Rules clarity/completeness; f) graphics; g) historical commentary. COMMENT: Compare the ratings of the two games. 1806 has an almost-perfect complexity rating, compared to NAB's rating half-a-point higher (that is significant); NAB is also rated significantly higher in realism. Look at the results for "friend's recommendation." Normally, this result should be around 85%. That means we are selling only 15% or even fewer than we could do, with your help in talking-up the games. Now that we have begun to accumulate some pre-advanced orders, we can begin to get back into a regular production cycle. Your assistance in bringing in new customers can accelerate our production schedule! Back to OSG News August 1999 Table of Contents Back to OSG News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Operational Studies Group. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com