What Gamer Type are You?
1. You're planning for a big evening party at your house. Where is your focus for it during the hours beforehand?
Shopping to make sure you'll have enough food and drink for the guests.
Whatever extra steps are necessary to make sure it's memorable.
Sending out last minute invitations and directions.
Making a great playlist.
Prep..ar..a..tion? None needed. These things just work themselves out.
Cleaning up the place and hiding the breakables.
2. Your dungeon-crawling adventuring party has come upon a treasure chest. What do you hope to find inside?
Gold
A disgruntled gnome
A detailed map for the rest of the dungeon
Tomes containing lost history of the region
High quality gear
A quest-related item
3. If you could pick one of these game shows to be on, which would it be?
Family Feud
Jeopardy
The Price is Right
Who Wants to Be A Millionaire
Deal or No Deal
Wheel of Fortune
4. Your game was supposed to last two hours. It's currently going on hour number four with no sign of stopping. What do you do?
Continue to acquire resources and build your troops. With enough forces, you could launch a final attack to end it all.
What? Oh. Um...you stopped paying full attention about 3.5 hours ago.
You don't complain. Supposedly, your elaborate turns and complex moves are the reason you're running so late to begin with.
If the game is developing in a fun way, you want to see where it ends up next.
You're not sure how you've lasted this long, but you keep going. Now's the time to get really creative.
You burnt through all your strategies awhile ago. Now it's time for an all-out assault with the few pieces you have left.
5. Your friend brings over a brand new game for this week's game night and the box really impresses you. What do you like most about it?
For 5-20 players! We can all play at once!
It appears to be a fairly short, fast-paced game.
Nothing. The box doesn't matter as long as the game is good.
It has a nice clear objective posted.
All the different races, classes, and buildings laid out on the front.
The cleverly written description on the back.
6. You and your colleagues / classmates have been assigned a paper that's due in a week. How do you approach the task?
Once you're comfortable with your resources, you find yourself a nice quiet corner and hammer it all out.
Dig into the pile of references you already have picked out.
Grab a blank page and just start writing.
Collect yourself and your materials, analyze the information you have, and start mapping a mental outline.
You give yourself a day for research, a day for organizing, and a day to write it.
Find a collaborator to talk about your plans.
7. You are playing a somewhat complex game for the first time with more experienced players. How will you approach the game?
Try to figure out a basic strategy and see if it works.
Make an educated guess on the best tactic to compete with the experienced players.
Just wing it.
Use the political power of conversation to offset in my gaps of understanding.
Base your tactics off what feels most right within the game's theme.
Find a way of acquiring resources while trying to upset the least amount of people.
8. You are sent to jail in Monopoly. How do you react?
"It was doubles that got me here; it'll be doubles that get me out."
"I can spare one of my Get out Jail Free Cards."
"Hey guys, come meet me at Just Visiting!"
"I'll pay the $50 and move on."
"Jail? The whole game is annoying me."
"Whatever. I'll just roll."
9. What is your opinion on the amount of chance in a game?
I thrive on it. Luck is the great equalizer.
A necessary evil, but I prefer to avoid having all of my effort come down to a simple dice roll.
Minimally. Skill should trump luck whenever possible.
A little luck helps to enhance the overall experience.
I'm fine with it as long as it doesn't determine everything I can do.
Lots of luck means I can focus more on the players than the rules.
10. The zombie apocalypse is upon us! What's your preferred method of survival?
You've watched movies on this. Grab your cricket bat and head for the nearest pub.
Defend your base and command targeted missions out into the affected area.
You've been waiting for this day. Time to head out and start wracking up the kill count.
Gather your friends together and hope you all make it. Somehow.
Stock up on the essentials and try to cope with the situation.
Luck.
11. It's a boring day at work. What are you doing to keep yourself from falling asleep?
Catching up on a bunch of little tasks that slipped through the cracks.
Clicking your pen. Repeatedly.
Chatting with your friends.
Re-organizing office supplies.
Daydreaming.
Planning ahead. There might be something you can do now to save you some time when you're busy again.
12. Well, you didn't play that very well. You've made a rather significant miscalculation, and now you don't stand a chance of victory. How do you cope?
Try to rebuild your wealth. You may not finish with the gold, but you still won't give up the chance at silver.
You might not be able to win, but you'll last until the end. Shore up your defenses and sit out the siege.
Mental note - 'that did not work'. You won't do that again, but now is a good time to try out some other strategy.
Laugh it off.
Curse yourself, and spend the rest of the game annoying the remaining players.
You wish you could remember what you did so that you won't make the same mistake twice, but alas. Moving on..
13. Another player backstabs you at the beginning of a game. How do you react?
It was well-played. You mostly ignore the strike and move on.
Tease them mercilessly for the rest of the night.
'Target Acquired'.
You don't know without more detail, as it would depend on many factors.
Plan cold, hard revenge.
Fortify your defenses, and build your strength until someone else weakens the other player. Then, strike with minimal losses.
14. Of those listed, what was your favorite childhood game?
Tag
Hide and Seek
Red Light, Green Light
Duck, Duck Goose
Red Rover
Simon Says
15. It's 1869 and you're arriving in a bustling frontier town from back east. What sort of job do you seek out?
As a jack of all trades, I'll go for whatever occupation the town is in the most need for.
Banking is ideal for me in this new location.
A job on the railroad to keep from being in any one place too long.
I didn't come for a job. My intent is to find a nice piece of land and build a new home for myself.
Whichever one pays me the most.
Taverns are always fun, regardless of the era.