QUESTION | AVERAGE | HIGH | LOW | Designer Comments |
(scale of 1 to 5) | ||||
What is your overall impression of this game | 3.600 | 4 | 2 | Generally a good representation of the final product. |
How much fun was it to play this game | 3.700 | 5 | 1 | Final version should be the same as play test version. |
How realistic did you feel the game was | 3.800 | 5 | 1 | Generally a good representation of the final product. |
How well balanced do you feel the game was | 3.300 | 5 | 2 | Minor rules cleanups and changes should have no impact on this rating |
How did you feel about the complexity level of this game | 3.300 | 5 | 2 | Generally a good representation of the final product. |
What is your overall impression of the components of the game, including gameboard, playing pieces, charts, etc (excluding rules presentation) | 3.200 | 4 | 2 | Final production version not significantly different from play test versions. Finishing coats on production printing helps some play test complaints of component quality. |
What is your overall impression of the gameboard | 3.200 | 5 | 2 | Some play test game boards were in 4 sections, instead of the final version which comes in 2 sections. Artwork the same, but printing in final version is of higher resolution. |
What is your overall impression of the game playing pieces | 3.200 | 4 | 2 | Play test blocks were markedly lower quality than final production versions. |
How easy was it to assemble the playing pieces | 4.000 | 5 | 2 | Final version is identical to play test versions. |
How easy were the rules to understand | 2.700 | 4 | 2 | Rules outline format adopted for final version as well as a Sequence of Play summary added. Miscellaneous clarifications added as well. This rating should be higher in the final version |
How complete and thorough were the rules | 3.700 | 4 | 2 | Final version should be the same as play test version. |
What price would you be willing to pay for this game as presented | $43.44 | $50.00 | $30.00 | Final version offered for less than the lowest price given by play testers (by 5 cents). It should be noted that 2 of the 10 play testers stated they would not purchase the game at any price. |
Play Test Summary: 3 Independent Groups, 10 total players (ave gaming experience = 21.9 yrs), 18 TGC games played |