Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 jreilly89 wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Ashiraya wrote:
I can't say I have observed any particular link between loudness and points preference.

I think you're reading far too much in to my comments.

It's just before this poll, if someone had of asked me what size games I think most people like to play, I probably would have guessed 1850+, and 1850 simply because it's become a bit of a standard, otherwise I would have guessed 1500+ or 2000+. I would not have guessed most people would have been below 1500pts (especially on this forum more so than IRL).

Most? Less than 1500 and 1500-2000 are tied in the poll

52% say they prefer < 1500pts by this poll, 87% below 2000pts and only 13% above 2000pts

Or, 52% say they prefer < 1500pts by this poll and 48% prefer >= 1500 points. I still wouldn't call that most, that's pretty even, especially since Medium (1250-1500) 30% [ 59 ]
Large (1500-2000) 34% [ 68 ].

Plus the poll is ambiguous. If you like 2000 or 1500 which option are you supposed to pick?

I suspect that a good chunk of the 1250 to 1500 are playing at 1500.

 Scott-S6 wrote:
Plus the poll is ambiguous. If you like 2000 or 1500 which option are you supposed to pick?

I suspect that a good chunk of the 1250 to 1500 are playing at 1500.

Yea I wish 1500 would have had its own along with the other most popular points brackets (1250,1500,1850,2000). I was not sure which to pick.

 jreilly89 wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 jreilly89 wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 Ashiraya wrote:
I can't say I have observed any particular link between loudness and points preference.

I think you're reading far too much in to my comments.

It's just before this poll, if someone had of asked me what size games I think most people like to play, I probably would have guessed 1850+, and 1850 simply because it's become a bit of a standard, otherwise I would have guessed 1500+ or 2000+. I would not have guessed most people would have been below 1500pts (especially on this forum more so than IRL).

Most? Less than 1500 and 1500-2000 are tied in the poll

52% say they prefer < 1500pts by this poll, 87% below 2000pts and only 13% above 2000pts

Or, 52% say they prefer < 1500pts by this poll and 48% prefer >= 1500 points. I still wouldn't call that most, that's pretty even, especially since Medium (1250-1500) 30% [ 59 ]
Large (1500-2000) 34% [ 68 ].

Anything greater than 50% is "most" It might change as more votes come in, but I'm not going to argue the semantics when the numbers are there, I meant what I meant and anyone who can add and subtract can see what I meant.


Automatically Appended Next Post:

Grimlineman wrote:

 Scott-S6 wrote:
Plus the poll is ambiguous. If you like 2000 or 1500 which option are you supposed to pick?

I suspect that a good chunk of the 1250 to 1500 are playing at 1500.

Yea I wish 1500 would have had its own along with the other most popular points brackets (1250,1500,1850,2000). I was not sure which to pick.

Yeah, it would be nice if the brackets were broken down a bit better, but it is what it is and it still adds some insight.

I was thinking about making a new post with a normalized interval to choose from let's say 250 interval points ?

I don't think it's the point size that matters so much as having plenty of units.

That said, I do have a penchant for 600-750 point games.

You can bang out 3 of those real quick, which makes for fun mini campaigns where you get to build a little narrative between the battles.

I prefer 'restricted' 750-1250pt games.
Restrictions in place so that people don't bring superheavies or all flyers or something.
The games go significantly quicker, there's a lot more 'oh this probably won't work but YOLO' moments, and there's a lot less cheese possible with formations etc. It is POSSIBLE to create some terribly unbeatable matchups if you don't restrict what people take somewhat, but if you're playing like-minded armies I find the games can be much closer than larger games.

I think a lot of it is mindset. People playing the low points games tend to see them as less 'serious' than the bigger 1750-2000pt 'tournament' games.

1850 tends to be my regular game when I have a few hours. Sometimes 2500 if I've got a whole afternoon and feeling like a big game.

2000 points and up. But that just might be me missing playing apocalypse sized games... haven't been able to play any in two years now.

750-1250 is the sweet spot for me - quick game, room to maneuver, not over-complicated, actual decisions over what to take.

It's normally 1500-2000 for me. We did have an escalation league last year that went from 250 points to 2000 points with a big apocalypse team game at the end