What Gamer Type are You?
1. Your dungeon-crawling adventuring party has come upon a treasure chest. What do you hope to find inside?
A detailed map for the rest of the dungeon
A disgruntled gnome
Tomes containing lost history of the region
High quality gear
Gold
A quest-related item
2. Your friend is explaining the rules to a new board game, and it's taking forever. What are you doing while he talks?
Playing close attention and thinking about how mechanics interact.
Glancing through all the text / imagery on the board.
Interrupting him every two minutes to ask questions.
Building towers out of your pieces.
Determing who to go after first.
Texting your other friend under the table.
3. The zombie apocalypse is upon us! What's your preferred method of survival?
Luck.
Gather your friends together and hope you all make it. Somehow.
Stock up on the essentials and try to cope with the situation.
You've watched movies on this. Grab your cricket bat and head for the nearest pub.
You've been waiting for this day. Time to head out and start wracking up the kill count.
Defend your base and command targeted missions out into the affected area.
4. You and your colleagues / classmates have been assigned a paper that's due in a week. How do you approach the task?
Find a collaborator to talk about your plans.
Collect yourself and your materials, analyze the information you have, and start mapping a mental outline.
Dig into the pile of references you already have picked out.
Grab a blank page and just start writing.
Once you're comfortable with your resources, you find yourself a nice quiet corner and hammer it all out.
You give yourself a day for research, a day for organizing, and a day to write it.
5. You are sent to jail in Monopoly. How do you react?
"I can spare one of my Get out Jail Free Cards."
"Whatever. I'll just roll."
"I'll pay the $50 and move on."
"Hey guys, come meet me at Just Visiting!"
"It was doubles that got me here; it'll be doubles that get me out."
"Jail? The whole game is annoying me."
6. Of those listed, what was your favorite childhood game?
Tag
Red Light, Green Light
Red Rover
Duck, Duck Goose
Simon Says
Hide and Seek
7. It's 1869 and you're arriving in a bustling frontier town from back east. What sort of job do you seek out?
Banking is ideal for me in this new location.
Whichever one pays me the most.
A job on the railroad to keep from being in any one place too long.
As a jack of all trades, I'll go for whatever occupation the town is in the most need for.
I didn't come for a job. My intent is to find a nice piece of land and build a new home for myself.
Taverns are always fun, regardless of the era.
8. 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.
'Target Acquired'.
Plan cold, hard revenge.
Tease them mercilessly for the rest of the night.
Fortify your defenses, and build your strength until someone else weakens the other player. Then, strike with minimal losses.
You don't know without more detail, as it would depend on many factors.
9. You're nearing the end of a lengthy game, and you will win on your final move. However, in order to win you'll have to betray a long-term ally. What are you thinking?
Nah. It's only a game.
I'd prefer not to, but I've invested too much to stop now.
I'll do it only if I absolutely have to, and only if I'm safe from retribution.
I didn't originally think I had a shot, but since I'm here...
In a heartbeat. It was an alliance of convenience anyway.
It really depends on the circumstances.
10. 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?
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.
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.
You wish you could remember what you did so that you won't make the same mistake twice, but alas. Moving on..
Curse yourself, and spend the rest of the game annoying the remaining players.
11. You are playing a somewhat complex game for the first time with more experienced players. How will you approach the game?
Just wing it.
Find a way of acquiring resources while trying to upset the least amount of people.
Base your tactics off what feels most right within the game's theme.
Use the political power of conversation to offset in my gaps of understanding.
Make an educated guess on the best tactic to compete with the experienced players.
Try to figure out a basic strategy and see if it works.
12. Which of the following game types seems the most appealing to you?
One with clear goals
One with a variety of tactics
One with multiple paths to victory
One with high player interactions
One with a rich story background
One with a good degree of chance
13. 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?
You burnt through all your strategies awhile ago. Now it's time for an all-out assault with the few pieces you have left.
What? Oh. Um...you stopped paying full attention about 3.5 hours ago.
You're not sure how you've lasted this long, but you keep going. Now's the time to get really creative.
If the game is developing in a fun way, you want to see where it ends up next.
Continue to acquire resources and build your troops. With enough forces, you could launch a final attack to end it all.
You don't complain. Supposedly, your elaborate turns and complex moves are the reason you're running so late to begin with.
14. It's a boring day at work. What are you doing to keep yourself from falling asleep?
Chatting with your friends.
Re-organizing office supplies.
Planning ahead. There might be something you can do now to save you some time when you're busy again.
Catching up on a bunch of little tasks that slipped through the cracks.
Clicking your pen. Repeatedly.
Daydreaming.
15. If you could pick one of these game shows to be on, which would it be?
Family Feud
Who Wants to Be A Millionaire
Jeopardy
Wheel of Fortune
Deal or No Deal
The Price is Right