POLL: Defining Failure

103 votes were cast by total voters.

John the OFM

writes:

I can name at least 5 different "complete armies, by points, that I collected and later sold off because nobody else had any interest.
I guess that's a "failure", but I enjoyed painting them. 🤷

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VOTING RESULTS
Answer	Votes	%	Chart
Stage 1 is a failure	4	4%
Stage 2 is a failure	35	34%
Stage 3 is a failure	19	18%
Stage 4 is a failure	11	11%
Stage 5 is a failure	8	8%
other (explain)	1	1%
none of these/no opinion	16	16%
this is ridiculous	8	8%
not my cup of tea	1	1%

POLL IS CLOSED

POLL DESCRIPTION

robert piepenbrink writes:

As a follow-up to the previous poll on why wargame projects fail, perhaps it's appropriate to decide what constitutes either success or failure. I would suggest:

that a wargame project is a success if you assemble at least two armies, suitable terrain and rules and fight battles. (How many battles? Good question.)

I'd say it's a failure if you buy or build some of the necessary elements, but throw them out, give them away or sell them off without ever having what you need for a game.

You can tell yourself the verdict is still out as long as you have pieces of the incomplete project, but after a time, you're just lying to yourself. (How much time? Good question.)

You built it, but no one came. Is it a failure if the completed project attracts no gamers?

You cannibalized the project. Is it a failure if the troops, terrain or whatever were folded into another project? (For example, my 28mm Tudor English condensed scale DBA project never played, but was rebased for Lion/Dragon Rampant.)

Which of those five states do you regard as a failure?

Poll set up by Editor in Chief Bill , based on this pre-poll discussion.