Board Game Arena

Hi folks!

My name is Joe Wasserman. I am a graduate student researcher at West Virginia University. Dr. Nicholas Bowman is supervising this research project as part of my pursuit of a Ph.D. in Communication Studies. I’m conducting a research study on how people’s perceptions of strategy in Hive change with experience.

I’m a huge boardgame nerd myself—you can see my BoardGameGeek profile here: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/Mymil

For this study, we’re looking for people aged 18+ who have ever played Hive even once to take one online survey, which should take about 30-60 minutes (depending on how much time you spend on each question).

In exchange for participating in the study, everyone who completes the survey will be able to enter in a drawing for a $50 Amazon or Funagain Games gift certificate.

As gamers ourselves, both Dr. Bowman and I understand you may have some hesitation related to security and privacy. I assure you that the surveys will not collect any information that could compromise your game accounts or personal information. The survey includes mostly multiple-choice questions with a few optional open-ended questions where you can choose to offer your thoughts. At no time will the survey request personally identifying information, except optionally for your email address in order to award the gift certificate (and email addresses will be kept strictly confidential, according to regulations protecting research participants). Participation is voluntary and confidential.

Survey link: http://wvu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_dakJ2huPL348yBD (if the link doesn't work, please copy-paste the URL into your web browser)

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to PM me here or by email at the address provided after the link.

Once this study is complete, I will definitely be sharing the results on the BGA forums!

Thank you!

P.S. This post has been approved by BGA admins.

Just so you know: the link doesn't work for me in firefox (I get a blank "New Tab" page), but it does work in Chrome.

florrat wrote:Just so you know: the link doesn't work for me in firefox (I get a blank "New Tab" page), but it does work in Chrome.

I use Chrome, so I had no idea! Thank you for letting me know—and for participating in the study. I'll update the post with instructions if the link doesn't work.

Holy. Cow.

DUDE! I'm a WVU Alumnus living in Morgantown! This is awesome!

orbiter1 wrote:Holy. Cow.

DUDE! I'm a WVU Alumnus living in Morgantown! This is awesome!

Oh, wow! That is really cool. Do you ever go to any of the local boardgame meetups? It's hard to find time as a PhD student, but I'm trying to go more frequently. You should check out this Facebook group if you're interested in local boardgaming, if you're not already a member: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1697219033838065/ (If you've gamed at Four Horsemen, it's possible we've even met face-to-face!)

i have played hive once and i am a big board game geek. i go to meetups here in arizona every friday and sometimes sat. . they are alot of fun

florrat wrote:Just so you know: the link doesn't work for me in firefox (I get a blank "New Tab" page), but it does work in Chrome.

I had no trouble with it in Firefox. Though I'm still using some version in the high 40's, but unless they've done more stuff to make pages even more difficult, I'm not sure if that makes any difference.

Thank you all for your participation! Glad to hear the survey link is working. Maybe it was just a temporary glitch with Qualtrics.