okamoto@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Doctor Who) (02/11/86)
Here are the results of the FRP Survey posted to the net some weeks ago. My personal comments will be enclosed within brackets. ----- Number of responses: 34 Sex: Male 34 Female 0 [ I wonder if this is because no females read net.games.frp, or that, in general, females do not play FRP. I certainly hope that it is the former, and not the latter. ] Age: 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ------------------------------- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [ An interesting spread of ages. ] How long have you been playing these escape valves? (In years) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ------------------- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [ Some people thought this was an insulting question, or were so ambiguous as to give me no idea. I should have ended the question with a :-) so as to not offend anybody. ] Favorite FRP: Votes FRP ----- --- 11 AD&D 5.5 RuneQuest 3 The Fantasy Trip 3 Call of Cthulhu 3 RoleMaster 2 DragonQuest 1 Fantasy Hero 0.5 ElfQuest [ AD&D's high votes do not surprise me. The RuneQuest entry includes both RQ2 and 3. I was surprised at the number of entries for The Fantasy Trip, though. ] Favorite SFRP: Votes SFRP ----- ---- 8 Traveller 4 Ringworld 2 Star Trek 2 Space Opera 1 Star Ace 1 Metamorphosis Alpha [ Again, Traveller's high votes do not surprise me. ] Favorite SHRP: (Super Hero) Votes SHRP ----- ---- 8 Champions 1 Superworld 1 DC Heroes [ Champions appears to be the undisputed winner in this category. Does anybody play Marvel, Golden Heroes, or V&V? ] Other RPG: Votes Other ----- ----- 2 Toon 2 Justice, Inc. 2 Danger International 2 James Bond 007 2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 Doctor Who 1 Car Wars 1 Top Secret 1 The Morrow Project [ I'm sure this list could go on forever. ] As a player, how long has your campaign been going on? [ I have lumped all categories together here. ] Length of time How many responses ------ -- ---- --- ---- --------- 1 day 1 5 days 1 1 week 1 1 month 3 2 months 1 3 months 3 4 months 1 6 months 8 7 months 1 8 months 1 1 year 16 1.5 years 1 2 years 7 2.5 years 1 3 years 3 4 years 6 4.5 years 1 5 years 2 6 years 2 8 years 3 10 years 1 As a referee, how long has your campaign gone on for? [ Again, all categories lumped together. ] Length of time Number of responses ------ -- ---- ------ -- --------- 3 weeks 1 2 months 1 4 months 2 6 months 2 7 months 1 9 months 1 1 year 4 1.5 years 2 2 years 4 2.5 years 1 3 years 3 4 years 1 4.5 years 1 5 years 1 6 years 2 7 years 1 8 years 5 The following is a list of all games mentioned as being played or run in a campaign. If I have spelled any names incorrectly, send flames to /dev/null. :=) Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Aftermath Bushido Call of Cthulhu Car Wars Champions DC Heroes Danger International Doctor Who DragonQuest Dungeons and Dragons ElfQuest Fantasy Hero James Bond 007 Justice, Inc. Metamorphosis Alpha Palladium Role-Playing Game Pendragon Ringworld Rolemaster RuneQuest Space Opera Star Ace Star Trek Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Fantasy Trip The Morrow Project Toon Top Secret Traveller Twilight: 2000 Villains and Vigilantes Well, I think that's about it. I'll hold onto the data for a while and then chuck it out. If there are any questions, mail them to me. The New Number Who, okamoto@ucbvax.berkeley.edu Jeff Okamoto ..!ucbvax!okamoto