Reply To: Christmas Shopping Guide for Non-Gamers Shopping for Gamers

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@warzan I’ve just spent a few minutes playing with the feature.  It’s a nice idea but I have one suggestion.  Beginner Gifts seems to be a little flooded in some sections.  I feel it should contain core sets, faction starters, rule books and only other things which are essential to starting a game.  Stuff which is useful without any other purchases.  Click on beginners for 40k and I see lots of extra bases, Titanicus and Blackstone Fortress.  This complicates the issue.  If we assume that people who want this help are not people who already know what they are looking at then we need to keep it simple and not overload them with options.  I know Titanicus etc are 40K universe, but having them all mixed together will confuse the muggles.

I also stuck my head in to Underworlds and I see two core sets and 3 accessories.  If we are aiming this at Granny Agnes who is shopping for little Billie who really really wants Beastgrave, it would be nice if there was some obvious way to flag the accessories as just that so she doesn’t think she must buy them or Billie can’t play the game.  Underworlds being a special case, maybe also point out that you don’t need both core sets to start playing?  Perhaps when you click on Beginner Gifts the page could be split in two: Core Gifts and Accessories, then Agnes can make an informed choice about what to buy Billie.

 

Just some thoughts.  I’m sure implementing things is infinitely harder that suggesting them.  These gift ideas pages should be built to produce suggestions based on the classic guiding principal “Keep it Simple.  Keep it Stupid” 😉  Otherwise it’s a nice touch and will hopefully help a few parents this Christmas.