A conversation in this recent thread about what caused someone to actually play the skirmish, combined with it being a slow Friday at work for me, had me interested in the communities response to this question...

When you bought your first IA core did you plan to play:

A) Campaign only (20) (32.8%)

B) Skirmish only (6) (9.8%)

C) Both equally (9) (14.8%)

D) Campaign but thought you'd try skirmish eventually (18) (29.5%)

E) Skirmish but thought you'd try campaign eventually (5) (8.2%)

F) What is Campaign and Skirmish? I just like Star Wars (3) (4.9%)

Summary:

62.3% of people bought this game with the campaign in mind, 29.5% of that number thought they would try skirmish.

18% of people bought this game with the skirmish in mind, 8.2% of those people thought they would try campaign.

14.8% of people bought the game to play campaign and skirmish equally.

(Updated March 7th, 2017)

I will go first, I am option A, Campaign only. I don't even know if I really looked at the skirmish at all before I bought it, I was aware it was there, but didn't even test it out until months later. At that point I was like holy cow, this is way more fun than the campaign. Interested to see how many there are like me. Maybe this poll will serve as a source of feedback for FFG in regards to the state of skirmish entry and help motivate them to create a more user friendly skirmish only entry point. At the very least it will be interesting to see how many fall in each category.

I bought it because I love grid based combat games (I miss you so much Heroscape) and Star Wars. I never read any previews and basically bought it for the sweet minis and to have a troop level Star Wars game. So I guess C?

I bought in because I work with students and have a group that I wanted to take through a campaign type game. I'd just heard about Mice and Mystics (late) but then saw that IA was on the horizon (I believe this was the summer/fall before IA came out) and pitched the idea to them and they loved it!

So I bought for campaign. Thought skirmish looked a little interesting when I opened the box. Checked out the Kansas City regionals in 2015 (couldn't stay to play - in town for a graduation). Listened a lot to the IA command podcast (RIP) and that got me interested in skirmish, even though I knew the 4x4/Sab's were dominant. But then the errata came and I found out a store championship was only 30 mins away in January of 16, so I converted my kids over and they loved it! Now we play a campaign day maybe every 3 months, but we go to monthly skirmish tourneys, maybe a skirmish day in between every other tourney, and went to regionals last year and going in a few weeks, and planning to go to worlds if we can get tickets. Hows that for a poll option

Edit: Forgot I also really wanted the grid based game - had x-wing and barely got it to the table 3-5 times in 2 years because it was a lot to teach at the time and didn't like the finicky-ness of bumping with students, they got frustrated.

So "D" is the best option for me

C but I almost immediately found out the Campaign wasn't for me.

Bought it for campaign, tried to play skirmish and even volunteered as TO for a while and tried to organize events but nobody would show up, so now I just play campaign with my playgroup.

I guess I'm D

6 minutes ago, ThatJakeGuy said:

I bought it because I love grid based combat games (I miss you so much Heroscape) and Star Wars. I never read any previews and basically bought it for the sweet minis and to have a troop level Star Wars game. So I guess C?

I added option F which is basically "I had no idea what the game was, I just like Star Wars"

D, and a little of F.

Loved the minis, but didn't really know what to expect from the game. I am pretty sure 90% of its use will be campaign though.

Definitely campaign.

We beat the hell out of Zombicide season 1. And no one in our group played a dungeon crawler before so IA was a no brainer purchase.

The Star Wars theme, the miniatures, the light RPG element, the plethora of missions and fusion between fun/competitive… it’s all too good.

The skirmish version never stuck with me, though I’d like to get more games in on vassal.

The dodge result/command cards can be far too swingy. It’s also off putting when I see lists that don’t feel right.

I do C) pretty equally. I like both sides of the game. I just sucks at both when it comes to winning. Lol

I guess (D). I was mostly interested in the campaign, but thought (as you put it) get around to the skirmish part eventually. As of yet, we're one mission from finishing Hoth and I have Bespin and Jabba's Palace to go before we decide to redo a campaign or try out this skirmish thing. LOL

I bought it with "D" in mind, however, I've found that "C" is where I'm currently at.

The youtube battle reports of skirmishes really inspire me to play more and the forums keep me excited and current.

Having the ally/villain minis purchased and only seeing them occasionally in campaign was a bit of a bummer, but skirmish has really kept those figures alive.

Now that I have so many minis, it's custom campaign time!

A) I was looking for a new game for our 4-5 players. We played two skirmish games, but I would need 2-player opportunities to really get into it. (And more time - my current IA activities take a lot of it.)

A

I've only just jumped into skirmish this year due to listening to people talk about it on the various IA podcasts for a long time. I originally didn't plan to at all because I was done with competitive CCG type games but since I had all the packs, many aren't as useful/used in campaign, I might as well do something with them

Skirmish has been a lot of fun!

E)

Well both, but it ended up being campaign for a couple of reasons. 1st everyone got on board becasue we saw Star Wars flavored Descent. 2nd I was the only one who bought the game so getting others to play skirmish was kind of a pain since I would always win, then when I went to tournaments since I never played real players I consistently got crushed. 3rd when I saw the 1st worlds and saw the 4x4 which would require 4 core sets and I'm not going to lay that cash down.

Long and short I'm always in for campaign and casual skirmish, but I'll never be able to optimize a competitive skirmish list or be savy enough to compete in a meta. So (B) but now ive resigned myself to (A).

D) For me. Though I find it increasingly difficult to find 4 more people to commit to do a campaign right now sadly. School life is busy.

C)

D for me

D) Campaign but thought you'd try skirmish eventually

But now i basically just play Skirmish because it's really great.

A - very much for campaign. I've played the skirmish (using only my components) maybe 3 times. But I love the campaign. Actually I love being the Imperial Player so much I think I'm one of the few folk who's not obsessing about the eventual app...

A

d

E) I bought the game because I was pumped for Skirmish. I didn't think I'd be able to organize a full campaign session, as cool as the idea sounded.

Cut to a few weeks later- my wife and I had just finished a playthrough of Rebellion, and I suggested trying this new game called Imperial Assault. We did the little tutorial thing, and she actually really enjoyed it. I sort of tentatively suggested a Campaign, we went through the first mission, and were hooked. We've played one game of Skirmish- not as big of fans, though it was okay.

E. I was most interested in skirmish game from the get go. I am a casual home player. I love miniatures, so it was an easy sell to me. Star Wars + minis? Here's my money. May try campaign at some point...

To paint...and D.