Hello All,
This will be the final installment of the survey analysis that deals with player reviews. The next article will focus on campaign data that you all submitted. This section will likely be brief (not only because of how few Chaos armies have Crusade rules but also how few Chaos armies there are). Let’s jump in!
Not a whole lot to say here except I was surprised that there were as many Chaos Daemons as Chaos Knight players who responded.
Army Crusade Rules
In this section we will analyze the results using similar tables to the last article. Since there are only two Chaos armies with their own crusade rules we will focus on them.
| On average, I believe my army’s crusade rules are… | Thousand Sons | Death Guard |
| More powerful than my opponent’s crusade rules | 0 | 1 |
| About equal with my opponent’s crusade rules | 9 | 11 |
| Less powerful than my opponent’s crusade rules | 2 | 4 |
Given that the Thousand Son’s main mechanic is really just an upgraded Relic mechanic, I understand these results. I think the Thousand Sons deserved better rules. The Death Guard also got expanded rules in a Crusade Supplement and so I am a little surprised at the number of response who believe their rules are under-powered. It is possible these players did not know about the expansion or that it simply isn’t enough to make them useful.
| My army’s special rules are easy to understand. | Thousand Sons | Death Guard |
| Strongly Agree | 2 | 4 |
| Agree | 8 | 10 |
| Disagree | 1 | 2 |
| Strongly Disagree | 0 | 0 |
Nothing much to note here, I agree that the rules for both of these armies are quite straightforward.
| Please indicate how satisfied you are with your army’s specific crusade rules | Thousand Sons | Death Guard |
| Very Satisfied | 1 | 2 |
| Somewhat Satisfied | 9 | 8 |
| Somewhat Dissatisfied | 0 | 4 |
| Very Dissatisfied | 1 | 2 |
Once again I am surprised at how low the rating is for the Death Guard. It is possible that the responses were also affected by their army’s non-crusade rules as well. Death Guard do bridge the gap between the early crusade rules and the more expanded ones first seen in the Drukhari book but they aren’t nearly as basic as those in the Space Marine or Necron books.
Conclusion
| Please indicate how satisfied you were with the last crusade campaign you participated in: | Thousand Sons | Death Guard | Chaos Space Marines (generic value brand) | Chaos Knights | Chaos Daemons |
| Very Satisfied | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Somewhat Satisfied | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Somewhat Dissatisfied | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Very Dissatisfied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As we continue to look at if a lack of satisfaction with army rules correlates with lower campaign satisfaction it’s encouraging to see that the Chaos players are (on average) the most satisfied group. None of the respondents were Very Dissatisfied with the campaign they participated in (possibly because of a good GM, or they are just used to being beat down at this point lol.) It is very noteworthy that the Chaos Knight players had a grand old time, though with such a small sample size it is impossible to generalize the results.
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