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My name is Neels van Heerden, research professor at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.

The aim of this survey is improve how leisure scholars, such as myself, understand wargaming as a personal journey for like-minded individuals, a hobby, a leisure and/or recreational activity, and as an important pastime to members of this group.

Outcome of the survey
* A qualitative analysis of all responses will be published in a scientific journal.

Privacy parameters
* No identifiable personal information is collected.
* All responses will be treated as anonymous and used for research purposes only.
* All responses will be sent to my SurveyMonkey-account without capturing anyone’s IP-address.
* Details concerning my SurveyMonkey account will not be shared with any individual, entity or corporation.

You may at anytime halt your participation in this survey.

Please type your answers in the text blocks.

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* 1. How old are you and how long have you been an active wargamer?

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* 2. Why and how did you take wargaming up as an activity?

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* 3. How many hours per month do you (on average) devote to wargaming? Describe how you divide your time in terms of reading about wargaming rules, studying and familiarising yourself with historical facts about battles, preparation for active wargaming sessions and modelling miniatures, battle terrains, dioramas, laying out maps, etc.

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* 4. Describe how essential participating in wargaming is in terms of your personal well-being and social life.

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* 5. What are the things about wargaming that motivate you to continue to participate?

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* 6. If you were to encourage a friend to take up wargaming for the first time, what would you tell them about wargaming?

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* 7. Is there anything else that you would like to share about wargaming in general?

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* 8. Having answered all the questions thus far - How would you profile (describe) yourself as a wargamer?

Thank you for participating.

Should you have any questions regarding the ethical aspects of the study, you can contact the chairperson of the TUT Research Ethics Committee, Dr H Mason, during office hours at Tel (012) 382-5073, E-mail MasonH@tut.ac.za. Alternatively, you can report any serious unethical behaviour at the University’s Toll Free Hotline 0800 21 23 41.

By clicking on “Done” you confirm that:
you are older than 18;
you participated voluntarily.
your recorded responses may be used for research purposes as described above.

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