"Have you ever bet on a wargame?" Topic

Have you ever placed a wager on a miniature wargame?

Only if who buys the beers counts.

yes and I lost $20. USD

Yes and I had to pay for lunch

No

Fistful of Dollars game — everybody puts a $1 USD coin into the sack for the winner!

No.

Nope.

No. I don't want to make myself ineligible for the wargaming hall of fame.

Yes, beer at lunch.

The way I roll?

"I never bet with my money, only with my life."-Rick O'Connell, The Mummy film.

Probably illegal in my club, OK at home but don't.

Only my sacred honor!

I miss that…

Doug

Don't be silly….

John T

No

Many years ago, my gaming group of 9-10 played an Ancients campaign set (very loosely) during the Punic Wars with armies & fleets. At one Saturday meeting to resolve map moves with tabletop battles, I had simultaneous naval encounters with 2 foes. I recruited a good friend whose nation was currently neutral to command the smaller of my fleets; while he was a very experienced gamer, he'd acquired the rep of being "unfocused". His opponent, also a close friend, was well known as "too focused" & his fleet outnumbered mine, thus the consensus was that I'd lose at least 1 battle. I bet my sub a case of beer if he won. We each won our battle with a decisive victory.

For a couple years we played a mid-night gladiator game/mini-tournament at Historicon. It started out by people betting a buck or two on who was going to win a match…then we started putting bounties on certain "gladiators". Usually beer was purchased with the winnings.

"MY" money??!!??!!

Not on your life, although if we are using "your" money…

We had a Battletech "Invitational" with a $5 USD buy in. Last Man Standing got the pot (@ $100 USD).

Bribed, corrupted and underhand dealings, but betting on the outcome nope :) actually the comments here are for campaigns I've been part of, oh what Machiavellian fun. Although a cowboy, gladiatorial or jousting type game would not be too remiss to wagering (in fun of course)
Cheers.

No way, we have enough arguments about rules as it is. If there was money involved we would never get a game finished lol.

no although back in the '80s, I participated in a grudge match between Ral Partha and Grenadier where the casualties were sent to the hammer and anvil for flattening.
Does that count?

No

Not betting, but I have played in a couple Pod-Racing games were cash bounties were placed on some of the drivers.

Nope

No.

No. Don't gamble at all.

Hell no. (A simple no just doesn't covey enough)

Why? You saying I have a problem?

no although back in the '80s, I participated in a grudge match between Ral Partha and Grenadier where the casualties were sent to the hammer and anvil for flattening.

Was that at a GenCon? I picked up the 'hammer and anvil' which were actually concrete core samples. May have been a different one:

A) It was one casualty per turn, and B) I thought it was Ral and Minifig…

WELL PAINTED figs, and it's a wager few I know would tempt now.

Doug

Yes. In fact, even made it part of a scenario in Battletech. In a multi-player free for all, every person playing had to put two quarters somewhere on the board. If you could walk over it, you got to pick it up with your 'mech. Get it to a board edge and the money is yours.

I've also bet on die rolls, win/loss, time until a player had a meltdown over his die rolling and any number of other friendly wager scenarios.

I only play for money in solo games…

Not wargaming, but did enjoy chess for a dollar with Backgammon doubling dice.

Played a lot of Risk & Monopoly for $ back in my college days but never a minis game. Would be fun though.

Nope…I only bet on SURE things, and wargaming ain't no sure thing!!!

No.

Sure for chariot races

Yes and the losers welched on the bet.

I can't remember betting on the final outcome of a game. But I have certainly made bets along the lines of "Bet you X amount of dollars your unit will lose this melee result" or "Bet you X amount of dollars you will lose more men to this units shooting attacks then to that units melee attacks".
Usually by the end of an average 8 hour game we would have wagered enough back and fourth to be pretty even. Any big wins pretty much meant you would be supplying the beer for the next game.

No

About 20 years ago, maybe more, there was a Chinese-history wargames day at the Royal Armouries, which were still in the Tower of London at that point. Thom Richardson put on a Warring States campaign game which involved DBA battles; but there were more players than armies/states, and the rest represented unemployed "gentlemen" trying to get official posts in the various states. Winning the game was not actually achieved by winning the battles, but by successfully wagering on the outcomes.

Dinner and Wine – Added the cheese ourselves

No, but a couple I knew used to play DBA as a kind of foreplay – the winner "conquered" the loser and got to decide what "games" they'd be playing later that night.

Very odd: using a land warfare game to prepare for navel engagements.

Bounties on jousts and gladiator bouts, but no further friendly wagers.