Editor in Chief Bill | 10 Jun 2015 6:12 a.m. PST |
Have you ever placed a wager on a miniature wargame? |
Texas Jack | 10 Jun 2015 6:18 a.m. PST |
Only if who buys the beers counts. |
Wackmole9 | 10 Jun 2015 6:20 a.m. PST |
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Frederick | 10 Jun 2015 6:25 a.m. PST |
Yes and I had to pay for lunch |
advocate | 10 Jun 2015 6:28 a.m. PST |
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miniMo | 10 Jun 2015 6:30 a.m. PST |
Fistful of Dollars game — everybody puts a $1 USD coin into the sack for the winner! |
Joes Shop | 10 Jun 2015 6:34 a.m. PST |
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Old Slow Trot | 10 Jun 2015 6:42 a.m. PST |
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79thPA | 10 Jun 2015 7:04 a.m. PST |
No. I don't want to make myself ineligible for the wargaming hall of fame. |
Random Die Roll | 10 Jun 2015 7:24 a.m. PST |
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skippy0001 | 10 Jun 2015 7:25 a.m. PST |
The way I roll? "I never bet with my money, only with my life."-Rick O'Connell, The Mummy film. |
JimDuncanUK | 10 Jun 2015 7:26 a.m. PST |
Probably illegal in my club, OK at home but don't. |
TheBeast | 10 Jun 2015 7:28 a.m. PST |
Only my sacred honor! I miss that… Doug |
John Treadaway | 10 Jun 2015 7:28 a.m. PST |
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B6GOBOS | 10 Jun 2015 7:40 a.m. PST |
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SpuriousMilius | 10 Jun 2015 7:41 a.m. PST |
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. |
Razor78 | 10 Jun 2015 7:46 a.m. PST |
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. |
Mute Bystander | 10 Jun 2015 8:07 a.m. PST |
"MY" money??!!??!! Not on your life, although if we are using "your" money… |
Saber6 | 10 Jun 2015 8:32 a.m. PST |
We had a Battletech "Invitational" with a $5 USD buy in. Last Man Standing got the pot (@ $100 USD). |
Zargon | 10 Jun 2015 9:00 a.m. PST |
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. |
Jeff965 | 10 Jun 2015 9:16 a.m. PST |
No way, we have enough arguments about rules as it is. If there was money involved we would never get a game finished lol. |
RavenscraftCybernetics | 10 Jun 2015 9:49 a.m. PST |
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? |
Ed Mohrmann | 10 Jun 2015 9:53 a.m. PST |
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Chris Palmer | 10 Jun 2015 10:06 a.m. PST |
Not betting, but I have played in a couple Pod-Racing games were cash bounties were placed on some of the drivers. |
M1Fanboy | 10 Jun 2015 10:07 a.m. PST |
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Rod I Robertson | 10 Jun 2015 10:30 a.m. PST |
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etotheipi | 10 Jun 2015 11:01 a.m. PST |
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Dynaman8789 | 10 Jun 2015 11:28 a.m. PST |
Hell no. (A simple no just doesn't covey enough) |
Rich Bliss | 10 Jun 2015 11:28 a.m. PST |
Why? You saying I have a problem? |
TheBeast | 10 Jun 2015 12:07 p.m. PST |
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 |
Martian Root Canal | 10 Jun 2015 12:22 p.m. PST |
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. |
Mike Target | 10 Jun 2015 12:55 p.m. PST |
I only play for money in solo games… |
JezEger | 10 Jun 2015 12:57 p.m. PST |
Not wargaming, but did enjoy chess for a dollar with Backgammon doubling dice. |
redbanner4145 | 10 Jun 2015 2:01 p.m. PST |
Played a lot of Risk & Monopoly for $ back in my college days but never a minis game. Would be fun though. |
raylev3 | 10 Jun 2015 3:50 p.m. PST |
Nope…I only bet on SURE things, and wargaming ain't no sure thing!!! |
20thmaine | 10 Jun 2015 4:35 p.m. PST |
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jdpintex | 10 Jun 2015 4:54 p.m. PST |
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Bashytubits | 10 Jun 2015 10:13 p.m. PST |
Yes and the losers welched on the bet. |
f u u f n f | 10 Jun 2015 10:23 p.m. PST |
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. |
Doctor X | 10 Jun 2015 11:13 p.m. PST |
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GurKhan | 11 Jun 2015 5:26 a.m. PST |
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. |
DisasterWargamer | 11 Jun 2015 5:37 a.m. PST |
Dinner and Wine – Added the cheese ourselves |
David Manley | 11 Jun 2015 3:25 p.m. PST |
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. |
Henry Martini | 11 Jun 2015 5:03 p.m. PST |
Very odd: using a land warfare game to prepare for navel engagements. |
ViscountEric | 16 Jun 2015 11:03 a.m. PST |
Bounties on jousts and gladiator bouts, but no further friendly wagers. |