"How do you like to win your games?" Topic

A) "Into the valley of death rode the 600" – with a death-or-glory charge.

B) "Get there the fastest with the mostest" – by out-thinking and outplaying your opponent from the get-go.

C) "Revenge is a dish best served cold" – by biding your time, studying your superior/more experienced opponent's weaknesses, and then using them against him (or her).

D) "Flush them out of their holes" – with a determined, attritional approach that wears your enemy down and eventually forces him (or her) to capitulate exhausted, and on the verge of tears.

E) "Hit me with your best shot" – by goading your opponent into an unwise attack, which you then ruthlessly exploit.

F) "By the skin of my teeth" – at the last minute, after a tense, see-saw affair.

G) "Sport's not pressure, son. A Messerchmitt up your *rse, now that's pressure" – as a result of having played wholeheartedly, but in a carefree spirit, letting the chips fall as they may.

H) "They couldn't hit an elephant at this…" – by a welcome stroke of luck.

I) "Eh?" – who cares? A win's a win.

J) "This old heart of mine's been broke a thousand times" – I never win. End of story.

I'm not that fussed about winning. The game's the thing.

I have said it before and I'll say it again. I'd rather win a down-to-the-wire nail-biter, than a landslide victory.

Sort of a mix of F & G.
Though it is more a whole lot of J.

I like to crush my enemies, drive them before me and here the lament of their dice rolls.

K) Correct use of period tactics.

b and g

"He cheats, he has a plan"

I like the quote from Keith Miller in G.

DAvid F Brown

G) "Sport's not pressure, son. A Messerchmitt up your *rse, now that's pressure" – as a result of having played wholeheartedly, but in a carefree spirit, letting the chips fall as they may. which drives some "serious" war gamers crazy. "… You should have…" yeah whatever.

H) "They couldn't hit an elephant at this…" – by a welcome stroke of luck. These are always fun.

F) "By the skin of my teeth" – at the last minute, after a tense, see-saw affair. More than a few of these.

A) "Into the valley of death rode the 600" – with a death-or-glory charge. Has happened once or twice.

J) "This old heart of mine's been broke a thousand times" – I never win. End of story. I don't take a loss seriously, especially with some dice dependent rules. Good times often happen in a game and that memory makes win/loss unimportant. "Don't Squeeze the Shaman" for those who were there…

L) As that great American philosopher Al Davis said, "Just win, Baby!"

As often as possible

Early, often, and repeatedly.

Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.

That might be E…..

F, I think. I like a good contest. Beating someone not nearly as good as I am is no fun, nor is getting one's posterior handed to them.

I go for "K" as well. Rules that model historical tactics well are the most satisfying kind of "win". It is a win-win for both sides when the rules are fun because they work.

Now, if we're playing scifi/fantasy, I want mine modeled after real life stuff, not made up out of whole cloth. Monsters/critters should be easy enough to fit within earth's varied life forms, extant and extinct, etc. So "K" is the goal there, too….

I prefer to win or lose where my opponent(s) says, "Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo-stick!* It really felt like I was up against the [insert name of my side] for a while, there!"

So, K, I guess. I understand the conceit, but I wouldn't say "period", something more like "appropriate to the force fielded". I think that covers historicals as well as what ifs and other genres.

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* "Hooooooooooooooooooooo-dawggy!" would also be an appropriate interjection.

A desperate plan and last-minute move that brings victory, no matter which player it came from.

I like a mix of all of them! However, I feel I have won if I enjoyed the game, win or lose!

By knowing I've made no unforced errors

I like to win by C) but usually do so by D) – although J) is pretty common too

F) "By the skin of my teeth" – at the last minute, after a tense, see-saw affair.

I) "Eh?" – who cares? A win's a win.

I do however prefer a decisive victory , alas they do not happen often

A desperate plan and last-minute move that brings victory, no matter which player it came from.

I do like (and try to design) games where the victory state is not known until after the last roll of the dice. Not that it is totally random … there should be a decicive odds on favourite (unless it shouldn't be that way based on play) and it may be the difference between total and marginal or marginal and Phyrric victory than hangs in the balance. I just like a game that keeps you playing all the way through.