"Fun & Losing" Topic

Do you still have fun, even if you lose the game?

Of course. A game is four or five hours of engaging in one of my favorite activities with some of my best friends. What's not to enjoy?

Absolutely! Since this is the position I usually find myself in, if I did not enjoy playing I would have been out of the hobby years ago.

Of course. Miniature gaming is about more than winning.

Yep!!

For sure! Otherwise I'd have no fun at all

Yes, I enjoy 98% of the games I play.

Yes

Often more. Then I get to whine.

Usually. When I don't, I start looking for a new game. There are systems bad enough that not even winning is fun.

Of course, I lose at least half the time, so I had better just enjoy the game, the banter, the friends and the frosty beverages.

Yup. Sometimes I feel bad by winning! Usually it's when the other guys get hosed by bad die rolls….

It is always more fun to win, but playing a good game is fun if you win or lose. And… I do a lot of solo gaming so I have a love/hate relationship with winning.

I win most of my games but it is hard not to smile when my friends do their woohoo in your face dance.

Winning or losing, I enjoy playing. It is so much fun!

Depends on the game and the opponents.

I hate losing badley. That usualy means I have not given the guy a decent game. The exception is if he wipes you out with unparalled genius. I which case you sit back and learn as your army crumbles to dust.

Other wise who cars who wins, it about the game. In our case its not often we know who is the winner; it is obvious often who played better. But some of the best games are just incredibly interesting stories that keep you on your toes as the battle rages back and forth.

I enjoy the game itself. If I lose it usually is because of some bone headed move I made.

Yes, always.

I have not won a game in months and keep playing so I must have fun losing.

I don't mind losing as long as there's good company and the game/scenario isn't unduly stacked against my side.
Of course, when I play solo I can enjoy both winning and losing!

Losing the game is one thing…losing the painting duel is another…

Yes. For me it's about the challenge,the story and hanging out with friends.

I don't mind losing at all. I am happy if at least one unit, or one figure in a skirmish game, has done something really cool.

Tom

Absolutely!

If his plan defeats my plan, I have a great time.
If there was no plan and he rolled better than I did, I don't have fun because it wasn't a wargame.

Usually, but occasionally I don't. We have one player who likes to gloat and belittle the loser in front of everyone.

Sometimes losing can be hilarious especially with a string of bad die rolls. Self deprecating humor is the key. Don't laugh at someone, laugh with them.

Sometimes if I am running the game and the battle/scenario has one side that is clearly going to get the snot beat of them, I will play that side myself. I want to make it a fun game for everyone else.

I always think if I have fun, that is a win in itself, I hope I am a good loser.

There are bad losers and bad winners. I don't know which is worse.

My buddy Ed whupped up on me when we ran Battle at Trebbia using Pulse of Battle. It was ugly. I really got smacked around. It was a good time though. He's a great guy and Pulse of Battle reflected Roman Republican and Carthaginian warfare so well it was impossible not to enjoy it!

Thanks.

John

I don't get bent out of shape if I lose. I just enjoy playing a fun game with good company.