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<blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 5669296" data-attributes="member: 649"><p>Perhaps broadly, but sportsmanship should overcome that in anyone over the age of 8. The 15-20 people I regularly play boardgames with understand that it's your responsibility from the moment you agree to play to:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Play through to the end of the game</strong>. The only exceptions are games where your leaving won't affect the game status (though such games are rare) or if some real life element interferes.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Play to win and play for position</strong>. The latter means that even if you know you can't win you still play to do as well as you can: in a game with points or other varying finishers you play for the highest position you can.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Play only the current game</strong>. If you feel like Bob screwed you in the last game you played, this is an all new game, no spending the game trying to screw Bob in revenge.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>No kingmaking</strong>. To the extent possible -- and a few games make this impossible but most do not -- do not play in ways that will help one player more than another if it's not to benefit yourself. This extends 2 and 3.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>No cheating</strong>. Not ever, in any way. (If the game allows for it, like Illuminati, and everyone agrees to play by that rule then it's not really cheating.)</li> </ol><p>People who can't manage to be good sports don't get invited back. It's almost surprising how, when almost everyone is playing this way, pretty much everyone else comes around.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Dunno about that. I mean yeah, there are plenty of games like that, but the thousands of "eurogames" I play have little or none of it, and I can assure you they're definitely invented by nerds. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fast Learner, post: 5669296, member: 649"] Perhaps broadly, but sportsmanship should overcome that in anyone over the age of 8. The 15-20 people I regularly play boardgames with understand that it's your responsibility from the moment you agree to play to: [LIST=1][*][B]Play through to the end of the game[/B]. The only exceptions are games where your leaving won't affect the game status (though such games are rare) or if some real life element interferes. [*][B]Play to win and play for position[/B]. The latter means that even if you know you can't win you still play to do as well as you can: in a game with points or other varying finishers you play for the highest position you can. [*][B]Play only the current game[/B]. If you feel like Bob screwed you in the last game you played, this is an all new game, no spending the game trying to screw Bob in revenge. [*][B]No kingmaking[/B]. To the extent possible -- and a few games make this impossible but most do not -- do not play in ways that will help one player more than another if it's not to benefit yourself. This extends 2 and 3. [*][b]No cheating[/b]. Not ever, in any way. (If the game allows for it, like Illuminati, and everyone agrees to play by that rule then it's not really cheating.)[/LIST] People who can't manage to be good sports don't get invited back. It's almost surprising how, when almost everyone is playing this way, pretty much everyone else comes around. Dunno about that. I mean yeah, there are plenty of games like that, but the thousands of "eurogames" I play have little or none of it, and I can assure you they're definitely invented by nerds. :) [/QUOTE]
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