Sportsmanship, am I being unfair?

[ABWorsham4]

The Allies decided to seek peace talks, Axis win.

[ZehKaiser]

Thanks for the replies guys. They are my friends, good friends, and its a friendly game. I am the person in my group who has bought all the games and is the biggest fan of them. My other friends enjoy it, but not enough to be really pro-active about it, they could take it or leave it as we play a ton of other table top games. Since I spent hundreds of dollars on A&A varients, and 100% of the money in our group, I like to play it as much as I can, and I’m lucky if I get a few times a year. Thankfully this has been the most popular version yet with our group and we’ve gotten in about 7-8 games now!

Basically the leader of the other team said that he’d be more interested in starting a new game rather than continuing this one. He said that he was really busy this time of year, which he is, but made the implication that he’d be able to make time for a new game, but would be too busy to finish this one, even withing a calandar month…  :| And this is all while not wanting to count his quit as a loss.

So I feel totally in the right to press the issue to make it a win, but I fear that if I do, and he doesn’t get his way, then I will be jeapordizing any chance of future games of A&A, we all know how hard it is to get a group of ppl together to play, epsecially on a regular basis. I feel like I might have to bite the bullet and take the draw and not finish our best axis game yet in order to get more games in the future. Its sad, but it might be the case. Oh well, games with a sour after-taste are still better than no games at all. :roll:

Thanks again guys. I really just wanted to vent, get a little A&A solidarity with this great community, and make sure I wasn’t being a pompus ass in the mean time.

[ABWorsham4]

Friends that will play the game with you are hard to come by.

[Fishmoto37]

Just take digital photos of the board and print them out. You can make notes right on the pictures and then reset the game anytime. You can offer to change sides the next time or play the game with someone else. If you never go back to it then its no big deal but if you record it this way then you always have this option. I have done this several times as these game are so long that one cannot always leave them setup for long periods.

[Jermofoot]

@ZehKaiser:

Basically the leader of the other team said that he’d be more interested in starting a new game rather than continuing this one. He said that he was really busy this time of year, which he is, but made the implication that he’d be able to make time for a new game, but would be too busy to finish this one, even withing a calandar month…  :| And this is all while not wanting to count his quit as a loss.

Ok, that’s utter bull hockey.  He wants to start a new game, but his excuse for finishing this one is there isn’t enough time?  It will take MORE time to finish a new game.  He just doesn’t want to lose.

So I feel totally in the right to press the issue to make it a win, but I fear that if I do, and he doesn’t get his way, then I will be jeapordizing any chance of future games of A&A, we all know how hard it is to get a group of ppl together to play, epsecially on a regular basis. I feel like I might have to bite the bullet and take the draw and not finish our best axis game yet in order to get more games in the future. Its sad, but it might be the case. Oh well, games with a sour after-taste are still better than no games at all. :roll:

I see your conundrum though…if you make a stand concerning it, it’s no longer fun and you risk future games.  I mean, it is just for fun, right?  But at the same time, if I were playing with other adults, I’d expect them to take a loss like a grown up and not make excuses to start a new game and avoid losing.  If he wants to start over, he surrenders because you still want to play.

I guess if you value future gaming days, you might have to cater to this guy…which sucks, but you’ll have more fun in the long run that way.  My last piece of advice is to never play poker with this guy.

[kdfsjljklgjfg]

Now what I would personally do, is after having a talk about how dumb his reasoning is and just telling him to continue it later…

Eventually you’ll play another game, and eventually you’ll probably lose. It’s inevitable. When he’s about 1 turn from taking one of your capitals or the final VC, depending on your side, say you want a draw and you still think you can win. Then use his same reasons.

[Jermofoot]

@kdfsjljklgjfg:

Now what I would personally do, is after having a talk about how dumb his reasoning is and just telling him to continue it later…

Eventually you’ll play another game, and eventually you’ll probably lose. It’s inevitable. When he’s about 1 turn from taking one of your capitals or the final VC, depending on your side, say you want a draw and you still think you can win. Then use his same reasons.

Excellent suggestion.

[Guest]

Played a couple of games recently, in one game I didn’t do so well and gave up after turn 4. I usually play to the end but give up when I deem the situation hopeless (so we can quickly start a new game).

[Fishmoto37]

@13thguardsriflediv:

Played a couple of games recently, in one game I didn’t do so well and gave up after turn 4. I usually play to the end but give up when I deem the situation hopeless (so we can quickly start a new game).

I have an idea the next time my opponent gives up too soon. I am going to suggest we change sides and see if I can reverse the trend toward defeat. That way we can continue the game. Of course I will do this only if I think that there is still a chance to reverse the trend.

[newpaintbrush]

I would say the sportsmanlike thing to do is play on until you or your opponent concedes.  If your opponent wants to end, and you do not, your opponent is free to concede.  If your opponent offers a draw, and you refuse to accept, as in chess, your opponent has the choice of playing on or conceding.

That said, some people aren’t good sportsmen/women.  You gotta work with what you got.  If you think it’s best to smooth things over and do as your buddy says, I’d say you’re the one on the scene, the one with the knowledge to make the appropriate decision.

Go get 'em tiger!  :lol: