I'm usually a very competitive person. However, since becoming the main person introducing board games to others, I have started to care more about teaching and then enjoying a gaming experience than winning. Once a person has had enough experience, that's when winning becomes the main goal - but games are meant to be fun!
I think getting into solo gaming has helped with this. I play a lot more often and I’m not beating anything but a system (or myself if playing two handed war game). So playing just to enjoy playing has helped me not focus on the win for enjoyment
All great points. I played 11 games at Geekway To The West last month and came in dead-last in 9 of them. Luckily, it didn't keep me from having the time of my life there. I do try to win, but it usually takes me a couple plays of a game to fully grasp the strategies to win. Being that I'm almost always playing new games, that rarely happens.
I love your point about new gamers! It should be about making sure everyone is having a good time than winning. Especially if I'm teaching a game, I feel good if a new player seems like they enjoyed the experience rather than feeling intimidated.
When I play solo I want to win every time. When I play with my wife I don’t care and really just enjoy that she is playing games with me. When I play with my kids at school at my board game club we don’t usually even keep sore unless it’s part of in game play and it doesn’t matter who wins.
"When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning." - Reiner Knizia:
This totally reads like a Buddha saying. 🥰
I'm usually a very competitive person. However, since becoming the main person introducing board games to others, I have started to care more about teaching and then enjoying a gaming experience than winning. Once a person has had enough experience, that's when winning becomes the main goal - but games are meant to be fun!
I think getting into solo gaming has helped with this. I play a lot more often and I’m not beating anything but a system (or myself if playing two handed war game). So playing just to enjoy playing has helped me not focus on the win for enjoyment
All great points. I played 11 games at Geekway To The West last month and came in dead-last in 9 of them. Luckily, it didn't keep me from having the time of my life there. I do try to win, but it usually takes me a couple plays of a game to fully grasp the strategies to win. Being that I'm almost always playing new games, that rarely happens.
While I wasn't always this way, the last couple of decades I've learned that the experience matters far more to me than the score.
I love your point about new gamers! It should be about making sure everyone is having a good time than winning. Especially if I'm teaching a game, I feel good if a new player seems like they enjoyed the experience rather than feeling intimidated.
"I hate losing more than I even wanna win." - Moneyball (Billy Beane)
Great movie!
When I play solo I want to win every time. When I play with my wife I don’t care and really just enjoy that she is playing games with me. When I play with my kids at school at my board game club we don’t usually even keep sore unless it’s part of in game play and it doesn’t matter who wins.