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I guess so.
There is a good GT player here who always delays the game so that you get more and more confused hoping the game will end soon.

This borders on cheating and was actually considered so but with the new text phones I have seen players ask other players that are their friends also at the tournaments what they should do via text.

darkkt wrote:
get them second guessing themselves by asking 'are you sure?' after every move.

Actually I had somebody do this recently. I replied with the same level of sportsmanship by walking to his side of the board and farting loudly each and every time he asked.

I hear a lot of people talk about mind tricks in tabletop games, 40K in particular. What is Dakka's opinion on this? Is a blob of Plague Marine on an objective scary? Does a trio of Russes make you gak your pants?

What say you?

Mind tricks? i play the average gamer, not fething houdini.
if your worried about what someone has on the table then its game over for you allready
you will be too focused on killing whatever it is and feth yourself up.

the dumbass would be worried about 3 russ's.
the smart man would drop a melta unit near it.

I'd say that sometimes yes.
Ever seen the face of a IG player when he is outnumbered by marines?


//Edge

Psychology does work. Whether its 3 LR on the other side of the table or 140 ork boyz, there are some things that are intimidating. This can make one play tentatively, botch the demployment, etc.

Make a loud, scary noise if they try to fire at your favourite unit, Pavlov style. They'll soon think twice about it! Aversion therapy ftw!
@ IfYouSeekAmy; Here's one "kid" who knows some psychology

Shadowbrand wrote:3 whole broods of Genestealers popping up in one place is sure to make your men suffer from PDSD if they survive.

What's PDSD?

Eric

People have stopped shooting at my termagants since I started fielding them with Without Number. Now they get to actually shoot those dusty old fleshborers.

I have a reputation of taking alot of risks in my games at my LGS.

I constantly drop pods and termys near table edges.

I make a huge use of Plasma guns.

I charge nids and orks with devastators.

Do these crazy stunts always work? Hell no. But the fact that Im willing to do something crazy and reckless makes people play a lot safer, which means I know exactly where they are going to be in 2 turns.