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In a tournament, points in game can be the difference between 1st and 2nd, so go for max points and play to win. Just don't gloat or laugh at your opponent if he is getting stomped. If he is new, I am sorry but a tournament is not a training ground. On the other hand if I am losing pretty bad I start playing for fun and what tactics would match the lore of my army that I am using during the tournament, which is either imperial fists or ravenwing/deathing.

Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their woman.


Haha! If you do annihilate them, do so nicely and don't be arrogant about it. I've crushed a lot of players and we still had a good time about it. Of course, I'd also give them some advice (sometimes even in-game) if they're somewhat new. It's all in the attitude(s).

 Vermis wrote:

Breng77 wrote:Then the newbie never gets any experience and remains forever the Newbie....terrible idea for growing a community.

Dewd, wargames might be a slightly different matter, but you don't grow a golf community, fr'instance, by throwing a kid into an explicit competition with Darren Clarke. There are other ways.

You might not but I picture your typical golf outing to be akin to a "tournament" in war gaming. You might be having some friendly competition but no body there is a "professional" because there is no such thing as a "Pro-wargamer" So if your new buddy wants to get into golf you take him golfing. It seems people take tournaments far too seriously. Now I'm not saying you take a guy that has never played and throw him into the event. But if he knows the basic rules what is the harm.

I was in this situation recently as I played Kings of War for the first time in a tournament. I got my ass kicked in all three of my games, but a little less each time.

I enjoyed myself thoroughly and I don't think any of my opponents are jerks for not going easy on me - it was all very pleasant, sportsmanlike and friendly.

I'd rather learn the game and I think I learn better from getting my ass kicked than having it easy.

With a kid I'd take a different tack, just because it's pretty common for younger players to be less cheerful about losing

Similarly, if my opponent looked completely miserable about getting beat I would maybe give some gentle advice in the least patronizing way I could. But for myself, in a tournament if I mess up, I expect to get trashed.

 Da Boss wrote:
I was in this situation recently as I played Kings of War for the first time in a tournament. I got my ass kicked in all three of my games, but a little less each time.

I enjoyed myself thoroughly and I don't think any of my opponents are jerks for not going easy on me - it was all very pleasant, sportsmanlike and friendly.

I'd rather learn the game and I think I learn better from getting my ass kicked than having it easy.

With a kid I'd take a different tack, just because it's pretty common for younger players to be less cheerful about losing

Similarly, if my opponent looked completely miserable about getting beat I would maybe give some gentle advice in the least patronizing way I could. But for myself, in a tournament if I mess up, I expect to get trashed.

It helps that in Kings of War you tend to win or lose because of maneuvers, not because somebody has a killer list.

I had never realized how nasty a MSU army could be until my Undead Horde army ran up against elves in the woods for an Invade! mission....

He didn't kill my troops, he just bogged them down long enough, and he had enough other fast units to reach my deployment zone.

But when I faced that very same army in a Kill! mission I walked all over him.

The Auld Grump - it is the game that I lost that I bring up most often, though - it felt good to be out played.