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Do you feel great when you crush the opponents army by turn 2-3, when you dominate and overwhelm him with sheer force? Or do you like the game to be uncertain untill the final moments of the last turn? And in general - what victory is more satisfying - a desicive, certain victory, won by executing a strict plan or a hard-fought victory, that was won by adapting to an unforseen situation?

I preferred to lose, actually, though it damn well better be a close battle!

In a slaughter fest where we both only have a handful of models

To crush my opponent's models, see them ground to dust before me and hear the lamentations of the women.

 Grimtuff wrote:
To crush my opponent's models, see them ground to dust before me and hear the lamentations of the women.

Women? Playing 40k? Highly unlikely. Points for Conan though.

20/0.

 Smotejob wrote:
In a slaughter fest where we both only have a handful of models

Yep they are great

Strict battle plan, psychological dickery, suggestions.

In short, I can mess with your head, and you'll only realise it after the fact.

In a manner so that I can add my opponent's tears to my growing collection.
Just as long as we have fun I don't mind who wins!

Games where neither side has been tabled but there's a few key units left. I had one where my warlord had a 2+ save 6+ fnp. He was scoring line breaker and had 1 wound left. I was winning by 1 VP. My opponent shot the 1 man from his dark Eldar squad that had almost been destroyed, who had a dark lance. He hit! He wounded! I go to male my save! 6! I won that game but I could just have easily lost.

A close fought and fun battle betwixt myself and my opponent(s).
Failing that a one sided stomping of my enemy is always welcome.

I never remember the games where I crushed my opponent. I remember not getting tabled by a cheese Eldar list but still losing badly, I remember beating Skyhammer, I remember beating Orks by a surprisingly low margin even though I was killing 10+ Orks with Templates alone before they were even out of their Trukks per turn, I remember having my Hive Tyrant and Guard killed by a lone Chaplain with Mace and losing the game from Linebreaker because of that lost combat only.

I really don't care if I win or lose as long as my army performs well. I want to win every game, but if I put up a good fight, I'm not disappointed by a loss at all. A devastating win is just another mark on the board, but not memorable these days and not as fun.

With a sword in an arrogant pretty boy's face.

So... BT in melee with UM. That's how I like to win.

I like close, evenly-matched battles that rely on strategic implementation of force rather than deux ex dice. I'd prefer to lose a battle like that than win with a crushing victory; it's no fun watching my opponent get dejected and not look like they're having fun.

DoW

One of my most memorable battles was one where I lost, but I did such horiffic morale damage to my opponent that he's now permanently scared of my Emperor's Champion.

BT vs UM, I'd lost pretty much everything by T3, and done no damage (not surprising, I was footslogging against Sternguard Vets), and my EC had his unit of Crusaders whittled down to nothing. EC charges in, kills all but one Sternguard in a unit. Waits out the opponent shooting phase, finishes the unit, runs over to a Terminator squad, bolt pistols the sergeant to death, and then fills the remaining four in one round of melee. Consolidates into cover, but gets put down by massed Poison (2+) fire from ten more Sernguard (and saved waaay more than he should have done).

T'was a close-but-no-banana moment for the EC, but it spawned a long line of small testgames which proved that the EC would handily beatdown almost all opponents from C:SM, unless they had a Thunder Hammer. My opponent does not have Thunder Hammers.

If I'm not tabling my opponent until turn 2-3 then I'm pretty disappointed with myself.

It really depends who I'm playing.

Against some opponents I would prefer to win by a massive margin.

Against others I prefer the game to be much closer.

I want a super close game, where victory is uncertain and only decided in the final moments. I also love winning in a comeback from almost certain annihilation.

It depends on the setting, if it's a tournament for a solid prize, I'd rather crush and take the free wins. If it's a low level tournament, or a fun game, I'd be happier with a more back and forth game that really tests the skill of each player. That's not to say I wouldn't like a high skill game at a high prize tournaments, just that a "free win" is a lot more beneficial.

For me it's all about good kills. If I kill a bunch of good stuff or wreck the enemy it doesn't matter what the scoreboard says.

With as few models on the table as possible.

Through tactical genius between two fairly equal armies.

 Jimsolo wrote:
I want a super close game, where victory is uncertain and only decided in the final moments. I also love winning in a comeback from almost certain annihilation.

Ditto. Exalted.

I love it when its close but never out of my control, so when things are getting down to the wire but you know you have him right where you want him muhahaha

For it to not feel unfair. I like to have to work for my victories, not to have it handed to me by codex imbalances. This does not mean they have to necessarily be close. Defeating an equally strong, or even better foe by out thinking and out maneuvering them is great.

Who cares who wins.

I like it when the strategy/battle plan I approached the game with worked out.... That being said, when things go horribly wrong tactically and it turns into a sh!tshow can also be a super fun game with unexpected happenings and all.

Any way I can.

All wins are satisfying to me lol id say i feel best pulling out in a close one lol but all the same if i jsut crush the guy hehe more fun if its a close game though

when its a fight, not a beating!