Royce Simpson 🇺🇲🇺🇦What's your take on "offering to concede a wargame" in a recreational setting? Is that good or bad form when someone offers to concede? I tend to get annoyed if someone offers to concede in a wargame if there's even a remote chance they could pull off a win. I feel like the offer of concession is a cheap way to try to end the game without facing defeat on the game's terms and therefore rob the opponent of a legit win. Granted, in any kind of competitive setting, a win is a win... I'm talking strictly recreational.
evildrganymede@gitano wargames are usually long games and I think if it looks like a player isn't going to win then it's fine for them to concede. At that point I guess the other player can point out some possible moves if it isn't completely hopeless, but if it's just too much work or too unlikely to pull off then forcing someone to continue playing isn't going to be fun for anybody. If you feel "robbed of a legit win" then that's all on you really - if instead you think of it as your opponent as retreating from the battle (which is a legitimate tactic IRL, but most wargames don't seem to offer that as an option) then you've still beaten them "legitimately".
@evildrganymede I hear all of that and makes 100% sense. The thing in this particular instance is that I felt like the game was still young and lots could happen. But the opponent was on his heels and decided to concede as a way to say, "I don't like how this is going and I want a do-over."
@gitano I can see how that would be frustrating, but if they felt they made a mistake that they couldn't come back from early on then I think it'd be worse to try to soldier on for hours in a long game. Games are supposed to be fun and if there's nothing really at stake then why not be allowed to concede in that situation? Also if they had made a tactical mistake like that then it probably wouldn't be as satisfying to win against them?