Re: What is "cross-gaming"?

From: bonar@math.rutgers.edu (Doug Bonar)

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 13:01:06 +0000

In article <Cv2GAs.BDL@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
>
> Cross-gaming is when you hold a grudge from game to game, and attack
> someone in a later game because of something they did in an earlier
> game. It's considered unethical by most gamers, and is prohibited by
> the Diplomacy house rules, for example.
>

Well, 'unethical' seems a little strong to me.

Every gaming group I've played with had well know reputations
for all their regulars.  Some people were reguarded as honest,
some as honest to the letter, some as rule lawyers, etc. Deals,
and risks were evaluated by board position and by using the
reputations of the players involved.  No-one seemed to think
that that was unethical yet those reputations were built up
from past game's action.

I think the line is very hard to draw between what is 'good
play' (knowing your opponents), 'unfun' (saying at the start
that So-and-so always wins at this game so we need to gang up
on him early) and 'unethical' (devoting your efforts in one
game to destroying the position of the person who beat you
last game only because he won - though unethical sounds too
strong to me).

Doug

References

Accusing Greg Lindahl of unethical gaming
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 23 Aug 1994 02:13:51 +0000
What is "cross-gaming"?
halamir@vnet.ibm.com (Vic Alteria)
Wed, 24 Aug 1994 19:49:30 +0000
Re: What is "cross-gaming"?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 25 Aug 1994 01:04:04 +0000

Referenced By

Accusing Greg Lindahl of unethical gaming
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 23 Aug 1994 02:13:51 +0000
What is "cross-gaming"?
halamir@vnet.ibm.com (Vic Alteria)
Wed, 24 Aug 1994 19:49:30 +0000
Re: What is "cross-gaming"?
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 25 Aug 1994 01:04:04 +0000