People who vote "never" doesn't appreciate chaos in their lives.

@todb if there are cheating rules, is that really cheating?

Monopoly has an entire Cheaters Edition, btw.

https://monopoly.hasbro.com/en-us/product/monopoly-game-cheaters-edition:020C27CB-55DA-442A-B73B-B5C3CED8FCDA

I'm not allowed to play games! 😆

@nafes you really need to try some good board games!

Only if you’re playing against my 9 year old niece who is the most flagrant cheater around and who has no compunction about changing rules to suit herself.

ooo, this one would be easier for me to answer with "qualified no" instead! ;). Basically: teaching and helping children enjoy a game.

this poll is one heck of a Wittgenstein's Ruler!

if you're playing a normal rule-bound board game with people who expect rules to be followed, no. If you're playing the kind of game where scheming and plotting and deception are part of it and the other players will be equally scheming and probably trying to cheat for themselves, yes. (I believe I've seen games with a specified penalty for *being caught* cheating.)

If you are playing for real money, no. If you are playing against the devil for someone's soul in an epic contest, yes.

I have accidentally made a 5 year old cry because I wouldn't let them cheat at Candyland. I don't think it's ever OK to cheat at a game, but children make it awful tempting.

voted never, but some games do allow for ‘flexibility’ in the rules. Sometimes, we do follow the rules like a F1 team interpreting the standards 😊

Never is a long time!

I voted "Rarely" because if the other player is cheating, and you want or need to keep playing with them for some reason, cheating yourself seems like a reasonable response.

More broadly, in the iterated prisoner's dilemma of life, you can end up in a situation where the other player has "defected" or "cheated" outside of the board game. Then, cheating them at the board game may be optimal, using the "tit-for-tat cooperator" strategy.

Usually cheating is bad, but sometimes it allows games of Candyland to end quicker

I'd say "it depends," but then again I'm a lawyer so that's how I answer every year/no question

Who cheats at board games!?

i don't think its ok to cheat. but I think it's fine to make new rules if everyone agrees

I only cheat at Monopoly, and only in ways that cause the game to end more quickly to save everyone from suffering needlessly.

Qualified yes!

Depends on the game and depends on who you're playing.

I used to love getting really drunk, then playing chess with other people who were really drunk. This led to statements like "Dude, I think you were in check like 3 moves ago."

oh no! 73% of respondents are *no fun* to play board games with! One very important thing I learned from running asymmetrical games like D&D over the years is that a bit of subtle cheating can enhance the fun of a game for *everyone* at the table.

But also if you're stuck playing a competitive game with a relentless power gamer party pooper who you know is going to win and then be a poor sport about it, why not have a little bit of fun? It's radical self care 😌.

the venerable classic Illuminati has a cheating variation, where only a small number of things are explicitly excluded but everything else is fair game. I was never good at that variation.

Yes, if you disclose it after the game. It's a question lot like Kant's extrapolations on permissibility of lying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_a_Supposed_Right_to_Tell_Lies_from_Benevolent_Motives

I feel like you cheat yourself of fun by cheating at the game.

These are interesting results.

I'm "Rarely".

I don't count as cheating any change of rules that all players agree on.

To me, cheating means intentionally acting against the rules without the consent of the other players.

So, cheating is about treating the people around you unfairly.

If it's a game for fun, that seems like a real contradiction of the intent of the practice. Winning is usually meaningless. What matters is connecting.

This makes me like #mastodon even more.

Only if it is consensual. But is it really cheating then?

I cheat to lose sometimes, not to win.