Just because you and the rest of the players are playing for fun, they may be in the habit of feeling under a lot of pressure to win. Perhaps they have grown up in a household or family where boardgames are taken seriously (we all know the type!). Stressing what is considered cheating may be enough to discourage their insincere actions Clearly state the rules before the game.If you can proactively stop cheating rather than reactively punish it, you should be able to deal with the problem while keeping everyone happy. That applies not only to cheaters, but also when I'm playing with people who are well beyond my skill level at a certain game.Īs you have tagged, the aim in any solution to this problem will be to avoid conflict, lest you leave any party upset. If I'm playing with certain people, I don't expect to have a chance at winning-I just play to spend time with them. Strategies about how to not let it work you up are a bit beyond the scope of the question, but what works best to me is to know who I'm playing with. In most games, in my experience, it is impossible for them to win by cheating every time. What works best with my dad is to call him out whenever you notice it, but otherwise not let it work you up that it may occur. However, it sounds like you do not want to do this. If the occasional attempt at cheating bothers you too much, stop playing with them. Since your question was what to do with the friend and how to communicate with them, not how to stop the cheating, I am going to take a different approach with my answer. The suggestion of making it harder to cheat is a reasonable one, but that is impractical for some games. Absence of extrinsic motivation - he gains nothing from cheating, sometimes it even spoils the atmosphere of the game playing.Clarity of the rules - he's a master of the rules and will use this to his advantage.Calling him out - it solves the immediate cheat but doesn't stop future cheating.If he is caught, he will feign innocence and put things back the way they were. He is smart and good at board games, but if he can get away with it he will cheat. Some people are just serial game cheaters.
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