Tuesday is my group's gaming night, and since it's a game everyone in the core enjoys, it was decided we should have a constructed melee using our respective decks. I was playing my untested defensive Baratheon deck versus two Lannister decks, one being a clansmen deck and I was unable to determine the playstyle of the other. Although the results were less than satisfactory due to poor production by my deck, I noted an issue that inhibited my enjoyment of the game regardless of the outcome.
I am reluctant to use names here, as we all know names are unimportant, but someone who had several bad draws and was unduly influenced by myself and the third player had something of an outburst and temporarily ruined the atmosphere of the game. He felt like he was getting fucked over by the cards, so he expressed some anger over this. Now, I'm all for emoting over gaming, especially if it's a role-playing game, but there is something to be said for outbursts of anger during a casual game. They ruin the mood of a game. Even if I have a miserable time playing a game, there is something that can be said for the act of playing a game. It's one of a few limited things you can do that doesn't matter, and you can just relax with that.
One of the reason I have a distaste for Monopoly and Risk is because the mechanics of the game extend them unnaturally. Monopoly awards free money when the object of the game is to remove player's money. Risk awards troops when the objective is to remove troops. Given that these are games of both chance and dominance, this prolongly experience increases the chance of outbursts. It takes a mature gamer to handle it all in stride.
The funny thing is the guy who got upset early in the game ended up winning.
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