Topic: What nature of the the rewarding games would you prefer playing with friends (Read 455 times)

Op friends differ, if am playing with my real friends , I will go by edible stakes because I will not have the mind to go for financial stake with my friend because I will later give him the money back if I eventually win the game .but when we are playing with edible stakes it is probably a means of catching fun and keeping ourselves busy .Also there are some of my friends that I will stake with punishment measures but not all of them.

But if actually am playing with a friend that I just met,I will prefer financial stake , because it will make me to be serious with the game knowing fully well that the person is not my intimate friend and with that I can comfortably go with the money if I win without any fear of betrayal.so the caliber of friends that I am playing with will eventually determine what to be staked.

ohhh we've tried this before especially my friends every time we plan to go on a staycation, we always have ready card games and coins to use, it's just a friendly game with a twist because of course whoever loses will be the one who treats us a dinner or some goods. Actually it's fun to play because it's just a simple gambling card game and the money is not that big, we make it so that somehow we can have a common bonding using the cards we bring. Just like what you've experienced, We rarely do this kind of game due to busy schedules in work but that's okay because we both understand that we need to focus in our priorities for now.

Eh, I think it'd depend on the character? I mean I myself admittedly can get REALLY hot-headed when my friends play with me in a team-based game, and that's not even gambling! Imagine if it was. But that certainly hasn't gotten in between our friendship. Maybe if someone didn't pay up when they lost in a gamble, then said friendship could be damaged since imo, that's a lot more damaging than losing your money to a friend. Could be a bitter experience initially imo, but given the time if you were truly friends with each other it shouldn't evolve into that big of a deal.

I understand where you are going on the aspect that one person needs to benefit from the game at the end of the game, but do you also know that there is no form of game that brings about disputes between friends like face-to-face gambling with one another? 
 
The game might be going very smoothly, and you guys will be happy together, but the moment one of you is not winning and has been on the part who is losing money on almost all the game, you will notice that emotion will come to play, and the person losing will start feeling otherwise, as if all of you planned for him/her to be losing, and if time is not taken, it will result in a dispute.

If that's about friends money, it's better we don't use it for anything except if you and your friend have a reason why you used that money. Besides that, you should accepts with anything that can happens with the money so you and your friend will see what will happens. If both of you can accept it and will not angry if the money is lost, you can continue doing that. If that is our close friends, that will triggers to the worse situations that can lead us to have a bad relations with them.

But we can playing gambling together with our friends and not blaming each other if one of us lose the money. We must accept it and not complain because that's gambling and we can win or lose any time. When we can do that, we will not face any problem with our friends and we can enjoy our time by playing gambling games.

This is the main thing on why i dont really like to play in together with my friends on which specially on the time that bets are really that opposing to each other on which there would really be changes or tendency that there would really be some arguments or really have those possible conflicts due to different choices that been made. This is why i do really prefer on solo gaming or gambling rather than in together with some friends.
Somehow it would really be just that depending on what kind of friends you do have because there are ones who are really that could mingle and really that open minded and not really that emotional.
There are ones who are really that too impulsive and there are really ones who are that too aggressive when it comes to possible arguments on which this is something that you would
really be seeing this kind of probabilities.

 It seems like in the modern era, online multiplayer games achieve this result best because they are able to create much more realistic settings like racing or on the battlefield. It might be interesting to see certain betting going on with groups of 2,3 or more players who each enter a stake at the start of the game. Then the team that walks away with the highest score for that session would get the winnings. The tricky thing with these online scenarios is it will always incentivize cheating if there is a potential to make money from it, so it doesn't seem particularly feasible in that sense. I'm not sure what you're referring to about edible stakes, maybe you could elaborate on that point?

That is the point, you can imagine walking away with your friends money in the name of system game of loosing valuables as what makes it interesting.
It can be affordable to loose your funds on the casino or with a stranger on a P2P than loosing to friends else there would always be that scare instigating malice amongst the friendly hood just as you have mentioned unfriendliness and all that.


It is much fun and more friendly bonding if instead of staking cash, let the money be summed to be used to purchase something likely edibles that winner can be rewarded. Such would usually insight more funs and long last nice memories.

My philosophy is that any game is a game so far it has gaming characteristics. Whether it is being played for the punishment or played for money, what matters is to get the punishment done and the debt paid. However, the punishment assigned to the loser should be reasonable, unlike the way it is being done these days, especially among the youth. They take it to the extreme when it comes to the erotic, alcohol and other dangerous tasks assigned to the losers. That's ill and is not just worth it.

If it is in that company, I prefer the payment option. But if it is such that is being planned by well-mature individuals, it's going to be good because that punishment is the better fun of the game.

Also look at it from this angle, among friends, gambling for the money shouldn't be the main thing as money is not often the main goal in some cases as it will never enrich the winner(s) but for the friendship fun to be derived amongst them.

Growing up as a dead serious gambler,  who sees every gambling activity as a money making opportunity, I've always requested that we stake funds for it to make much sense  and bring more seriousness to the gambling activity. It always ended with some people feeling very bad, in worse case scenarios leads to fights, quarrels and other unfriendly outcomes.

Much later, I've come to understand that gambling with friends is a way of doing a fun thing that connects us together, increase the love between us and gives us a sense of belonging and inclusion in the brotherhood. I will opt for everybody contributing money and buying bottles of gin, and a little cup for measurement. Whoever loses will take the gin and nothing more, everybody will still be avoiding the gin and this still brings seriousness and fun to the gambling activity. At the end, nobody feels victimized and those who've taken a lot can go get a sleep.

Typical gambling really involved money but in general you can stake anything as long as it has real value which other player can use as reward for the game. So anything even a property, time, food, and etc can be stake on gambling.


Yeah right, staking something into a game makes the game more interesting because everyone will be serious. But that’s how you can enjoy the game because everyone will be playing 100% just to win the reward.

When gambling with my friends, I'll prefer the rewards for winning should be money but when we're having fun then drinks can be used in place of the money where the winner takes the shots or the loser takes the shot. I enjoy gambling with my friends and love it more when I win money from their hand. It makes them competitive and want to win back their money therefore the games gets more interesting. This is just a game therefore I also won't mind wanting to win back my money.

But if I was gambling on a casino or through a sportsbook I won't want to revenge my losses knowing that when we try to do that we're only going to lose more but when I'm gambling with my friends, since we're always competitive between ourselves, I'll not minding playing again immediately after I have lost to them just so that I can win them back. If money or drinks aren't involved I won't want to play with them.

Your views are on point, if money is not involved is not a gambling, in gambling money must be involved, so for me I better go for the money as you said, it is better to play games that will either benefit me or my friends.
If you call it gambling then we must stake, as gambler I don't believe in playing ordinary games that does not involve staking because staking in any kind of game makes it serious, it will trigger the people that are playing the game to be determined to put effort to emerge victorious, though another thing is that we will consider is the people that are involved in the game but as for me I ain't playing such unserious game that has no benefit attached to it.

Personally i would find more fun if funds are been staked and the winner would have to go home with the funds because that is much easier to be settled than with other items which in some cases would want to put in some measures for consideration and the other players may not be totally comfortable with it but then in the real sense it's usually the right thing that without preference it's should be that what applies to be the reward for the winner should be given to the winner regardless of whatever be the case even with the friendly punishment some persons may come up with excuses why they shouldn't be punished after they have lost and that will cause others to feel cheated so it's always best to just use funds.

With funds everyone has got to stake before the commencement of the game and they all know the rules in that who soever wins gets away with all of the cash that was staked and that way there will be no room for rifts except the winner decide to be benevolent enough to give others off his profits then that could be still considered too.

If there's a mind that is dirty there, that would be his friends (not him) because they won't agree with such a game. They advanced think that him will try to do something dirty with their friends GF. You are right, they are not worthy to be called as friends (a true one) because they have trust issues. I know they are only trying to protect their girls but they are becoming over protective on this specific scenario here.

For now, he can follow your suggestion there of playing with his partner instead. I'm sure he will be successful this time. The good thing there is like you said, he will get a double treat. That would surely relieve his stress .

I think that poker is the best party game if we talk about gambling. First, you are not strictly bounded to game budget or persons balance. Buy-in can be symbolic. Second, it helps to understand your friends more. To see who are they, get more familiar with them, what to expect from time. Third, it is always fun to play. Best moments are when two friends go all-in and start joking to cheer each other.

If later there is an event with friends and there are also activities to fill the event, such as playing gambling, as entertainment to strengthen friendships between friends, then I will suggest playing cards and whoever often loses a lot should treat him. all my friends there, the budget is not budgeted, the important thing is that the punishment can be carried out. ha ha ha
Yes, indirectly this will add to the excitement when hanging out with friends and most importantly everyone will feel happy and there won't be too much pressure for those who often lose their playing cards.

So I interpret it if what you mean is the type of joint game, which means offline games with friends, family or best friends, I got the picture like that from what you wrote in this post. In fact, there are types of games that we can play without risking money in them. for example, the loser must treat them to food, drinks, or whatever is mutually agreed upon. The problem is, for me personally it is difficult to restore the atmosphere as you describe in this thread. For us, who are married, we are more busy with things that prioritize family rather than having fun like when we were single. what you share in this thread, reminds me of the past. yeah, there are various games that don't always involve money. but rather the loser gets punished, treated to food or drink, and other things like that. but there are times when we can play like this, unfortunately only at certain moments when there are family gatherings.

As in this thread, the concept is just for fun without involving any betting. and usually, none other than the most common game that can be played together is the type of card. As for my youth, I preferred sports, namely football. the team that loses, has to pay the service where we play or treat those of us who win. obviously, this is really fun if we flashback to remember it. however, because this era is an era of more sophisticated digital technology. Most of us separate ourselves from our respective activities, even in the type of game that can be said to be betting, gambling, without having to be together. this is the current reality, and we only follow every development of the times and technology.

How funny it sounds of you not having trustful and worthy male friends you can ably say they are your friends whom you can not even afford to play a common game of fun with but you can dwell on the pools of your female friends in a circle to be worth called friends and worth playing games that you can not play with your fellow guys.

I know your mind is dirty with the kind of stakes involved if you would have to play with the ladies. Lol.
Maybe you should just call on your GF to come play the game of the Truth and Dare games with you then because that would always let you go down beneath without stress if you are lucky to win or if you still don't win she would be the one to get down on you. 😂

It's better to involve stakes or rewards in gambling because the loser might don't want to get punishment or they will try to cheat or reduce the punishment. Let's say the punishment is 20x push ups, the loser will do 20x push ups in bad forms because they're not strong enough to push up in correct forms. But if you stakes something, it's really clear the winner will get that without any drama.