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¿Question #1277?
m_r_tyler: Under what circumstances have you purposely lost a game?

PolarDad: To keep my daughter from crying
Fribian: I've lost games on purpose so someone will play it with me again later.
MartinWin: Never. You don't do that.
aleo09: when playing with my children - when they were younger.
Caerid: After kicking my fiancee's ass so many times that I was pretty sure she would never play a game with me again.
erwinrd: That...does not compute. :-)
SGHughes: When teaching the game. It wasn't really that I lost intentionally — It was that teaching took precedence over competing.
notminebydesign: I was playing a wookie
Woelf: Against a young child.
manutd03: not that kind of boardgamer
KellumSowers: It was to my 2 year old daughter!
Frubgarde: Eh?
masis: Playing with my 6 year old niece.
Brentoon: Too tired to finish it, as a joke, wanted the other person to feel good
ricardofo: to my daughter
The Unbeliever: 42
DKahnt: wife was mad at me
PaulRein: Playing with my daughter (she's three years old).
shteev: When I'm playing best of 3 in a MTG tournament in my local shop, I won the first, the second looks like it'll be a draw that will take all the remaining time on the round if played out, and I think I can win the third.
Hector Vortac: 3 of us were playing the same game in sort of a campaign over several weeks. One player was tired of losing so 2 of us conspired to tank our game one time; he won only because the 2 of us ended in a tie.
Geosmores: just to end it
Deadly_Butler: when I really want someone to play again
zugman: When I was teaching a game to someone
dogea: This never happened yet.
mattyt91: wanted it to be over
bigbadsteve: dont think i have. too competitive
ctrzn: To make sure my daughter would still be willing to play a game I like
Flyspeck23: Never.
DHEK: When there is no hope for me to win or if the game has dragged on too long and we just need to end the game.
White Stone: Trying to cheer somebody up.
Butterbane: I was tired & didn't want to play anymore.
Cordingley: Boredome, curiosity, and artificial inflation of someones victory count.
Ebon Wendigo: Never
kimba: playing with my son
drummermark: I won't answer for fear that my wife may one day read this.
Nimrod6: When teaching a newbie/non-gamer
Mixo: playing my son
Jhamin: A small Child's second game. The first and third are gloves off though...
aramis: Playing against suicidal individuals. Spoiling for others. Triggering Nuclear Winter in Supremacy so Everyone else loses too.
SisyphusX: Haven't. That kind of thing sucks.
xandryyte: To just end the misery... On BSW there was a vvvveeeerrryyyy ssssslllooooowww player in TransAmerica, I had 7 points left and was like 4 or 5 away, I just ended the game instead of going through another very long round.
eddyspaghetti: Playing with children.
nibuen: new gamers, friends, fiancee
Godeke: Never. Honor among gamers!
zaiga: Never, of course. I was once tempted to lose a game of checkers against a mentally disabled, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
zeketbp999: Playing against a small child
vampywife: That is reserved for games played with kids.
Helenoftroy: children and a bad sport that judges games based on if he can win.
Fawkes: When I wanted the Settlers game from hell to be over.
rhysling: Playing with my kids, trying to get my wife into a game.
mrspank: When I can see I'm going to lose, I throw the game, thus spoiling the victory for the other player.
Scott Tepper: Is it enough that I just admit that I have done it, without going into the details?
KDSN: To make it end, been playing for 6 hours on a game that takes 2.
brainrob: Never
LemonyFresh: Not sure if I have
confuse_a_cat: Metagame strategizing.
vetinari7878: I have thrown a game or two because I wanted to finish it as soon as possible.
Loquutus: So another gamer would stop whining about losing. Then he started whining about winning...
Freitag: I had to leave, I had a test in 15 minutes.
ZombyDawg: never
ssmooth: To encourage others to like the game or to help others enjoy themselves.
calbond: Keep friends interested in playing as they get bored if they never win
Great Dane: Under no circumstances
GI Joe: Never
POvidiusNaso: I ended a game of Munchkin I was losing early just to end it. (My wife has done this, too.)
mrbeankc: I have never thrown a game
wiz8mom: To prevent 4 yo crying fits.
Legend Dan: Never.
sourwyrm: haven't
rdmasters: To demonstrate a particular losing condition to new players. So I guess it doesn't really count.
skrutsch: I don't think I have.
Gecko23: Playing with toddlers.
Lord_Prussian: I don't recall that I have
izernechel: Playing against a child.
Redneon: If sex was one of the victory conditions.
Randy Cox: To get it over with. Because I was playing against a kid. Because I was promised sex if I did. That last one isn't true.
lwheeler: None
CapAp: When I wanted a girl to like me
r2mites: Have you ever played Candyland with your kid? It's not worth winning.
scriptorum: Can't say I have.
der_chad: To make my wife happy.
2amp: NEVER
Metaphora: When teaching a game to first time gamers under the age of 12yrs.
snoozefest: only once, i think - after defeating the wife a lot
kennyb: teaching a newbie
Bearcat89: When it bored me to tears
tram10014: I've intentionally lost Titan a few times. Man, is that game boring.
nexttothemoon: ???
heli: never throw games
batman: none
Karlsen: To finish a game. When playing a game is the equivalent of torture I will help anyone win just to finish the horror. I did this last night in fact
Gonzaga: Wouldn't do that ....
stephensj23: When playing with annoying people who all must have the last word. They never stopped speaking, even when I left.
isolated: When I was playing a cute girl that I liked. Winning isn't everything...
ping9x: Never
dbmurph22: food, exhaustion, ballgame, my wife......a few reasons there.
jpact: If you've ever played a game with me at a Con and I lost, it was on purpose because I couldn't stand your company and needed to get away from you. Otherwise I always win. OK, in general I'm kidding, but I have thrown a game or two in my time just to break off from a horid game or horid group.
Oborro: i wanted to sleep so badly
AlorielLelyn: I haven't.
gnomehome: With kids.
Jose: Well, this one time... at band camp....
WasQ: To analyze a different way to play
GuyHill: when demoing
tragicpoet: Strip poker, I had intentionally worn boxers with a silly saying and wanted to ease the awkwardness for all the naked players by breaking the ice.
manowarplayer: Playing Candyland with my daughter when she was little so she could think she was always able to beat me at her favorite game.
steef: to let my kids win
TragicHeroBC: I have resigned because my defeat was imminent, but I don't throw games.
Belash: hasn't happened
scribidinus: Teaching a game of M'44 in which I held a combination of cards that should have permitted me to steam roller a newbie into dust before he even got a grasp of basic tactics. My goal was to create a new gamer and not just add a new victim.
alfredhw: Never happened. I've played games where I've played not necessarily intending to win (say, experimenting with a new system or what have you) but I've never tried to lose.
louiseh: No.
Ryno8: Teaching a newbie
Blackwind: never
ValJor: To let a newbie get interested in a game.
CDRodeffer: Trying to get my wife hooked on a new game so she'd play more often.
chaddyboy_2000: Playing the first time with my girlfriend. She only will like a game if she wins it the first time.
Ludocrazy: To get away from having to play someone I couldn't stand
Spielfreak: When I donated 30 Years War to a prize table
djlg: With beginners who might be discouraged, but only if I can do it discreetly.
ynnen: To let someone having a bad day win, to let my niece/nephew win or to let my wife win. And always let the Wookiee win. Always.
MisterCranky: I've NEVER purposely lost a game, unless you're referring to someone's purpose other than my own.
CortexBomb: None, I might play to less than my full abilities on occasion, but I never purposely lose outright
jttm: Have not yet.
skelebone: I've purposely played less-aggressively in Carcassonne because I thought I had done a lackluster job of explaining the rules, especially the farmer.