| Strategy |
The Simple Country Boy |
| Definition |
The player presents himself as a simple, unsophisticated player. |
| Desired Result |
In this way, he lulls his opponents into spending the bulk of their strategic energy on other opponents. |
| Commentary |
By presenting oneself in this way, the subject attempts to appear as less of a threat than they really are. Such a strategy is commonly employed by asking questions to which you already know the answer, making questioning faces, or taking longer to complete a move than you need, and otherwise attempting to lower expectations of you in the minds of the other players. |
| Motto |
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| Related Strategies |
For a different take on this same theme, look at Rusty. |