Theoretically no. The biggest challenge newer players tend to face is not being active enough both in terms of their presence messaging other players and in their passiveness while playing. It can feel like getting dropped in the deep end. And a lot of players need a game or two to really understand.
For my last game I wrote a little "quick and dirty" guide for newer players. That was a non-anonymous one and this one is anonymous (so don't tell anyone but the mods if you do decide to apply), but many of the same guidelines could be helpful for a newer player:
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Winning is very difficult just from a pure numbers standpoint: only about 5% of the players who enter this game will win. But although winning should probably be
a
goal for every player, it's not the only one that should lead you to believe a game is successful or not.
For the last game I did, I included a question of "What are your top 3 goals this game?" and there were a lot of players who didn't even pick that as a top 3 goal. Lots of other goals apply: entertain the spectators, learn the game, make friends, make it to the jury, getting to the final tribal council, and winning challenges are all valid goals (plus many others!).
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