by John Berling Hardy Success in any game is measured by one’s ability to influence events to favour one’s own agenda. Leverage is the key to achieving this, and consequently the Player will devote his time and energy to achieving this over his opponents. Once gained, a Player will sacrifice much to retain leverage, since it affords him a continual advantage in the long-term. Leverage may be real, but it is more often imagined as part of an elaborate ploy dreamed up by the Player to control











