Thanks for the response Ltrain. Yes, agree with you on all the points you mentioned. (...Except for the 1v1 games. It always seems the person who gets to go first has a serious advantage. Never been able to make sense of that.)

I just enjoy the idea of playing a game and trying to maximize the ...

Do people have interest in playing in games where it's True "Every Person for Themself"?
Where openly discussed Truces are not allowed?

Any player can of course look at the board, look at who is strongest, and decide to actively Not attack a weaker player, but the idea here is that It Is NEVER ...