rule by not ruling- Jim Andrews

i have an avalon hill game called the origins of world war ii. this is a game of diplomacy. i only ever managed to get a group together to play it once and the results were amusing. one of the players was a buddhist with a drinking problem. the buddhist was britain. the buddhist played for a few turns but drank himself into unconsciousness well before the game ended. so we took turns managing britain's tokens. consequently, nobody paid much attention to britain. britain 'won', and world war ii was averted. when britain/the boozing buddhist regained consciousness, i shook my head and told him that he had won the game. "well, yes, rule by not ruling," he said.