It's more likely that those saying 'it's too late' don't have experience negotiating and have misjudged what 'too late' means. Even in a 'kids board game' with

It's more likely that those saying 'it's too late' don't have experience negotiating and have misjudged what 'too late' means. Even in a 'kids board game' with short negotiations, there's literally no such thing as 'too late' - unless the game has already moved on to something else, but before next moves have really been taken, it's not too late.