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Interesting. I'm german too and I never interpreted it that way. I haven't actually encountered the term in a game context often, so maybe there are different
by xg15 5y ago
Interesting. I'm german too and I never interpreted it that way.
I haven't actually encountered the term in a game context often, so maybe there are different interpretations - but there is also the figure of speech "Er steht unter Zugzwang" (he is in zugzwang). I'm pretty sure that saying means someone is under pressure to make some move or descision - not a specific one.
> having to drink a schnaps because all other people at the table drink one too
That sounds more like Gruppenzwang (peer pressure) to me.
- atoav 5y agoI am Austrian, maybe this is one of those differences. Gruppenzwang works as well, but the situation I described is one where you might like to be drunk, but you might not like to drink Schnaps. So because you don't want your friends to be much more drunk than you are, their move to drink schnaps pressures you into drinking as well, otherwise you'd be the least drunk etc. Zugzwang must not signify a specific move that is correct. But it most often means the need to move arises because of outside circumstances. And these circumstances can very well limit the available options. A politician that has to say something in reaction to a crisis might be under Zugzwang to show some reaction, but another hypothetical politician that is expected to say a specific thing (e.g. a public excuse) is under a much stronger Zugzwang.