I'm trying to get some people to play this game with me. My girlfriend played once and surprisingly almost won her first game, but didn't. She said she'd never play again because she hates losing, especially in long games.

I've gotten my coworker to play a little bit and he beat me the first time he played, but then has lost every other game since. He commented, "This game really sucks when you lose constantly."

I've also gotten my brother to play, who has only beaten me once. .. and I'm worried he'll want to stop playing, too.

Does anybody have any advice on this front? Should I just let them win (and obviously not tell them)? Or should I make a purposely bad deck and try to win with it?