Misère
Misère (from the French for "misery") is variant of a game in which the winner is the one who loses according to the normal game rules.
For example, in Nim the player who removes the last dot wins, because it leaves the other player with no moves. In Misère Nim the player who removes the last dot loses.
The following games can all be played in a misère variant:
The misère version of a game is often harder to analyse than the normal version.