Knowing when to restart a run

There's a moment in most strategy games where you can feel a run is lost but keep poking at it anyway. I've learned to spot it and bail faster. A fresh start with better decisions beats twenty minutes of damage control.

The tell for me is when I'm spending everything just to survive the next wave with nothing banked. That's not holding on — that's slowly drowning.

Before restarting, I note one thing I'd do differently: a different opening build, a different lane focus. Otherwise you just repeat the same mistake with more frustration.

Restarting isn't failure. In these games it's the main way you actually learn.