this is tough. We have also had issues where the play gets too rough, or guns/ammo are not shared well and ds takes things VERY personally, ends up dejected behind a tree/couch. Mostly when he was a few years younger, but yesterday we invited another family for dinner and this band of girls, his age and younger got ahold of all the guns and ended up attacking him. Mildly, I'm sure, and in the spirit of the original game, but it did not sit well with him at ALL. Anyway previously it would have taken hours or even days to recover his self esteem and hurt feelings, but he chilled by himself for a bit and in about an hour was feeling ok again.