On his blog, Anders Sveen thought about what happens if a player doesn’t play to win. His conclusion is that the game still works as intended.

But to get to the nerve of the game I think you should open yourself to the dread and paranoia of ratting on the others without knowing if you’ll get away with it. Tobias has the playtest version of the game, so maybe you could convice your group to give it a try? I would love to hear what you guys think.

Winning (or at least competing with the other players) feels different from classical game and is a nice touch to the gameplay. I like when the players is faced against each other, both in a narrative way (like Polaris) and in a game way (like Agon) and will probably try more games of that kind in the future.