to the victor go the spoils
up the ante
heads I win, tails you lose
battle line
Cadmean victory
victorious
wrestle with a pig
compete
conquest
profiting
outflank
smell blood
harvest
dog in the hunt
sitting pretty
hax
vertical escalation
vantage
fringe benefit
scalp
game-changing
overcome
gamble
advantage
reward
crown
piling on
spoils of war
triumph
buffer
postconflict
positive-sum
get the better of
buffer zone
armageddon
high ground
plus
win the day
raise the stakes
raise
self-interest
winning
mano a mano
Thucydides Trap
self-seeking
reverberation
have the best of it
expedience
opportunism
double whammy
gree
conflictual
train
gather
handicap
miracle
win
make amends
overturn
additionality
Titanic
gravy
titanic
romp
advantageable
one up
outbleed
play chicken
seduce
pile on
game
margin
gangpile
Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu
zero-sum game
go to war
all is fish that comes to the net
Armageddon
trench warfare
postvictory
gift that keeps on giving
engagement
combat
play a part
put facts on the ground
suki
take it outside
mastery
race to the top
conflictive
gaining
in the black
theater of war
catalyst
oppositionality
ground
golden egg