Even though we all say we hate dating games, most of us seem to play them anyways. Some of us have spent hours reading books like The Rules and Why Men Love Bitches hoping to learn the strategies that successfully landed other women partners. But what do men have to say about these strategies? We turned to author and male dating expert Steve Santagati to find out if dating games really do work on men and if so, which ones… Here are the tricks of the trade from the other side of the dating game.

Even though we all say we hate playing games, we all do it. What we really hate are boring games, bad players or losing. The toughest thing about the dating game is the rules are foggy at best and who wins is somewhat subjective. But we all know what it feels like to lose. So let’s not do that anymore. I’m going to show how to give your self the best chance at winning.

The Game Plan: Playing to Win
Here’s your game plan of five strategies for coming out on top. The trick is to mix in so many techniques that he becomes dumbfounded, and then your puppet. The thing to remember is to have fun and think of it as a game when you’re in the middle of it. Your strategies are:

•    Unpredictability and spontaneity;
•    Creating rules for the sole purpose of breaking them;
•    Not calling;
•    Using sexy words; and
•    Deploying sex as a weapon—sometimes.

Unpredictability and Spontaneity
Human beings are curious. Take advantage of that by keeping your man always wondering. The best way to do this:

1. Always dress sexy, but never in the same style. If you wear a miniskirt one day, go tomboy cute the next and professionally sexy the third.