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    Fortune Cookies and Nuclear War

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    This roleplaying game simulates nuclear negotiations between the US and Russia. Each player writes down demands and secretly designates their top priorities and deal-breakers. They then negotiate at a Chinese restaurant, with the goal of reaching a deal to avoid an impending war. If no agreement is reached, war breaks out. Players open fortune cookies at the end to narrate positive or negative outcomes based on the negotiation results, and determine who pays for the meal based on who conceded more demands.

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    Fortune Cookies and Nuclear War

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    This roleplaying game simulates nuclear negotiations between the US and Russia. Each player writes down demands and secretly designates their top priorities and deal-breakers. They then negotiate at a Chinese restaurant, with the goal of reaching a deal to avoid an impending war. If no agreement is reached, war breaks out. Players open fortune cookies at the end to narrate positive or negative outcomes based on the negotiation results, and determine who pays for the meal based on who conceded more demands.

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    A nano-RPG designed to be played at a Chinese restaurant.

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    This roleplaying game simulates nuclear negotiations between the US and Russia. Each player writes down demands and secretly designates their top priorities and deal-breakers. They then negotiate at a Chinese restaurant, with the goal of reaching a deal to avoid an impending war. If no agreement is reached, war breaks out. Players open fortune cookies at the end to narrate positive or negative outcomes based on the negotiation results, and determine who pays for the meal based on who conceded more demands.

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    Fortune Cookies and Nuclear War

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    nickwedig5000
    This roleplaying game simulates nuclear negotiations between the US and Russia. Each player writes down demands and secretly designates their top priorities and deal-breakers. They then negotiate at a Chinese restaurant, with the goal of reaching a deal to avoid an impending war. If no agreement is reached, war breaks out. Players open fortune cookies at the end to narrate positive or negative outcomes based on the negotiation results, and determine who pays for the meal based on who conceded more demands.

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    Fortune Cookies and Nuclear War

    This is a game for two players, to be played while eating in a Chinese


    restaurant. One of you will take on the role of a American diplo-
    mat, while the other be the Russian envoy. The US and Russia have
    reached a political crisis moment. If no agreement is reached at this
    luncheon, a nuclear war appears inevitable.

    Before play begins, each player writes down five demands they make
    of the other country. Once you write the demands, you secretly choose
    three which are issues that your country really cares about. The other
    two demands are diplomatic decoys, which you expect to give up in
    negotiation. Now you look at the list of demands from the other side
    and secretly choose three demands that you strongly oppose.

    Once your priorities are all set, you have a freeform, open discussion,
    in which you try to negotiate with the other player.

    At the end of the meal, negotiations are finished, regardless of wheth-


    er agreement was reached or not. If no agreement was reached, a
    terrible war breaks out between the two countries. If some agreement
    is reached, then each side makes the appropriate concessions. Each
    player should open their fortune cookie, and interpret the fortune to
    narrate an epilogue for their homeland, either positively or nega-
    tively depending on whether an agreement was reached. Whichever
    diplomat conceded more demands loses overall, and has to pay for
    the meal (in case of a tie, split the check evenly). If no agreement is
    reached, one of you pays the full bill and the other pays the waitress
    a tip equal to the bill.

    A roleplaying game by Nick Wedig


    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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