Aleah, Mason, Lauren
- Theme: Politics as systems, not heroes
- Genre: Satirical management sim
- You don’t control leaders you control the system around them: media bias, lobbyists, public fear, misinformation.
- Even “good” leaders fail if the machine is broken.
- Mind shift: Political outcomes are shaped by systems, not just individuals.
- Theme: Air pollution & corporate denial
- Genre: Survival horror
- The air is slowly becoming toxic. You wear a mask, but filters are expensive, rare, and controlled by a private company.
- The world looks normal at first… until you remove the mask and see the truth:
- Buildings are rotting
- People are coughing black smoke
- The sky is decaying
- The company insists everything is safe.
- Mind Shift: The scariest thing is that the truth is optional.
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- Theme: Climate normalization
- Style: Semi-cooperative / social horror
- Core Mechanic
- Disaster cards (fire rain, mass floods, toxic fog) are drawn every round.
- But players also draw Normalization cards that force them to act like nothing is wrong.
- If anyone reacts with fear, the group loses resources.
- Horror Twist
- The more disasters happen, the fewer panic responses are allowed.
- Mind Shift: You realize you’re suppressing fear to survive.
- Theme: Fossil fuel dependence
- Style: Engine-building horror
- You feed a central Engine with Fuel cards to keep cities alive.
- The Engine mutates, demanding more every round.
- You can shut it down but doing so kills cities immediately.
- Mind Shift: The system only exists because you keep it alive.
- Theme: Collective guilt
- Style: Reverse victory
- Every time you “fix” a problem, the world worsens.
- The only way to win is to stop playing, but the rules never say that.
- Mind Shift: The game teaches you when to walk away.
PERSUASIVE ENDLESS GAME (FROM WEEK ONE)
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