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Vilho Virtanen's avatar

I've tried once or twice to create a set of rules for a game that would simulate nuclear war with realism in mind. The idea is that two players would have a budget which they could use to buy different weapon systems like bombers, missiles and defences. Then they would try to nuke the other without getting destroyed themselves.

After playing a few times against myself with pencil and paper I found out it was pretty much impossible to win. An average game ended with both countries getting wiped out, which is realistic I guess. The only winning move really is not to play.

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