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A game to end all games.(Bulletins)
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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March 1, 2005
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WANT TO RELAX? TRY nuclear war--the card game.
"[The game] is a wonderful opportunity to get rid of your frustrations and aggressions," says Rick Loomis, creator of "Weapons of Mass Destruction," a 110-card, multiplayer game that challenges you to attain world domination through WMD. "It is much better to imaginarily blow up 100 million people with an imaginary nuclear missile, than it is to slap your sister and hit your brother." Despite two pages of instructions that are nearly as complicated as international treaty fine print, the game is surprisingly simple. The goal is to rid all other players of their population cards, and the easiest way is through nuclear war. Put ...
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