Petrov's Dilemma

Petrov's Dilemma.

A one page rules game for two players and a deck of playing cards.

A young intelligence officer rushes to your desk with a report of an imminent attack, stationed in the base of a Nuclear Missile Silo it is your job to respond to any threats to your nation. This job carries with it a heavy weight of responsibility, pushing the button means the end of the world, but you must do your duty and bear the consequences of what may come. The Intelligence officer is young and new to the position, you can’t trust that the intelligence is accurate and must try and reveal any mistakes and decide how to respond. Will you be able to live with yourself after the decision you have made or will you disobey orders and leave your post?

This game is inspired and influenced by the real life actions of Stanislav Petrov
who chose to disobey his orders and prevented a nuclear war.

The game is simple, but asks a lot of you as a player and asks the GM to be very devious and sneaky. Great head to head play if you can handle the material at hand.

Bluff your way through a missile attack on your player's nation while they try to determine if you are lying or not based on the suit and number of the cards you both drew. 

There are no winners in war, but there can be an end.