Endgame Syria
In this game, the 2011 civil war in Syria is represented as a card game, with
the player representing rebel forces and the computer playing for President
Bashar al-Assad. Every turn, the players are presented with two rounds of card
selections, the first allowing players to choose from a random selection of
three international allies for that round — who yield varying bonuses of
support — and the second allowing players to choose three of a random
selection of unit types to arrange against the other player’s forces. Two
metrics need to be balanced: some units and tactics are more effective than
others at neutralizing opposing forces, but they can carry with them a cost in
terms of public opinion of the international community: regardless of the
player’s military effectiveness, if public opinion drops too low, the game is
lost.
Endgame Syria