A VRG GAME · SOLO

Nuclear Negotiations

Eight leaders sit at a table of two wheels. After the Rogue Reveal, two of them burn red. Each turn you must swap a rogue leader with the leader facing them on the other wheel; then the outer wheel turns one seat clockwise.

If the turn leaves the two rogues facing each other, that is nuclear war, and the move that caused it loses. The clock gives you five seconds a move, then three, then one, and at move 15 a third leader goes rogue. Survive as many moves as you can.

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HOW IT WORKS

Keep the rogues apart.

• Four leaders on the outer wheel, four on the inner wheel. Each outer seat faces one inner seat.
• Three seconds in, the Rogue Reveal turns one leader on each wheel fiery red. They never start facing each other.
• A move: tap a rogue leader. They swap seats with the leader facing them. Both rogues may end up on the same wheel; that is allowed.
• After every move the outer wheel turns one seat clockwise. The inner wheel stays.
• The clock: 5 seconds a move for the first five moves, 3 seconds for the next five, then 1 second until the end. Run out of time and a random legal move is made for you.
• After five moves of panic, at move 15, a third leader goes rogue. Safe moves get scarce.
• If two rogues now face each other, the table goes up in a mushroom cloud and the game is over.

The log (LOG button) uses the notation A*<->1: outer seats A B C D, inner 1 2 3 4, clockwise from the top left, fixed to the table; the star marks the rogue.

MOVE LOG · SEED —

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Outer seats A B C D, inner 1 2 3 4, clockwise from the top left. A*<->1 swaps the rogue at A with whoever sits at 1; then the outer wheel turns one seat clockwise.