War on Terror...THE GAME!

Les joueurs (the players):

The narrator

The instigator

The one to beat

The lamb (led to slaughter)

The corrupting evil

The last stand

Les regles (the rules):

According to the website and creators "Everyone starts with the best intentions. Then things start to get cramped. Then you notice your neighbour has more oil than you. Before long, war is waged, nukes are dropped, revolutions are fought and terrorists are doing your dirty work, before turning on you...This is the War on Terror, the board game: A quality board game for 2 - 6 players, lovingly illustrated and politically correct (in a very literal sense). Playing it will bring out the nastiest, greediest, darkest, most paranoid aspects of your character. It's all great family fun."

While this game might be fun for the whole family, little Timmy or Suzy should best avoid one of the necessary game pieces: spirits.

L'histoire (the story):

On a cold, winter's night in Nebraska, six eminent Lincolnites gathered to battle the forces of evil (namely themselves) and compete for world domination by controlling the oil supply. What started out as a battle of wits and stratergery quickly diminished into a frantic rush to join the insurgents and to bomb the hell out of all that is pure and good. Once South America was nuked and the seeming strong-hold toppled, the transition from men of morals to terrorists hungry for blood and power was fast and fierce. Before long a four-on-two game of baseness vs. innocence (as well as men vs. women) developed and the axis-of-good's waning morals gave way to WMD's and psychological pressure (not to mention torture). In the end, the axis-of-evil was triumphant.

Les points culminant (the high-lights):

Buckley's Rise

Buckley's Fall

The world before it crumpled under the insurgent's strike

What it's all about: Money and Deception

Artillery and foreboding

I use this game as yet another example of how, if left to their own devices, men will ultimately choose to maim and pillage. While women, because of some genetic predisposition, or perhaps inherit good, will opt to help those less fortunate than themselves, i.e. the little guys.

*Disclaimer: Statements may be based on less-than scientific evidence.