Camelot: King Arthur's Court
King Arthur has just been crowned as the new leader of the legendary medieval kingdom of Camelot. Alongside Queen Guinevere, he now oversees the Round Table, a council of knights, royals, nobles and magical beings who advise on matters such as ruling the kingdom, foreign relations and battle strategies. The Round Table has no head, signifying the equal value of every selected member. This is a position that comes with great prestige, but also great peril. As the quest for the Holy Grail begins, the Round Table is faced with decisions that could spell the end of the kingdom. As these chosen leaders, delegates must utilize their resources and work together in order to protect the legacy of Camelot.
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Democracy or Dictatorship: The Philippine People Power Revolution
As President Ferdinand Marcos nears his 20th year in power, the Philippines descends into its worst economic and political crisis since its independence. With the country under martial law, civil liberties have been suspended, political opponents jailed or exiled, and long-time communist and Islamist insurgencies in the country’s south were reignited. The debt-reliant Philippine economy collapsed, creating the worst economic crisis in Philippine history. After the assassination of major political opponent Ninoy Aquino as he arrived in Manila, the country’s politics and government exploded into chaos as the Filipino people stood up against Marcos’ corrupt dictatorship. As delegates take the roles of key power players in the mid-1980s Philippines, explore dynamics of social movements and protest, military-enforced authoritarian government, US neo-colonial influence, and more as the nation enters its most chaotic years.
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Pharaoh's Tomb: King Tut, 1922
The year is 1922, and a group of explorers has just found the tomb of the legendary King Tut. Now, however, many decisions must be made, and Lord Carnavon, who has been funding the exploration, has called together a group of important people to do just that. In this crisis committee, delegates will fill the roles of explorers, the media, museums, government officials, and many more. They must vy for their goals to be fulfilled, all while navigating the international media storm surrounding this discovery, as well as disasters that can occur within the committee and in the world around them.
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A.D. 6, The Rheinland, Germanic Territories
Among the winding rivers, deep forests, and rolling hills of the Rheinland one can find hamlets, villages, and small cities of longhouses built from a framework of log supports, clay, and woven roofs. Small patches of farmland bespeckle the areas in between and winding, trodden over dirt roads connect the buildings with one another around a circular town center. The people have long hair, woolen clothing and rustic, but finely crafted cloaks, gold, silver, and amber jewelry, and practice shrewd trade with one another over finely handcrafted tools, cloth, and metalwork. Some very few hold the ability to read and write in a strange runic alphabet and other few use those scriptures to pray to deities like Thur, Odin, Frigga, and Thyr. Among them are lean and hardened warriors that carry axes that widen into dramatic beards at the blade’s ends, short, heavy and strong knives with a slanted tip, and swords and spears twice the length of a Roman gladius. The people are mistrustful and steeped in mystery. All speaking roughly the same language, but practicing vastly different cultures: The Suebi, Cherusci, Marcoman Saxons, Frisii, Cimbri, and many more are settled around this wild, untamed landscape. These are the Germanic people, the last great frontier not conquered by the Romans who sit in their Castellae just on the other side of the Rhein with every intent of bringing their so-called “peace, justice, and civility” to the Germanics. So much for that when they take them as hostages, slaves, and empty our larders and coffers of all food and coin in the form of tribute and tax. The Romans, however, are not the only threat. A proud and independent set of warrior cultures, Germanic tribes are wary of each other. The question for them, at this pivotal time, do we stand united against a common enemy in Rome and build our own culture and nation together, or do we remain proud, independent nations and fight for ourselves against the juggernaut of Roman dominance?
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Beginner's Crisis- Jamestown: The First Settlement
In 1607, the Virginia Company of London arrived on the banks of the Powhatan River, establishing Jamestown. The years that followed were marked by starvation, disease, and conflict, yet the people persevered. Today, Jamestown is known as the first permanent settlement by the English in the US. Still, the early years full of strife led to the death of many of the settlers. Could there have been a better way for the people of Jamestown to survive? Just like how the settlers had to figure out how to set up a society from scratch, this Beginners Crisis will be a wonderful chance for new delegates to learn about Crisis Committees and try their hand at creating a surviving settlement with a history to be told for years to come.
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Red Alert: Fidel Castro’s Cabinet 1959
It is January 1st, 1959. Santa Clara has been liberated and Batista has fled the land. The war is over and a new era for Cuba can begin. While many people are celebrating in the urban centers and the countryside alike, there are those who remain cautious to what decisions this new government may bring. It is now in the hands of Fidel Castro’s cabinet to decide the fate of this new Cuba. With the backdrop of a Cold War raging across the world and the influence of the United States and the Soviet Union spreading ever further, how will the rebels secure Cuba’s place in this fractured world?
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