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a multiplayer card game about sharing news on the internet

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Rules

Sample Score Card

A sample score card from the game. They belong to the red community (A), have a clout point (B) of 5 and an anti blue bias (C) of 3. They have an affinity of -2 for socks (D) and +4 for houseboats (E).

1

On each turn, a player draws a card. This card represents a news article found somewhere on the internet - this could be either FACTUAL news, a strong OPINION about a harmless topic, or a misinformation expressing PREJUDICE against one of the in-game communities the players are randomly sorted into.

2

On their turn, a player can choose to check the source of their card, then either pass it to another player, discard it, or keep it in their hand for later. For every new player a card is passed to, the original sharer gets 1 CLOUT point.

3

Sharing OPINION or PREJUDICE cards add to a player’s OPINION or PREJUDICE counters - this means that in subsequent turns, they’ll need to compulsorily share cards that align with that opinion, or lose 1 clout as a penalty for going against their confirmation bias.

4

Sharing prejudice cards also counts towards the global CHAOS counter. Counting down from 10, once it reaches 0, the game ends and every player loses instantly.

5

Crossing certain thresholds in your opinion or prejudice counters unlock certain powers - having +2 or -2 opinion lets you CANCEL other players, if you can get players with the same opinion as you to vote it into play. +/-3 prejudice lets you MANUFACTURE fake news, by adding prejudice to any card you might have in your hand.

6

Crossing +/-5 on any opinion or prejudice unlocks the VIRAL SPIRAL power - that lets you share 1 unique card from your hand to every player in the same turn - often a game-changing, game-ending move.

7

The first player to reach 10 CLOUT without letting CHAOS hit 0, wins!

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Team

Adhiraj Singh Game Designer
Aman Jotwani Senior Game Writer
Farah Ahmad Art Director
Rishav Thaker Senior Fullstack Engineer
Tarunima Prabhakar Researcher
Denny George Product Engineer
Krys Martis Game Writer
Mitali Panganti Illustrator
The initial funding for this project came through the Pluralism and Civic Exchange grant from the Mercatus Center.