1. Divide class into two states.
2. Tell both states the other state is your enemy.
3. Tell them the key to power and security in the world is paper airplanes.
People react in a LOT of different ways to this. In our class, we're apparently a bunch of blood-loving classical realists. The other "state" just mass-produced and chucked airplanes at us. Our state took some time to deliberate...and kinda got our butts kicked. Fun simulation, though. Some folks will just stockpile and never fire. Some will fire in a neutral direction. Some will hold Model UN conferences to encourage non-production. Some will just sit there. FUN!
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Did you get a government in each state, or were you just two separate anarchies?
Seems kinda pointless if you're anarchies...
Due to the speedy nature of the simulation, we were told to act "as a single head of state." Our State did some discussion beforehand; the other state pretty much just started making and chucking planes. It would have been fun/useful to do a more prolonged simulation, certainly.
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