So whadda you guys think of it? Remember http://disastr.org the nuclear evac stuff that got the HP to the Pentagon?
V> -- *Vinay Gupta * * [email protected] <[email protected]> * *http://re.silience.com* <http://re.silience.com> *Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest* UK Cell : +44 (0)7500 895568 Twitter/Skype/Gtalk: hexayurt "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 1:36 AM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, lovely people! > > My mate Ian <http://twitter.com/ian_willey>, who is an artist, and I have > been hard at work making a game, *Nuclear Poker > <http://twitter.com/nuclearpoker>*. There's a lot of very lovely art in > this game. It's happens to be game about nuclear war. The fun, chaotic, > bluffy side of nuclear war. Not so uch the really gross side. Specifically, > players take the role of madcap dictatorships running around trying to get > their hands on a nuclear arsenal so they can RULE THE WORLD. > > A game is over in about 10 minutes, and usually the world doesn't > *actually* end because some nice superpower (could be you!) will enforce > peace. Usually. And when that doesn't happen, another round only takes 10 > minutes. Oh well! It plays like hell, and people love it. > > It is, needless to say, *ideal* for playing in your hexayurts at Burning > Man. > > Please buy a deck, and make a donation to help us get the Nuclear Poker > Bunker ready! > > *DEFCON 1 Deck + $60 donation > <https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/nuclear-poker-playa-edition-2014-defcon-1> > *- > includes *EMERGENCY KITTENS *and* Priority Pass to Nuclear Bunker > Facilities,* as well as > *DEFCON 2 Deck + $15 donation > <https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/nuclear-poker-playa-edition-2014-defcon-2> > *- > includes customizable cards for your own *evil and insane* house rules, > as well as > *DEFCON 3 Deck > <https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/nuclear-poker-playa-edition-2014-defcon-3> > *- > includes the sure-to-be-infamous, possibly illegal in Germany, > *Nuclear Poker Jokers* > > The Nuclear Poker Bunker is our art project for EMF Camp 2014. *Nuclear > Poker *is our fundraiser for the Bunker. > > *EMF Camp* <https://www.emfcamp.org/> is a 1500 person hacker camp in > Britain that runs at the same time as Burning Man. It's not *quite* the > playa, but it's a lot of fun. We'd like to raise some resources to get a > plush mini-quaddome printed with more of Ian's great art, and a large box > of creative costumes for players to wear. *And a big red button that goes > BOOM.* It's going to cost us about $1000 or $1500 (consider that a > stretch goal for costuming etc!) so we need to sell a lot of decks! Pass on > the word! We'll let you know how the kickstartering is going. > > Please buy a deck and help us out! Fulfilment is through The Game Crafter: > buy 'em there and they'll ship direct. Nothing for us to screw up! You can > see the art from the back of the cards below. > > Thank you very much for all your help and support over the years, please > buy the hell out of this so we can go and have some fun! > > V> > > Behold, the wonder. Yes, there'll be T-Shirts and badges and stuff > sometime next week. But isn't Ian's art great? You should see the jokers! > > > > > > > -- > *Vinay Gupta * * [email protected] <[email protected]> * > *http://re.silience.com* <http://re.silience.com> > *Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest* > UK Cell : +44 (0)7500 895568 Twitter/Skype/Gtalk: hexayurt > "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was > in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
