In WarGames, a 1983 American Cold War science-fiction techno-thriller, David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly accesses a U.S. military supercomputer (WOPR) programmed to execute nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Important lessons are learned in a simple game of tic-tac-toe, and nuclear war is averted. This session will be a highly competitive group activity, as participants are divided into teams and told to win as much as they can. A series of decisions will influence outcomes for individual and collective groups combined. With a win in mind, teams will reach a consensus to strategically choose among provided options, while in alternating rounds they are tasked with negotiating strategy with other groups. Collaborative concepts are tested against the individual charge to win as much as you can. Play along, and in the end, you may suggest that we play a “nice game of chess.”

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