Rising Tide: Designing a Game of International Economic Competition by David R. Frelinger, Jenny Oberholtzer, Stephen M. Worman, Kate Giglio ISBN 9781977413765, 1977413765 instant download

Rising Tide: Designing a Game of International Economic Competition by David R. Frelinger, Jenny Oberholtzer, Stephen M. Worman, Kate Giglio ISBN 9781977413765, 1977413765 instant download

The United States is no stranger to global strategic competition. For decades, the country has maintained a robust national economy through — and sometimes despite — international trade and political engagement. This report documents the design of Rising Tide, a tabletop game created by RAND gaming experts, that enables players to explore complex economic issues pertaining to the global economic system and international relationships. Players acting as countries, regional blocs, or multinational corporations confront multiple challenges related to economic health, including making and sustaining alliances and negotiating competitive globalization, while acting to ensure self-preservation. Participants can opt to play in a system that represents the existing world economic system and work to change the system in small or large ways, or participants can play in an entirely new system to explore what could happen.
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Although the Rising Tide game materials are not available to the general public at this time, the exploratory experience of designing and testing the game may be of interest to people who are interested in how international dynamics could evolve if different legal, economic, business, and military decisions, policies, and relationships are put into action. By incorporating additional political and cultural details in future iterations of the game, Rising Tide could evolve into a valuable tool for navigating the complexities of geopolitical uncertainty and substantial change.