Eyeball to Eyeball: The Cuban Missile Crisis
$45.00
Can you avert Armageddon?
Eyeball to Eyeball: The Cuban Missile Crisis is a live-action role-playing game that asks players to live out one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War. Take the hot seat and play a historical character grappling with big decisions that could lead to bigger problems…
Description
Eyeball to Eyeball has been played in colleges, service academies, high schools, and wargame conventions. Whether you’re looking for a classroom exercise to deepen student understanding of Cold War dynamics; a group development exercise in organizational engagement; or an engaging Cold War simulation/parlor LARP, Eyeball to Eyeball offers a unique opportunity to relive and understand the past.
This game reinforces understanding of a diplomatic crisis at the height of Cold War hostilities, and is a quick-paced case study of the complex nature of modern governance. Even amid the ideological clashes of Cold War superpowers, smaller nations and non-state actors could and did influence international affairs in surprising ways.
Play Eyeball to Eyeball face to face, in a hybrid format, or fully online, using a custom-configured Discord server or a custom-coded website on Mustard Square’s Experiential Simulation System (ExpSim) online platform. Play the game as a parlor LARP or use it as an engaging, immersive tool in the classroom.
Extend the liminal space of your game to include the Game Master’s materials with an optional Game Master Manual Glow-Up. Instead of pulling out modern printed sheets or using a modern computer, your documents can be pulled out of an 1960s attaché envelope and held in other period-accurate folders enhanced by replicas of historic photos and documents.
Press Product Code: CMUP105
Funded by BackerKit
A Scholarship and Lore: Games for Learning Series Game from Central Michigan University Press
Specifications
Components
- A 142pp spiral-bound Core Game Book containing everything a player needs to play the game, including an essay summarizing the historical context of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a set of primary source readings, biographical summaries of each role in the game, and game instructions.
- For game masters or educators looking to run the game, there is also an Game Master Manual PDF (sold separately) containing step-by-step instructions for running the game, suggested written assignments, and the detailed player role sheets with individualized goals for each character.
Resources
To learn more about the game’s genesis and design, check out designer Ray Kimball and Kimberly A. Redding’s February 2023 appearance on Liz Davidson’s Beyond Solitaire podcast, where they discussed Eyeball to Eyeball.
Credits
Designers: Ray Kimball and Kimberly A. Redding
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