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There’s a new board game that simulates how executives at Virgin Blue, the low cost Australian airline, make decisions. Only it’s not from Virgin Blue. It’s from a disgruntled ex-staffer.
Needless to say, the decision making process simulated by the game is less than ideal. The game plays something like Snakes and Ladders with cards, and the first to actually make a decision, which means reach the last square, is the winner. Apparently, this could take some time.
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Torsten J. Koerting | TNGDG - Part 3 - What does media attention do to you?
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:40 pm
1[...] Purple Pawn – Modern Board Games The game plays something like Snakes and Ladders with cards, and the first to actually make a decision, which means reach the last square, is the winner. Apparently, this could take some time. [...]
Torsten J. Koerting | The disgruntled Ex-staffer that was playing games …. part 0
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
2[...] What was intended to be a farewell email to close colleagues ended up in a small media storm. And sometimes your legacy becomes bigger than anticipated as I am now mentioned in newspapers here, here, here and here, discussed in Forums here, here and here and blog posts are written about the game here. [...]
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