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High replayability
Highly interactive
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“Everything is decided by a person’s thoughts and if he is ideologically motivated, there is nothing he cannot do.” - Kim Il-Sung "Rogue State" is a solitaire geopolitical conflict simulation where the player assumes the role of the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) immediately after the end of the Korean War. Your primary objective will be for your regime to survive from 1953 through the year 2030.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Push Your Luck
Choose whether to secure current gains or risk them for a larger reward.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Choose actions secretly or concurrently before revealing them together.
Worker Placement
Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Events
Triggered events alter the shared state, rules, or available choices.
Simulation
Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
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“Everything is decided by a person’s thoughts and if he is ideologically motivated, there is nothing he cannot do.” - Kim Il-Sung "Rogue State" is a solitaire geopolitical conflict simulation where the player assumes the role of the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) immediately after the end of the Korean War. Your primary objective will be for your regime to survive from 1953 through the year 2030. Your secondary objective will be to maximize adherence to the Juche ideology by progressively achieving national self-reliance and global influence. Juche points are earned by advancing your nation’s military strength, industrial production, nuclear weapons development, and assertively responding to events while minimizing lingering foreign debt. Victory over your imperialist oppressors will require you to carefully manage scarce resources, strategically evaluate risk, and develop a keen awareness of the interaction between the world situation and your decisions. Each turn represents approximately seven years on the timeline of the DPRK. As Supreme Leader of North Korea, you will be responsible for: Managing the state budget to strategically emphasize critical initiatives Building heavy production capacity to fuel your nation's economy Investing in infrastructure, agriculture, and your military Maintaining diplomatic relations with your national allies Intimidating and purging members of your Cabinet to motivate performance and discourage sedition Managing risks associated with world events and critical threats such as revolutions, coups, and foreign military action Negotiating for foreign technology to build your nuclear weapons program Threatening and extorting your imperialist enemies with threats of nuclear force And (if necessary) ordering a preemptive nuclear strike on the West and its puppet allies. Do you have what it takes to lead your nation to power and prosperity? Rogue State includes: One 22x17-inch DPRK government ‘map’ 14 Technology/Event counters 20 Tracking counters 30 Resource counters 36 Event Cards One Full-Color Rulebook One 2-sided Turn Summary aid sheet One Twelve-sided die One State-supplied Ziploc Bag to isolate your components [Player will need to supply six (6) six-sided dice]