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Word: dices (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sporadic strikes, riots, sinking trade balances, a franc devaluation and other troubles led French Economist Jean-Marie Albertini to invent a Monopoly-like game called Ec-oplany. In it, players assume the role of finance ministers and try to outwit each other at running a national economy. By rolling dice, each participant is tossed from recessions to failing harvests to baby booms. Unless he learns quickly, a novice will find himself strikebound, bankrupt or on the verge of civil war in no time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Games Theory | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

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