How a Balance of Terror for Teams session runs

The briefing

Everyone gets the same picture of the world, plus their own intelligence — and the intelligence is deliberately unequal. American and Israeli teams see more, sooner. Saudi teams see it late and deniably.

The planning

Teams spend action points on catalogue moves — treaties, sanctions, cyber operations, deployments — or type whatever they want in plain English and let the engine judge it. The countdown is on the wall.

The resolution

Every team's orders resolve at once, against each other. Nobody reacts to something they could not have known. Two teams who both moved on the same country get the collision that actually implies.

The protest

If a covert operation was detected, the injured party's government demands an explanation and the responsible team answers: back down, deflect, double down, or write their own reply. Silence reads as deflection.

The reveal

Results, headlines, the new standings, and the Doomsday Clock's new position — played out full-screen beat by beat over that quarter's own artwork. Then the next quarter opens.