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This post shows the first 10 turns of a simulated game of GoCaine, the multiplayer Go strategy board game where 2-6 players compete to build the most lucrative cocaine trafficking network. For each turn, I will first present a written account of what each player did and then will show a diagram to illustrate what has transpired. Game Setup: Each player starts with $50 million cash, 10 cells, 1 Task Force chip, and Level 1 Smuggling Infrastructure. Blue is randomly chosen to go first.  Play proceeds clockwise, so player order is:  Blue, Green, Black, Yellow, Red, White. Note:&nbs ..read more

In an earlier post regarding supply chain management, we talked about the need to diversify your supply chain to mitigate risk and to minimize disruption to both the flow of the inputs into your production and to the flow of your finished goods to market.  In that post, to facilitate illustrating my main points, I made references to the supply and distribution of cocaine in the multiplayer strategy board game, GoCaine.  In this post we'll examine in more detail how players go about transporting huge quantities of cocaine.  While it is often a good idea to start with s ..read more

Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami 11 March 2011:  A 9.0 magnitude earthquake 130 km offshore of Japan lays waste to many parts of northeast Honshu, destroying buildings and severely damaging a considerable amount of industrial and transportation infrastructure.  The earthquake triggers a 15 meter high tsunami which then pummels and floods the coast.  Almost 20,000 people are killed in the disaster and the tsunami disables the power supply and cooling systems of three nuclear reactors in Fukushima.  Thankfully no deaths result from the Fukushima nuclear ac ..read more