Nuclear War the card game

In the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis two good things came out of living in a time teetering on the brink of destruction. One good thing was the détente, easing of tension between the USA and the USSR. The other good thing was the release of the satirical card game Nuclear War.

This game, much like the film Dr. Strangelove (Or How I Learned to Love the Bomb), actually had the guts to taunt the destructive idiocy of mankind and its war-like nature. This is because it is the first game with a scenario where everyone can lose.

The card game and its expansions are available for purchase pretty much any game shop that sells card games. The base game costs $29.99 and it’s roughly the same cost for the expansions…