conversations.from: system
conversations.value: World at War: Hearts and Minds is an experimental story, built to pit players against one another in the midst of a series of international crises that eventually lead to all-out conflict. 
  
  The novelty of this story is that the outcome of that war, and the "victor" as it were, are largely irrelevant to the narrative. 
  
  **Each player in this story will take on the role of the Press Department of a fictional nation involved in the conflict. **
  
  Each scene will set out the actual facts of some event, and the players will issue a Press Release from their governments spinning the situation to suit their narrative. 
  
  
  Players will be issued a set of **Evidence** cards to guide their Releases. To have a Release read by the Judges, the player **must** play an Evidence card, and a Strength or Weakness card. 
  
  Strength cards will allow a player's message to be more widely received on a global scale, while weakness cards will detract from world-wide reception. 
  
  At the end of each scene, the Narrator will allow a council of Judges (a private Facebook group of non-playing friends) to review each statement, its associated strengths and weaknesses, but **NOT THE ACTUAL FACTS OF THE EVENT, OR ORIGIN OF THE RELEASE.** It will be up to them to vote on which Press Release is most apt. 
  
  The first place Release will be issued two Popular Support cards. The Second place will be issued 1.
  
  To win the game, a player will need to acquire 16 popular support cards.
  
  Players may make their own cards, so long as those cards are in keeping with the tone of the Story.
  
  **This is an experiment. Players will be asked to provide feedback to improve the experiment for future iterations, and to consider sitting on Judgement panels for later groups.**
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: EVIDENCE 3: Schematics of the KMV Seneschal show that the offending vessel deploys a battery of 21 short range artillery rounds in a single spread. In this indecent, she only fired 11. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: EVIDENCE 1: Local hospitals report receiving 14 Civilian casualties and 8 Military casualties from the incident in the Gulf. No deaths have been recorded. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: EVIDENCE 2: Transcriptions of radio transmissions show that the Karthian vessel requested authorization to fire, waited for authorization, confirmed the order, and fired.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: EVIDENCE 4: Intercepted broad-wire transmission show the known signatures of both Karthian and Novexian crypto-scrawl. There were at least 30 transmissions between the two vessels prior to hostility. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: EVIDENCE 3: Schematics of the KMV Seneschal show that the offending vessel deploys a battery of 21 short range artillery rounds in a single spread. In this indecent, she only fired 11
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: EVIDENCE 2 (copy): Schematics of the KMV Seneschal show that the offending vessel deploys a battery of 21 short range artillery rounds in a single spread. In this indecent, she only fired 11
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: EVIDENCE 2 (copy): Transcriptions of radio transmissions show that the Karthian vessel requested authorization to fire, waited for authorization, confirmed the order, and fired.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: EVIDENCE 1: Transcriptions of radio transmissions show that the Karthian vessel requested authorization to fire, waited for authorization, confirmed the order, and fired.   
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Evidence 4: Graph charts from the President E. Edward Edwards international airport in Eshaa show 4 fast movers broadcasting Bermudan Rhombiod call signs crossing the airspace at 0552.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Evidence 2: Local hospitals received 3 civilian casualties from the scene. 2 were dead already, and the third will certainly lose both legs. 
  
  Doctors agree that the wounds are consistent with blast injuries. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Evidence 3 : Photographs from the scene show mobile artillery pieces clearly marked with the seal of the People's Republic spot welded into the back of modified pick up trucks. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Popular Support: With the people behind you, the world is yours. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Popular Support: With the people behind you, the world is yours. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Socialism: "More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life."
  
  Mikhail Gorbachev
  
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Oligarchy: "All systems are oligarchy. There is no other."
  
  Tom Metzger
  
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Theocracy: "The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind..."
  
  Orson Pratt
  
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Democracy: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."
  
  Abraham Lincoln
  
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Communism: "Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand."
  
  Karl Marx
  
  
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tyranny: "Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy."
  
  Plato
  
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Caliphate: "But for the necessity of obeying the orders of the Caliph, I would never have accepted this command over you."
  
  Khalid ibn al-Walid
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Photographic evidence: Is the photo of two soldiers protecting a fallen civilian? Or are they preparing to execute him in cold blood? 
  
  It's up to your cropping tool to decide.
  
  By playing this card, you may alter the description of an evidence card to suit your narrative.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fudge the Numbers: Did the enemy nation wound 12 militants, or kill 34 civilians? Your department has enough credibility to determine the truth others will hear. 
  
  This card allows you to falsify the factual account drastically, and cite a reliable source in your release. 
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Breaking News: Most people remember the first story they heard. Even if it's false. 
  
  This card allows your story to be read first, even if you submit it last. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: False Correlation: By bombarding your audience with quick images and statements, you can draw connections where there are none. 
  
  By playing this card, you may simply make up an evidence card with a tenuous connection to the issue. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wide Circulation: Control the airwaves, control the story. 
  
  Play this card in a scene that you think you're winning. If you're right, you will *double* the number of Popular Support cards you gain. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If it Bleeds, it Leads: 15 civilians were killed. That's tragic. But will it even make Joe Average glance up from his morning coffee?
  
  Play this card, and describe a heartbreaking photo or video that will spark international outrage. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inside Source: You have a man on the ground feeding you intel. 
  
  When you play this card, you will be issued an evidence card not listed in the original event description. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Most Trusted Name in News: Sure, you fudge facts. But you have a tract record for trusted analysis. 
  
  Play this card, and speak with authority. One evidence card you play will be exposed as an actual **fact** to the judges.  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Friday Trash: Want a story to die? Run it in the morning edition of a Friday Print. No one will ever even know it happened. 
  
  Play this card to have an evidence card disregarded by the judges for the scene. References to it will be redacted from all Releases before the judges read them. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Low Circulation: You don't have the airwaves that some of the other nations boast. 
  
  Play this card, and halve the number of Popular support cards you gain if you win a scene. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bad Brand: While you have a sub-section of unfailingly loyal supporters, you aren't taken seriously globally.
  
  Play this card, and allow each of the other players to redact a single sentence from your Release before the judges read it. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Call Out: It isn't hard to spot the lies in the other side's narrative. It's true art, though, to convince the masses. 
  
  Play this card and call another player's Release out on a lie. If you're right, that lie will be redacted before the judges read it. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Overt Agenda: You claim to be balanced, but everyone knows what you're about. 
  
  When you play this card, your Release **must** contradict at least one of the evidence cards you play. 
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: State Controlled: You are the only outlet for the people. Don't let them down. 
  
  If you play this card and **don't** win the round, you must sacrifice 2 popular support cards. If you have none, your next win will not gain you any. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Issue a Retraction: You didn't fact check your field agents. Now you have to pay the piper. 
  
  The next time you gain Popular Support Cards, sacrifice one of them to the player that finishes directly beneath you. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Protect the Party: It's our job to show the world the light of our ideology!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Go to the Bank: Who cares about Truth or Objectivity? The news sells. And EVERYONE is buying. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Establish a New World Order: Everything is Broken, but we know how to fix it. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tear Down the Regime!: The people in power need to NOT be in power. And we can make that happen!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Satire: Your Release has been the victim of biting public satire. 
  
  One of your evidence cards, and references to it in your Release, will be redacted before the Judges read it. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tell the Truth: Let the world know what is REALLY happening!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Gulf of Kishal: "Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil."
  
  J. Paul Getty
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Win Hearts and Minds: Issue your releases. Please remember to play a Strength/Weakness and an Evidence card. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Populace: Issue your releases. Please remember to play a Strength/Weakness and an Evidence card.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: EVIDENCE 2: Transcriptions of radio transmissions show that the Karthian vessel requested authorization to fire, waited for authorization, confirmed the order, and fired. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Esvar Valley: Settled between Mount Ki and The Treeshan Shelf, this jungled valley has been the site of multiple border skirmishes between Eshaa and Hygeitland.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Popular Support (copy): With the people behind you, the world is yours. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Evidence 1 : Interviews with local villagers confirm that they have found 2 bodies in Eshaanian uniforms, and 3 in rag-tag civilian clothing. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hearts and Minds : Issue your releases. Please remember to play a Strength/Weakness and an Evidence card.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Populace: Issue your releases. Please remember to play a Strength/Weakness and an Evidence card.    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Populace: Issue your releases. Please remember to play a Strength/Weakness and an Evidence card.    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lunocracy: The maniacs HAVE taken over the Asylum. While there are democratic processes involved... good luck understanding how they work without going mad yourself. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Technocracy: "A scientific view of man offers exciting possibilities. We have not yet seen what man can make of man."
  
  B.F. Skinner