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Press Release: The Y2K Survival Card Game Debuts On-Line
Clovis, CA, November 10, 1999— For those worried about the year 2000 problem, the Y2K Survival Card Game offers a lighter look at the dire predictions being made for January 1. "It’s funny, cheap, compliant... and something to do when the lights go out," says game designer Beth Weibert.
The game begins with an auction for stockpile cards representing items such as food, bicycles, gold, and first aid supplies. Resources are limited because the auction ends when the Y2K card is turned over. Now, a series of tongue-in-cheek emergencies begin, including Arizona refusing to change centuries with everyone else and Canada launching a sneak attack in the confusion of the new millennium.
Players "survive" the emergencies by having a specific stockpile item like the ham radio or bicycle. Or they can barter for the needed items from other players or the black market. A few barter cards are drawn at the beginning of the emergency phase, but new ones can only be gotten through barter for your stockpile items and surviving the emergency. On the third failure to survive an emergency, a player is out of the game. The winner is the "last man standing."
"Usually, the winner is the person who had a few stockpile items and cooperated with others. It wasn’t intentional for it to work out like that, but it’s a good lesson for anyone who hasn’t prepared at all," says Weibert. "I don’t think Y2K will be the end of the world as we know it, but it’s always smart to be prepared for problems such as an earthquake or power outage and that’s how we’re preparing for Y2K."
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