Reflection on the End of the Game

Our game of Diplomatic Risk ended with the Black, Yellow, and Blue teams all winning and the Red and Green team both being eliminated.

It was interesting to see the Black, Yellow, and Blue teams work collaboratively to take out the Green team and to achieve each of their objectives. You could say it was a happy ending for the three winning teams, but it was also a liberal ending since the three teams saw it in their own best interest to work together to fulfill their goals.

The Green team, however, probably took on a realist mind set as the game concluded. It seemed as though all the other teams turned against Green and Green felt as though the other teams were out to get Green.

Realism, however, was not that apparent in the ending of the game because multiple teams won and not one of the winning teams powerfully dominated the other. Not one team emerged the "all powerful one" at the end of the game, rather, Black, Blue, and Yellow all shared winning power and were content with achieving their objectives, thus power was balanced. Good game.