FATE
BULLETINS
Chance
enters your life in this simulation with the following fates. Each project
workday your teacher will allow your country to draw a number from an envelope.
You will check the number drawn and read its corresponding FATE BULLETIN below.
Then you will either add or subtract points from your country’s RUNNING TOTAL
SHEET.
1
Hurricane! A violent hurricane and resulting tidal wave have hit your
country. Subtract 75 points.
2
Weather
conditions have been most agreeable for you this year. You have more food
than you know what to do with. Add 100 points.
3
Inflation has reached a serious point in your country. Prices are
soaring. Subtract 125 points.
4
Your latest harvest has produced a wheat surplus. You sell your
much-needed wheat to other countries. Each country will subtract 25 points from
its running total and add it to your total.
5
A serious flood has caused your major river to overflow, causing
extensive damage. Subtract 100 points. (Receive 50 points from any country with
whom you have a disaster aid alliance.)
6 You have an enormous boom in tourism this year. Travelers have come far and wide to see the world's largest heap of dung. Add 200 points.
7
Crippling strikes have left your nation’s industries and transportation
systems at a standstill. Subtract 175 points.
8
Your fish harvests have been exceptionally abundant this year. Add 100 points.
9
A tragic earthquake has left areas of your country in virtual ruin.
Rebuilding will be costly and long. Subtract 125 points.
10
You have just constructed a series of new mills and small factories. Add 150 points.
11
Recurring cases of racial unrest have caused severe riots in your cities.
Subtract 75 points. Add 25 points if you have a fort.
12
You have just secured a temporary economic alliance with the countries in your
world. Your nation will oversee its operations. Receive 75 points from each
country.
13
A government scandal has caused your current system to be totally
revamped. Subtract 50 points.
14
A great scientist has discovered a cure for a deadly disease. Receive 50
points from each country.
15
Tornado! A destructive tornado has ravished your population. Subtract 100
points. (Receive 50 points from any country with
whom you have a disaster aid alliance.)
16
You have signed a new weapons minimization agreement with you at the
helm. Add 125 points.
17
Your country has been attacked by a group of radicals attempting to
overthrow your government. Subtract 100 points.
18
Your government has passed an equal rights law allowing men and women to
have equal rights in all cases. Add 150 points.
19
A severe energy crisis has hit your country due to the failure of rains
to bring river water levels up. Your mills are not working at peak efficiency.
Give 25 points to each country to buy needed resources to produce alternate
power.
20
A new road system has been established in your country causing easier movement from one area to another. Add 100 points.
21
A massive crop failure has forced you to seek other food markets. Give 50
points to each country to buy food.
22
Citizens in your country have just completed a magnificent national
monument. Add 200 points.
23
Student unrest has caused severe cultural disorders in your society. The
split between young and old will take many months to heal. Subtract 125 points.
24
Scientists and engineers have developed a superior-hulled ship capable of
sailing to other continents in a matter of days. Add 200 points.
25 Forest fires have seriously depleted your lumber industry. Wood is essential to your economy. Subtract 200 points.