I have this mental image of Zho playing "Rock-Paper-Scissors"...

Telepathy to see what your opponent will pick?
Precog?
TK to push the opponents fingers into the desired shape?

On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 8:05 AM, greg caires <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very interesting question; I'm working a Zho-Human "mind games" Olympiad
> into an upcoming adventure. Pre-5FW as sort of a detente/good will gesture
> like US-China ping-pong in the '70s. The Zho have been told NOT to use their
> psi powers and to forfeit if they accidentally do. Humans, somewhat as a
> challenge akin to not wearing parachutes during WWI, have the option NOT to
> wear psi shield helmets. Mind games are abstract strategy games (no dice
> involved) like checkers, chess, poker, cribbage, etc. For my campaign (set
> in a military academy) the matches will be very simply decided with dice
> rolls vs INT/EDU with task difficulty DMs.
>
> As the zho-human games are less important than the peer status one gains
> within the brigade of midshipmen for volunteering to play (risking psi!) and
> possibly winning (in this case, losing still increases status if you dare
> not to wear the psi shield. Human winners are then secretly approached by
> the Academy leadership to undergo voluntary psi assessment (and possible
> training), but mids have to be care not to be caught taking such assessments
> or their peer status will crater.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Knapp <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What games would these people play with their mental skills?
>> Soccer/football with a mental twist of some sort? Go with brain death?
>> Please post a few ideas for games you might have. Are there any in the
>> books?
>> Thanks.
>>
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