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THE GREAT UP AGAINST THE WALL, MOTH~RFUGKER HASSLE

We had originaUy planned on puting .a copy .of UP AGAINST THE WALL, MOTHER-
-FUCKER! in.-:,el'.z:tery.' copy o! S&'r. · But, £'or :r;easons to be explained below, we have only
· sent coEfes out to ~.bo~t 8% of the ~ubscribers_.:· X.ou are one o{ the group that
has received a copy of UAW, M ! .

Back in March the subject of UAW, M! came up at . a staff meeting. Although a majority
of the . reader _s h_ad voted for . the inclusion of CHICAGO, CHICAGO in S&T, those who
_had reje.C;ted it had also, in-·many cases, voiced reservations _about including UAW, M!
in the magazi~e. Someone · a·sked if it wouldn't be a good idea to just drop UAW, M! Soon
.there we.re two groups, one arguing for UAW, M! 's inclusion, with the other against -
it. A vote was . taken and UAW,M! won, but just a bare majority voted for the games·
inclusion in the magazine: Thus the debate -continued. The main points of the argu~ent
were:
·· PRO: UAW, -M ·! is a goo-d game, better than_QHICAGO, CHICAGO and -
proved very popular with Avalon Hill_ gamers when it was first published
in the Columbia Spectator in 1969. It wo.n 't cost us anything to include it
in the magazine and the use of the (to some) offensive name is rather
academic as the name has been exposed many times in the magazine
already, besides the name is ·an integral part of the game and it would
look rather silly to cut it outof the game (somefhi.hg like censorship) .

CON: The name will be offensive to many readers. Also, it is not a milita:
conflict game, which is what many people buy S&T for. It is not worth
·offending _some of the readers}:iip just to put in the magazine a game that
MIGHT turn on another group of readers. Why, not cut-out all the "Mothe r -
fuckers" in the game (it is already pasted up and need only be re p r o duc e d)

A s a compr o mise we decided to send out small copies of the game to a random sample
of the readers, therefore not too many would be offended and enough would see the garnE
and be able to decide for thernselves if they felt the game was worth including in the
magazine. So we take our case to the people. Question 73 on the FEEDBACK questionna
is the one you \vill use to record you.r verdict. Put one of the following numbers in box ·
to indicate your answer; ·
l=Yes, include UAV[,M! in a future issue as ·an "extra" game with a board big enough tc
play op.
2=Samc a~ 1 above but with all of the "Motherfucker" words cut out (we '11 just cut them
o'ut of the present text).
~=No rlo not nnt TTAW . Ml in SRr'T_
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 COLUMBIA QAIL y ·sPECTATOR

With .the fiist anniversary of last spring's demonstrations and of 'CONNECTION' fast
af;}.J1i:t1ttcltiit~. ipe ffresent g. commemorative supplement to the supplement: a pfrij·dl5'le ga'ine-
~lmrifitrtar(iif~prhtJ Off' Ntornin,gside Heights. It has been. desig~ed with (he s«tri.rki'1tr.( 6Ti1p'::
eratiort,~. r€search and game theory techniques that are used by mathematicians~ business,
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and the military to gen~rate .model~ of interaction that can be used to Predict events in
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real l-ife. We eall·i-t UP AGAINST THEWALL, MOTHERFUCKER! Instrfrctions follow ...

The playing tx>ard for UP AGAINST THE WALL, MOTHERFUCKER is made up of eleven track_s, each Qf which represents a quasi-
political subgroup likely to be involved in the spring derrionstration: , black students, liberal faculty, alumni, uncommitted students, and
so on. At the center of the tx>ard is low library; it is the goai of the ADMINISTRATION player to win the influence of these groups
by rrioving the Position Unit Counter (PUCs) of each track inward toward low. The RADICALS player, on the other hand, strives to move
the PUCs on each track away from Low, radially out toward the edges of the board. The approximate initial political orientation of each
subgroup is indicated by a dot in one of the squares on its track. The circular tine surrounding Low Library represents an ideological isograph;
that is, a PUC inside the circle means support for the ADMINISTRATION, and one outside the circle represents sympathy for the RADICALS.
· Fetice-strad~ling for a given group is syr:nbolized by a PUC directly on the line. · _ •
Underneath the tx>xes in each track are numbers ranging from Oto 10. These indicate the magnitude (and value) of support from each ·
·group. You win UP AGAINST THE WALL, MOTHERFUCKER by amassing more support-points than your oppoqent, or by _w iping out
you opponent altogether (~e below). The manner in which the PUCs are manipulated · will be explained below. ·
The game consists of twelv.e turns. Place (or, better, paste) the board on a smooth flat surface. Cut out the Position Unit Counters;
mount Jtiem on ~ardboard or heavy paper, and pli!ce one in every box with a dot in it, one per track. ..

STEP ONE: The RADICALS move first. The attacking You must roll the die again for each different track you attack,
player consults the Prdjected Leverage-Over-Time :Chart but you can attack as many tracks as you w.lnt in ·a sin·gle turn.
(PLOT) on page c7. This determines the combat influence he You may never attack at worse than 1-2 odds.
will be able to exert during that turn (indicated by Level of STEP THREE: AJter each attack, you may move the Pos-
AdministrativeWill (LAW) for the ADMINISTRATION, and ition Unit Counter (Pl.JC) one box cl.oser t6 your combat pieces
Ratio of Activism Determinants (RADs) for the RADICALS). ( LAWs or RADs) if and only if you have eradicated all of y ..ur
LAWs can be represeoted by small pieces of paper colored red, oppo,:ient's co·m bat pieces in that track.
white,-and blue, or by individual capsuies of Secanol. Small STEP FOUR: After one side has completed its part of the
pieces of paper colored r:ed or marijuana seeds cari be used tum, the other side repeats Steps_ One thr::>ugry Three.
for RADs. The ·attacking player then deploys his LAWs er
RADs in th.e bq~~siR marked in .each track, as he chooses. He CONTINGENCY -fA_RDS · ,1
may co~centrate &~~fc:.ombat pYeces on one track, distribute
so
tliem. 6ver all th~: tracks';'ign~~e ·o~~;or niore;tracl<s> a~d
A set of Contingency C,ards is prqvided on page c7, These are
to be mounted on heavy paper and placed i~ a pile, face do~,
forth. near the playing board. Before each move,,a player draws
STEP TWO: If, on any given track, there are any of your
· a contingency card. You may use it immediately; or you may
opponent's combat pieces opposite your combat pieces, (as
~ve it, or, if it is not to your advantage, you may disregard '
of course there won't be on the first half of the first turn),
it. You need not f'"Vt:al its contents to your opponent. ·
you m.ay choose to "attack." ihis is done in the follo.wing
way: the attacker computes the odds in his favor by count· THE MOTHERFUCKER GAMBIT
ing ·the number of combat pieces he has at his end of a given
track .and dividin·g by the number ofcombat pieces the enemy · . At the beginning of his turn, e'ach player may choose to up
· tile ante by shouting, '·' Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker!" ·
h_as on tb.e other ,e,1d of the .same track. Thus, if there are six. .'...? •:_
You should call a ·.UAW.MF! with feeling, as it' is usu.ally the
RADs and three LAWs on a track, the odds are 2-1 in favor
hig:, point of the game. For the ADMINISTRATION~ it re'-
of the RADfCALS. (NOTE: following standard combat-game
presents calling in the cops or worse; for the RADICALS, it
practice, if the .odds are uneven, they are computed in favor
means calling a strike, or taking rnother couple of buildings.
of the oefender; that is, when dividing, any r~mainder-no
~· After calling a UAW,MF!, the playe! ~olls the die and consults .·~ ,
. matter how large-is-disregarded, so that 39 LAWs attacking
the UCOM, but the results apply across the board (not just in
10 RADs would result in odds of 3-1 for the ADMfNISTRA-·
· a single track) in the following manner:
TION).
TE means that ALL of the defender's combat pieces are re-
Having computed the odds, the attacking side rolls a single
moved from play.
oie and refers to the University Conflict Outcome Matrix YE means that the attacker (who called the UAW,MF!) los- ·
. (UCOM} below to determine his results.
es all of the combat pieces he has on the board.
Al means that the player with the lesser number of comb~t
UNIVERSITY CONFLICT OUTCOME.MATRIX:
pieces loses all of them, while the other player must remove an
equal number from the board.
ODDS (attacker-defender)
Jhe attacker may then advance the PUCs as above.
;,01E:.;:,
Roil- 1-2 1-1 2-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 or better The game ends after each player has taken twelve turns.
1 TE TE. TE TE TE TE Each then adds up the total number of points on his side (mea-
2 0 AL TE TE TE TE sured by the point values under the boxes on his side of the cir-
3 0 AL Al AL TE TE cle in which a PUC is found). The winner is he who ~as the
4 YE AL AL AL AL AL most points. The loser calls a news conference.
5. YE YE AL AL AL AL
6 YE YE YE AL, AL YE CONTINGENCY CARDS AND PLOT ON PAGE C-7

o ·means that nothing at all happens. .

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TE means that all of the defender's combat pieces PUC PUC PUC PUC PUC PUC
(RADs or LAWs) orLthat track ar.e eliminated.
YE means that all the attacker's pieces on that
track are eliminated. PUC PUC PUC PUC PUC
AL means that the player with the lesser number
of pieces on a given track loses all of them on
that track, while the other player must remove GAME BOARD WILL BE FOlJND ON PAGES C--4-5.
 COl.,U~.BIA DAILY SfECTATQR.
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A lew ~eb~ofl®ttii~al remmarrl,~

. . . ,, ,C--om,puter;. (~~lC.Q.~l) which belongs to movie 2001 and yoo'll get a peek. (• simulation•)•
And this brlngsusbacktoUPAGAINST
Jim Dw111i~11. 15. it a hitt<X)' major ;,; the Onr · llidustrial' College ol the Armed Keep In mind that the g-<1:m&-.:ls-,m~nt
THE WALL, ~tOTHERFlJCKER, which ls to be modified by changffig>' )'OO'l"1npUts
Sdwol of Gmual Studies. He hat detizned Forces. How about the· Joint \\'ar-
as close to a computer-assisted simu- (assumptions). The goal ls to try to
krcra/ ro11unercial zamet,. includinz "1914" games .\genc,t? These two organlza-
tmd "Co11{ronta1ion," •nd ii ·c urrently ,.'Ot'k- tions, and many more like them, de- lation as yeu can get without using a re-create the original situation; bat
i11f( 011 " teachinz ,.:me oil 1he oritint .of velQP and use computer-assisted games, computer. \\'hy the computer'? The com- even then you aren't flnlshed. Just
k'urld War/I. or •simulations.• The basic idea a puter keeps the books. It handles the because you've arrived doesn'tmeanyou
lhL,;: IC a iimulation mimics reality deatils. An opera.t:ions research simu- got there the same way the original
Uhen Lenny Glynn and ·J erry Avorn closely enough, .you can •predict• pos- lation looks at an event to be simulated event did. But you've leamed a 'lot a-
asked me to help create a game about sible futures. Impos~ible, some ol you as a •system• which has •mo\-able bout what 'was eotni' on while )'OU were
Columbia, my Initial aUltude was, \\'hat say. t,;OC, at all. Beginning during parts• and ls oriented towards an •ob- doing it. Simulation ls based on Wor-
the ·hell, ·-Why ·not'? I -was caught up -with World \\'ar II, Operations Research (the jective.• · In the case of UAW ,MF the mati90; ')'OU've got to do your home-
most o( my~urrent game design dead- field to which simulationbelongs)scored. movable parts are the major partkl- . work. Foot.notes aren't enoqgh. Your
tines aod with only two weeks to ·do it remarkable surcesses In •predicting• pants ol .the spring confrontation, ;:1st system has to work and you have to be
in I couldn't screw 1l up too much. So, such things as where submarines attack- or future. · In most human systems able to see why, or why ·not. ..\'book
if you're . bored with chess yoo've got ing convoys were located or how best to the •objectives• are ill delined; l( at may be written, and th.it is that. ,\
t:P ..\GAINST TH£ WALL, MOTHER- defend bombers Crom German aircra.n. all, by the partlclpants, which may be simulation is never completed.
1-TCKER! as a diversion. It also played a crucial part In develop- one reason !or the mess the world ls . Columbia isn't much or a sohool when
The game is not a put-on. The fiip- .Ing the.. atom,-bomb. Similarly, simula- in. Thus one immediate benefit you ob- it comes to Operations Research and
pancy stems from my reallzation that tion is very Important In physics. Pre- tain Crom social simulations is a de- simulation research. The WA is small
the i'dffie would not have togetpastsome sently simulation ls used in such div- Cinin& ol'objeetlves: or at least possible · change In this respect. Ttiis may be
blue-nosed •family market• oriented erse areas as foreign relations (by the objectives. To get even this Car you a relief to some people, but ·in the long
·publisher. Indulge me a little. As ·games State Department's ·Foreign Service In- must attempt to define the situation as run l't can be very harmful. Like most
go t:A\\',MF is closer to a simulation stitute), the military (the mvy has a well as · the relationships between the · techniques man has created, Operations
than most. ..\ simulation. or course, ls multimillion dollar wargames operation parts ol the system. In U,\ W,MF I Research can be used for both good and
something which tries to mimic reality. at .Newport ~ews) aQd business, where arbitrarily defined the •system• as two evil. •Dr. Strangelove• is much less
\\ ell, aside Crom the !act that mimicking simulation games are very big. And major· ideological directions (which made of a fiction than you might think. P_eople
re4Uty helps to sell adult games, lt successful. Computerized simulation is th~ •game• simple although less ·ac- in the· humanities, partkularlyatColum-
can ·also prove a useful research tool. too expensive not to be. curate). Proponents oC these two ide- bia, seem to be reluctant~ committing
The plot thickens. Education is getting Into simulation ologies vie tor the Cavor of various themselves'to work in this area. This' is
You've no doubt heard ol the Institute . also. Dartmouth has comput'edermlnals other groups. · The game pieces repre- regrettable. The potentul of Opera-
!or De[ense Analyses. It consists ofwall- all over the .tampus and teaches slmu- i · sent the relative • influence• ol the two tions. Research is .\-ast. Here I have
to-w.a ll scientific· types. THEY are very laticin' (oi: research a_s well as instruc- , majQ,t, groups, and to this is added ano• only scrdtched the surface. U future
familiar with games and simulati~ at tion. Out at Urbana, the University or · ther · assumption: That the proportion Dr. Strdngeloves (who C.-\~ be good
least the more hip ones. After all, Illinois' Computer Education Research · . of influence fluctuates between the Rad- guys} do . not receive a humanfstic ed-
scientists put it where it is today. And Laboratory has developed_PLATO l\·hich, icals to the Administration as the con- cation in a •language• they can under-.
where is It today'? You no doubt heard l\·ith the assistance of a unique plasma frontation progresses. Throw, In a few stand and respect ...
of the Directorate for Simula.tion and display system, will ... we"U, Go st:e the· more assumptions and you hav~ a game I don't have to describe it.

ALAN WESTIN · INTRODUCES DAILY NEWS REPORTS DEMON-

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' i. PRESIDENT . ·AN'N·o iliJcEs TO
STRIKE RESOLUIION. IT PAS- SPECTATOR EDITORIAL .BACKS PRESS THAL ·. HE · WILL PRE-
STRATIONS ARE PEKING-DIR- STRIKERS . .Add 5 RADs this turn. SERVE LAW AND,' ()RbER. Add
SES. Double RADs this turn. ECTED. Add 5 LAWs this tum. 10 LAWs this turn .

. ADMINISTRATION curs COM- ., CITY-WIDE ' PEACE DDION-

· 'ALAN ~W-E-STIN .-WITHDR-A WS MUNICATIONS BETWEEN NEW YORK H\lES EDITORIAL STRATIONS OCCUR, PLUS A
STRIKE RESOLUTION. Double STRIKE CENTRAL AND OCCU- BACKS ADl\tlNISTRA TION. Add STUDENT REVOLT AT CCNY ;·
LAWs this turn. PIED BUILDINGS. Double LAWs S LAWs this turn. Cul LAWs in half this tum . since no
this tum. cops are available.

HARLP.i' POLITICAL LEADERS STUDENTS IN FAYERWEATHER EVIDENCE OF BL..\ TANT COL-

RADICALS'. Mt\lEOGRAPH ~IA-
BACK S:J'RJKE QE:\U.NDS. Add. AGREE TO TALK WITH FACUL- LUSION DISCOVERED IN PRESI-
CHINE BREAKS DOWN. Cut
5 RADs this ·tum. TY MEDIATORS. Add ·10 LAWs DE:'l;T'S FILES. Double R..\Ds this
this turn. RADs in half this turn.
turn.
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PROCTOR K.-\H:'11 DECLARES DE· COLLEGE FACULTY VOTES T·) . TRUSTEES CANCEL GYM CON- ERIC BENTLEY RESIGi\S. ~o
~IONSTR ..\TION ILLEGAL; END NROTC PROGRAM. Add 9 STRUCTION . Add 10 RADs this effect ·o n c~nflkt. Replace car_d in
GIUNS.. No effect on conflict. RADs this turn. turn . deck.
Replace card-in deck .

BLACK STUDENTS END THEIR

RADICALS SPLIT WITH BLACKS PROTEST IN RETURN FOR CON-
OVER DEMANDS. Double LAWs TROL OF BLACK STUDIES IN- PROJECTED LEVERAGE-OVER-TIME (PLOT)
this tum . STITUTE. Triple LAWs this ~urn.

TURN RADICALS ADMINISTRATION

SOS LEADERSHIP ARRESTED SARAH LAWRENCE GIRLS AR· RADs LAWs
ON FELONY CHARGES CARRY- RIVE ON CAMPUS TO SUPPORT
ING SSOOO BAIL. Cut RADs in DEMONSTRATORS IN BUIL-
1 to 5
half this turn . DINGS. Add 6 RADs this tum. 2 9 6
3 8 7
4 7 8
MAYOR LINDSAY SENDS UR- 5 6 9
NORMAN MAILER APPEARS AT
BAN TASK ~ORCE TO CA\tPUS 6 5 10
STRIKE FUND PARTY. Add S
TO COOL THINGS. Add 9 LAWs
RADs this turn.
this turn. 7 4 11
8 3 12
9 2 13
10 14
R..\P BROWN APPEARS AT CO\f . FACULTY VOTES OVERWHEDt- ll 15
\fU:".ITY PROTEST RA LL Y. Add lNGL Y AG .\INST A'1NESTY .
one R.\O this tum . Double L\\\\ thi~ turn . 12 16