I was a young engineer visiting Massachusetts for a chip-bringup.

A college buddy had ditched engineering and was at Harvard law.

I stopped by his dorm and played a round of Diplomacy with them. I’m a terribly trusting person, and my “honesty is the best policy” style of gameplay did not leave my nation in the best of positions.

Fun game, certainly different.

I’ve never understood gambling addiction other than as a gambling-version of substance abuse. Uncut Gems brought it into sharp, uncomfortable, focus.