Lifeboat

A values-based negotiation game

Player guide

Objective: Make a difficult survival decision while balancing values, evidence, persuasion, and group pressure.

Setup: Join with the room PIN from your facilitator and enter your assigned team.

How to play: Review the scenario, deliberate with your team, submit your ranking or decision, and compare the reasoning after the reveal.

Your role: Argue your priorities clearly, listen for hidden assumptions, and help the team make a decision under constraint.

End condition: Debrief how the team handled tradeoffs, influence, disagreement, and moral pressure.

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Read the scenario carefully

The Coastal Freighter

A cargo ship is sinking in open water. The coast guard is hours away. The ship's single lifeboat holds 8 passengers.

There are 12 people on board. Your team must decide which 8 will be saved — and which 4 will be left behind.

There are no right answers. Only choices.

The 12 Passengers

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0 of 8 selected
Any team member can submit once you have exactly 8 selected.

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All teams have submitted

All selections are locked. Ready to reveal?

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How did each team decide?

Saved by all teams
Left behind by all teams
Teams disagreed

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Thank you for playing.

The decisions were hard. The conversations were real. That is the point.