OCTOBER PREP CHALLENGE

Week 1 Exercise 6,7

Exercise 6 : Key Tensions
I often use the phrase 'politics is people'. People have different values, different priorities, different struggles and different fears, and ultimately they can't all have what they want. Somewhere along the line, conflicting interests mean someone has to be denied in order to satisfy someone else.
Think about what the main problems facing your society/faction might be.
Is it access to a natural resource? Is it a threat to their place in a wider society? Is it their physical safety? Is it something they want for success or a better life? You might have some ideas from exercise 1.
What might pose a threat or risk to the group?
How could that risk be eliminated or minimized?
What -- or who -- might stand in the way and why?
What does the group, or individuals in the group, want in order to prosper?
What -- or who -- might stand in the way and why?







Exercise 7 : Review Day
Go back over your notes from the past week. Do any further research, add to your notes, and make any adjustments or corrections.
If you have any other ideas that you want to get down at this point, submit those too.