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In medieval Chinese myth, a brilliant writer and strategizer documented the best strategies of the day in a book called the thirty-six stratagems. In the separation subsection, there's a bluff called the "Empty Fort Strategy."
This strategy is so crazy, that it just might work.
It enters into the realm of reverse and reverse-reverse psychology in the manner that a bluff in poker does.
In this episode, the guys talk about the Empty Fort Strategy, military bluffs, and general one-upmanship in competition
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Email the guys: [email protected]
Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3pderlY
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Googlyography:
EMPTY FORT STRATEGY
Wikipedia: Empty Fort Strategy Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Fort_Strategy#:~:text=The%20Empty%20Fort%20Strategy%20is,listed%20in%20the%20following%20sections.
OTHER BLUFFS
Military Bluffs: https://www.kickassfacts.com/10-greatest-bluffs-in-history-that-actually-paid-off/
Military Bluff Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/uabjp/what_are_some_of_the_greatest_military_bluffs_of/
Thirty-six Strategems Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems
Bluffing Board Games: https://www.boardgamehalv.com/best-bluffing-board-games/
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In medieval Chinese myth, a brilliant writer and strategizer documented the best strategies of the day in a book called the thirty-six stratagems. In the separation subsection, there's a bluff called the "Empty Fort Strategy."
This strategy is so crazy, that it just might work.
It enters into the realm of reverse and reverse-reverse psychology in the manner that a bluff in poker does.
In this episode, the guys talk about the Empty Fort Strategy, military bluffs, and general one-upmanship in competition
--------------------------------------------------.
Email the guys: [email protected]
Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3pderlY
-------------------------------------------------
Googlyography:
EMPTY FORT STRATEGY
Wikipedia: Empty Fort Strategy Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Fort_Strategy#:~:text=The%20Empty%20Fort%20Strategy%20is,listed%20in%20the%20following%20sections.
OTHER BLUFFS
Military Bluffs: https://www.kickassfacts.com/10-greatest-bluffs-in-history-that-actually-paid-off/
Military Bluff Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/uabjp/what_are_some_of_the_greatest_military_bluffs_of/
Thirty-six Strategems Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems
Bluffing Board Games: https://www.boardgamehalv.com/best-bluffing-board-games/

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