The Prisoner's Dilemma League Eight clubs. Eight strategies. One question.

The league

The clubs

Eight clubs, eight rules. Each one follows a single Prisoner's Dilemma strategy for the whole season, without exception.

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Almsbury Albion

The Givers, Almsbury

Rule Generous TFT

The club that answers back, but lets the odd one go.

Position
Not started
Points
0
Co-operation
n/a
Form
No matches yet

Amberdale Union

The Union, Amberdale

Rule Always Cooperate

The club that will not hit back, on principle, whatever it costs them.

Position
Not started
Points
0
Co-operation
n/a
Form
No matches yet

Bellford County

The Conditioners, Bellford

Rule Pavlov

The club with no principles whatsoever, only results, and it works.

Position
Not started
Points
0
Co-operation
n/a
Form
No matches yet

Blackmoor United

The Ruthless, Blackmoor

Rule Always Defect

The club that never gives an inch, and has built forty years of trophies on it.

Position
Not started
Points
0
Co-operation
n/a
Form
No matches yet

Fluxton Rovers

The Wildcards, Fluxton

Rule Random

The club with no plan at all, which is itself a kind of plan.

Position
Not started
Points
0
Co-operation
n/a
Form
No matches yet

Holdfast Athletic

The Grudge, Holdfast

Rule Grudger

The club that will play you fairly exactly once.

Position
Not started
Points
0
Co-operation
n/a
Form
No matches yet

Mirrowick Town

The Reflectors, Mirrowick

Rule Tit For Tat

The club that gives back exactly what it gets, and has never once gone first.

Position
Not started
Points
0
Co-operation
n/a
Form
No matches yet

Warehaven Wanderers

The Wary, Warehaven

Rule Suspicious TFT

The club that hits first, then plays fair, and has never got that order right.

Position
Not started
Points
0
Co-operation
n/a
Form
No matches yet

The managers

One rule each, and eight very different people asked to defend it.

Rob Axelrod

Mirrowick Town, Tit For Tat

"I have never needed to go first. Going second has been quite enough."

Neil Amity

Amberdale Union, Always Cooperate

"We are not naive. We know exactly what it costs. We are paying it deliberately."

Vic Savage

Blackmoor United, Always Defect

"Nobody has ever thanked me for a fair game. They thank me for the cup."

Chance Delacroix

Fluxton Rovers, Random

"I can tell you the team. I cannot tell you the team's mood, and neither can they."

Frank Vendetta

Holdfast Athletic, Grudger

"We will give you a fair game for as long as you want one. The offer expires the once."

Ivan Bell

Bellford County, Pavlov

"It worked, so we did it again. That is the entire philosophy, and I would not add to it."

Cole Warren

Warehaven Wanderers, Suspicious TFT

"You get one warning off me, and it arrives before the game does. Everything after that is on you."

Grace Goodman

Almsbury Albion, Generous TFT

"Two strict sides in a fight cannot stop. Somebody has to be able to let one go, and it is going to be us."