“General Murch, send out your army and burn the nearby village to the ground. Captain Awesome will no doubt come here to seek revenge, and when he does, we’ll kill him and take back the artifact.”

General Murch nods in acknowledgement of your command, then turns and walks out the door. You go to the window and watch as your robotic hordes fly from one of the towers.

A few moments later, you see smoke rising from the nearby peasant village. Satisfied at a completed mission, you retire to your bedchambers, waiting for the day Captain Awesome arrives at your door.

* * *

You are awakened rather abruptly by your wife, who calls you to the window. You look out to see that Captain Awesome has indeed arrived, but he is not alone. In addition to having gathered several other super heroes to his aid, he also has all the survivors of the peasant village. Standing at Captain Awesome’s side is the ever-irritating sidekick/pet Wonder Monkey. You never could understand why Captain Awesome would employ a monkey for a sidekick. He wasn’t even a super powered monkey. He’s just a regular, stupid monkey. Yet, that monkey has been instrumental in ruining many of your plans in the past. “I hate that monkey,” you mutter under your breath.

A massive army is currently marching toward your castle, and you’re just staring out the window at them in your underwear. You quickly get dressed and try to decide what you should do about this problem.

• Do you choose to flee, hopefully to fight again another day?
• Do you choose to engage his army with your own forces?