I know what you mean, but from what it sounds like (I haven’t read about the details yet), their focus on war may be helpful here. Nerds are notorious for ignoring the differences between the real world and their personal model of it, so making it a wargame forces them to confront and understand everyone else’s motives and behavior as part of their design. So there’s a chance of developing strategies that are robust against real-world malice, incompetence and Chinatown effects
