All Stories
Every Crossroads. Your Call.
54 interactive decision stories across 8 categories.
The Emancipation Gambit
A president losing a war makes the most controversial decision in American history -- by reframing it.
Thirteen Ships
A disgraced admiral is dragged from prison with 13 ships to face 333. His king expects him to die. He has other plans.
The Sound of a Bet
Every engineer at Sony says this product will fail. The chairman is betting his reputation on it anyway.
Breaking Enigma
A mathematician says he can build a machine to defeat a machine. The military thinks he's wasting time.
The Immigrant's Gambit
A new nation is drowning in debt. An orphaned immigrant has a radical plan to save it.
The Flight to Jerusalem
An Arab president is about to board a plane to the enemy's capital. His own generals think he's committing treason.
The Silence Symphony
The worst thing that can happen to a musician is happening. He writes a suicide note -- then makes a different choice.
The Moneyball Revolution
A baseball GM with the lowest budget is about to bet everything on a spreadsheet.
The Cereal Box Pivot
Two broke founders bet their startup's survival on breakfast cereal and a presidential election.
208 Seconds
Both engines are dead. You're at 2,800 feet over Manhattan. You have 208 seconds to find somewhere to land an Airbus with 155 people on board.
Six Thousand Lives
A Japanese diplomat in Lithuania defies his government. Each visa he writes is an act of career suicide -- and a life saved.
The Dunkirk Gamble
400,000 soldiers are trapped. The generals say rescue is impossible. You have 48 hours.
The Queen's Gambit
She's won Caesar's support. Now Cleopatra must decide what to do about the brother who tried to have her killed.
The D-Day Decision
The fate of World War II comes down to one general, one weather forecast, and 24 hours.
Deeds Not Words
Fifty years of polite petitions have achieved nothing. A 45-year-old widow decides to make the government afraid.
The Edge of Space
The world's most fearless daredevil can't stop having panic attacks inside his spacesuit. A $65 million project hangs on whether he can conquer his own mind.
The Scutari Paradox
A nurse realizes soldiers aren't dying from war -- they're dying from filth. Nobody believes her.
20 Minutes to Immortality
A 'washed-up' rock band gets the shortest slot at the biggest concert in history. What happens next rewrites the rules of live music.
A Handful of Salt
The British Empire controls everything. A 60-year-old lawyer decides the fight starts with salt.
The Manuscript in the Pawnshop
A broke journalist has spent 18 months locked in a room writing a novel nobody asked for. His family is surviving on credit. The last chapter is done.
The Khan's Gambit
A nomadic herder unites warring tribes and faces the choice that will determine whether he builds an empire or dies in the steppe.
The Oath Keeper
He just annihilated 80,000 Romans in a single afternoon. His cavalry commander says march on Rome now. History's most debated military decision awaits.
The $200 Million Bet
A director is $100M over budget on a movie about a sinking ship. Hollywood is already writing his epitaph.
Before This Decade Is Out
America is losing the Space Race. A president who knows nothing about rockets makes the biggest bet in history.
The Thirteenth Publisher
A single mother on welfare has a manuscript nobody wants. Twelve publishers have said no.
Crossing the Rubicon
A general must choose between obedience and treason -- with the fate of a republic hanging on one river.
175 Not Out
India is 17 for 5. The captain walks to the crease knowing that if he fails, a billion dreams go home with him.
The Quit That Wasn't
A failed comedy writer quits Saturday Night Live in a rage on Friday night. Then he shows up Monday like nothing happened. Nobody says a word.
A Country Nobody Wanted
A tiny island with no resources just got expelled from its own federation. Its prime minister is about to make a choice that defies every rule of development.
The Bus Ride Home
An 11-year-old in a war zone is asked to do something every adult is too afraid to try.
The Invisible Element
A scientist in a converted shed is about to rewrite the periodic table.
The 15-Year-Old Who Rebuilt a Nation
Western warships are in the harbor. A teenage emperor must decide whether Japan will be conquered or reinvented.
Cut from Varsity
A 15-year-old gets rejected from his high school basketball team. What he does next changes sports forever.
Do You Believe in Miracles?
A college coach picks a team of amateurs to face the most dominant hockey dynasty in history.
The Rumble in the Jungle
An aging underdog faces the most devastating puncher alive. His strategy shocks the world.
The Score That Broke the Scoreboard
A 14-year-old gymnast from communist Romania is about to do something the scoreboard literally cannot display.
The 27-Year Gamble
After nearly three decades in prison, a leader chooses between revenge and reconciliation.
The Body Electric
Edison is electrocuting animals on stage to prove your invention is deadly. You have one shot to prove him wrong -- using yourself as the conductor.
The Mississippi Underdog
A news anchor just got demoted for being 'too emotional.' Her bosses think it's a punishment.
The Delete Key
Someone accidentally erased 2 years of Toy Story 2. The backups were broken. Then a mom on maternity leave saved Pixar.
The Queen Who Refused to Kneel
Portuguese slave traders control the coast. A queen with no army and no allies is about to build a 40-year resistance from nothing.
The Netflix Pivot
A CEO just killed his company's stock price by 77%. Now he has to decide what comes next.
The $5,000 Bet
A fax machine salesperson with $5,000 and zero connections bets everything on an idea everyone laughs at.
The Comeback
A tennis champion falls to #139. Everyone writes her off. She has other plans.
800 Miles of Impossible
Your ship is crushed. Your crew is stranded. The nearest help is across the deadliest ocean on Earth. Nobody knows you're alive.
The Letter from Madras
A self-taught clerk from India sends his impossible theorems to Cambridge. If the wrong professor opens the envelope, mathematics loses a century.
The $100M Exile
A visionary gets kicked out of his own company. What happens next changes everything.
The Impossible Dive
12 boys and their coach are trapped 2.5 miles inside a flooded cave. The plan to save them sounds absolutely insane. It works.
The Horse at the Gates
Ten years of siege and nothing works. A king from a small island proposes building a gift for the enemy.
The History Teacher's Siege
A former schoolteacher turned general faces France's strongest fortress. His decision will end European colonialism in Southeast Asia.
The Kingdom Gamble
A film mogul wants to build something no one has ever seen. Every banker and board member says no.
The Woman Who Planted Trees
The government calls her a madwoman. The police have beaten her unconscious. She keeps planting.
12 Seconds at Kitty Hawk
Two bicycle mechanics with $1,000 attempt what the Smithsonian's $50,000 project couldn't do.
The Treasure Fleet
A formerly enslaved eunuch commands the largest fleet the world has ever seen. His next choice will reshape Indian Ocean trade for a century.
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