''Survival of the Witless'' is a card game produced by

Avalanche Press Avalanche Press is an American company that publishes board wargames and has published some role-playing game supplements. They have produced '' The Great War at Sea'' and '' ''Panzer Grenadier'' series'', as well as '' Red Parachutes'', one of ...

about tenure. Released in 1997, the game was created due to Avalanche Press founder

Mike Bennighof Michael Bennighof is a game designer who has worked primarily on board games. Early life and education Mike Bennighof, Ph.D., is a Fulbright Scholar, and holds a doctorate in History from Emory University. He has played and coached semi-pro fo ...

's anger at being fired from his teaching job at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for winning a teaching award as an untenured professor. ''Survival of the Witless'' was Avalanche Press' hottest selling game, but as of 2007 is out of print.

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