Wheel of Misfortune is a game that operational teams play to prepare people for oncall. It is a way to improve an individual’s knowledge of how to handle oncall tasks and to share best practices. It can also be used to introduce new procedures to the entire team. This game enables team members to maintain skills, learn new skills as needed, and learn from each other. The game is played as follows. The entire team meets in a conference room. Each round involves one person volunteering to be the contestant and another volunteering to be the Master of Disaster (MoD). The MoD explains an oncall
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