Price Johnson isn't a fan of games of chance.

Unfortunately, his gaming business is now caught in a high-stakes contest where the outcome feels entirely out of his hands.

Cephalofair Games, where Johnson works as COO, prides itself on making games that limit randomness and reward players for making strategic decisions and planning ahead. The company's most successful game, the award-winning Gloomhaven , is a dungeon-crawling adventure that, unlike most, doesn't rely on dice to determine outcomes.

"We've eliminated a lot of the luck elements that exist in games like Dungeons and Dragons and in other role-playing games," he says. "In our games, strategy is everything."

Now, it won't be tumbling dice, but the nine justices at the U.S. Supreme Court who will determine the fate of Cephalofa

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