
A Game Where We Embrace Plagiarism and The Reviewer 2 In Us
The Publish or Perish Game is a humorous party game about academic publishing. Players race to publish manuscripts with useless nonsense while sabotaging each other's research and delivering "very helpful" comments, Reviewer 2 style.

Publish as Many Manuscripts as You Can Before They Are Scooped
The player with the most citations wins the game!

Play Your Cards Strategically to Your Advantage
Use Research Cards like Idea and Data to publish, Mishap Cards to sabotage, and cards like Collaboration and Workshop Attendance to get ahead!

Sprinkled with Fun Facts from 20+ disciplines!
Trivia cards with carefully curated trivia questions and weird but true facts were specifically designed for those who are intellectually curious about everything in the world!

Serving the Academically Overwhelmed, Internationally
Shipping to most places where ambition meets poor time management.
Delivery Estimates:
• 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇳: 2–4 days
• 🇰🇷🇯🇵🇦🇺🇸🇬 & South East Asia: 3–7 days
• 🌍 EU & worldwide: 7–14 days

Extensively Tested by Academics
Created by Max Hui Bai Ph.D., tested by grad students, professors, and scholars from research institutes across the world.

Testimonials
Jay van Bavel Ph.D.
“It was a blast — it pokes fun at a lot of absurdities of academia. A perfect game for a lab party!”
Karla Paniagua Ph.D.
“I love it!”
Keith Blevins
“One of my favorite card games I’ve ever played!”
Raymond Ho
“It was an incredible bundle of fun! My friends and I absolutely adored this game!”
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