TDG ST-3 began in the immediate aftermath of the home invasion described in TDG ST-2. The intruders have been repelled – so far as you know – while you, your daughter, and your wife are secure on the second floor. You were wounded in the exchange of gunfire, with two 12-gauge 00 shotgun pellets lodging in your left shoulder and upper arm, emphasizi...
This TDG is a sequel to TDG ST-2, Home Invasion. It posits a (mostly) favorable conclusion and explores the post-shooting environment and important choices and actions you must take. The prior scenario ended with two intruders shot on the stairs leading up to the second floor where you, your wife and your daughter were sheltering. Another retreated...
Our second TDG scenario presented the following problem: Your home in a rural subdivision is the second target of a home invasion in as many weeks. In the middle of the night, you awaken to a crash and an alarm from your phone when the downstairs back door is forced open. You and your wife are in the master bedroom; your adolescent daughter is in h...
You, your wife, and your pre-teen daughter live in a two-story home on a five-acre lot in a rural subdivision eight miles outside of town, accessed by a frontage road that parallels the interstate highway. Other than highway noise and occasional singing coyotes, it had always been a quiet neighborhood. But conditions in town have been worsening ove...
Our first TDG scenario, stripped of scene-setting color and context, presented the following problem: You are driving north from Laramie WY with your wife into a worsening spring snowstorm. On a snow packed and icy two-lane highway, an hour or more from the nearest town, with no other traffic in sight, you lose control, spin, and roll off the edge ...
This article describes an easy and effective technique for developing your ability to make good decisions under stress. Many of our previous posts have "painted the picture" of some of the challenges we face, and presented tactics, techniques, and concepts that can help you get through them successfully. But they're just words on paper. You need pr...
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