Office Tower Defense

Your open plan is under attack. The meeting that could have been an email is rolling down the corridor. Behind it: a reply-all thread, a colleague on speakerphone, a manager doing the rounds, and an intern who has been lost since Tuesday. You have six defences, and every one of them is an object you already own. • Noise-cancelling headphones. Cheap, steady, no surprises. • Potted plant. Soaks up a whole corner and slows everyone in it. • Coffee machine. Everyone stops here, and loses their morning. • "In a meeting" sign. Slow, expensive, and final. • Slide deck. Death by presentation, for everyone in front of it at once. • Photocopier. It jams, and whoever is near stops to fix it. WHERE YOU PUT THEM IS THE GAME A coffee machine holds people in front of it, so whatever sits beside it hits a target that has stopped moving. A plant takes the edge off the noise, so its neighbours cut…