GURPS Boardroom and Curia

[Turhan's Bey Company]

Originally Posted by OldSam

Let's say two political parties are facing each other as GURPS organizations in a conflict before an election. The question is who wins: a or b?

This sounds like a use of the election rules in chapter 5 of Social Engineering. I'd probably have a candidate or possibly campaign manager's skills be the important ones here, but that individual would have the support of the organization's Resource Value and Contact skills. There's probably room for expanded rules for soliciting donations, though.

Originally Posted by OldSam

Another example: How can e.g. company a make a win on the market against company b?

Again, chapter 5 of Social Engineering. Dueling Merchant skill rolls determine who comes out ahead. The relationship between lost revenue and adjustment to Resource Value probably wants better definition.

So, yeah, the rules for this sort of thing already mostly exist. There's probably a good Pyramid article or two expanding Social Engineering's treatment of various kinds of social conflicts in the context of B&C. The important thing, I think, is to keep the focus on the individuals involved rather than treating organizations as autonomous entities, much as, in Mass Combat, the mass of troops provides a set of costs and capabilities, but ultimately it comes down to individual leaders contesting strategies.