ABOUT THE GAME OF WAR
Politics is a continuation
of war by other means.
Wargames are a continuation
of politics by other means.
Politics is a continuation
of war by other means.
Wargames are a continuation
of politics by other means.
GUY DEBORD is celebrated as the leader of the Situationist International and as the author of the searing critique of the media-saturated society of consumer capitalism: The Society of the Spectacle.
What is much less well known is that after the May '68 Revolution, Debord and his partner - Alice Becker-Ho - quit Paris and went to live in a remote French village. Over the next two decades, Debord devoted much of the rest of his life to inventing, refining and promoting what he came to regard as his most important project: The Game of War.
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For Debord, The Game of War wasn't just a game - it was a guide to how people should live their lives within Fordist society. By playing, revolutionary activists could learn how to fight and win against the oppressors of spectacular society.
Debord's fascination with wargames is finally being discovered; Class Wargames in London and the Radical Software Group in New York are playing matches in public and developing their own versions of the game. Debord and Becker-Ho's The Game of War book has also been translated for the first time and is now published by Atlas Press.