Spielsalon 2013 in Kassel “A wargame is an attempt to get a jump on the future by obtaining a better understanding of the past. A wargame is a combination of game, history and science. It is a paper time machine.” – Jim Dunnigan Collective playing of Guy Debord’s The Game of War Saturday 30th November 4.30pm Spielsalon 2013 Kunsthalle Fridericianum Friedrichsplatz 18, 34117 Kassel, Germany Richard Barbrook will be introducing…
The Return of the Ludic Science Club “Legislators don’t appreciate that if players introduce novelties into their games, they’ll become different people. Being different, they’ll demand a different kind of life; and that will make them want new institutions and laws. In fact, it’s no exaggeration to say that the game inventor is biggest menace that can ever afflict a state.” – Plato Class Wargames is hosting the collective playing…
Buy the Booklet of the Film! “We realised that was crucial about our approach was that, as we were writing this script, we were repeatedly playing The Game of War.” – Fabian Tompsett. Unpopular Books has published the extended version of Richard Barbrook and Fabian Tompsett’s script for Ilze Black’s film – Class Wargames Presents Guy Debord’s The Game of War – along with the group’s communiqués and a specially…
The Housmans Manoeuvres “I’m not a philosopher, I’m a strategist.” – Guy Debord Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road King’s Cross London N1 9DX Collective Playing of Guy Debord’s The Game of War Sunday 28th October, 2.00pm Free Entry Collective Playing of 1791 Haitian Revolution version of Richard Borg’s Command & Colors Napoleonics Wednesday 31st October, 5.00pm-7.00pm. Free entry. Book Launch Wednesday 31st October, 7.00pm Entry: £3, redeemable against any purchase…
Elena Mikhailovna Duffield (née Vorontsova) 1975-2012 “While you live, shine Don’t suffer anything at all; Life exists only a short while And time demands its toll.” – Seikilos Class Wargames salutes the memory of our much missed fallen comrade. Ilze Black made this video tribute to Elena.
Games People Play at the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World “Its principle of reciprocal rights, its diplomatic forms, its mutual obligations in honouring treaties and, in the event of war, officially abrogating peace, all bear a formal resemblance to rules of a game. We might in a purely formal sense, call all of human society a game.” – Johan Huizinga Friday 6th April – Sunday 30th September…
