Posted on: October 27, 2008 Posted by: Richard Barbrook Comments: 0

NOT JUST A GAME OF TOY SOLDIERS

1918 Battle of Kazan Scenario for Chris Peers’ Reds versus Reds This is not an attempt at realism: there is no attempt to deceive the eye, as in a model railway or museum diorama. This is a conscious design, representing in symbols (which in this case are paradoxically almost-realistic models) elements of historical reality, perceptions of Russia and, as the game progresses, the passing of time. How to transform a…

Posted on: October 23, 2007 Posted by: Richard Barbrook Comments: 0

Communiqué #1

CLASS WARGAMES PRESENTS GUY DEBORD’S THE GAME OF WAR Tuesday 23rd October 2007 at 6.00pm Class Wargames will play Guy Debord’s The Game of War using a replica of his original 1977 design for the board game. “Politics is a continuation of war by other means.” The Game of War is a Clausewitz simulator: a Napoleonic-era military strategy game where armies must maintain their communications structure to survive – and…